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Post by silkyice on Feb 16, 2024 22:29:50 GMT -6
I always have. Every week for the past 25 years I have practiced the "fair catch free kick" once a week just in case the 0.01% chance I would ever need it, we had repped it and the kids could execute. 2022 we won a game by kicking the ball thru the uprights off a tee with our KO team on the field and the opponent couldn't do anything but watch it go in and win the game by 1. My decision to kick deep when we scored with a minute left and all 3 timeouts after we missed a 2-pt conversion to tie was questioned (loudly) by pretty much every parent in our stands behind me, and even some of my coaches on my own staff. Then NOT using a timeout after 2nd down and letting the clock run down to 20 seconds was HIGHLY & LOUDLY questioned by EVERYONE in the stadium. Their players were celebrating and talking $h!t to our kids and pointing to the clock as it ticked down. Then we used TO#2 after 3rd down. I walked out to talk to the officials and told them we are gonna send 3 guys back and fair catch the ball on the punt. Then I would be choosing to use my free-kick. Once our KO team went out on the field, the stadium was going CRAZY. Their kids were trying to lineup on "defense" while my kicker was setting up the tee and they were talking a lot to him, so I used my final timeout to go out and talk to the kicker and make sure he knew he was the hero or I was the idiot for trying all this craziness. If he had missed, I would have taken a lot of heat... but it wouldn't change the fact that I chose a sequence of decisions that I felt gave my team the best odds of winning. No guarantees, which is what everyone wants. If you tell me before he kicks it that it is 100% he makes it, that takes all the risk out of the decision. I am going to need a little more info on this exact situation. How much time was left on the clock when you decided to kick deep? Can't quite understand why you let the run down to 20 seconds while you had an extra timeout. Was the advantage that you were saving the timeout so you could talk to your kicker or to let more time run off so that the kick was the last play of the game? Where did they punt from? I have always envisioned this working when the team was punting from inside their 5. From the 10, a 40 yard punt, you fair catch, you now need a 60 yard fg to win. But if punting from inside their 5 with the punter in the endzone changes things. Not only is the risk of block greater, a hurried punt and they might just get a 30 yard punt. Ball on the 35. 45 yard FG to win. Also, a rugby punt team could really screw this up.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 16, 2024 20:57:45 GMT -6
Just scrap the thinking that you will be able to call plays during the game like building blocks or code. Your system is legitimately fine. I disagree here, because that west coast "building block" modular multiple plan IS his system. Bob seems to think that he will be looking from the sideline, determine that "hmm, in an absolutely static environment, on the white board right now I would do ________. Fortunately, I have devised a vast system of calls and tags to do exactly that". That is what I believe he needs to correct. Agree. I guess what I was saying that his terminology is fine. Nothing wrong with 21 trap. And 21 trap pass.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 16, 2024 20:10:36 GMT -6
Absolutely scrap your approach here, and do something more appropriate. I can't access your old post on bestweb about the sidesaddle T offense- otherwise I would offer more specific suggestions for the sake of the kids. Just scrap the thinking that you will be able to call plays during the game like building blocks or code. Your system is legitimately fine. Run 21 trap. Have 21 trap pass. Hell, even have the OP play (call it something different). But only have about 4-6 more plays. At most. (Due to coaching 10 year olds). Only what you can rep and rep and rep successfully at practice. And when you get to game 4 and are having success and truly execute your base plays, maybe add a tag the next week in practice. If you go with that, do me one favor. For real. Name the long named play "CoachHuey". And when it scores, please, please post it on here. I promise that I will be wildly happy when this happens for you and your kids. When we add plays during the season for a special reason we almost never call them by what our system would call them. They literally get named something weird like "Baha Blast" or "Tangerine". Our standard go to is to name it after our opponent's school name or mascot. Springville is still the name of our reverse flea flicker because 40 years ago some coach ran it against Springville. We scored in the state championship game on a trick play (uncovered an eligible tackle) named "Kingwood" because I saw a team named Kingwood run it and stole it from them 10 years ago. How we lined up, shifted, the play, the cadence, etc, was all just called Kingwood. It would have been an 18 word name otherwise. And we practiced it every week for 16 weeks to run it at just the right moment.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 16, 2024 13:34:21 GMT -6
Most of the coaches I've coached under have given the kids more complicated tools than they've needed. Wasted effort like that happens most seasons, in addition to running drills that don't develop the skills they need. Some have even put in plays that are either illegal generally, or not allowed in that division, because they don't do the research and don't tell anyone else. I even had a HC put in one of those plays after I told him it was illegal, because he didn't trust my knowledge; fortunately these days most of the coaches around me now do trust me on those points. So then why is it that I am the only one who's told here, "That's beyond the kids," or, "That'll never work"? I know some kids are just into memorizing things arbitrarily in whole chunks without the pieces making sense; those are the kids who are always the example to justify the look-say method of reading rather than phonics. But phonics make sense for most kids who are not hearing-impaired. You're right, there will be kids who'll be confused by my method; meanwhile other kids will be confused by other methods. No method will ever work for all of them -- but no method has to! If I have different kids tackling with different form, I'm not going to tell some of them their way is wrong. I'll work on bad form, but not try to fix different form. We already have cases in our club where the word is sent from on high to do things one way, and it's a perfectly fine way if executed perfectly, but meanwhile we do it that way only when the observer from on high is there, because we have our own methods that we know work and may be more forgiving of sloppiness. And we snicker because we know the way they told us the previous year was different from the way they're saying now. Ok, Has to be said. What in the ever loving F are you talking about it?
