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Hurracanes said:
To be fair, and I am going to catch a lot of **** for this but it needs to be said, Cam was part of the problem with our 2 losses. The defense is and was the biggest reason we lost those games but Cam changed a lot of plays that shouldn’t have been altered. He fell for GT and Cuse’s trap. It’s something you live and die with when your defense is swamp ***.
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Cam played like *** the first 3 quarters against VT.

But it’s more fun to say corching.
 
All this pihhss and vinegar been thrown at each other.
Disagreement over game management and brutal Monday morning quarterbacking, kool aid main lining, gloom and doom poverty posts with millionaire habits!!!

Gentleman!! we are on our way to a tremendous season!!!!
 
Calinative said:
No excuse? smfh

Yall keep just showing that you basically ONLY look at the end result to determine whether something in the moment was a good or justifiable decision. I don't completely remember whether I preferred to go for it or kick in that moment - I'd guess I was more in the line of go for it - but It absolutely MAKES SENSE why you would kick in that situation, because odds of succeeding on 4th and goal from the 10 aren't very good. I mean at best what would we hope for converting 1/3 there? I mean I absolutely think this is a decision that many people can have differing opinions on - which is why I said a coin flip decision. But to say no excuse for kicking is just straight stupid to me. There is a perfectly valid jusitification.

4th and goal at the 10 down 7 with 3:42 remaining in the game that syracuse had just scored on 5 of their last 7 posessions and a fumble for a TD on one of ours. In that situation and how Syracuse was playing on O/we were playing on D, Imo you can confidently predict that they would likely pick up enough yards to at least get a FG and at the very least only leave us with 1:30 mins max? I mean they ended up getting 42 yards with ease and ending the game at our 33 on a 2nd down (started with it at the 25. So not like the 15 yard difference likely mattered at all if we failed that 4th down attempt). Regardless what decision we made on that 4th down, it's very very likely we were going to give up 3 points on Syracuses' posession.

**But here is the likely most important factor imo - if you have a tie game Syracuse is playing to score and leave 0 time left. They are absolutely going to be more aggressive in their decision making. Whereas if they are already winning by 4 after our FG, they are mostly just playing to run out the clock, which changes their gameplan to be more conservative. Chances are MUCH greater our defense gets a stop when trailing by 4 in that situation than when tied, period. Especially considering they were throwing on us at will. Again this is probabilities we are talking here. I'd much rather our defense be in a situation of probably having to stop a more run-heavy drive than pass heavy drive. Basically you make it easier on your defense but harder on your offense by choosing to kick the FG there. Which when you have the #1 Offense in the country, I'd argue is a perfectly valid decision to make.
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No we keep showing we know more than you

You sound like an idiot…Half the reasons you listed are reasons you should go for it. I'm not reading 3 paragraphs from a moron.

But for starters how do you think they play starting on their own 10 with a 7 pt. lead if we don't get it. Further more you do know Syracuse kicking game is a mess? So the very very llkley we give up 3 isn't very very likely.
 
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GojiraCane said:
I'll gently disagree. I would have liked them to get a TD as well, but there's good metrics to support taking the points.
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Not with Cam Ward, not against that putrid defense, and not with that downside.

Of course we could have still lost with scoring, but again I don't know how that man sleeps of night not putting that ball in Cam Ward's hand to tie that game up. There are many things I support CMC on, but this was a travesty
 
skeeter said:
But for starters how do you think they play starting on their own 10 with a 7 pt. lead if we don't get it. Further more you do know Syracuse kicking game is a mess? So the very very llkley we give up 3 isn't very very likely.
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Uh they play conservatively, and its the same situation as if we kicked the FG where we still need a TD, EXCEPT one big fat difference of getting that TD means winning the game, rather than just tying it lol.

The Very likely we give up 3 isn't very very likely? Okay, and yet you still need a FG+TD to win in regulation, so then at the very least if you think we hold them to no points on their ensuing drive then the decision on 4th down is basically do you like our odds with a 4th and 10 from the goaline or a 2min drive with Cam to win the game outright?... Either way its not a CLEAR and obvious decision on what to do that there is "no excuse" for. You're acting like this is a decision that 9/10 times you have to go for it. At max its probably 60/40 go for it. But I'd bet it's closer to 50/50 or even slightly favoring kicking the FG there.

If you tell me our defense holds them and they miss a fg, that makes me even MORE confident that kicking the FG is the better choice there lol
 
skeeter said:
Not with Cam Ward, not against that putrid defense, and not with that downside.

