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It's a brutal, physical, exhausting game. Analytics don't factor in the emotion and mental focus aspects of football that are plain to observe in real time. A good coach knows where his guys are at in the flow of the game and has learned to manage the lows, steady the ship, and keep his guys focused.
All those 4th down tries absolutely deflated his team's momentum. It had to be depressing for his defense, they had to operate with zero room for error all game long... It created a desperation in his offense. It was not good people management.
These are things you can't learn from just looking at statistics on a piece of paper or computer screen.
It's not just about 15 points vs. 14 points. It's about the flow of the game and how everything affects everything else and managing emotion and focus of 53 guys giving max effort for 3 hours straight.
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