01-10-2016, 05:16 PM
(01-10-2016, 05:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You can't always judge the decision by the outcome. I have seen bad decisions workout alright, and I have seen good decisions fail. You are just too used to judging every coaching decision with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.
And that is the main point of my post. Many people hear cry constantly about Marvin being too conservative and "playing no to lose". If he had kneeled three times and missed the FG then people like you would have killed him for that also.
This is a valid point, Marvin probably would have been criticized for not running the ball 3x. In hindsight everyone would have said "Hill wouldn't have fumbled there."
But it's objectively true to claim that Pittsburgh's odds of victory would have been a lot worse if they were down 4, had 0 timeouts and had to drive 80 yards downfield and score a TD with a gimpy-armed QB in 1:30.