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Feb 15, 2024 21:05:42 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 21:05:42 GMT -6
One of the analytics guys on the internet said that they had simulated the OT rules last year when the new rule was first announced. Simulated 130,000 times the team going second won 50.14% of the time. www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nfl/2024/2/14/24072644/super-bowl-overtime-controversy-rules-kick-or-receive-analytics-playoffs-regular-seasonThis says that receiving has the advantage. Wins 50.29% if the 2nd team does not go for 2, and wins 50.19% if the 2nd team does go for 2. Also says that strategy could change when facing a better qb. Really good article. I think you should receive. But I understand why someone would want to kick especially against Mahomes. Curious if “Team kick” is willing to acknowledge that receiving is at least reasonable.
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Feb 15, 2024 20:51:54 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 20:51:54 GMT -6
jmo- (another one; i have lots, and a lot of them aren't popular) seems to me that with the general public, if a gametime decision works, it was a great decision, bordering on genius. if it didn't work, it was a stupid decision, and makes you wonder about the guy that called it. if he isn't an andy reid, kyle shanahan, etc... then he should probably be fired, or at least on the hot seat. again, jmo. Very much so. Imagine a scenario where the coin turned up HEADS. KC wins and kicks. 49ers kick a FG. Cheifs get a 4th and 7 from say the +25 or so. They are kicking the FG right? Then 49ers drive and kick another FG and win in sudden death. "Why on Earth would Reid give the 49ers an extra possession??? They had been getting stuffed all day, having only just found a little rhythm at the end of the game. What was he thinking??" Yep. This has been one of my points.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 18:32:27 GMT -6
Doesn't this depend on whether the Chiefs would go for one or two if they have the ball first and score? I know they've said they were going for two if they they got the ball second and scored, but have they said what they would do if they had it first? Because if you kick to them and they score and go for one, then you aren't giving Mahomes an extra possession if you decide the game on your two point attempt. What silkyice is describing is the scenario that some here have put forth: since Mahomes would undoubtedly "do what it takes" to win (even though the Chiefs had been a rather pedestrian offense all year), they obviously would be going for 2 after the first possession TD. Essentially Silkyice is trying to point out to those who have taken a stance that clearly the most concerning issue was Mahomes would not and could not be stopped, and everyone (except apparently Kyle Shanahan) knew this- then the only way to succeed would be to give him the ball first, and "hope" they only kicked the XP instead of going for two. Because clearly, if he would not and could not be stopped- the Chiefs certainly would go for two on the first possession. Right? Right. If Mahomes always does what it takes, and you kick to them first, your ONLY chance to win is They kick the xpt (not your decision) And You score a TD And You get the 2 pt conversation So when you kickoff, the game is NOT in your hands. It is in Andy Reid’s hands to decide. If you receive, you score and get the 2. Try the onside. If you get it, you win. If not, Mahomes scores and gets 2. You only have to kick a FG now. At least you have a chance. And you had a chance to recover an onside or drive and get a FG.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 14:20:47 GMT -6
So the mistake that the 49ers made was
1) not going for the TD and 2 . Instead they kicked a FG.
