My post was about that video, I don't want to know you're take on the game. I'm talking about the 13:50 video, you have to scroll down to see it.Come on, I watched the game. It was never really close, especially after the eagles adjusted their run blocking schemes and just pounded the rock and the clock, but saying the game was over after the opening drive is too discrediting to the niners.
It wasn't over until the second quarter.
He's barely played any snaps all year. Less than a gameI'm not saying he shouldn't be charged but the timing is interesting.
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Not only did I watch the video I've read a ton of commentary plus I listen to NY sports-talk (WFAN) all the time so I'm fully aware of the "controversy" lol. (even more importantly I was watching when it happened!)
It was obvious that call was blown however that play did not decide the game. If it happened with 2 minutes to go in the 4th or the Niners lost by one TD there might be a point but that's not the case here.
Having said that blown calls and bad officiating completely suck and certainly have the potential to ruin football games or even the enjoyment of entire sport. (see the 2006 Super Bowl, the "Music City" miracle/forward-lateral or the 2019 NFC Championship game)
The NFL "Coaches Challenge" was a HUGE improvement over having no way at all to fix an officials error (remember that?) but I think it's time has passed and the league needs to make some major changes to the instant-replay rule to take the onus off the coach on the sideline.
I'm not saying he shouldn't be charged but the timing is interesting.
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Yawn. Still salty, still wrong. I'm done continuing this waste of conversation.I named 3 QB's and you said I singled out Rodgers. Explain how out of those three I singled him out. You can't, instead you bring up some stupid BUT THERE'S 100'S OF QB'S IN THE LEAGUE tangent. I didn't create some sub set of all QB's in the history of the game to have thought about retiring and then select only Rodgers. I named 3 and you took it as a slight.
Whatever.
My post was about that video, I don't want to know you're take on the game. I'm talking about the 13:50 video, you have to scroll down to see it.
Shanahan explains why 49ers didn't challenge Smith's catch
Kyle Shanahan explained why the 4ers didn’t challenge DeVonta Smith’s fourth-down catch in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.www.nbcsports.com
He played 4 snaps all year. He's not relevant to any success the Eagles may or may not have.
Innocent until proven guilty, but as a parent, I'd want to put a world of hurt into anyone who violates my little baby girl. If these allegations are found to be true, get rid of him. Throw away the key.
BS. So, you're just a boorish snob.I've seen his excuse making, and it's stupid.
He hesitated, or wasn't prepared to make a quick decision, and he fked it up.
He can say whatever he wants about his thought process, but ultimately it cost his team points, and he's had a history of this. He had to take some accountability and learn from it
That's just what that video was about, I think that part of the conversation started around 8:22 in.The NFL "Coaches Challenge" was a HUGE improvement over having no way at all to fix an officials error (remember that?) but I think it's time has passed and the league needs to make some major changes to the instant-replay rule to take the onus off the coach on the sideline.
BS. So, you're just a boorish snob.
Well, he's not exactly a loser like Bitek makes out. He guided his team to 12 wins in a row without the use of his first and second string QB.Shanahan and the 49ers booth DID screw up .... it may not have been entirely his fault because he didn't get a "timely" view of the replay video but that doesn't change what happened and this needs to be addressed by the league during the off-season.
Having said the above, a head coach is responsible for ALL his team's actions on the field just like the captain of a ship.
And your last sentence there is absurd. A head coach is responsible for one person's actions only that this his own.
Well Carr can be had for nothing(no picks/players) once the Raiders release him, and he's a much better QB than anything they have on their roster right now. He's not as good as Rodgers of 2 years ago but the picks/talent they would have to give up plus the cap hit would make it a terrible decision imoThey still are.... he would be a mistake too!
Agreed, it wasn't a game changing play at all, the game changing play was the sack/fumble/torn elbow play on Purdy, cause Josh Johnson sure as hell wasn't leading the team to victoryWhat "changed the course of the game" was Purdy going down and THEN the 4th string QB doing the same not an undeserved Philly TD right in the beginning of the game.
When Purdy got hurt the Niners chances went into free-fall and when Johnson went down it was time to do something else till Chiefs/Bengals.
Further any NFL football team that gives up after going down by 7 points should be disbanded and replaced with kids from a Pop-Warner league!
Well Carr can be had for nothing
Agreed, it wasn't a game changing play at all, the game changing play was the sack/fumble/torn elbow play on Purdy, cause Josh Johnson sure as hell wasn't leading the team to victory
I'm liking him more and more. At the podium he was asked about shouting around a week ago. His answer was illuminating: "I don't shout."That isn't the way "command" works.
Agreed that Shanahan is a decent if not "great" head coach though.
It wasn't a game changing play but it definitely affected the game, and is absolutely shameful that it happened at all. Also, that play on Purdy likely would have never happened if that fake catch was called correctly and reversed, thus altering the course of the next plays.
So sayeth the magic crystal ball...
Yeah unless I missed something, you can't blame Shanahan because he (and we) did not immediately have the inside replay that showed the ball getting loose. And strategically that is very early to be using a coach's challenge unless you're absolutely sure AND the result of the play was particularly meaningful. That play arguably fits the latter criteria (as much as a first drive play could be meaningful outside of serious injury), but clearly not the former.Fair or not, I've seen similar things happen in other games, where a coach does not see the play or does not get word of what really happened in a play and is late throwing the challenge flag.
Also, fair or not, it's currently part of home field advantage where the stadium crew operating the video boards do not immediately show replays that may lead to a challenge initiated against the home team. Again, I've seen this in other games as well.
I'm glad my team got on the winning side of that situation, but I definitely see the unfairness to the away team. I'm not against revising the system to allow quicker video replays so a coach can make a faster snap decision to challenge or not.