We had the same opportunity to force a three and out with a made FG, a missed FG, or a failed 4th and 1.
The decision by Narduzzi had no bearing on whether PSU had a three and out after it.
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The decision by Narduzzi had no bearing on whether PSU had a three and out after it.
I had no problem with the field goal attempt. I have a big problem missing it.
We have a very hard time running the ball especially in a short field.
The call on 4th and 2 earlier was genius.
Take it all in and we played well but not well enough.
UCF next.
We have a very hard time running the ball especially in a short field.
The call on 4th and 2 earlier was genius.
Take it all in and we played well but not well enough.
UCF next.
Coaches make a lot of calls throughout the game. I thought the good clearly outweighed the bad.
What was the score last year??? With two great backs and an experienced O line???
I think it is more about making good decisions in critical moments under pressure.
Panicking is not the best reaction Narduzzi.
It also doesn’t help when it looks like he had to ask for Whipples approval on the FG try late. He really doesn’t seem to have any sense for game management or even the most rudimentary decisions.
Look, you aren’t going to fire him unless this season spirals completely out of control like 2-10 bad. He’s got a great class coming in, the D looks talented, but he must get better at the basics, and next year feels like a crucial year with a much easier OOC, a Senior QB etc.
Exactly. And when you are losing by that one possession the goal shouldn't be to keep it that way, it should be to change it.
Don't we know, reasonably, what would have happened? Did we, in reality, give them the ball at the 20 yard line? And didn't they, in reality, get one first down and end up having to punt from the 45 yard line? And didn't we, in reality, get the ball back after the punt at the 8 yard line?
Why should we assume that it would have played out differently that what it did if we made the field goal, when what happened after that started from basically the same point?
And that's the thing that isn't even being brought up. Don't you have a better chance to score giving them the ball back on their own one versus on the 20 (or 25)? It is far more likely that they would have been conservative with their play calls back up on the one. A three and out was far more likely if they were starting from the one. Make them punt from their own five yard line and the chances that your next possession starts in their territory are pretty high.
When they have second and nine from the 21 they have no fear in throwing a pass that ends up being completed for an 18 yard gain. They would have been far less likely to throw that pass on second and nine from their own two.
I would have gone for it on 4th and 1. Narduzzi’s reasoning was he wanted to get the 3 and then get the ball back for the game winning drive. That is what this all tied to.
Right, it's all tied to an illogical decision by a coach who is afraid to try to take the game, and was just hoping that maybe the other guys would end up handing it to him.
It was cowardice in the face of our rival. The players earned 4 shots from the one and he didn’t trust them and showed the world his true colors. He is an embarrassment. This isn’t his first bad decision. Another game without a second half TD, 5 straight P5 losses (thankfully UCF is G5), still hasn’t beaten UNC, 0 bowl victories. I’m done with Narduzzi. Heather can’t be happy. She’ll be getting calls this week from bigger donors asking questions after today’s disaster.
Isn’t it his fault that the level of talent after 5 years is what it is? Recruiting is part of the job. In 2016- with Chryst recruits he beat PSU. Then two blow out defeats and then today.
If he was playing to win, why didn't he go for it and then go for 2? Or better yet, if he had this grand plan to score on 2 drives, why did he have to ask Whipple what to do?
Don't need to. It's an obvious lie. It was just a poor call from a guy who wasn't secure enough to make a decision for himself. The look on his face asking Whipple said it all.
Why would they be forced into a three and out when they weren’t after we missed the FG?
Coaches use timeouts at various times for various reasons.
Again, it was meaningless and had zero impact. You are nitpicking because you don't like the guy
I don’t look at it in an emotional way. It was just a bad decision any way you look at it. Maybe meaningless to you, but when the bad decisions stack up they way they are with Narduzzi the inescapable conclusion is he is lousy at this aspect of coaching,
Repeating that it ended up not mattering is silly and absolutely meaningless. It doesn’t make the decision any less bad. When the dumb event happens we have no idea whether it will ultimately end up hurting or not, but it easily could’ve. Timeouts are important with a team like Pitt that is going to play a lot of close games that can be decided by a play or two.
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