2) not going for a surprise onside kick after they kicked the FG.
Taking the ball first was not a mistake.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 14:17:10 GMT -6
I agree. But it seems that most people are saying it is a mistake to take the ball first because Mahomes is going to do whatever it takes. But if you play that logic out, that means that the 49ers will HAVE to score a TD and HAVE to go for 2 and get it no matter if they get the ball first and second. That is a tall order. Possessions are the most important thing. If I can get 1 or more possessions than my opponents , then I increase my chance to win and if in sudden death overtime (after both teams get a possession), it should greatly increase my chance. But for some reason, it seems that most everyone on this thread thinks that you should go second. Trying to wrap my brain around how Mahomes is unstoppable and let's possibly give him more possessions helps you win. It just sounds like 20/20 hindsight. If 49ers would have elected to give the Chiefs the ball first and the Chiefs score and then 49ers go down and score, and then Chiefs kick a FG to win, this thread would be so different.
Who can honestly say that before last Sunday night, that they would defend the 49ers decision to give Mahomes an extra freaking possession!!!BE HONEST!!Look at it in this perspective. What's better chances of positive outcome. Let PM know what he must do to win (which he has a track record of in these situations) OR say We supposedly have the best offense in NFL. In an overtime situation let them know what they must do, and if it comes down to a 2pt conversion, or giving the ball back to PM. Is my chances better seeing if my offense can gain 2 yds or give ball back to him knowing what he has to do. My perspective is based on players. This guy obviously is special. Do you allow Jordan to take the last shot to win the championship? or do you make him shoot first and put the ball in your hands for a championship? I don't understand why I can't get this point across. Or at least it feels this way. If we accept the fact that Mahomes is always going to get it done, then the 49ers have to score a TD and get a 2 point conversion. No matter if they get the ball first or second. So that is irrelevant. But if you go second, you now are giving Mahomes and extra possession to get it done!! But if you take the ball first and score and get the 2, then Mahomes can go and score and get 2, and then you can just go kick a FG and win!! The game is over. Mahomes doesn't get a second chance.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 13:27:51 GMT -6
The scenario you are looking for is that they stop the Chiefs and then score. Mahomes as good as he is, isn't going to score every time. The Chiefs didn't score a touchdown at all in the first half and lost 6 games during the season. Mahomes is good, but he's not unstoppable. Correct, BUT he did and Has scored when they Must in the playoffs except for one time vs Bengals. His other losses are against the Goat, so they are acceptable lol. Which is why you better try and get one more possession than him. So take the ball first!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 13:22:00 GMT -6
Let me ask a question for everyone especially those who say that Mahomes is ALWAYS going to what it takes to win. (By the way, I am not arguing that he won't. Ha). Describe a scenario where the 49ers get the ball second and win? The only one I can come up with is the Chiefs score and kick an xpt and then the 49ers score and go for 2 and get it. The scenario you are looking for is that they stop the Chiefs and then score. Mahomes as good as he is, isn't going to score every time. The Chiefs didn't score a touchdown at all in the first half and lost 6 games during the season. Mahomes is good, but he's not unstoppable. I agree. But it seems that most people are saying it is a mistake to take the ball first because Mahomes is going to do whatever it takes. But if you play that logic out, that means that the 49ers will HAVE to score a TD and HAVE to go for 2 and get it no matter if they get the ball first and second. That is a tall order. Possessions are the most important thing. If I can get 1 or more possessions than my opponents , then I increase my chance to win and if in sudden death overtime (after both teams get a possession), it should greatly increase my chance. But for some reason, it seems that most everyone on this thread thinks that you should go second. Trying to wrap my brain around how Mahomes is unstoppable and let's possibly give him more possessions helps you win. It just sounds like 20/20 hindsight. If 49ers would have elected to give the Chiefs the ball first and the Chiefs score and then 49ers go down and score, and then Chiefs kick a FG to win, this thread would be so different.
Who can honestly say that before last Sunday night, that they would defend the 49ers decision to give Mahomes an extra freaking possession!!!BE HONEST!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 12:43:01 GMT -6
Which would not be a bad choice. Do you give it back to him not knowing the possibility, or do you say, our best chance is to go for 3 yards with what some think are better players (49 offense was most of the talk) for a chance at a championship? Bottom line is I get the final choice as to how this game is decided with the best part of my team able to decide it. Side note: I think it is on the 2 yard line for NFL. Yes, I do think that is the best choice. If you go second. But I think the better choice is to take the ball first. Score. Surprise onside kick.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 12:35:17 GMT -6
Let me ask a question for everyone especially those who say that Mahomes is ALWAYS going to what it takes to win. (By the way, I am not arguing that he won't. Ha).
