Comments on: What would Belichick have done?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:55:04 +0000

Sherman would have done exactly what McCarthy did. Which is what scares me.

By: Trav

Trav — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:41 +0000

Andy – the term you are looking for re: MM and making a ballsy call is “testicular fortitude”. (Props to Bill Simmons). It appears that MM is lacking it.

I believe that I said “ONE YARD?!?!?!” close to 100 times on the terrible journey home yesterday.

And yes, Sherman would have punted. No doubt on that.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:59:43 +0000

It was 2nd and Goal from the ONE yard line. It should not take three chances for a offense to get ONE yard. The failure of MM was not in kicking the field goal. The failure was in not being able to get ONE yard on two plays. The play calls were predictible and really helped the defense make a stand, but regardless of the play call an offense should be able to scrap out ONE yard in two plays no matter what the defense is doing. So, fault MM for not calling plays that takes advantage of a defense that is packing the middle and fault the o-line for not being able to get ONE yard on two running plays regardless of the lousy play calls.

I also wonder if Rodgers has the ability to audible out those plays. Can he call his own number to a boot-leg or a off tackle run if the defense is looking like it is going to stack the middle?

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:31:45 +0000

A coach with foresight would have factored in the ST’s inability to make a stop. I have no problem with the field goal. I do have a problem kicking away against the wind on the ensuing kickoff. Poor performance has been the hallmark of ST play for weeks. Nothing has been done to fix it. That, to me, was the error in judgement. If MM concurred with Stock on that decision the blame for the loss lands squarely on MM.