More Banjo: @ Seahawks NFC Championship ***k Up

[Bretsky]

Vince nailed that one.

YUPPPPPP
KUDOS

AND THX FOR CLARIFYING VINCE


HOWEVER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>..

I coach a travelling girls 5th grade basketball team. We are not overly talented. I keep telling the we need to play great D and we have to be smarter and more prepared then our competition.
It's MY job to make sure they are mentally prepared and do what they are supposed to do.

Bostick made a mental mistake

His coach has to take some ownership in the failure

[Joemailman]

I'm guessing Rodgers and MM not sitting next to each other on the plane ride home.

http://www.packers.com/media-center/...b-b968643c4f84

[vince]

game on

Rodgers has as much control over plays as McCarthy. If the offense was too conservative with the lead, that's Rodgers going risk-averse so as to avoid risk of an immediate game-changing turnover, which he knows is the quickest and most likely way to lose this game and every other one as well.
The most effective way to win football games when you have the lead is to minimize the risk of costly mistakes and get the clock to zero as fast as possible.
The most effective way to win football games when you're behind is to take chances and hope you don't make costly mistakes even though you're increasing your risk of doing so, and try to make the game as long as possible so you have as much opportunity as possible to come back.

In either case you have to execute. You can execute less effectively and still maximize your opportunity to win if you make the game short when you're winning and long when you're behind though.

Today it didn't work because guys didn't make the plays they needed to at just the time they most needed them - not because coaching lost them the game.

[Bretsky]

I'm guessing Rodgers and MM not sitting next to each other on the plane ride home.

http://www.packers.com/media-center/...b-b968643c4f84

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON YOU NOTING THE OFFENSE WAS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU ARE USED TO

:NO I CAN NOT:

[King Friday]

Rodgers has as much control over plays as McCarthy.

Um...no. One is the head coach, and he calls the plays. Yes, Rodgers is allowed to audible typically...however, I'm sure he was emphatically told not to check out of a running play. He potentially could have changed the direction of a play I suppose...but with 10 men in the box, I don't think it really mattered.

[Harlan Huckleby]

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON YOU NOTING THE OFFENSE WAS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU ARE USED TO

:NO I CAN NOT:

Does problem rhyme with "bat bike"?

[pbmax]

OK, let's count the one play that could have turned the game un-losable.

1. Kuhn scores on goalline
2. Lacy scores on goalline
3. Cobb catches low slant but still gets first down
4. Quarless catches the 3rd down pass
5. Blown coverage on Lynch's wheel route that put them on the 9 yard line.

[vince]

YUPPPPPP
KUDOS

AND THX FOR CLARIFYING VINCE


HOWEVER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>..

I coach a travelling girls 5th grade basketball team. We are not overly talented. I keep telling the we need to play great D and we have to be smarter and more prepared then our competition.
It's MY job to make sure they are mentally prepared and do what they are supposed to do.

Bostick made a mental mistake

His coach has to take some ownership in the failure

I'm guessing getting those girls to do what you coach them to do doesn't always work. It works a lot better at the NFL level but there isn't a coach in history whose ever gotten their players to always do what they've coached them to do. People are people. Guys (and girls) make mistakes and/or fail to execute no matter how perfect the coaching is. Obviously not all coaches are created equal, but blaming the coach when teams lose is usually misguided. Not always - but usually.

[mraynrand]

I'm still stunned that they didn't go after Sherman. One of those flat runs like they gave DuJuan Harris in 2012, with the WRS blocking away would have been nice. A pass at him would have been nice. Gawd this is a terrible loss to have to think over. Worse than 4th and 26.

[pbmax]

Did the known problems of the team cause the defeat?

1. Red Zone issues - check
2. Special Teams screwups - check (despite a good day of coverage and tackling)
3. Receivers can't shake man coverage quickly - check
4. Late D meltdown - check

[mraynrand]

I'm guessing getting those girls to do what you coach them to do doesn't always work. It works a lot better at the NFL level but there isn't a coach in history whose ever gotten their players to always do what they've coached them to do. People are people. Guys (and girls) make mistakes and/or fail to execute no matter how perfect the coaching is. Obviously not all coaches are created equal, but blaming the coach when teams lose is usually misguided. Not always - but usually.

Yeah, for Bostick it was both a physical and mental error - he didn't do what the coaches told him to do. I do feel sorry for him - he has to live with it every day for the rest of his life.

[digitaldean]

Did the known problems of the team cause the defeat?

1. Red Zone issues - check
2. Special Teams screwups - check (despite a good day of coverage and tackling)
3. Receivers can't shake man coverage quickly - check
4. Late D meltdown - check

Point #1 was the biggest factor. The Packers should have at least been up by 24 at halftime. Bostick channeling his inner Ed West on the onside kick and not attacking a 1-armed Sherman and the D just collapsing at the end are the next culprits.

[Teamcheez1]

Just read over on JS Online on the game winning TD, our defense was loaded up for the run and Wilson audibled to the deep pass when he saw there would be no safeties over the top. We ran the ball whether we saw 8 or 9 players in the box in the 4th qtr.

Watching the Pat's-Colt's game. Why on earth are the Patriots trying to score more points when they were up 24-7? They should just run the clock out.

[Teamcheez1]

Point #1 was the biggest factor. The Packers should have at least been up by 24 at halftime. Bostick channeling his inner Ed West on the onside kick and not attacking a 1-armed Sherman and the D just collapsing at the end are the next culprits.

Except for the SB year, hasn't the D collapsed in every playoff loss since then?

[pbmax]

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 2m2 minutes ago
McCarthy: "I have no regrets. I don’t regret anything. Hell, I expected to win the game, we were in position to win the game."