Describe a scenario where the 49ers get the ball second and win?
The only one I can come up with is the Chiefs score and kick an xpt and then the 49ers score and go for 2 and get it.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 12:03:28 GMT -6
Let me shift the discussion just a little.
Let's say the Chiefs win the toss and decide to kick.
What do you do on that 4th down? FG or go for TD?
That shouldn't change anything because of who won the toss. The decision should still be the same.
So by that logic, everyone who says that the the 49ers should have kicked first, is really saying that the 49ers should have gone for the TD. Right? How can it not be that? You can't say that they shouldn't have taken the ball first because Mahomes was going to go win it, and at the same time say that you should have settled for a FG.
You could almost take the logic one step further, that if the 49ers would have scored, they should also go for 2. Because if you kick the xpt, and are up 7, when Chiefs then score, they would just go for 2 (and get it - because it is Mahomes) and beat you because they don't want to give you the ball back and let the 49ers just need a FG to win after the 49ers just drove down for a TD.
And then if all that is true, the ONLY way to beat Mahomes, is to score a TD on your possession and convert a 2 point conversion. And then kick a FG on your second possession. Which means you should take the ball FIRST!!!!! Otherwise, you don't get that 2nd possesion, if Mahomes is ALWAYS going to do what it takes to win.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 10:12:04 GMT -6
So yeah, 400 combinations would be easy. I don't anticipate that'd be the hard part. The only part I anticipate being hard, and the only part I was asking about here was, after the huddle broke, the players being able to remember the part of the play call relevant to them in case there were a lot of tags on one. All the rest is just football. I literally cannot explain to you how right and how wrong you are at the same time. Experience is the only thing that can. I have tried to help. Hope it works. I really do. Best of luck to you.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 10:01:56 GMT -6
Let me try and articulate this one more time.
It is not like taking the ball first LOST the 49ers the game.
IF, they kicked first, we should still assume that the Chiefs score at TD. No reason at all not to since they did. There was never a time during that drive that they had to face a "kick the fg or go for it decision". And they certainly were going to go for it on that one 4th down play no matter when that situation happened during the game.
So if they kicked first, that means that the 49ers now have one more play to score a TD. That means they have to score on that play. Certainly that is way better than what happened.
But, it also means they then have to either convert a 2 point conversion or stop Mahomes from just getting a FG. Since they kicked the FG the first time, going for 2 there seems unlikely. The odds are, at best, 25% that they score on that play and then convert a 2 point conversion.
I truly believe (and said it at the time before the kick), that a surprise onside kick after the FG was the way to win that game. Even if you don't get it, Mahomes still has to score a TD after they recover the kick. And everyone feels that was inevitable anyways. And don't quote onside kick stats at me. Those do not apply to an onside kick.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 15, 2024 9:50:39 GMT -6
Na this ain't no where close to to that bad LOL...That will go down in infamy as the worst. They had plenty of time to give it ML twice to try and get 1 yard, who was the best offensive player in the game that season. They will have to just eat that one. Thats where their coaches thought plays instead of players, and their analytics costed them a SB and gave Brady another. EXACTLY
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Post by silkyice on Feb 14, 2024 20:17:11 GMT -6
Let me add,
You can certainly run the play from the OP. You can even call it that. And execute it. You could also call it Tangerine or Barbie Special and execute it.
What you can't do, is what you are wanting to do, and that is be able to adjust the formation multiple ways, how you take a snap multiple ways, motion multiple ways, have multiple backfield schemes, multiple blocking scheme, multiple pass, and multiple counts and combine those any way you want and just be able to execute.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 14, 2024 20:10:01 GMT -6
Your system is good. Well thought out. Logical. Adaptable. Modular.
It is going to be a DISASTER.
You aren't just wanting to run that long play in the OP, you are wanting to be able to run that play with 400 different combinations. And then have 20 other plays that have 400 combinations. Actually, do the math, it is probably way more than that.
