Play to win the game....

cars4dylan · 09-26-2010, 10:28 PM

This is what happens when you don't play to win the game.

1st and 10 on the 15 yd line and you run the kicker out, that's playing to not screw up. Taking the ball out of your Pro Bowl QB's hands and wanting to kick is not playing to win, it's worrying that you won't win. I have yet to ever see that mentality or coaching strategy ever serve a team well.

Something is off with Drew and Payton's play calling, lack of faith or something in their playmakers it seems. It doesn't help that ol' Stone Hands Henderson showed up today and for some reason Meachem isn't being allowed to stretch the field at all like last year.

|Mitch| · 09-26-2010, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by cars4dylan

1st and 10 on the 15 yd line and you run the kicker out

1st down on the 11

foreverfan · 09-26-2010, 10:34 PM

It was the right call. What you have done if we fumbled or threw an int?
You'd be the first one saying we should have kicked the FG.

It was a team loss. We need to learn from it and move on.

cajunvoodoo · 09-26-2010, 10:38 PM

I think you might be on to something Strat.

foreverfan · 09-26-2010, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by strato

The team didnt kick the ball...lol

Still, there is enough blame to go around in that locker room.

Only Brees, Moore and Shockey can hold their heads up.
All would tell Hartley that it wasn't his fault.

foreverfan · 09-26-2010, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by strato

Oh yeah no denying that ...but if he hits that kick..we win...and thats hard pill to swallow..but we will bounce back..I know we will

No doubt Hartley blew the winning kick. I thought the interference call on Greer was another bone headed call by the ref that cost us the game too.

We lost as a team. Period.

Speedy Ron · 09-26-2010, 11:25 PM

coach made the right call. you dont try to score a td when you can end the game with a chip shot. if we go for the td and someone gets injured everyone would be saying "why didnt we kick it". hartley is absolute garbage. had someone not deflected his kick last week he would have missed that one too. what really sucks is, who are we going to pick up at this time of the year? if your not on a team its for a reason

foreverfan · 09-26-2010, 11:31 PM

Anybody think somebody got to Hartley about changing the outcome of the game?
New Orleans is a big Mafia town. Just saying...

QBREES9 · 09-26-2010, 11:41 PM

Hell go for it what the worst that could happen the kicker miss the field goal. You Play to score a TD

QBREES9 · 09-26-2010, 11:48 PM

God I love that picture of Selma Strato.

09-26-2010, 10:28 PM	#1
cars4dylan 100th Post Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 106	Play to win the game.... This is what happens when you don't play to win the game. 1st and 10 on the 15 yd line and you run the kicker out, that's playing to not screw up. Taking the ball out of your Pro Bowl QB's hands and wanting to kick is not playing to win, it's worrying that you won't win. I have yet to ever see that mentality or coaching strategy ever serve a team well. Something is off with Drew and Payton's play calling, lack of faith or something in their playmakers it seems. It doesn't help that ol' Stone Hands Henderson showed up today and for some reason Meachem isn't being allowed to stretch the field at all like last year.
cars4dylan 100th Post Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 106

09-26-2010, 10:32 PM	#2
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Originally Posted by cars4dylan 1st and 10 on the 15 yd line and you run the kicker out 1st down on the 11

09-26-2010, 10:44 PM	#5
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by strato The team didnt kick the ball...lol Still, there is enough blame to go around in that locker room. Only Brees, Moore and Shockey can hold their heads up. All would tell Hartley that it wasn't his fault.

09-26-2010, 10:49 PM	#6
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by strato Oh yeah no denying that ...but if he hits that kick..we win...and thats hard pill to swallow..but we will bounce back..I know we will No doubt Hartley blew the winning kick. I thought the interference call on Greer was another bone headed call by the ref that cost us the game too. We lost as a team. Period.

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09-26-2010, 10:34 PM	#3
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	It was the right call. What you have done if we fumbled or threw an int? You'd be the first one saying we should have kicked the FG. It was a team loss. We need to learn from it and move on.

09-26-2010, 10:38 PM	#4
cajunvoodoo 100th Post Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 119	I think you might be on to something Strat.

09-26-2010, 11:25 PM	#7
Speedy Ron I'm an A hole Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Metry Posts: 1,173	coach made the right call. you dont try to score a td when you can end the game with a chip shot. if we go for the td and someone gets injured everyone would be saying "why didnt we kick it". hartley is absolute garbage. had someone not deflected his kick last week he would have missed that one too. what really sucks is, who are we going to pick up at this time of the year? if your not on a team its for a reason

09-26-2010, 11:31 PM	#8
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Anybody think somebody got to Hartley about changing the outcome of the game? New Orleans is a big Mafia town. Just saying...

09-26-2010, 11:41 PM	#9
QBREES9 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Haven Ct Posts: 23,985	Hell go for it what the worst that could happen the kicker miss the field goal. You Play to score a TD

09-26-2010, 11:48 PM	#10
QBREES9 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Haven Ct Posts: 23,985	God I love that picture of Selma Strato.