Quote Originally Posted by amptech View Post
No it should not. Your comment is like a boxer who throws KO energy punches every time. It's like a hitter who swings for the fences every time.

Or how about taking a minute off the clock up by 1 with 3 minutes to go and giving the other team that extra opportunity. Limiting the other teams opportunities to score is way more important to 90% of the games than the ability to score yourself.

Take the Super Bowl as good as Brady is, one more opportunity for the other team was one too many.



The very idea of forcing a fast scoring offense on a game goes so against what the complainers whine about.

You have to work with what you have to give you the best chance of winning, not scoring but winning.
You win by scoring more, not by limiting the other team to less. Yours is the philosophy that allows us to assess our offense as to are they 'able to score enough points to win.' You can, and should, do both - score a lot, and limit the other team's scoring.

The year we played for the NC, we also led the nation in scoring offense. This is no coincidence. We can win a lot of games by defense, but to be the best you also have to be able to score. Bama's offense averaged 35 points per game. When your defense is as good as their's is, that's adequate.

Our coaches realize this, so we've been devoting more practice time to offensive execution since mid-2009.