tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967483.post114131002615928564..comments2023-10-07T08:03:47.667-04:00Comments on No1ofConsequence: Public Relations for the USANo1ofConsequencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13987684856749413248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967483.post-1141356510291267312006-03-02T22:28:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:28:00.000-05:00Regarding not going for it on 4th and goal:The rea...Regarding not going for it on 4th and goal:<BR/><BR/>The reason coaches don't do this is because they don't want the heat. No one blames the coach for kicking a field goal on a 4th and goal. It's what you're supposed to do. But if don't kick, and it doesn't work out, it's the coach's fault. <BR/><BR/>Consider that game in November when the Bucs beat the Redskins, 36-35. The Bucs could have kicked the extra point to the tie game, or gone for 2 to win take the lead. They went for 2, made it, and won the game.<BR/><BR/>Do you think, if the Bucs had kicked the extra point and missed, anyone would have blamed Gruden? No, you blame the kicker.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if you go for 2 and don't make it, does anyone blame Alstott? No, you blame Gruden.<BR/><BR/>I think most coaches know it's often better to go for the TD -- if you make it, hurray, if you don't, you have pinned your opponent in his own end zone.<BR/><BR/>But you have to consider the off-the-field ramifications, too. If you go for it and don't make it and lose the game, the coach gets blamed. <BR/><BR/>Gruden had the sack to go for 2, but most coaches would rather let the blame fall elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com