I've heard mostly good things about him. He supposedly beat up Drae Bowles for calling the cops on AJ and Michael Williams though.
I don't get the obsession with this play. Butch didn't trust his O-Line to get one yard, so he went with a high-percentage, conservative play. "Coaching scared" got us a 17 point lead. Now the 2nd half, yeah that's a disaster.
For me it is all about attitude. I have a very hard time believing that any of the greats would have kicked that field goal at that point of the game. Can you imagine Bryant kicking that field goal in the first five minutes of the game? Shula? Lombardi? Rockne? Neyland? It is the conotation of the call that worries me. Greatly.
And if we don't get it we lose. That's the alternative. To me, the problem isn't that our initial lead wasn't big enough, it's that we couldn't adjust to maintain/grow it. That's why I think the FG controversy is meaningless.
you don't know that. maybe the next play is a safety. maybe the next play is a turnover because they are backed up.
If you don't have faith in your kids to gain six inches at home, you think they can't beat anybody of substance.
He's too scared to adjust. He sets up a pre-game plan, and he doesn't have the balls to deviate if/when it stops working.
Absolutely. Urban Meyer and Nick Saban would slit their own throats before kicking that field goal at home.
You don't lose. You put Oklahoma at the one foot line and make them go 99 yards if you can't get 6 inches.
This is kind of where I'm coming from. It's not really scared coaching I'm worried about. It's does he know wtf to do?
I can't imagine a top notch coach at any level of final from pop warner to the nfl not going for 6 there.
