09-26-2022, 09:54 PM
(09-26-2022, 09:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The problem is that fans don't judge a call on how good it was. Instead they judge it on if it worked or not. If that play had worked then it would be cited as proof of his ability to "think outside the box".
If a coach makes the usual call and it fails then he was "too predictable".
If a coach makes an unusual call and it fails then he was stupid for not doing "what every high school coach would have done".
And if a play works then it doesn't matter if it was a stupid call or not.
I agree to a point. I do think you have to account for an individual players skill set. I think as amazing as chase is that's not his strongest attribute. But I did just now think of a couple of positives to this play.
1: it's still not Zac's worst 4th down call the shotgun designed run with Dalton still holds that trophy.
2: this of all game situations was a 4th down you can afford not to pick up. So it's on tape and maybe in a game we need a big play on 4th down the defense will take the bait of chase coming across and we can catch going in another direction. So bad play call from Zac? Or next level genius move? To be determined later.
