Our Coaches BETRAYED Us - From Seawhawk Nation - CONSPIRACY

[Mr. Scot]

You people aren't thinking outside the box. Although there may not be any conspiracy associated with the call but it does show the level of influence the play caller have over the game. Just pause a little and think a bit.

You think people don't already know how important play calling is to a football game?

[Pondmanmark]

thank GOD for ticket buying Steeler fans..

 

                                                                 

[Thal]

You think people don't already know how important play calling is to a football game?

Actually, they don't. Because they don't know which play call was bad in a given game. It's the reason the draft is so huge for fans, they think players can always compensate for bad coaching decisions. It that play teach us anything is that coaches should be given wonderlic test as well. Because critical thinking skills might be very crucial in close games. Think back to the close games we lost the last few years under rivera.

[Pondmanmark]

Guessing you're not gonna like this either, Hawk

Prince Amukamara has some fun with the Seahawks

 

 

 

Now that deserves a month of pie. Give it to em Jeremy !

[ThPantherFan]

My bad.....I was such a bright young child that I got "A"s on all my classwork growing up. I had so many that every once in a while I drop a few extra "A"s into my ephemera that I share.

 

Sorry it has been corrected and the "A's" have been recalled.

 

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention, as we pried ourselves on being the best we can be. 

 

You're from Seattle, aren't you? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[panthers55]

The truth is that folks can argue that based on the down and time left that Seattle should have run against instead of passed but the play selection was actually not that bad when you look at the how the defense was lined up. If that had been almost any other defense, the outside guy wouldn't have gotten inside quick enough to make that play. It was an amazing play by the defender not a bad play design or even poor execution. It was simply whether to call it on second or third down if a run on second down falls short.

[Pondmanmark]

You're from Seattle, aren't you? 

 

 

 

Is that an attempt at a joke?    Cotswold....Randolph and Sharon Amity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[top dawg]

I just think that it was a great defensive play.  Butler recognized the formation, jumped the route, and made an aggressive catch (that was not a gimme). End of story.

[MHS831]

I read a stat (Charlotte Observer, I think) that said this:

 

Running plays in the NFL on the one yard line scored 57% of the time (You would have to think Beast mode would be a bit higher, but play along).

Passing plays on the one yard line scored 61% of the time.

 

There was only 1 interception when passing the ball from the one yard line, and we saw it in the Super Bowl.

 

So, was it a bad call?

[MHS831]

I just think that it was a great defensive play.  Butler recognized the formation, jumped the route, and made an aggressive catch (that was not a gimme). End of story.

 

Having 2 weeks to watch film may have been the difference.

 

[X-Clown]

I read a stat (Charlotte Observer, I think) that said this:

Running plays in the NFL on the one yard line scored 57% of the time (You would have to think Beast mode would be a bit higher, but play along).

Passing plays on the one yard line scored 61% of the time.

There was only 1 interception when passing the ball from the one yard line, and we saw it in the Super Bowl.

So, was it a bad call?

Yes. It wasnt Deangelo Williams, Donald Brown, or Jacquizz Rodgers in the backfield, it was Marshawn Lynch who leads all RBs in TDs over the past few seasons. Furthermore, the pass was not thrown to Dez Bryant, Anquan Boldin, or Calvin Johnson, it was Ricardo Lockette.

To put it in perspective, it would be like the panthers throwing it to bersin instead of relying on cam or j stew to get the one yard.

[MHS831]

Yes. It wasnt Deangelo Williams, Donald Brown, or Jacquizz Rodgers in the backfield, it was Marshawn Lynch who leads all RBs in TDs over the past few seasons. Furthermore, the pass was not thrown to Dez Bryant, Anquan Boldin, or Calvin Johnson, it was Ricardo Lockette.

To put it in perspective, it would be like the panthers throwing it to bersin instead of relying on cam or j stew to get the one yard.

 

Let me be perfectly clear---I thought it was extremely dumb with Marshawn Lynch, but if you step back and look at it as a football decision in general, not as crazy. 

40 years ago, If Earl Campbell of the Oilers was not given the ball in that situation, the coach would have been fired--like the Giants coach years ago when he chose to hand the ball off instead of taking a knee in victory formation, and the exchange was fumbled, and Herm Edwards scored.  This play was dumber.  My point was to try to examine the rationale.

I did say "So play along" after mentioning that Marshawn Lynch was a huge variable.

 

I personally think it was worse that if the Panthers threw to Bersin instead of giving it to Stew or Cam on a keeper.

 

If I were going to throw the ball in that situation for whatever reason, and the stats I provided don't cover this, I would do 3 things:

 

1. There would be play action to Lynch.  Duh.

2. The QB would probably roll out, giving him as run/pass option

3. I would throw it to a big WR or TE at the back of the endzone to prevent a deflection interception and to throw it away if it is not there. 

 

There is no way--even if Lockette was wide open, I would have thrown a bullet slant.  I have seen defensive linemen intercept those, not to mention DBs.  If the ball is a bit high, it can easily be tipped into the air.  That, if you have ribs and do not have 20/20 peripheral vision, is a harder pass to catch that others, especially if the ball comes in hot and above the numbers. 

 

I was playing devil's advocate with some pretty interesting stats.  You know what they say about stats.

 

[Mr. Scot]

And now, this...

 

The family of a Seahawks fan who died after the Super Bowl says he would have enjoyed the dig at the team they put in the last line of his obituary:

 

"We blame the Seahawks lousy play call for Mike's untimely death."

 

The obituary for Michael Vedvik appeared Thursday in The Spokesman-Review.

 

His wife, Stephanie, says he would have found the line hilarious.

 

The 53-year-old Kent man actually didn't see the game. He recorded it, intending to watch later, and went to sleep not feeling well, thinking it was indigestion or stress. He died in bed after a heart attack.

 

His brother-in-law added the line about Seattle's unsuccessful final play to the obituary and Stephanie Vedvik approved.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/05/5496463/obit-we-blame-seahawks-lousy-play.html#.VNQ9_C7MSd4#storylink=cpy

[Mol3m4n]

And now, this...

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/05/5496463/obit-we-blame-seahawks-lousy-play.html#.VNQ9_C7MSd4#storylink=cpy

Not really sure that I approve, but to each their own.