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Saints onside kick was "dirty pool"
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:25 pm
OMG you have got to be kidding me! 
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Saints Win Super Bowl, but Onside Kick Was Dirty Pool
Ah, what could take away the joy of watching two great quarterbacks duel it out in a Super Bowl, having a snack at half-time anticipating seeing Peyton Manning and the Colts drive down field with the first second-half possession after making their usual adept adjustments during the break?
Dirty pool by Sean Payton, in the form of an onside kick to start the second half, could take away that joy.
When the Saints won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the game, they made their choice. The other team gets to receive the ball to start the second half, but the Colts never received the ball. It was stolen from them on a cheap and dirty onside kick.
Although it was a legal play by existing NFL rules, there has always been an unwritten rule, a gentleman's rule that you do not attempt an onside kick to start a half.
At any other time on a kickoff, fine, but when you win the coin toss, you only get to receive the ball to start a half once. You don't get to break the rack in nine-ball 2 times in a row.
That would be greedy
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This post was edited on 2/9/10 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:25 pm to L.A.
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At any other time on a kickoff, fine, but when you win the coin toss, you only get to receive the ball to start a half once. You don't get to break the rack in nine-ball 2 times in a row.
Talk about comparing apples and oranges.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:26 pm to L.A.
HOLE - E - frick!!
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:26 pm to L.A.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:26 pm to DrSteveBrule
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Although it was a legal play by existing NFL rules, there has always been an unwritten rule, a gentleman's rule that you do not attempt an onside kick to start a half.
The frick?
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:26 pm to L.A.
That's pathetic on so many levels.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:26 pm to L.A.
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Although it was a legal play by existing NFL rules, there has always been an unwritten rule, a gentleman's rule that you do not attempt an onside kick to start a half.
That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:27 pm to L.A.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:27 pm to Nortizzle
I assume the guy is kidding.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:27 pm to L.A.
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA...what a loser!
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:27 pm to Nature Boy
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:28 pm to L.A.
This article is the ultimate in whining bad sportsmanship.
Talk about no class, the guy who calls the onsides kick "dirty pool" and imagines a gentleman's agreement to only do onsides kicks in certain predictable situations and times in a game is the poster child for no class.
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Talk about no class, the guy who calls the onsides kick "dirty pool" and imagines a gentleman's agreement to only do onsides kicks in certain predictable situations and times in a game is the poster child for no class.
To him -
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:29 pm to L.A.
The mental gymnastics that some people are doing is unbelievable. Why can't people face the reality that the 16-3 Saints were the best team in football this year?
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:29 pm to L.A.
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My proposal then is that the NFL needs to make a rule change to prevent what happened in Sunday's Super Bowl between the Colts and the Saints from ever occurring again.
Starting next season, an onside kick may be attempted on any kickoff except for those starting a half. There's no point in having a coin toss if the team that wins it can decide, "Screw it! We are going to take the ball to start the second half too."
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:29 pm to L.A.
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a gentleman's rule
That right thar is where he made the mistake....It's the freakin' Super Bowl. Leave your fancy dancy hankies and tea cups at the door.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:29 pm to Penn
I'm pretty sure he is kidding. Not sure who the guy is, but one of the main writers at Bleacherreport is a big Saints fan.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:30 pm to JawjaTigah
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:31 pm to THRILLHO
quote:He's not kidding. Read the article that I linked.
I'm pretty sure he is kidding. Not sure who the guy is, but one of the main writers at Bleacherreport is a big Saints fan.
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:31 pm to L.A.
Since we won this thing there may be TWO major NFL football rule changes
1. Should the NFL create a rule to disallow onside kicks to start a half?
Yes No Undecided
2. Overtime Rules
1. Should the NFL create a rule to disallow onside kicks to start a half?
Yes No Undecided
2. Overtime Rules
Posted on 2/9/10 at 2:31 pm to L.A.
Do yall really think that website is legit? It's a fricking joke.
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