Worst Coaching Decision in History?

Y'all remember when Pete kept Reggie Bush out of the game on that 4th down against Texas in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Texas knew where the ball was going.  
 
Easily the worst coaching decision ever. The Beast just had a nice power run, you feed him again. And if that fails you still have a timeout left. Feel bad for Seatitle fans.
 
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Seattle got too cute that's why

Then Pete Carroll wanna say they ran that play for matchup reasons :lol:
 
Yes. It was the worst I've ever seen. Before this it was when Pop had benched Tim Duncan in game 6
 
Brandon3000 said:
Yes. It was the worst I've ever seen. Before this it was when Pop had benched Tim Duncan in game 6
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as great as greg popp is, it wasnt just that...
sticking with manu who owed them cartels. letting him basically go coast to coast on the final play in regulation
sitting parker for an extended period
fouling to prevent even getting that 3 up (but i understand that certain coaches are against it)


but last night was something else. i still dont understand it. carroll's explanation just makes it even more difficult to comprehend
 
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Over the past five seasons including the playoffs entering last night, teams on the opponent’s 1-yard line ran the ball on 71 percent of all plays. On those plays, teams scored a touchdown 54 percent of the time while turning the ball over 1.5 percent of the time.

When passing from the 1, teams scored a touchdown just under 50 percent of the time while turning the ball over at a slightly higher rate.

The Patriots allowed five touchdowns on six rushes from their 1-yard line this season, including the playoffs (83 percent). Only the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington ******** (both 100 percent) allowed touchdowns on a higher percentage of rushing plays from the 1-yard line.

If Seattle ran on 2nd down, called a timeout and ran on 3rd down, based on the league average touchdown percentage, two rushes would have resulted in a touchdown 79 percent of the time.
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DMan14 said:
Did we just witness the worst decision? You got Marshawn Lynch/beast and you decide to throw. I can live with season on the line with him running but you put it on the arms of russell when it was not necessary?

i thought pop end of gm6 finals was bad or when grady little left pedro to die, but this tops it


pete explanation is just bad. maybe he just taking the blame from the off coordinator
this guy cant get you one yard even if they stacked the line?
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It comes down to execution, not calls.  Clearly Wilson didn't know he was being read.  He was probably dead set at throwing a quick and secure strike thinking they would have the hand off to Lynch on the remaining 2 while preserving time.  I kind of agree w/ Carol's explanation though, as his thinking was to prevent the Patriots from having an opportunity to win, especially after stealing one against Green Bay.

BB bluffed him by not calling a time out (probably believed it was over) and the rest was history.

I'm curious about the stats of Lynch near the 1 yard line.  But momentum was clearly with the Seahawks.  But no matter how much we talk about this, the Patriots won.
 
End of the day if that play works everyone is calling him pistol Pete and big balls Pete. Seeing the replay every single qb in the league would make that throw. Just so happened the CB made the play of the year
 
Wrong. People would've said "why" but ok it worked. You give the ball to the monster in the backfield that wears number 24. Plane and simple. Dude had been punching that Pat defense in the mouth all game.
 
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Throw was late and shouldn't have been throwing anyway.
Butler was three yards deep in the end zone and five yards off the receiver.
You can't intercept a quick slant unless the pass is late.
Horrible execution and horrible decision making.
 
Mr S J King said:
Throw was late and shouldn't have been throwing anyway.
Butler was three yards deep in the end zone and five yards off the receiver.
You can't intercept a quick slant unless the pass is late.
Horrible execution and horrible decision making.
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Wilson doesn't have the quick release to begin with, but even if they converted it is still the wrong play.

CB saw the play develop before the ball was even thrown, but there is no reason to EVER throw the football when you don't have to.
 
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ericsanch1992 said:
If the play worked dude would be called a genius because everybody expected the run. imo of course
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That's like saying that if a team is down by 2 in a basketball game with one second left and they let JaVale McGee shoot a 40 foot three pointer that happens to go in, that it was a genius decision because it took everyone off guard.
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it's like when cam newton tried to run the ball in before they kicked the gw field goal vs oregon. all he had to do was take a knee and kick.
running with marshawn was low risk and best chance
throwing that ball was high risk with the same reward
 
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The fact of the matter is, Malcolm Butler KNEW Russell was gonna throw it. He said it in an interview. Malcolm ran before Russell threw the ball.
 
keeL252 said:
Wrong. People would've said "why" but ok it worked. You give the ball to the monster in the backfield that wears number 24. Plane and simple. Dude had been punching that Pat defense in the mouth all game.
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No the wouldn't :lol: you don't see people saying they should of taken the field goal instead of going for the TD at the end of the first half
 
Someone point out people *****ing about Pete going for it on 4th down in the NFC championship last year. Or the fake field goal in the NFC championship or going for the td at the end of the first half.
Ain't no one saying it was dumb because it worked. Just like how it would of been in russell completes the pass to Lockett
 
a55a5in11 said:
No the wouldn't :lol: you don't see people saying they should of taken the field goal instead of going for the TD at the end of the first half
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Dumb play. Ain't no way around it. Your being a fan so of course your gonna side with your coach. You had butler say in the interiew he knew it was coming. So there you have it.
 
a55a5in11 said:
Someone point out people *****ing about Pete going for it on 4th down in the NFC championship last year. Or the fake field goal in the NFC championship or going for the td at the end of the first half.
Ain't no one saying it was dumb because it worked. Just like how it would of been in russell completes the pass to Lockett
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each one of those plays there was previous evidence to show they had a good chance of working.

9ers were jumping early, they felt at minimum they could get a free play

Packers showed FG block before and were not good at hiding their schemes.

there was nothing the Pats showed to not run for it (or even read option) on 2nd down with a timeout left.

if the play works...cool, I still expected 100% Shawn would get the ball

no knock on Pete..he trusted his OC

idc. Bevell has shown this ego trip calls throughout his career since Minnesota days
 
The play they ran was made to beat that coverage. 9 men in the box and 2 lone cornerbacks. It just so happens the CB made a play damn near every other player wouldn't have. Hindsight is 20/20 so obviously is was the wrong call.
I don't see anyone saying NO surprise inside was a dumb play. Even though if it failed everyone would call peyton an idiot
 
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