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Why is horrific coaching so much more common in football than other sports?

Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:47 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:47 pm
Based on the intricate and complex nature of the sport, you would think that only the MOST QUALIFIED AND HIGHEST IQ individuals would be on the sidelines wearing headsets, yet it seems like there are more boneheads and bonehead decisions in this sport than any other sport combined.

Coughlin should have been gone last year and he should be gone tonight, but he is surely not the only waterhead who holds the title of head coach of a major football organization/program.
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RIP Wayde
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:48 pm to
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MOST QUALIFIED AND HIGHEST IQ individuals would be on the sidelines wearing headsets


Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:49 pm to
I was fine with the field goal. The issue was not handing off to Rashad Jennings on third down. Also, Manning snapped the ball at 20 seconds on a play that drive (after the ref kept asking the play clock to be reset).
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:49 pm to
Dumb thread. Happens in all sports

And football isn't that complex. Get over yourself
This post was edited on 9/13/15 at 10:50 pm
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:49 pm to
Just because players don't execute correctly doesn't mean the coach made a bad call. It only takes 1 of 11 players to make a coach look like an idiot.
Posted by Tiger Nation 84
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:49 pm to
I ponder this every day. They try to over think everything and end up out thinking theirselves 90% of the time. Sometimes you have to have some balls and throw the book out the fricking window.
Posted by SirWinston
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:49 pm to
miles literally looks retarded in that pic
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:51 pm to
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miles literally looks retarded in that pic

This might one-up it.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:52 pm to
The people critiquing them can't ID basic football formations. I think they will live
Posted by TheSexecutioner
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 10:55 pm to
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I was fine with the field goal. The issue was not handing off to Rashad Jennings on third down. Also, Manning snapped the ball at 20 seconds on a play that drive (after the ref kept asking the play clock to be reset).


Ok, well you are wrong. The FG is a terrible decision. Its not really any harder to score a TD off of a kickoff than it is to get a FG from the 1. Not to mention a FG doesn't beat you and you have an over 50% chance of basically ending the game right there.

Its very very stupid.
Posted by TheSexecutioner
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 9/13/15 at 11:01 pm to
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Just because players don't execute correctly doesn't mean the coach made a bad call. It only takes 1 of 11 players to make a coach look like an idiot.


Nobody said a player not executing signifies a bad call. A coach doing something that puts his team in a way worse position to win means the coach made a bad call. Regardless of the execution of the players.
Posted by montanagator
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 12:02 am to
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Coughlin should have been gone last year and he should be gone tonight, but he is surely not the only waterhead who holds the title of head coach of a major football organization/program.


Um...Coughlin is a pretty good coach, he's won two titles in NY and before that built an expansion team into a title contender.

Now, he does struggle at the same things some other good but not legendary coaches struggle at-- game management, but that's because there's a ton of different skill sets required by a head coach at any level-- building a program (recruiting/drafting/signing, etc), player development, strategy, opposition analysis, game management and clock management and almost no one is great at all of them.
Posted by Statsattack
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 12:11 am to
I literally think most basketball coaches have no idea how to teach the game and coach
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 12:58 am to
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yet it seems like there are more boneheads and bonehead decisions in this sport than any other sport combined.


Google Brendan Rodgers
Posted by IIxxBREADxxII
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:06 am to
Because the season is so short in football everything is magnified and it leaves very little wiggle room from greatness to just average.
Posted by danfraz
San Antonio TX
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 8:45 am to
Better Question:


Why do football fans think they know better than the people hired to do the fricking job???



Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71425 posts
Posted on 9/14/15 at 8:48 am to
Apparently you don't watch baseball, where managers will consistently go against the percentages. Hell, you even have managers and GMs fighting with each other over who's starting.
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 9:02 am to
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Why is horrific coaching so much more common in football than other sports?


Better question is where are all of these brilliant coaches that never make mistakes?

Every coach is going to make decisions that make them look stupid at times. It's part of the business.
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
30849 posts
Posted on 9/14/15 at 9:05 am to
The coaches in football have so much more of an impact on the game than other sports so their screw ups are much more impactful.

I certainly don't know as much about the X's and O's and probably any football coach in the country but I have long maintained some of these guys need a "game manager" position on their staff to make decisions for them.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71425 posts
Posted on 9/14/15 at 9:06 am to
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The coaches in football have so much more of an impact on the game than other sports so their screw ups are much more impactful.



Tell that to every single manager that trotted out a reliever with terrible splits, only to see him get blasted.
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