So, who the F punts on the opponent's 40 with 12 seconds left on 4th down?
 

I still cannot get over this. I can't think of a single time in modern football I've ever seen any team curl up into a ball and announce to the world what a bunch of gutless p*ssies they are...

Did even Herm ever pull this?

I could understand MAYBE on your own 40. But on their 40?

Herm Crennel

we do obviously

Almost forgot that nugget of fail. :facepalm:

and Crennel's explanation:

"There's a chance for something to go wrong on every play"

Maybe we should just punt on first down then and not take chances.

I was at a high school football game earlier this year when the local team (Shawnee Mission West) did the same damn thing. They were actually at about their own 30 with 5 seconds left in the first half, and the score was tied.

When they sent the punt team out, I thought "WTF, a punt can be returned for a touchdown! What a stupid call!".

The punt was returned for a touchdown. That was the stupidest call in a football game I've ever seen.

Until today.

I thought the same thing when we ran the ball three times in Saints territory at the end of the regulation to play for the tie. Who doesn't play for the win there? The Chiefs don't.

Romeo Crennel.


Who calls a timeout when the opponent has a first down with 2:43 left on the clock?

That call blew my mind.

We had two timeouts left. That means you wait until they run a play before calling your first timeout so that after the 3rd down play, you still have the 2 minute warning to stop the clock.

Calling a timeout before the first down play means that the 3rd down play will likely come after the 2 minute warning.

Why do so many coaches fail at clock management?

Kickers are tender and emotional. Good coaching protects them.

Organizational vaginitis

So have your quarterback go down to one knee. I was actually hoping the Ravens would run it back for a touchdown because I was so pissed.

I just shook my head! When they let Cassel throw it was nothing but fail

Hermi-O said it was "too risky".

Too risky to take a chance on a 60 yard FG in perfect weather? Worried that Ed Reed was going to return it for a TD? Why? Hermi-O wasn't trying to win anyway.

a coach who is excited about losing...

Great game! Chiefs almost won!

and crennel's answers are dumber than Herms....

just a mish-mash of tautologies and non-sequitors...blended together by a loser

This reerun...http://dallascowboysnation.com/wp-co...ads/4d3rc.jpeg

At the very worst they could have tried a hail mary that would have taken 8-10 seconds and virtually run out the clock. It would have been comical to see if Cassel could throw it through the uprights from that far out.

I don't know, but I bet whoever it is coaches a team that manages to get a delay of game after a spike to stop the clock.

Next banner? And take Crennel with you

I saw that.LMAO WTF?

Yeah, that was indeed a WTF?

After the next 28-10 home loss we can fly a banner:

"It was a complimentary moral loss"

Huh, Fat Herm

One "Plats to win the game"

the other plays to not quite/maybe/ dont want to risk and win the game

Nobody in their right mind.

I remember how people defended crennel and said.he was an elegant speaker. People look stupid now.

im not a Todd Haley fan or supporter but how the **** does this organization take 5000 steps backwards and downgrades to an even shitter coach

Todd Haley is 1000000000000000000000000000000000x better than Romeo and its not even close.

I just hate this franchise is going backwards

This really sums up how futile and horrible the entire Romeo/Daboll/Cassel/Pioli experiment has worked out.

That call along with all the horrible time management and penalties falls squarely on the coaching staff.

One of the more ridiculous things I have ever seen.

How about challenging an "in the grasp" call?

"Sorry, coach. You can't do that. It's in the rule book and stuff."

FAX

Too risky. You don't want to turn the ball over in that situation. Safer to punt the ball away. /Crennel

EXACTLY! From top to bottom, the Chiefs organization down to the players is in the worst shape that has ever been in. When your're GUTLESS, Y you do not improve!

The main goal was to have no turnovers today, not to win. Casshole and company rewarded them with 4

CLEVELAND PART II, only WORSE because of Pioli and Cassel.

You might win, take no chances.

Although gutless, I'd argue it was the right call.

At that point we were in a dogfight. If we kicked the field goal, we likely would have missed and given them the ball in our territory with 10 seconds and a timeout. One 12-15 yard pass gives them a chance to add 3 quick points before calling it a half.

If we throw it... well, that's not really an option apparently.

I will agree that you take that chance with good QB though.

Romeo coaches like Cassel plays -- Frightened like a little girl.

I would wager almost every other coach in the NFL would have at least tried another pass to get into field goal range. Who knows, 3 more points might have come in handy later... [/sarcasm]

The fact that Romeo thinks that it's "too risky" + Daboll having no confidence in Cassel + Cassel being more secure at the position then Excalibur was in that rock = Chiefs have ZERO chance to do anything this season.

...and punctuated with a billion "you know"s.

