One of these days

[gjn23]

everyone will forget about Joe Pisarchek (sp?) because of the self-glorification mindset of todays clueless players. I'm waiting for the bonehead play of the century to happen.

Take last night's game, I was hoping and praying that Mckenzie would fumble that ball on the way to his self glorificating (and meaningless) TD romp with no time on the clock. Then some lucky Viking would pick it up, run it the other way 80 yards for the Game winning TD.

Knock the ball down.
Pick it off and fall down.
Pick it off and run out of bounds.
All 3 options IMMEDIATELY end the game and YOUR TEAM WINS.

Another example was Miami-VT. Why was Coker handing the ball to Patyon with a minute left?????? Take a knee and end it. Nope hand it off, he busts one long oh wait he fumbled??? I wish VT had scooped it up and run it back the other way for a TD.

I can't wait to see the look on theses IDIOT coaches and players when something like this happens to snatch defeat from victory.

These two examples are further proof that:
1) coaches have no control over players and they have no critical thinking ability the three hours they are on the field. They can shovel their bullshit about the 90 hours a week they put in studying film etc... I say you're a complete moron if you can't take a knee, run a clock out or figure out when to properly call a timeout and/or a challenge in the NFL. Hire me for 40k a year as your assistant and I'll get every one of these types of calls right.


Done with my rant.

 

[Topdog]

Valid Points

Valid Points

I certainly agree that the NFL seems to be lacking when it comes to preparing their players in advance for a certain situation. The one that comes to mind was the Dallas Cowboys a few years ago. A lineman jumped on a dead ball, bringing it back to life, and then losing it to the other team for a score. The player taking off his helmet is another.

Clock management must surely be at an all time low and only overshadowed by the time I saw a QB spike the ball to stop the clock on 4th and several with no timeouts left. "BALLGAME"

Another great point you made is the challanges. There must be someone on their staff up in the booth that is making this more difficult than I see it at home.

Keep it Positive, Topdog

 

[gjn23]

Here's another coaching blunder (Read: HIRE ME).

Scenario:
The Vikings get the last kick with 55 seconds left at the 35 and have 2 TO's left.

There are only so many plays left in the game at that point. (The average pass play will take 5-10 seconds)

The clock stops on INC, Out of bounds plays, TO's and spiking the ball, however that will use 20 seconds factoring in the time for the play and getting everyone back to the line and set.

What do the Viking do????

On the VERY FIRST PLAY the complete a pass inbounds for about 6 yards and DON'T CALL TIMEOUT. They rush back to the line, get everyone set, call a play at the line and end up snapping the ball with about 28 seconds left. They wasted 20 seconds doing this (which basically equates to 2-3 extra plays). Who in the hell is deciding this???????? Call a f-ing timeout in the last minute, when you have multiple to's left, ANYTIME you get tackled in bounds. Especially when you need a TD and not just a FG.

Again, put in your 90 hours watching film and I'll out-think you on the sideline every game when it comes to this stuff.