OT: I'll never understand professional head coaches and their inability to make obvious

[Sean Cagney]

Watching the Seahawks lose just makes me appreciate the spurs ability to historically comeback from devastating losses such as .4, the Dirk foul, game 6. Any of those 3 losses would have normally sunk a franchise but the spurs managed to comeback and win the le after all those loses. Its rare you can avenge heart breaking loses and the spurs have done it 3 times. I doubt the Seahawks comeback from this.

I agree man, thanks for reminding me again of the other two when I thought of game 6 tonight when they choked away a le (Seattle). they did come back from those though, hungrier than ever and a chip on their shoulder and took back what was theirs. If they let Lynch go they are beyond stupid BTW, that is a bad bad man in the backfield and they have NO shot without him.

Agreed, it was in the books. Everyone knew the game was over. Pats fans were thinking about the hail Mary, then the dumbest play I have ever seen happened.

You saw on Tom Bradys face on the sideline he thought that game was over, he looked devistated like not again as they said.

Yeah, we've saw the two most devastating losses in NFL history in these playoffs. Two improbable events that probably won't happen again for 100 years.

I would say the Bills and Oilers is around the top as well when they blew the 35-3 lead with the starting QB for Buffalo out and Thurman Thomas out, we won't see that again either. These three I can think of off the top of my head and maybe the Ravens dropped pass and missed FG to lose to NE that one year. I remember SF's Return man fumbling twice as well (Kyle Williams?), those off the top of my head and the Brett Favre INT in the NFC le game when all he had to do was run and slide and they kick a field goal to win. Those are the biggest chokes I have seen, this one tonight might top them all.

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but this wasn't even like a basketball game where you have 1 call to do or die... the seahawks had three opportunities to score with Lynch. you really think he was going to be denied a yard three straight times?

It would have to involve technicals and Isiah Thomas pass to Larry Bird

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[FlAVaK]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/what-we...062200547.html

"It was the ultimate in a coaching staff out-thinking itself. Carroll is known for being clever – remember the brilliant fake field goal in the NFC championship? – and yet here he was far too clever. Hand the ball to Lynch. Win the le."

[BoricuaCJA]

I actually don't think it is that difficult to understand.

Seattle had the thought process that went something like this.

1. We have the ball near the goal line and the best running back in the super bowl.
2. What could the Patriots do to stop it?
3. The Patriots will probably be worried about the run and will stack the line and their corners will play to prevent an outside run.
4. We can solve this by throwing a quick inside pass with the Patriots defense expecting run.
5. Interception
6. MY LIFE!!!

If they thought they were going to load the box, I would of done play action and throw to the outside right, not the inside where they're loading the box. That thought process was dumb! Even if they would of scored, I would of said that was a dumb lucky play call. You run the football, end of story! They had a timeout and enough time to do 3 plays.

[DMC]

You ers cannot even master grammar and spelling and you want to second guess one of the most successful coaches of all time? Hindsight and all.. isn't it great? Guy makes decisions all day every day, 99% of them not only right but borderline peerless. He makes a call that costs him dearly, suddenly he's an idiot. The league is full of coaches who's calls never saw the light of the post season.