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re: The Coach who never punts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 11:35 pm to IAmReality
Posted on 11/14/13 at 11:35 pm to IAmReality
You make a very good point about high school special teams.
If you can consistnetly punt and kickoff and pin your opponent down very deep insie the 10, that does make kicking more appealing than otherwise.
At high level play never punting is probably a bad blanket strategy, but not going for a 4th down on your opponents side of the field is almost always terrible.
The point behind all this is coaches tend to pick the conversative approach way too often. If a coach played "perfect" strategy from a game theory point of view you'd see much more 4th down attempts and more aggressive play in general.
If you can consistnetly punt and kickoff and pin your opponent down very deep insie the 10, that does make kicking more appealing than otherwise.
At high level play never punting is probably a bad blanket strategy, but not going for a 4th down on your opponents side of the field is almost always terrible.
The point behind all this is coaches tend to pick the conversative approach way too often. If a coach played "perfect" strategy from a game theory point of view you'd see much more 4th down attempts and more aggressive play in general.
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