Ken Wisenhunt has balls, does MM?

[TravisWilliams23]

packerbacker1234,
The reason the free kick isn't attempted more often is because of the rare
instances it can be used.
It has to be on a fair catch and then it would have to be at the end of a
1st half with very little time left because of the placement after a miss or
at the end of a game with the score 3 points or less to consider using it.

Those are probably the major reasons you don't see it used more often.
I'm sure the majority of NFL coaches know of the rule.

[Zool]

So essentially great coaches are ones that dominate one of the worst divisions in the history of football and back their way into the playoffs because their division opponents had a combined 13 wins this season? I'm not saying he's a bad coach but one good game does not make him the second coming.

And yes, I think the Dolphins are going to get their asses handed to them on a platter. I could be wrong.

[cpk1994]

Whiz is a smart coach too. How often are we seeing/hearing of the free kick at the end of the half now that Whiz did it?

How often were we seeing/hearing about it before? NEVER! I am guessing most coaches had no idea it existed, since it was what 40 years since it was last converted?

As usual you are wrong again. McCarthy used against Detroit LAST WEEK. I guess you could say if it wasn't for M3, Whiz porobably doesn't know about it. I think McCarthy is the smart one on that.

[Lurker64]

I think every competent coach knows about the fair catch kick rule. It's not that complicated. It's just that it rarely, if ever, comes up.

[bobblehead]

Whiz is a smart coach too. How often are we seeing/hearing of the free kick at the end of the half now that Whiz did it?

How often were we seeing/hearing about it before? NEVER! I am guessing most coaches had no idea it existed, since it was what 40 years since it was last converted?

As usual you are wrong again. McCarthy used against Detroit LAST WEEK. I guess you could say if it wasn't for M3, Whiz porobably doesn't know about it. I think McCarthy is the smart one on that.

Since I was fully aware of it I'm quite sure 99% of all NFL coaches are aware of it.

In fairness I think Whiz did it 3 weeks earlier. I'm not going to bag on Whisnehunt he seems to have done an ok job, but another coach who was in the NFL and liked to go against the grain was....steve spurrier...that worked out well.

[cpk1994]

Whiz is a smart coach too. How often are we seeing/hearing of the free kick at the end of the half now that Whiz did it?

How often were we seeing/hearing about it before? NEVER! I am guessing most coaches had no idea it existed, since it was what 40 years since it was last converted?

As usual you are wrong again. McCarthy used against Detroit LAST WEEK. I guess you could say if it wasn't for M3, Whiz porobably doesn't know about it. I think McCarthy is the smart one on that.

Since I was fully aware of it I'm quite sure 99% of all NFL coaches are aware of it.

In fairness I think Whiz did it 3 weeks earlier. I'm not going to bag on Whisnehunt he seems to have done an ok job, but another coach who was in the NFL and liked to go against the grain was....steve spurrier...that worked out well.

Yeah. I didn't read the rest of the thread becuase I repsnmnded to the one I saw. But I noticed that Partial called Whiz smart for it, yet McCarthy used it against Detroit, Partial said, "It doesn't count becuase it was a mkeaningless game" It counts the same no matter what the stakes of the game.

[Pugger]

Gee, when the players actually execute the plays the coaches call and they work the coach is considered smart. But if someone misses a block or a tackle folks cry about the play calling.

[Zool]

Gee, when the players actually execute the plays the coaches call and they work the coach is considered smart. But if someone misses a block or a tackle folks cry about the play calling.

QFT

[Bretsky]

I'm not sure what MM does, but I give the Cards coaches a ton of credit for going for the jugulars instead of putting it on the D

[channtheman]

MM knew about the free kick and TRIED it against Detroit.
Crosby's 69 Yard attempt was no good so maybe Wiz learned that
one from MM!
That's something I saw Lombardi use in his time and once you see
it, you NEVER forget about it's possibility in a game. It's been around
a looooong time.

Hate to correct you, but the Cardinals attempted a free kick against the Giants this year BEFORE the Packers did so.

[channtheman]

channtheman, did you go to the game? Looked like a fun game to attend.

Yes, it was a very fun game to be at. The stadium was almost completely full for the first time this year, save for maybe a few thousand seats scattered about. The crowd was absolutely electric and even though I'm much more of a Packers fan, it was still really fun to cheer the team and boo the refs.

[channtheman]

Very nice. The Cards go 2-4 after the have the division wrapped up and all the sudden he's some sort of great coach? The 2 teams they beat were the Rams and Seahawks. Anyone want to recall which team Favre threw 6 TD's against earlier in the year?

Well, one could say as soon as they got behind in those games they didn't really care too much since they had the division wrapped up anyway. That's not the point that I'm making though. I'm saying, Ken Wisenhunt has the BALLS to go for the win in close games and do what he needs to do to get that win. I'm not saying he is a great coach, whether or not he is.

[channtheman]

Whiz is a smart coach too. How often are we seeing/hearing of the free kick at the end of the half now that Whiz did it?

How often were we seeing/hearing about it before? NEVER! I am guessing most coaches had no idea it existed, since it was what 40 years since it was last converted?

As usual you are wrong again. McCarthy used against Detroit LAST WEEK. I guess you could say if it wasn't for M3, Whiz porobably doesn't know about it. I think McCarthy is the smart one on that.

Wisenhunt used the free kick against the Giants this year BEFORE the Packers did it against the Giants.

[channtheman]

I think some of you are missing the point that I am making. Mike McCarthy in close games where we have the lead, often puts the game on the defense to win it. With 3 minutes left and the other team having all 3 timeouts, he would run it 3 times and punt giving the other team plenty of time to take the lead or tie.

[Lurker64]

With 3 minutes left and the other team having all 3 timeouts, he would run it 3 times and punt giving the other team plenty of time to take the lead or tie.

Many teams at all levels of football would do this. The difference between them and us is that they would regularly get a first down on those three runs.