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re: Strategies that football coaches should do but never do

Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:22 pm to
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:22 pm to
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You so have multiple ways of winning. Whereas if you kick the FG, you're only way to win is a defensive stop.



Yea you always have multiple ways of winning but youre sitting here basically saying that putting more points on the board is a bad thing.
Posted by PeteRose
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:25 pm to
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Yea you always have multiple ways of winning but youre sitting here basically saying that putting more points on the board is a bad thing


Sometimes you have to think outside the box.

Let's say you're it's tie game, and you have 1st and goal at the 1. The other teams have no time outs. You rather be up 7, giving the other team 1:55 left? Or you rather kick a short fg for the Win with 2 seconds left?

Which way gives you a higher chance of winning?
Posted by PeteRose
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:28 pm to
Or being up 1 pt with 1 minute to go at the other team's 1 yard line, should you take a knee or run a play? Sometimes if you score, you give the other team the chance to win or tie. If if you don't score, you don't give them any chance. Then the later option is more optimal even though it sounds counter productive at face value.
Posted by shel311
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:34 pm to
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Yea you always have multiple ways of winning but youre sitting here basically saying that putting more points on the board is a bad thing
In certain instances, it's certainly a lower expected value/decreases your odds of winning to opt for kicking a field goal.
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 12:34 pm
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