[QUOTE=burger;37804]Up 28-3 with the ball and pounding their ass in the ground in the 4th quarter and calling a halfback pass isn't a bad call?
Parcells, Jimmy Johnson, Cowher, Lombardi, Walsh, etc etc etc.....would fire the Offensive Coordinator before the game was over.[/QUOTE]
Again, you're not an offensive coordinator. You play right into my point. The game is over. They are showing other things to give next weeks opponents something to think about. Perfect time for that. It's not the call that's bad. It's the execution. The player simply can't throw the ball in that situation. I highly doubt if he completes the pass or runs out of bounds, you're on here complaining about the call. My sense is your upset because it led to an interception, which triggered the over in the game.
Unless you're an offensive coordinator from your past, I will take what Leroy Butler says over what you think you know regarding offensive play calling. He certainly has a much better pulse on what coordinators do, having played the game at a high level for so many years, than what you think is happening.
BTW, I've seen Cohwer pull that stuff many, many times over the course of his coaching career.
The only defense you have in this is too many times when they run these plays, the running backs never throw the ball away or pull it down and run it. They seem to always mishandle the situation.
