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One other thing…and I haven’t seen anybody reference this yet, and I thought it was a big momoment – I would have taken one of those penalties with 2:25 left in the game to push NE out of FG range. I don’t get it.
if i’m remembering the same one, romo explained it. if the rams had taken either of the penalities, the clock would continue to roll. by not taking the penalty. they in effect gave themselves another timeout. otherwise, pats take it down to 2 minutes. milk even more time off the clock.
romo i believe asked the guest ref for confirmation of this and he confirmed that romo was right in his logic.
it was more a matter of preserving time. a better chance of scoring and then getting a quick onside and scoring again.
either way the chances were miniscule.
To me, Belichek is good, not “great.” And he’s no “genius.” Far too many close games that could have gone either way. Personally, I reserve the “genius” level for someone who dominates, obliterates, wipes out his opponents.
who would that be then?
i’m sorry. i hate belichick as much as anybody. but 9 superbowl appearances and 6 victories?
and this last one with brady playing like crap?
he’s proven his greatness. i mean he’s a bastard, but he’s gotten his teams to play at a high level for years.
probably the greatest dynasty in the modern era of sports i’d say.
i’d be happy if mcvay could achieve even half of his success.
i still think mcvay got outcoached. the more i read the more i’m convinced. he’s like a boxer with a great right hand but once you figure it out you can negate the right. and he’s got nothing to counter with. he’s gotta figure it out. i think he will.
belichick is the opposite. his teams are able to adapt. but the guy’s been coaching forever. his resume is older than mcvay.
mcvay has to come up with a counter to the 11 personnel. teams will be studying tape of the superbowl, the chi game. the det game. the phi game. he’s gotta come up with an answer or the rams will regress. i think he will.
who would that be then?
i’m sorry. i hate belichick as much as anybody. but 9 superbowl appearances and 6 victories?
and this last one with brady playing like crap?
he’s proven his greatness. i mean he’s a bastard, but he’s gotten his teams to play at a high level for years.
probably the greatest dynasty in the modern era of sports i’d say.
i’d be happy if mcvay could achieve even half of his success.
i still think mcvay got outcoached. the more i read the more i’m convinced. he’s like a boxer with a great right hand but once you figure it out you can negate the right. and he’s got nothing to counter with. he’s gotta figure it out. i think he will.
belichick is the opposite. his teams are able to adapt. but the guy’s been coaching forever. his resume is older than mcvay.
mcvay has to come up with a counter to the 11 personnel. teams will be studying tape of the superbowl, the chi game. the det game. the phi game. he’s gotta come up with an answer or the rams will regress. i think he will.
I’m perfectly comfortable being on an island on this one.
To me, players, on the field, win or lose games, not coaches. Yes, coaches have a very big role, but the role of the players, in the moment, down to those split seconds and fractions of inches, matter far more. Their athleticism is the difference. Not chess games by the coaches. That’s my take.
And in this particular game, the Rams weren’t getting it done from a kinetic, athletic point of view. I have no doubt that McVay drew up plays that could have worked, if the players on the field had just done what they had done throughout the majority of the season. They didn’t. Goff, for instance, had too many poorly thrown passes, passed into traffic once too many times, took too long in the pocket, and his O-line didn’t give him the time he needed. There were no magical plays — that I remember — from Rams players who had consistently made them during the season . . . like Everett’s tight-rope run along the sidelines for a TD, or Gurley’s version of that on the opposite side of the field.
Coaches don’t draw that up on the blackboard. Players either make magic on the field or they don’t. The team with the most athletic moments wins. Not the team with the best X and O guy.
Just my take.
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