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Twice yesterday our coaches went for it on 4th and 1, and both times the team came through. The first was during a critical first half drive that wound up yielding us a TD a few plays later and the second was with Dormady under Center.

This past year has presented VN numerous occasions to second guess our coaches strategies, but what I love about these two calls yesterday is that the coaches believed in the team and the team responded accordingly.

CBJ is clearly building a culture where young men around the country will continue to want to be a part of.
 
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Volador said:
Twice yesterday our coaches went for it on 4th and 1, and both times the team came through. The first was during a critical first half drive that wound up yielding us a TD a few plays later and the second was with Dormady under Center.

This past year has presented VN numerous occasions to second guess our coaches strategies, but what I love about these two calls yesterday is that the coaches believed in the team and the team responded accordingly.

CBJ is clearly building a culture where young men around the country will continue to want to be a part of.
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Butch is learning. How many times have we seen him punt in shortn yardage from the 40? This isn't Cincinnati anymore and he's figuring that out.

Also, a healthy o line and a 240lb tailback makes this an easier decision
 
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Volador said:
Twice yesterday our coaches went for it on 4th and 1, and both times the team came through. The first was during a critical first half drive that wound up yielding us a TD a few plays later and the second was with Dormady under Center.

This past year has presented VN numerous occasions to second guess our coaches strategies, but what I love about these two calls yesterday is that the coaches believed in the team and the team responded accordingly.

CBJ is clearly building a culture where young men around the country will continue to want to be a part of.
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I was so happy to see CBJ go for the kill instead of kicking the FG
 
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Volador said:
This past year has presented VN numerous occasions to second guess our coaches strategies, but what I love about these two calls yesterday is that the coaches believed in the team
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Too bad it took CBJ so long to start believing in the team that would have othwerwise made the playoffs.
 
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MurphyVol said:
Butch is learning. How many times have we seen him punt in shortn yardage from the 40? This isn't Cincinnati anymore and he's figuring that out.

Also, a healthy o line and a 240lb tailback makes this an easier decision
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Ah the ol I've had it all figured out and the coach that does it for a living is finally catching up attitude.
 
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"After seeing a good result I think he did good but if the result is bad I would've done different" That lines right up to.
 
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big harry said:
Ah the ol I've had it all figured out and the coach that does it for a living is finally catching up attitude.
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Mind reader, I'm impressed.

Maybe coaches can't grow in their profession. I'll let Saban know to stop auditing his program in the off season.
 
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MurphyVol said:
Mind reader, I'm impressed.

Maybe coaches can't grow in their profession. I'll let Saban know to stop auditing his program in the off season.
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Your probably would and then you'd tell him cause you could just tell him what's wrong.
 
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flatiron said:
Quite a stretch to say that isn't it?
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Not when it's obvious that OU game would have likely ended in the blowout if Butch stayed aggressive once we had them on their heels which was clearly the case early in the game. UF and Arky games would have been very different as well - much more likely we would have won both of those instead of Butch being on the defense about his conservative coaching ever since mishandeling the OU game (OU by the way made the playoffs because of that same call).
 
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big harry said:
Your probably would and then you'd tell him cause you could just tell him what's wrong.
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Man, your unintelligible comeback zinged me good. Never mess with a guy that replies to this own posts

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Originally Posted by big harry:
Ah the ol I've had it all figured out and the coach that does it for a living is finally catching up
attitude.
big harry
Goes right along with the if Butch had done what I thought was right we'd be in the playoffs crowd.
 
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TGVol said:
Not when it's obvious that OU game would have likely ended in the blowout if Butch stayed aggressive once we had them on their heels which was clearly the case early in the game. UF and Arky games would have been very different as well - much more likely we would have won both of those instead of Butch being on the defense about his conservative coaching ever since mishandeling the OU game (OU by the way made the playoffs because of that same call).
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Even if we won both of those there's still Alabama to get through in the SEC Championship game. I'm not saying we wouldn't give them a run for their money, but there's no way you can say we were a guaranteed playoff team with that game left to play.
 
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big harry said:
"After seeing a good result I think he did good but if the result is bad I would've done different" That lines right up to.
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You're accurate in general, but the two instances that come to mind are kicking the FG from the one on OU, and the bonehead timeouts (x2) against UF. Those are two instances where everyone knew those were bad decisions at the time; the successful FG try was right at me and the boos were loud and clear all around. No second-guessing there, it was bad. Absolutely no excuse for the two TO's in Gainesville which resulted directly in 14 points for the Gators. Anything else this season that was a coaching error could have, and did, happen to most other coaches. Everyone makes mistakes in the heat of the moment.
 
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I thought it was foolish when NU went for it on 4 and 1 on their own 30. They made it but the drive stalled a few plays later. It was a big risk for only minimum gain...especially when you consider NU's strength was defense. Punt and play field position.
 
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flatiron said:
Even if we won both of those there's still Alabama to get through in the SEC Championship game. I'm not saying we wouldn't give them a run for their money, but there's no way you can say we were a guaranteed playoff team with that game left to play.
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Fair enough. Although after watching all the bowl games so far its pretty clear that Bama, UT, and Ole Miss should have all been in the playoffs (if they actually could come up with the system to guartantee that 4 BEST teams are in final 4).
 
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TGVol said:
Fair enough. Although after watching all the bowl games so far its pretty clear that Bama, UT, and Ole Miss should have all been in the playoffs (if they actually could come up with the system to guartantee that 4 BEST teams are in final 4).
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It's impossible to say a 4-loss team SHOULD be anywhere other than where they ended up.

Especially when they lost to 2 of the 4 teams, and one of those teams got their asses beat by one of the other 2 teams.
 
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