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Originally Posted by 300 Bowler
Go do a little Google research on THE DRIVE and THE FUMBLE from Marty's days in Cleveland. Those were nothing other than bad luck, no matter how much you desperately want to deny it.
And as Bo's Pelini just pointed out, it wasn't bad coaching on Marty's part that cost the Chargers the playoff game in 2007 when Marlon McCree intercepted a pass on 4th down, tried to return it, and then fumbled it back to New England. It was a stupid play by the Chargers' safety, and bad luck for Schottenheimer. All McCree had to do was knock down the pass, and the Chargers would have won the game. Instead, he turned the ball back over to the Patriots, and they marched down the field and won the game.
I'm not saying that Marty has NEVER choked in the postseason. He obviously has. But to say that he choked in the postseason EVERY TIME is demonstrably wrong.
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I WATCHED the Drive and the Fumble.
I watched Lin Elliott miss a kick and Tony Gonzales get called for a PI penalty that never actually happened.
I watched Marlon McCree fumble and I watched Nate Kaeding miss a kick not once but three times in the same game.
When a team is CONSTANTLY in position to lose because of ONE PLAY, that's on the coach. Period.