If you were coaching 7A football in Alabama, I would think that this is a lot, but doable and can work with good coaching. But that is because I know that 1) You will be two platoon 2) You will have 10 coaches just on offense 3) You will start meetings in January 4) You will get a Spring Training 5) You will get the kids 4 days a week during the summer. 6) You will have August to get ready for the game. 7) You will have TWO athletic PE classes. You will get your whole team twice a day during the school day. 8) You will have everything filmed from the box and a drone. DURING PRACTICE. 9) After practice you will be able to meet and watch film with your kids. 10) You have an indoor facility to still practice in bad weather. 11) You will have lights to turn on when it gets dark. 12) These kids live and breathe football. 13) Most of these kids have been playing 4-10 years already. 14) They are 15-19 year olds.
If you were doing this in 4A football in Alabama, I would think it COULD be doable because just a few schools have what I outlined above.
You have ZERO of those things outlined.
How many days a week are you practicing? For how long? Does everyone also have to practice and learn defense and special teams? What playing time requirements do you have? Will your backups be able to handle this? Will you be able to practice all this?
You even said that you didn't learn all the passing game last year. How can 10 year olds be expected to EXECUTE this? All 11 of them? Even the scrub that HAS to play? And notice I said execute. Not learn, understand, line up, not jump offsides, but execute this against defenses that can line up in different places and move and hit you.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 14, 2024 12:47:12 GMT -6
How much would it ease your memorization task if the same cadence were used every time, with the fullback calling the snap based on where he saw the motion man (if any)? The fullback would still have to memorize where the motion back would have to be for that play. How much would it ease it if the "over" tags were combined into one? A lot
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Post by silkyice on Feb 14, 2024 11:08:00 GMT -6
brophy the videos you showed are not what happened. What happened was that Kelce misjudged his distance and bumped into an off balance man while yelling at him. I do agree here. That the bumping was accidental. While the bumping wasn't 1st degree bumping, it was 3rd degree bumping. HA
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Post by silkyice on Feb 14, 2024 10:58:33 GMT -6
]I'm calling BS on these excuses I agree. Not saying it is the worst thing ever or that Andy handled it wrong or right. But let's be clear, it wasn't right what Travis did. Also not my job to handle it. A few more points that change things: 1) if it wasn't a veteran 2) if it wasn't a hall of famer 3) if they hadn't already won some super bowls 4) if they would have lost 5) if it wasn't a playoff game or super bowl 6) if this was two different (you know what else). 7) if this wasn't Taylor Swift's boyfriend - I kid, I kid. Meaning, what would have been said if a rookie player on San Fran did this? Would we maybe say, "That is why they can't win the big one?" and/or "This is unacceptable, you have to be able to keep your cool in the big game and not cross player/coach boundaries." or do we just blow it off.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 18:40:09 GMT -6
www.foxnews.com/sports/49ers-players-admit-unaware-overtime-rules-super-bowl-lviii-surpriseThis blows my mind. 49er players saying that they didn't know the rules and the Chiefs' player that caught the Super Bowl winning TD didn't even know that won the game. I get they all have second jobs as plumbers and all, but you would think someone would explain new rules and situations with them at some point during the 18 week season. I get there are restrictions on how much they football they can do in the NFL like 8 hour days max and having Tuesday off and all, but surely at some point they could go over this stuff. Maybe like during a 5 minute water break or something like that. Asking a lot, I know, I know.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 17:57:11 GMT -6
Absolute nothing burger. It was only noticed because Kelce somehow lost track of his space. This is the NFL. It is a professional organization. The dynamics are nothing compared to schoolboy football. Don’t agree it was a nothing burger. It was at least a small order of fries.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 16:18:34 GMT -6
In all my years we haven’t been in many OT games; we’ve been in 4 total and are 3-1. One reason we haven’t been in many OT games is that we will go for the win (TD > FG or 2 >1) almost all the time, so that line of thinking influences my response. In H.S. and college, I don’t think many would argue to have the ball first. When we’ve had the ball first and scored we have always gone for 2. If we have the ball second, regardless of what they did we go for two (unless a kick will win it AND we have a kicker… that happened once and we missed the kick to win and lost in the 2nd OT). Given all that, I can see an argument for taking the ball first in the NFL, but (personal opinion here) I would do everything slightly beyond reasonable to get 8 points out of the deal. As far as the 49ers decision, I don’t have a problem with them taking the ball first, and I don’t have a problem with kicking the FG (4th & 4 was it?). My thinking is