Going for two; preparing to lose
September 6th, 2007 2:45 am
by
NFL Freak
No Comments »
Any serious fan of a trailling team will always be looking beyond the current drive. Issues such as how much time must still be remaining before everything is four down territory, and whether an onside kick is necessary should be lurking marginally behind the down and distance equation.
The point here is that flexibility and the calmness to depart from the predictable course is the ultimate attribute that separates a solid coach from a sideline superman. This is why it is so puzzling that the some of the most important moments in games are almost unrelentingly governed by a pre-determined formula that coaches persist in using longer than Ray Rhodes kept Brett Favre in the game when Holmgren returned for the 1999 MNF Seahawks @ Packers showdown.
The two point conversion is so commonly abused that it deserves an entire season’s scrutiny. The standard has been set so low by the coaches of supposed ‘university’ teams that 2007 already shapes as a vintage example of rigid card adherence. The sheer arrogance of
Will the NFL coaches learn?
Will the NFL coaches analyse the game situation at hand rather than adhering blindly to a printed workseet?
We always hear reverently of half-time adjustments. Let’s see some coaches really earn their money by looking ahead and asking whether they really want to hide behind some paper for, as in
Posted in Uncategorized |
Leave a Reply