HCPP, DEZ, 'Taking a knee'

[Dann]

I like exciting games and if uconn was on the other end of the stick an opportunity to win the game is exciting to me. If we are winning The odds of a fumble or turnover are low. There are one or two the whole game. Not a big deal

ok so then i go to the posession before where the staff tried to be agressive and whitmer threw a pick(bummer). i asume u liked this play call then? it lead to pitt scoring(being only down 1 score now) and getting a kick chance before we knee the ball for the game and instead we gave them another chance by not kneeing.

actually-to the board the more i think about this, the more i want to call a law office and sue P and D for something. its like they tried to blow the game on purpose or something. holy shit.

 

[sportsart]

Palatine's post of "the fumble" brought back a lot of pain. I was young then but I think the V Formation became the norm after that cluster .

 

[whaler11]

That's in out of hand games. I'm talking about close games and shiano had a point

Schiano did it at the Rent last year. What exactly was the point? That he's an balloon knot who after having a player paralyzed isn't afraid to put players on both teams in harm's way?

 

[whaler11]

I like exciting games and if uconn was on the other end of the stick an opportunity to win the game is exciting to me. If we are winning The odds of a fumble or turnover are low. There are one or two the whole game. Not a big deal

No offense, but on a board filled with thousands of stupid posts and ideas - this is the worst string of posts we've seen yet. The premise is idiotic. Where do you draw the line. Are QB keeps acceptible? Handing to the fullback? Do they need to put the ball in the air? Should they be required to punt on first down?

 

[kcc1442]

in hockey they pull the goalie and play lights out till the end of a close game. Tell me which ending u prefer?M my argument is the play you have spent a week of your life protesting should not exist. You should like this it would have made your life easier.

my point is there is excitement buzzer to buzzer in hockey. In football when the winning team gets the ball last. Not so much .. unless they are forced to run a play. Basketball can be buzzer to buzzer in close games. The only was they do that in football is if the v formation is illegal

These are seriously the most juvenile quotes I've ever seen on here. How are you old enough to type..........To quote Herman Edwards "You Play To Win the Game!" "Hello" "You Play To Win the Game" "You Don't Just Play to Play it!"........Would you like to completely remove strategy and logic from the game? Is that what you propose? You can watch go watch the WWE or WWF (whatever its called these days) for fake non-stop nonsensical action...........Strategy is at the roots of all games......It is how you mentally win a game........I teach this to my 3rd in 4th graders in PE class......HELLO YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME! (I've even been known to scream that at them) Wait a minute is this Brian from 2nd period?????????

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Wait, wait, wait....so now it's exciting to hand the ball off to McCombs up the middle??

Did I miss the memo??

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

First of all I am proud we did not do the lame ass victory formation. It is weak. They may as well call it the pu55y formation. We are really advocating sitting on the ball for over a minute is ridiculous and the sport is becoming too soft every day. Wtf. Hockey and basketball do not let u sit on the puck/ball why is football. The play should be ILLEGAL. People pay for sixty minutes of football

 

[kcc1442]

^^^^^^^That's one of the posts I meant to grab......grabbed the wrong one.....@ConnHuskBask.......you have to do some reading to catch up....but no this doesn't regard McCombs up the middle being exciting.....It regards knowing basic the most elementary knowledge of sport strategy and understanding that it is important to use the rules of the game to help your team win...

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I'm speechless.

 

[Srqhusky]

Just messing around ! Maybe
#drinkextra

 

[Dann]

this thread is so now

 

[bmayuc]

I believe and stand by everything I said in that initial post.

However, I was not prepared for what has occurred in this thread while I was working. WOW!

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[mets1090]

in hockey they pull the goalie and play lights out till the end of a close game. Tell me which ending u prefer?M my argument is the play you have spent a week of your life protesting should not exist. You should like this it would have made your life easier.

Yes the losing team plays high risk to the buzzer because it's their only shot at scoring in hockey duh. The winning team would happily hold pass the puck back and forth and play keep away for the last minute until the game ended. You don't see them just going all out sending all 5 skaters towards the other teams nets in hope for the empty netter. You take it if you can get it but priority number one is keeping possession of the puck and not ducking shit up and giving up the tying goal.

Do you think the defense in football isn't trying everything they can to get the ball back at the end of a game with their team losing? You go for every strip and interception you can. You blitz every play hoping to force an error. That's the equivalent of pulling your goalie while trailing in hockey, not running plays on offense to go for more points when you are winning with under a minute left.

 

[Adios]

The Buffalo Bills just took the knee when they knew they won as long as they played the clock. WTF where they thinking? They should have went for another TD.



What's good? Besides Syracuse being crappy.

 

[bmayuc]

This hockey thing is not analogous and freaking stupid. This isn't about excitement its about winning percentage. You play the game to win not to provide 60 minutes of excitement. Just dumb.

My point is that two running plays/two kneels produces nearly identical winning outcome percentages. The fact that people posted the eagles giants video proves my point. Still using an example from 40 years ago because there are almost no more recent examples of it!

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[Srqhusky]

Yes the losing team plays high risk to the buzzer because it's their only shot at scoring in hockey duh. The winning team would happily hold pass the puck back and forth and play keep away for the last minute until the game ended. You don't see them just going all out sending all 5 skaters towards the other teams nets in hope for the empty netter. You take it if you can get it but priority number one is keeping possession of the puck and not ducking **** up and giving up the tying goal.