go for it, but I understand their reasoning. KC has scored one TD all game. The potential for an extra possession carries some weight here. And (for the record) I didn’t have a problem with Seattle throwing on the goal line vs. NE. (I did not like the play/formation; didn’t stress the LB enough to me… but I’m not a big “tight bunch passing guy” either, so I’ll take it they knew what they wanted…Butler just made a great play). They had to burn a TO on the long reception, leaving them with one left. If you run and get stopped- now you “have to” throw (or take your chances on one play). If you throw and it is incomplete, you have more options on the next down. Unfortunately, if you throw an interception, people will bring that up for the next 50 years whenever there is a controversial decision made in a super bowl. Unless someone takes the ball first and kicks a field goal… then you might get replaced. All I know is I am one hell of a lot better coach from the stands or from my living room than I am on the sideline. I like what you said, but do want to discuss a couple of points. Trying to get 8 points out of the first possession doesn't make sense. It means you scored a TD. Why go for 2 there? If you don't get it, you have forced them to score a TD knowing they have to have TD and when they do score, they win with a kick. But if you kick, you are reasonably assured that you should get one more possession and on that possession all you have to do is kick a FG to win. On the Seahawks, you can run BECAUSE you have a timeout. The call to make was a bootleg. You now can throw it away, or score by run or pass, and Lynch had torched them so they would have to sell out on the run knowing that you can run because you have a timeout. Now that is a little 20/20 hindsight. But throwing like they did was not 20/20 hindsight. That was a BAD call. That is how you lose. Agree it was a great play by the DB. But they gave them that opportunity. Run or boot. Boot is actually the best call. Then you still have your timeout for 3rd. Like Tubby Raymond said, "You don't have to make the perfect call, just avoid the bad play call."
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 16:09:39 GMT -6
I think a scenario where I would defer is if I had already decided that if the other team scores first, then I'm going to go for 2 and the win after my TD. Similar to what I was saying earlier. Surprise onside after the FG. Would have been the biggest ballsy move of all time.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 13:46:12 GMT -6
knowing they were in 4 down territory their whole drive which helps call plays. But that is not exactly true. It is true until they get into FG range. All of your other points are good.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 13:14:24 GMT -6
I too found it perplexing that the Niners were not ready for Zone read. I know you don't chase ghosts but you have to think players there and say we will not let Mahomes beat us. If he wants to throw it to somebody else or run it with Pacheco tip your cap to them. Right. And at worst all you give up is a first down if they do it with someone else. But they were going to do it with Mahomes, so bet that!!
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 13:12:57 GMT -6
Surprising. If you kick first, you HAVE to win on the second possession or you lose or put yourself in situation where the other team has has sudden death advantage. Yes, but you on that second possession have several advantages. Isn't the ONLY advantage that if the first team scores a TD, that you know you have to score a TD? Or if they kick a FG, then you have to at least kick a FG? So the advantage is that you know what you have to do to match. And all that does is give the ball to the other team to win in sudden death. Now knowledge is an advantage, but not an overwhelming advantage when all that advantage does is to know what you have to match. It isn't like hs or college. Matching is fine there. Matching is not fine in the NFL. Meaning, if everything is the same, but the 49ers kick first, the the only advantage they would have is to know that they had to go for it on 4th instead of kicking. Now that is an advantage. Not arguing it is not. But if they don't score there, they lose. And if they do score there, Mahomes gets the ball and only has to kick a FG to win. Of course that is better than what happened last night. But that is 20/20 hindsight at it's finest.
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Post by silkyice on Feb 12, 2024 13:04:42 GMT -6
Also, shocked that the 49ers didn't play the 4th and short play after the timeout better. No timeout, I get it. But did no one on the 49ers say that during the timeout that Mahomes is going to have the ball? I realize it was a run pass option, but no reason to go with the fake. And I realize that he could have handed that ball off also. BUT, the season was on the line. Make someone else pick up that first down besides Mahomes. Again, especially after the timeout. NFL DC not using triple option principles to stop zone read. End and LB both chased Exactly, even when the whole world knew that Mahomes was going to end up with the ball. That is my point. At some point, you think players, not plays. The Chiefs certainly did. And there was a TIMEOUT!!!! No idea what Shanahan's role with the defense is, but as a head coach, during a timeout, it is your responsibility to go to that huddle and say stop MAHOMES!!!
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