Of course we could have still lost with scoring, but again I don't know how that man sleeps of night not putting that ball in Cam Ward's hand to tie that game up. There are many things I support CMC on, but this was a travesty
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So just to confirm you think all his GTech decisions were good ones then. Cause Mario is literally being critiqued in this thread for Going for it and Kicking in similar situations lol
 
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skeeter said:
I didn't read them, nor address the GT game.

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But you'd say they were good decisions still then, right? Just checking if you are saying he made terrible decisions that game AND the Syracuse game or not. Or are you just doing No Comment + Terrible no excuse decision against Syracuse lol
 
Hurracanes said:
To be fair, and I am going to catch a lot of **** for this but it needs to be said, Cam was part of the problem with our 2 losses. The defense is and was the biggest reason we lost those games but Cam changed a lot of plays that shouldn’t have been altered. He fell for GT and Cuse’s trap. It’s something you live and die with when your defense is swamp ***.
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Couldn’t disagree more. Did Cam change plays? Sure but Cam doesn’t choose the personnel or lack thereof for the plays.

Cam would be towards the bottom of the list for reasons why we lost.
 
Calinative said:
But you'd say they were good decisions still then, right? Just checking if you are saying he made terrible decisions that game AND the Syracuse game or not. Or are you just doing No Comment + Terrible no excuse decision against Syracuse lol
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Why would it matter?

I'm talking about the Syracuse game.

You long-winded, annoying, and, most of the time, clueless moron
 
GojiraCane said:
I'll gently disagree. I would have liked them to get a TD as well, but there's good metrics to support taking the points.
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& that’s the problem. “Good metrics.”

No it didn’t, & it’s time to remove the nerd science from sports, in general, so we can get back to actual coaching.

So let’s recap what actually took place:

1. We were moving the ball on Syracuse all game; X was literally unstoppable in his route running, especially this drive.

2. Yes George had a dumb unsportsmanlike penalty (in which Mario put him right back in the game after one sit out, mind u), but we ate those penalty yards up over the next 2 plays.

3. It’s less than 4 mins to play, w 4th & Goal at their 8. Our defense hasn’t stopped them all game, but they hadn’t stopped us, either. U DO NOT KICK THE FG W/ UNDER 4 MINS TO PLAY W/ ONLY HAVING TWO TIMEOUTS! Worst case, we have them deep in their territory if we failed, giving our defense a punchers chance w/ their backs against their endzone.

4. After we kicked the FG, WE LEGITIMATELY ALLOWED THEM TO BLEED THE CLOCK TO THE 2 MIN WARNING. So not only do we allow them to bleed the clock, we’re now banking for a 3 & out after the 2 min warning WITH ONLY 2 T.O’s at **** near mid field! Did I fail to mention, WE HAVEN’T STOPPED THEM?!

Even if we did allow a 3 & out from that point, we would need to drive the length of the field w/ approx. 48 secs to score a TD w 0 T.O’s b/c the FG did nothing for us!

After the 2 min. stoppage, ESPN conveniently ran 3 games (VT, Cal, & UL) reminding the American fanbase how fortunate we were to be 10-1 at that point of the season. Lol

This is called situational coaching, not letting some nerds tell u to take the FG in a closely contested match up. 5 mins w all 3 timeouts? Sure; 3:43 w/ only 2 timeouts? **** no.
 
skeeter said:
Why would it matter?

I'm talking about the Syracuse game.

You long-winded, annoying, and, most of the time, clueless moron
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Or its cause you also talk **** about marios decision making for kicking the FG against Syracuse as there being no excuse for it then at the same time **** on him for going for it against GTech lol. Which I suspect is why you don't want to make the simplest yes/no statement towards that lmao.

You very clearly know absolutely nothing about analytics, and ONLY base whether something is a good or bad decision based on its success. It's alright most random football fans are morons who don't understand how probabilities work...
 
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Rellyrell said:
& that’s the problem. “Good metrics.”

No it didn’t, & it’s time to remove the nerd science from sports, in general, so we can get back to actual coaching.

So let’s recap what actually took place:

1. We were moving the ball on Syracuse all game; X was literally unstoppable in his route running, especially this drive.

2. Yes George had a dumb unsportsmanlike penalty (in which Mario put him right back in the game after one sit out, mind u), but we ate those penalty yards up over the next 2 plays.

3. It’s less than 4 mins to play, w 4th & Goal at their 8. Our defense hasn’t stopped them all game, but they hadn’t stopped us, either. U DO NOT KICK THE FG W/ UNDER 4 MINS TO PLAY W/ ONLY HAVING TWO TIMEOUTS! Worst case, we have them deep in their territory if we failed, giving our defense a punchers chance w/ their backs against their endzone.

