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Coaches would take more gambles if they didn't face intense scrutiny.(NFL)
My hat's off to Dick Vermeil and Jon Gruden for going for the win rather than the tie in recent games. Both coaches gambled and won, knowing that if their backs had been stuffed at the goal line, they would have been skewered. That's why you almost never see coaches do what they did.
The conventional wisdom is to kick the extra point or field goal and tie the game, then go to overtime. But whenever coaches buck conventional wisdom, they face intense scrutiny from reporters and fans. Few coaches have any appetite for that. So they take their chances in overtime, and if it doesn't work out, well, at least their strategy doesn't get criticized.
Players don't see it that way. They'd go for the win every time. It's just one play, and players always think they can execute one play. I've never heard a player blast a coach for going for it in any situation. Remember the 1995 Cowboys-Eagles game when Barry Switzer went for the first down on fourth-and-1 at the Dallas 29? We came up short, and the Eagles took over and won the game on a field goal moments later. Switzer got blistered in the press, but there wasn't a player in our locker room who disagreed with his decision. Not one.
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- Skating judges face intense scrutiny, too.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 9, 2002 700+ words
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- Skating judges face intense scrutiny, too.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Almond, Elliott February 9, 2002 700+ words
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