and these are the same thought I had as it was happening real time.
starting to get sick of some of the bs I'm starting to read....
first narrative
now I'm hearing that belichick is a the smartest guy in the history for NOT calling a timeout causing chaos for seattle......
BS
the outcome does not justify the decision/process and he fucked up! if sea had scored on 2nd down he'f provide his qb about 3 plays (18-20 seconds) to tie/win the game after a kickoff....but hey, you've got 2 timeouts big boy!
second narrative
spouted by carroll and never called out or questions by the media......"seattle was going to have to throw on one down anyway"
TOTAL BS!
1st down ended with 62 seconds left on the clock.....you mean to tell me sea couldn't have run on 2nd down and 3rd down and THEN call timeout prior to 4th down with at least 1 second left in the game???
running the clock was the right thing to do, esp since belichick fucks up with no timeout...sea snapped the ball with 26 seconds left.....a run from the 1 yard line takes about 4 seconds....if they're stopped that leaves them with 22 seconds to get off the pile, line up and run again....PLENTY OF TIME.....and if stopped, call timeout.
third narrative......"we wanted to throw the ball to run more time off the clock""
BS....WHAT??? it's either caught for a td, incomplete, intercepted or caught short of the goal line and now the field is a bit more spread out making un-piling and running a 3rd down play before the clock expiring a bit tighter (still doable with 22 seconds or so to spare)
fourth narrative....."it's less risky to throw the ball than run it"
BS.....a slant from the 1 is less risky than giving it to marshawn or Wilson keeping it on a read option?? watch the replay.....any tipped pass by a lineman, db, wr and there are 7 pats there vs 1 sea wr for the defelction into a condensed middle of the field.......a truly HORRIBLE PLAY CALL.
if you REALLY need to pass the ball, get wilson on the roll out (wastes more time per pete's 4th narrative) or have him throw an out/fade where it's a 1-1 scenario to the outside.
fifth and final narrative AND MOST IMPORTANT (not even mentioned anywhere)
had seattle run on 2nd down with 25-30 seconds left in the game and been stopped.....THERE IS NO DOUBT NEW ENGLAND WOULD HAVE CALLED TIMEOUT!
belichick would not have ended the game with a loss and 2 timeouts in his pocket after wasting away the final 62 seconds.
it was a total coaching blunder on both sidelines and I've been spouting off for decades that these ass clowns promote how MUCH they work (hey we work 100 hours a week and sleep in the offices) but when push comes to shove they have no concept of clock/time management and generally fuck things up (or in this case for belichick, get fking lucky)......spend some time learning end-of-game strategy
starting to get sick of some of the bs I'm starting to read....
first narrative
now I'm hearing that belichick is a the smartest guy in the history for NOT calling a timeout causing chaos for seattle......
BS
the outcome does not justify the decision/process and he fucked up! if sea had scored on 2nd down he'f provide his qb about 3 plays (18-20 seconds) to tie/win the game after a kickoff....but hey, you've got 2 timeouts big boy!
second narrative
spouted by carroll and never called out or questions by the media......"seattle was going to have to throw on one down anyway"
TOTAL BS!
1st down ended with 62 seconds left on the clock.....you mean to tell me sea couldn't have run on 2nd down and 3rd down and THEN call timeout prior to 4th down with at least 1 second left in the game???
running the clock was the right thing to do, esp since belichick fucks up with no timeout...sea snapped the ball with 26 seconds left.....a run from the 1 yard line takes about 4 seconds....if they're stopped that leaves them with 22 seconds to get off the pile, line up and run again....PLENTY OF TIME.....and if stopped, call timeout.
third narrative......"we wanted to throw the ball to run more time off the clock""
BS....WHAT??? it's either caught for a td, incomplete, intercepted or caught short of the goal line and now the field is a bit more spread out making un-piling and running a 3rd down play before the clock expiring a bit tighter (still doable with 22 seconds or so to spare)
fourth narrative....."it's less risky to throw the ball than run it"
BS.....a slant from the 1 is less risky than giving it to marshawn or Wilson keeping it on a read option?? watch the replay.....any tipped pass by a lineman, db, wr and there are 7 pats there vs 1 sea wr for the defelction into a condensed middle of the field.......a truly HORRIBLE PLAY CALL.
if you REALLY need to pass the ball, get wilson on the roll out (wastes more time per pete's 4th narrative) or have him throw an out/fade where it's a 1-1 scenario to the outside.
fifth and final narrative AND MOST IMPORTANT (not even mentioned anywhere)
had seattle run on 2nd down with 25-30 seconds left in the game and been stopped.....THERE IS NO DOUBT NEW ENGLAND WOULD HAVE CALLED TIMEOUT!
belichick would not have ended the game with a loss and 2 timeouts in his pocket after wasting away the final 62 seconds.
it was a total coaching blunder on both sidelines and I've been spouting off for decades that these ass clowns promote how MUCH they work (hey we work 100 hours a week and sleep in the offices) but when push comes to shove they have no concept of clock/time management and generally fuck things up (or in this case for belichick, get fking lucky)......spend some time learning end-of-game strategy
