That's why you go for 4th and 4 inches
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I, too, wish that he'd have gone for it.
But having said that, if Pitt had gone for it and failed to make it, the same Pitt fans who are now criticizing the decision would be butchering him for "not playing for field position" since the defense had been playing so well.
Damned if you do, and damned if you don't.....
But having said that, if Pitt had gone for it and failed to make it, the same Pitt fans who are now criticizing the decision would be butchering him for "not playing for field position" since the defense had been playing so well.
Damned if you do, and damned if you don't.....
Not true. Look at the timestamps on the posts. I, and most others, were criticizing the move the second it happened. It wasn't hindsight. Even the gibrone announcer said the same thing as it was happening.
If he doesn't make it, big deal. They're at their own 37 yard line instead of their 20.
It shows that he's a rookie coach who doesn't quite yet have the feel for the moment. Pitt had the momentum, Iowa was on the ropes. It wasn't 4th and long. It was 4th and the length of a football. Trust your line and your QB.
Nobody, especially not me, would've hammered him for going for it and not making it. It would've been playing to win instead of playing not to lose.
Remember what I posted: I, too, wanted HCPN to go for it.
But his background is that of a defensive coach; that's where his inner loyalties lie.
Personally, I thought that his not going for it caused a big momentum swing to the game: it made Iowa feel that they'd stopped Pitt's drive when, in essence, it was that decision that (probably) stopped the drive.
Yep.
In a close game, it was the key (and wrong) decision that meant the game.
It's not to say there weren't good things and good decisions. If Narduzzi ordered the punt block (it was clearly not their usual rush), for example, that was brilliant. If it weren't for that, the 4th down issue later wouldn't have meant anything, as we would have been losing anyway.
But he made a big mistake and it ended up being critical. It is perfectly fine to point it out.
Anyone pissed about that and not the decision and loss itself, are why Pitt chronically stinks. Acceptance of failure and mediocrity leads to failure and mediocrity.
He can learn from this, and he better. It'sone game now, but as we know, death by s thousand cuts always starts with one cut. Too many of these untimely, dumb ass decisions that lead to losses, packaged together, will see him heading out the door in three years like so many others.
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