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re: The Coach who never punts
Posted on 11/15/13 at 10:23 am to IAmReality
Posted on 11/15/13 at 10:23 am to IAmReality
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All punting does is reduce the chance the opponent scores on you, but almost never by enough to offset the the points you effectively lost.
What? This statement is dumb. Your defense is more likely to get a stop when the offense has the drive the length of the field. Refusing to punt when youre in your own territory is the dumbest decision ever.
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 10:23 am
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Posted on 11/15/13 at 10:40 am to IAmReality
this would have been a good year for A&M to employ the HUNHNP offense since it's hard to imagine Johnny not getting 10 yards with 4 tries and the idea of keeping our defense off the field is kind of appealing too 
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 10:43 am
Posted on 11/15/13 at 10:49 am to RicksFormula
aTm would be undefeated with that strategy
Posted on 11/15/13 at 2:24 pm to Rickdaddy4188
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What? This statement is dumb. Your defense is more likely to get a stop when the offense has the drive the length of the field. Refusing to punt when youre in your own territory is the dumbest decision ever.
*sigh*
Some people will never understand, even though it's elementary school math.
You are soley focused on the single good element of punting (it makes it harder for the other team to score) and ignore three very important scenarios that are negatives of punting.
1. If you punt your opponent may score anyway.
2. If you convert the 4th down your opponent is denied possesion completely.
2. If you convert the 4th down YOU yourself may score points out of it.
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 11/15/13 at 2:26 pm to IAmReality
I played for PA awhile back. Coach Kelly was an assistant then but was still a badass.
This post was edited on 11/15/13 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 11/16/13 at 11:49 am to FourThreeForty
James Franklin just went for it on 4th and 1 from his own 25 on the first drive of the game, so at least a few coaches out there get it.
(they converted fwiw)
(they converted fwiw)
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