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Post by grouchy71 on Oct 19, 2017 11:56:03 GMT -6
Only been in 1 OT game in 7 years, it was in a state semi-final game, Fed. rules, 1st and goal at 10. Won the coin toss, chose D (strongly advocate for this, arguments for O first don't trump the arguments for D). Gave up a TD on 3rd play, they kick PAT. We score on 3rd play, go for 2 and get it. Game over. At this point in the game, both defenses were tired, I didn't feel that we'd ever stop their offense. By being on O first, they had a much tougher decision to go for 2, it makes more sense to kick since if they go for 2 and miss it, we only need to kick. Once we scored, I wanted to end the game there, offense was carrying the day, we would have to now go on O 1st for the next OT period, giving them the advantage in my opinion. Plus, we were the road team and the underdog. Great success!
Grouch
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Post by edcubby on Jan 1, 2018 12:13:32 GMT -6
I will admit this is a little unconventional but if we win the toss we take the ball 1st in OT. My thought process is I want to be ahead and play loose on defense. That being said...we are 3-1 in OT games but only one of those did NOT go into double OT. And each double OT game ended with us on Offense anyway (scored on 4th down, fumble going into the end zone, and went for 2 to got it). So my philosophy is flawed...but I keep it. Do you play from the 10 or the 25? If the 25, in HS I could see the strategy being acceptable given a team without a solid kicker. But if you take it from the 10, I have to say you are probably doing your team a disservice. I generally have more confidence in my offense, well, because it’s me calling the plays. Program philosophy fits too because the programs I takeover are generally bad, real bad...so I’m always worried about the pyschie of my team. We had another OT game since my last post...went on O first, scored...they scored, they scored again, we scored and went for 2 and won. Btw, that’s part of my philosophy too...there will not be a 3rd OT if we can help it. We will go for 2 if we score instead of kicking for a 3rd OT.
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