The Laettner play isn't close to this. Yeah, UK could have guarded the inbounder, and Jermaine Dixon could have not overplayed Scotty Reynolds too. Those things happen. This was stupidity of a previously unreached level.Originally posted by noelr:
Kentucky let off the hook for worst last play ever for Laettner
carroll's explanation was especially inexcusable; you didn't have the goal-line unit out there? you had 2 timeouts. you have marshawn freaking lynch out there, there had to be a run you could have called with the personnel out there. or, use the damn timeout and get the right people on the field. i don't see how they didn't have the right people out there when the previous play lynch dragged about 4 patriots to the 1. the personnel out there worked pretty good on that run. there's no law saying you have to bunch up in goal-line formation down at the 1 either, pete.Originally posted by wbrpanther:
At least not putting your biggest guy on the inbounder to prevent the perfect pass was a decision that can be defended, though I will always believe it was dumb. What happened tonight is inexcusable.
They didn't have 2 timeouts, they had one. If they burn the timeout, they really lose the option to run, as the clock would have run way down if he had been stopped. If you're going to pass there, you can't call a play that requires a pass into all of that traffic. Too many bad things can happen, a tip, a bobble, a slip, and the ball ends up in the wrong hands. If you want to pass, you call a fade, or you roll Wilson out, and if it's not there, throw it away.Originally posted by passedout:
Marshawn Lynch is known for his vision and ability to gain 4 yards against 8-9 man fronts. Pete Carroll definitely sh*t the bed tonight and called that pass play. Like you said Deepelemblues, he had 2 freaking timeouts. Your receiver made a spectacular play to put you in a position to win the biggest game of your career and you don't have the common sense to call a timeout if you need a personnel change? Nah, that was bull. Pete Carroll's all about make that splash move or call and tonight he got burnt by it -- plain and simple. Go with what got you there and you win.