Going for the Touchdown - Page 2

chief52 · 11-06-2005, 07:41 PM

I feel their was no decision to make here. The Chiefs have a strong running game. They are inside the one yard line. Their chances I would estimate at 75/25 of scoring a touchdown in this situation. If you kick the field goal the chances of the Chiefs winning are only 50/50. I can not see how anyone can figure they should have kicked the field goal. I would have supported the decision regardless of the outcome. Surely a segment on here would have ripped DV, but I can not see their logic in ripping him. You need to make the decision that gives your team the best chance of winning the game and clearly that was going for the touchdown.

Anyone really think going for the field goal would have been the decision to make? I can not see it.

Logical · 11-06-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SideWinder

That decision, and the success of the play notwithstanding, I still can't wait for this team to be Dickless.

I know you have said this for a long time, maybe from the beginning, I have definitely joined the dump DV and entire coaching staff bandwagon. Other than o-line coach I don't really want any coach back next year.

milkman · 11-06-2005, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

I know you have said this for a long time, maybe from the beginning, I have definitely joined the dump DV and entire coaching staff bandwagon. Other than o-line coach I don't really want any coach back next year.

My sentiments exactly.

Will Solari stay on if everyone else is canned.

And yes, I have never liked Dick.

**Bowser** · 11-06-2005, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

If I jump off of a 3 story building rather than wait for the elevator, but I live does that make it a good decision to jump? Just because it wasn't a disaster doesn't make it smart.

Two questions -

1) Are you crippled for life? And

2) How hot is the chick you're jumping off the building for? Because in situations like this, there is always a chick involved.

chief52 · 11-06-2005, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

Though you might be right, I know both my son, daughter and I were screaming for them to go for it and not kick the field goal. I even remember saying out loud that I would rather lose than kick the field goal under these circumstances.

I totally agree with Vlad. I would rather lose than kick the FG under these circumstance. You gotta go with the odds and your chances of scoring from inside the one are clearly higher than going into OT...especially the way the Raiders were moving the ball.

chief52 · 11-06-2005, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

LJ had already dropped it twice and he gets stuffed on that type of run all the time. I think the odds of scroing were below 50% and I think the odds of some really bad stuff happening were better than 10%.

The Chiefs chances of scoring from inside the one were much higher than their chances of winning in OT. Clearly, you had to go for it.

Simplex3 · 11-06-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Two questions -

1) Are you crippled for life? And

2) How hot is the chick you're jumping off the building for? Because in situations like this, there is always a chick involved.

1. Probably
2.

...and beer.

Simplex3 · 11-06-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by chief52

The Chiefs chances of scoring from inside the one were much higher than their chances of winning in OT. Clearly, you had to go for it.

Ok, but do you give it to the guy with fumble-itis and generally runs into the backs of his own linemen? I run the QB sneak or hand it to Richardson IF I'm going to go for it.

**Skip Towne** · 11-06-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SideWinder

My feeling was that we should not have gone for it.

Not because I didn't believe that we could punch it in with LJ, but rather, because I had no faith in Squanders to make the right call.

I had visions of an incomplete pass as time expired.

I am happier than a pig in shit that I was wrong.

Well I feel the same way. Maybe it is because we are old and have lost our nerve. But VD gambled our whole season on one play. And it was a play that we had failed miserably on the week before. I'm sure all the LJ haters remember that. VD doesn't really have anything on the line like us longtime dumbasses do. He'll waltz away after this season. He has nothing to lose. Dumbass Randy Cross kept saying a quick pass, a quick pass. I'm thinking if we pass we are done. As Woody Hayes once pointed out, when you pass, three things can happen and two of them are bad. While Sidewinder was thinking incomplete pass, I was thinking QB sack just like last week. Woody Hayes was wrong. When you pass, 4 things can happen, and three of them are bad. He forgot about the QB sack.

chief52 · 11-06-2005, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Ok, but do you give it to the guy with fumble-itis and generally runs into the backs of his own linemen? I run the QB sneak or hand it to Richardson IF I'm going to go for it.

While I did like the call, I can see that there were other ways to go for it and I can give you that.

11-06-2005, 07:41 PM
chief52 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NoCal Casino cash: $9835260	Going for the Touchdown I feel their was no decision to make here. The Chiefs have a strong running game. They are inside the one yard line. Their chances I would estimate at 75/25 of scoring a touchdown in this situation. If you kick the field goal the chances of the Chiefs winning are only 50/50. I can not see how anyone can figure they should have kicked the field goal. I would have supported the decision regardless of the outcome. Surely a segment on here would have ripped DV, but I can not see their logic in ripping him. You need to make the decision that gives your team the best chance of winning the game and clearly that was going for the touchdown. Anyone really think going for the field goal would have been the decision to make? I can not see it.
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