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WesPowell
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re: This moral victory crap is sickening.
Posted by WesPowell on 11/5/12 at 6:39 pm to Iconoclastic
Moral victories? This has nothing to do with morality.
One of the possible outcomes in sports is that you play a hell of a game against a tough opponent and lose.
If you can't handle that, you need to find a different hobby than sportsfan.
One of the possible outcomes in sports is that you play a hell of a game against a tough opponent and lose.
If you can't handle that, you need to find a different hobby than sportsfan.
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This kind of talk is plain crazy. It's born of narcissistic frustration, and the desire to have a sacrificial lamb, the coach, slaughtered in recognition of that frustration.
Believe me, I'm a Louisville fan and we had a stomping herd wanting to get rid of Pitino the last few years.
It's plain crazy.
Believe me, I'm a Louisville fan and we had a stomping herd wanting to get rid of Pitino the last few years.
It's plain crazy.
I have to go back to one earlier comment. SABAN was glad they didn't go for it.
re: Outside Opinion On The Game
Posted by WesPowell on 11/5/12 at 5:31 pm to Faulk Em Up
"You kick the field goal and kick them the ball with out chance of a return"
How do you kick them the ball without a chance of a return? You are certain the kicker will boom it out of the end zome? Other than that you have to kick it out of bounds or squib it, giving them the ball, most probably, in very good field position.
How do you kick them the ball without a chance of a return? You are certain the kicker will boom it out of the end zome? Other than that you have to kick it out of bounds or squib it, giving them the ball, most probably, in very good field position.
"I admire your persistence and dedication to Miles bashing. Not many have your stamina."
I am not bashing the LSU coach. I said almost all (if not all) coaches would do what he did. I bash the general, common philosophy.
Anyone that wants to get rid of the guy is nuts.
I am not bashing the LSU coach. I said almost all (if not all) coaches would do what he did. I bash the general, common philosophy.
Anyone that wants to get rid of the guy is nuts.
Regardless of whether the field goal makes or misses, it is the wrong decision to kick it in my opinion. I'm not 20-20 hindsight because it missed.
In any event LSU has one tough as nails football team. They were VERY impressive in that game even in defeat.
Let me put it this way. If the LSU head coach sent a messanger over to the Alabama head coach and said you make the choice for me, do I go for it. or not, the ALABAMA coach would choose kick the field goal. He knows if LSU goes for it and gets it the game is over. If they kick a field goal, miss or make, the game is not over.
I shall not be swayed. If you are ahead to begin with, inside the opponents 30 yard line, and have a somewhat reasonable chance to end the game then and there, you go for that chance. Every time.
20-14 is over? If they get the first down they run the clock out.
Outside Opinion On The Game
Posted by WesPowell on 11/5/12 at 4:37 pm
Let me say up front that I am a fan of a non-SEC team. Just want to offer my two cents on the LSU-Alabama game.
I blame the LSU head coach. However he did what 99 percent of head coaches would do 4th and 6, up by 3 late, at the opponents 28 yard line. Attempt a field goal. I've seen this kind of philosophy employed over and over and over again.
I think it is in error. In fact I am absolutely sure it is in error.
Late in the game if you are ahead by a little and have a somewhat reasonable chance to outright end the game, you take that chance. I put 4th and 6 in the somewhat reasonable category.
If LSU goes for the 4th and 6 and gets it they win the game period. If they do not get the first down they lead 17-14 with less than two minutes left and the other team needing a lengthy drive-- even for a tying field goal.
So the up side of going for the first down is winning the game if you get it.
The downside of going for the first down and not making it is still being in the excellent position of leading with not much time left and the opponent needing about 40 yards for a chance to tie, and about 70 yards to win.
In my opinion there is only one appropriate choice here. You try and end the game with the first down. If you don't get it, you go on defense with the lead.
I blame the LSU head coach. However he did what 99 percent of head coaches would do 4th and 6, up by 3 late, at the opponents 28 yard line. Attempt a field goal. I've seen this kind of philosophy employed over and over and over again.
I think it is in error. In fact I am absolutely sure it is in error.
Late in the game if you are ahead by a little and have a somewhat reasonable chance to outright end the game, you take that chance. I put 4th and 6 in the somewhat reasonable category.
If LSU goes for the 4th and 6 and gets it they win the game period. If they do not get the first down they lead 17-14 with less than two minutes left and the other team needing a lengthy drive-- even for a tying field goal.
So the up side of going for the first down is winning the game if you get it.
The downside of going for the first down and not making it is still being in the excellent position of leading with not much time left and the opponent needing about 40 yards for a chance to tie, and about 70 yards to win.
In my opinion there is only one appropriate choice here. You try and end the game with the first down. If you don't get it, you go on defense with the lead.
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