Re: 2007 NFL Season
back earlier in the year the skins coaches gagged late in the game by calling a t/o when they had none and instead of buff kicking a 50+ fg to win they were inside 40...
inexcusable and so very unbecomig of a joe gibbs squad
now look at them
this is the 2nd best coach ever in my opinion and his half time adjustments are better than anyones....
so we have holmgren and the hawks up 13 and getting the ball to start the 2nd half
should be a safe ride into the next round you wouild think right?
ya
well the hawks are reeling
now seattle is down 14-13 and just escaped a blown kickoff return with the skins kicker shanking a 30yrd bunny...down the stretch we go and in a 1 point game i'll take gibbs and his inferior team against the hawks at home....
coaching in the nfl is far and away more essential than in any other sport
some guys are perrenial contenders and some guys cant win with the deck stacked in their favor time and time again
schottenheimer was the best coach in nfl history between august and xmas
come round 2 of the playoffs the man turned into a craven fairy and no matter what his decisions were,be it conservative or aggressive play calling he'd be wrong.
bud grant won 4 nfc titles and lost 4 superbowls
marv levy 4 afc titles and went winless but in fairness to marv the only 1 he really shouldve won was against the giants in 91--the other 3 he was a huge dog in..
dungee won last year but with rex grossmans play it was easy
he left tampa and they got over the hump the following year.
he was a candidate for the gag award till then
bill cowher got the monkey off his back but he had the luxury of jeremy stevens and mike holmgren on the other side of the ball that year.
chuck knox was in a shitload of nfc title games with the rams and never got to the big game
seattle went in and is up 7
skins by 3 in ot i predict and i like the steelers at home tonite
good luck to all
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