Do you think the defense in football isn't trying everything they can to get the ball back at the end of a game with their team losing? You go for every strip and interception you can. You blitz every play hoping to force an error. That's the equivalent of pulling your goalie while trailing in hockey, not running plays on offense to go for more points when you are winning with under a minute left.

Yes but when was the last team u saw a. Team be able to hold pass the pick duh. It can't happen because the game goes to the end. You guys can quote all the rules and logic I'm already aware of. But it's a lame sissy way to end a game. And this is a spartan sport.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

My point is that two running plays/two kneels produces nearly identical winning outcome percentages. The fact that people posted the eagles giants video proves my point. Still using an example from 40 years ago because there are almost no more recent examples of it!

So you're trying to tell me no other running back has fumbled in 40 years? I'm skeptical.....but I'll take your word for it - this time.

 

[Adios]

My point is that two running plays/two kneels produces nearly identical winning outcome percentages. The fact that people posted the eagles giants video proves my point. Still using an example from 40 years ago because there are almost no more recent examples of it!

Maybe because people were smart enough to learn from that mistake?

 

[bmayuc]

Maybe because people were smart enough to learn from that mistake?

Not arguing its the better move. Just that the difference is so negligible as to be a waste of all your energy crapping on it. If you want a million things to bitch about GDL/PP try any number of the million things that I scream at him during the game: lack of play action aggression, terrible time out management, etc etc etc. This one is just petty.

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[Adios]

Not arguing its the better move. Just that the difference is so negligible as to be a waste of all your energy crapping on it. If you want a million things to bitch about GDL/PP try any number of the million things that I scream at him during the game: lack of play action aggression, terrible time out management, etc etc etc. This one is just petty.

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Fair enough. I am just elated to have the program where it is at now.

 

[Waquoit]

If somebody gave you a ****ty answer to a good question would you stop there?

I always preferred snappy answers to stupid questions.

 

[Waquoit]

my point is there is excitement buzzer to buzzer in hockey. ...The only was they do that in football is if the v formation is illegal

And until the v formation becomes illegal it's stupid not to do it. I agree that it's a flaw in the game. But a flaw is OK. The only perfect sport is baseball and it's losing popularity.

 

[BlueMAB]

You do realize that this was a press conference, right? The beat writers don't get their own individual sit downs with the coaches. There isn't a back and forth in a press conference, you get called on by the moderator and then ask your question and get a response.

It isn't the job of the beat writer to try and shape the coach's opinion.

I didn't say it was the press' job to shap the coach's opinion. A follow up at a press conference isn't unheard of, and your "journalism rules" are completel fabricated, that was my point.

 

[Palatine]

in hockey they pull the goalie and play lights out till the end of a close game. Tell me which ending u prefer?M my argument is the play you have spent a week of your life protesting should not exist. You should like this it would have made your life easier.

The team that is ahead never pulls the goalie.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I've both read, and written in, some quite insane discussions around here. Having set up that fallacy of appeal to knowledge......

I will go ahead now, and state that this entire ongoing, multiple thread, discussion about whether or not the UConn offensive unit on the field to end the game against Pittsburgh on 11/9/2012, after having completed the game clinching first down on an amazing throw and catch, should have then lined up in a 'victory' formation multiple times for C-QB only exchange to run the clock out, instead of executing C-QB-RB exchanges on a running plays to run the clock out......and how it's actually extended into the local sports media?

is most definitely the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen happen on this fan site to date.

I don't know how a future discussion topic will exceed this, but I'm sure, something inevitably will.

 

[Dougsts]

Burma Shave

 

[mattp]

I've both read, and written in, some quite insane discussions around here. Having set up that fallacy of appeal to knowledge......

I will go ahead now, and state that this entire ongoing, multiple thread, discussion about whether or not the UConn offensive unit on the field to end the game against Pittsburgh on 11/9/2012, after having completed the game clinching first down on an amazing throw and catch, should have then lined up in a 'victory' formation multiple times for C-QB only exchange to run the clock out, instead of executing C-QB-RB exchanges on a running plays to run the clock out......and how it's actually extended into the local sports media?

is most definitely the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen happen on this fan site to date.

I don't know how a future discussion topic will exceed this, but I'm sure, something inevitably will.

The most ridiculous part is that some people can't seem to grasp that it was a bad call. It was unquestionably a bad call, and it's ridiculous that some people can't even acknowledge it. It was meaningless and didn't impact the outcome of the came, that also can't be questioned, but it was a bad call. Actually the most ridiculous part was comparing this to pulling the goalie in hockey. That made no friggin' sense what so ever to the situation.

 

[Palatine]

If taking a knee as soon as possible is unimportant -- how come virtually every coach at every level of football in America does it?

Are they all stupid and P is a genius?

 

[Dann]

the scary pat about all this is that its our coach that made this call and who knows what he might do next week.

 

[Srqhusky]

The team that is ahead never pulls the goalie.

Thanks for pointing that out. But the point was in hockey and basketball there is a chance to come back. In football almost a minute and a half can be wasted. Not cool