I am not that worried about losing Hue Jackson

[wolfkaosaun]

(01-10-2016, 02:52 PM)Beaker Wrote: As Hue gets a HC job, many were worrried about losing him. I am not. I think he made 2 huge mistakes last night, 1 that people are talking about, 1 that nobody is mentioning.

I think the biggest mistake of the game was that god awful 2 pt conversion play call. On the TD before, Jeremy Hill literally walked into the endzone from 2 yards out. We lined up with Fisher at FB and stuffed it in. Why wasn't a similar call made for the 2 point conversion? The steelers could not stop that. Instead, Hue tries to get cute and calls a play that plays right into the strength of the steeler D...their LB speed. If we had made that 2 pt conversion, the FG at the end would have been for the tie. Why is this not being discussed more? And Hue did that throughout the season. I get that you want to keep the D guessing, but how many times did he try to get the ball to Fisher this season with the other skill players that we have? To me that was a HUGE moment in the game and contributed heavily to why we eventually lost.

The one that everyone IS talking about is the play calling after the Burfict INT. At the 20 yard line, the Bengals could have taken a knee all three downs, burned all the steeler TOs, then kicked an easy FG, putting us up by 4. The steelers then would have had to drive the field for a TD to get the win as we would have been up by 4.

I thought those were 2 glaring mistakes in game management by our OC. So as Hue rides off into the sunset, I will wish him well, except when he plays us, but not mourn his leaving.

Disagree fully.

Our offense has the ball, they have 3 timeouts. Get the 1st down, you win. Hue called the right play. Hill gained 6 yards on the first run, he just fumbled the ball.

You get the 1st down, you run the clock down Plus, you get closer for Nugent to kick it in. Every coach runs the ball there. And it was the right decision by Hue to do so.

People complained before the game that Hue needed to be "aggressive". Say we kick that field goal and the Steelers go down and score. Do you think people are going to criticize Hue for not trying to pick up a 1st down and that he gave up on his offense?