4. After we kicked the FG, WE LEGITIMATELY ALLOWED THEM TO BLEED THE CLOCK TO THE 2 MIN WARNING. So not only do we allow them to bleed the clock, we’re now banking for a 3 & out after the 2 min warning WITH ONLY 2 T.O’s at **** near mid field! Did I fail to mention, WE HAVEN’T STOPPED THEM?!

Even if we did allow a 3 & out from that point, we would need to drive the length of the field w/ approx. 48 secs to score a TD w 0 T.O’s b/c the FG did nothing for us!

After the 2 min. stoppage, ESPN conveniently ran 3 games (VT, Cal, & UL) reminding the American fanbase how fortunate we were to be 10-1 at that point of the season. Lol

This is called situational coaching, not letting some nerds tell u to take the FG in a closely contested match up. 5 mins w all 3 timeouts? Sure; 3:43 w/ only 2 timeouts? **** no.
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In the gameday thread we all knew the game was over as soon as he elected to kick the field goal...
 
Rellyrell said:
& that’s the problem. “Good metrics.”

No it didn’t, & it’s time to remove the nerd science from sports, in general, so we can get back to actual coaching.
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Objectively retarded response in a discussion about what the analytics would say. Regardless how can you say there is NO EXCUSE for something analytics would clearly say makes sense. But sure deflecting something as "nerd science" is such a substantive argument to make lmao. What a dumb comment, holy ****. I get people not liking analytics and thinking it's better to go with the gut feel of "actual coaching". That doesn't make your right or that there is NO EXCUSE to have chosen to side with the analytics on a ******* coin flip decision lol.

Rellyrell said:
So let’s recap what actually took place:

3. It’s less than 4 mins to play, w 4th & Goal at their 8. Our defense hasn’t stopped them all game, but they hadn’t stopped us, either. U DO NOT KICK THE FG W/ UNDER 4 MINS TO PLAY W/ ONLY HAVING TWO TIMEOUTS! Worst case, we have them deep in their territory if we failed, giving our defense a punchers chance w/ their backs against their endzone.
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At their 10, not 8.
Rellyrell said:
4. After we kicked the FG, WE LEGITIMATELY ALLOWED THEM TO BLEED THE CLOCK TO THE 2 MIN WARNING. So not only do we allow them to bleed the clock, we’re now banking for a 3 & out after the 2 min warning WITH ONLY 2 T.O’s at **** near mid field! Did I fail to mention, WE HAVEN’T STOPPED THEM?!
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I mean the goal was not to just give them yards lol. But we sucked on defense. I like how your argument though is LOOK HOW BAD OUR D IS! Meanwhile that same argument can be used to show that tying the game would have accomplished.... what?

Oh also Their 5 previous drives ended in 3 TDs, 1 punt, and 1 Fumble. So 2/5 we "stopped them" = 40%. And that was not with them playing conservatively like they would with a lead with 3mins to go. And I mean the idea made sense given Syracuse literally ran the ball like 5 times in a row when they got the ball back. We just didn't ******* stop them...

Rellyrell said:
Even if we did allow a 3 & out from that point, we would need to drive the length of the field w/ approx. 48 secs to score a TD w 0 T.O’s b/c the FG did nothing for us!
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Yes... and? It's almost like trailing by 7 points with 3:40 left on a 4th and goal from your own 10 is just a bad situation to be in all-around where the odds don't favor you to win regardless the decision... Who would have guessed
Rellyrell said:
This is called situational coaching, not letting some nerds tell u to take the FG in a closely contested match up. 5 mins w all 3 timeouts? Sure; 3:43 w/ only 2 timeouts? **** no.
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smh
 
KingCane20 said:
In the gameday thread we all knew the game was over as soon as he elected to kick the field goal...
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Of course we did. Lol. U have the most dangerous weapon in CFB in Cam Ward facing:
-The 82nd ranked pass defense
-The 97th ranked passing efficiency defense
-The 96th ranked scoring defense

& u settle for a FG w under 4 to play w/o ur full compliment of timeouts, hoping to stop the #7 ranked offense w/ a 3 & out??! Lmao, & we really have fans trying to revise history on this. I’m not sure we would’ve won regardless, but the only thing I am sure of we absolutely lost that game kicking the FG.

Edit: This was no shot at u, @GojiraCane. I have much love for u as a poster & what u bring here, especially during the off season. I’m talking in general from other sites & interactions I’ve had w my frat who r Canes’ fans that said it was the right call. I’m literally not sure which infuriated me more, the non-kneel w GT or this Cuse game.
 
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