:Lin: I almost puked when Colquitt came out.

what was the upside of the punt?
hope for a fumble?
should have let soucupp try

Welcome to being a Chiefs fan. Back when Vermeil was coach it was "We just need to have a couple losing years to get high draft picks and rebuild," and here we are with a half decade of complete failure we can't get out from. Then Herm was going to fix the defense, then Haley couldn't be any worse than Herm, then Palko couldn't be any worse than Cassel, now Quinn can't be any worse than Cassel. Next it will be (insert GM) can't be any worse than Pioli, so we'll hire DeCosta and he'll turn this into mutant Ravens west.

It was a simple decision. You try to run a quick out to get 8 yards. You complete it, you have the first down and you're now in FG range. If it's covered, throw it away. Even if you turn it over on downs, there's only time left for one play, and that's a hail mary. It was a terrible decision and just further solidifies that we are out-gunned at the HC position every week.

No upside whatsoever. You just punt it away and concede the fact that you won't score anymore points; but neither will they.

You'd have kicked a 60 yard field goal with Ryan Succop? We hold our breaths when the guy boots a 38 yarder. A try from that far has a HUGE possibility of being block and returned for a TD or just flat out missing, putting them in great position to get off a field goal after a quick pass.

The only other option was a quick out route. Then again, the Ravens are an extremely experienced defense and definitely would have known that. They'd have been looking to jump any out route; combine that with Cassel's WR death staredown and molasses-dipped release and you're looking at a possible pick 6.

The man does not have an aggressive bone in his body.

I doubt he's seen his own dick in 10 years.

Also, by taking a chance with the pass and ol' Matty Cass, you run the risk of him freezing up and taking a sack/sack strip combo. He's done much worse. Shit, the guy fumble the ball at the damn goal line today..

I was taking pleasure in calling him MedioCrennel but it's apparent he's not even mediocre now.

This entire organization's leadership is a dumpster fire from the front office to the sidelines to the field.

I really, really, really wish I could get the inside scoop on this Cassel situation.

Was he the reason Weis was ran out of town or Haley?

Was Haley handcuffed to Cassel and fought the power? Could that have been why he was shitcanned midseason?

Does Romeo honestly ****ing believe that Cassel gives us the best chance to win? Is he just a subservient bitch that will do whatever Pioli says? Is that why he got the job over everyone else?

WHAT IN BALLS' NAME IS GOING ON HERE?

Pisoli seems to be the common denominator. Paired up with the Arrowhead Anxiety stuff I think we got our man

Well, duh.

Did you think he had some grand plan to win a Super Bowl? Fresh ideas? Energy?

Dogshit hire that makes Herm look inspired.

I think you know the answer. First 2 is yes, leaning towards a 3 for 3. Same as Quinn. This is year 4.

I guarantee you with the score tied had the Chiefs failed on 4th down with 12 seconds left that even if the Ravens would have got the ball back they would have taken a knee and took it to the locker room.

Strange call there.

I'm not so sure. Harbaugh has guts and I feel like he's kind of a dick.

It's not popular with fans, but it might be considered the right call for a team that had something to lose.

This team had nothing to lose. They haven't led a game for a single second. They just had played a half of football that it was highly unlikely they would sustain or improve upon in the second half. If there was ever a right time and a right team to take a risk, it was there.

Dude yall were sparring toe to toe with them and on top of that they would have been on their own 40

Chiefs played a good overall game today they just got caught on that pick that called the touchdown back... Sometimes they call that sometimes they don't, I think if he would have slowed him down instead of totally taking him out of the play yall would have left with a win.

Chiefs are a helluva lot closer to winning than my Raiders are

Do you think a 60 yard field goal would only take 2 seconds to complete?

It's more likely to be blocked...

Unless you have Seabass

Are you kidding me? Who drafts a kicker in the first round? LOL, I am so glad we had a real GM who drafted Sylvester Morris. That guy was a... Oh, wait....

bullshit
cripple fight coming
least your ****ing anchor died

I will NOT have your goddamn reverse mojo in here!

Seriously though. The Bills crushed us. Bills. THE MOTHER****ING COCK SUCKING BILLS.

Perhaps RC was hoping for a RTK call... Yeah, that's it, RTK.....

A Matt Cassel led team son.

Could well be, Mr. GloryDayz ... in his presser, Roleo said, "You know, in the NFL sometimes you have to kick it in those situations, you know, because the situation can change into a situation where you have a different, you know, situation."

FAX

honestly, I think a random fan with good motivational skills but absolutely no football experience would be a better option than Romeo.

Good god this decision was amazingly annoying to watch.

The wrong guy was fired /thread

I almost forgot about this. I was so pissed at the time, I think my mind just blocked it out.

Real Time Kinematics? I don't think GPS is the answer. But maybe, this team is fail.

:D

Protecting R Succop's leg for those big game winners late in the year.

Yeah we all do that anymore.

What year is this?

I have tried to block out 21 years of marriage.

I would rather have your team with Cassel and our coaching staff and GM than the team we have now, not that i am saying our staff is perfect but I think our staff has more potential for the long haul.