The dumbest fake punt in the history of dumb fake punts

Barry from MS · 09-30-2014, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

It's an offensive play. I thought I was pretty clear in explaining my point. If you're going to run a play that is designed to pick up yards on a 4th down (far different from running back a punt or kick), then who is going to design that play? You have you're special teams guys in there, but that is a not a situation you leave up to your ST Coordinator to come up with. That's my opinion. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe you're wrong.

But as I said, it doesn't really matter who came up with the idea, because the head coach obviously signed off on it. And we can all agree that it was mind blowingly stupid.

Agreed. This play should never see the light of day ever again. And we can agree to disagree on whether it's an offensive play-call or a special teams play-call. As a weather man and a married man, I don't get too wound up about being right or wrong. My rationale for it being a special teams play-call was simply this (and I can surely be wrong, but it is my opinion):

The play was with special teams personnel in a special teams formation against the opposing special teams personnel in a special teams situation.

burningmetal · 09-30-2014, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Barry from MS

Agreed. This play should never see the light of day ever again. And we can agree to disagree on whether it's an offensive play-call or a special teams play-call. As a weather man and a married man, I don't get too wound up about being right or wrong. My rationale for it being a special teams play-call was simply this (and I can surely be wrong, but it is my opinion):

The play was with special teams personnel in a special teams formation against the opposing special teams personnel in a special teams situation.

We will agree to disagree on who called the play. And the sarcasm at the end was not lost on me, either. I could well be wrong on who called it, and that's not a big deal to me. But in this kind of situation I think it's more than plausible that the head coach is calling that play. Greg Mcmahon is not a play caller. He's just a guy who's responsible for getting his unit lined up and making sure everyone knows their assignment. It's not rocket science to run special teams. If he's being allowed to call a play like that then that's even worse then the play, itself. And perhaps that WAS the case. I don't really care either way.

09-30-2014, 04:50 PM	#1
Barry from MS Site Donor 2014 Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEMPO VC Okefenokee Swamp Posts: 1,985 Blog Entries: 2	Re: The dumbest fake punt in the history of dumb fake punts Originally Posted by burningmetal It's an offensive play. I thought I was pretty clear in explaining my point. If you're going to run a play that is designed to pick up yards on a 4th down (far different from running back a punt or kick), then who is going to design that play? You have you're special teams guys in there, but that is a not a situation you leave up to your ST Coordinator to come up with. That's my opinion. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe you're wrong. But as I said, it doesn't really matter who came up with the idea, because the head coach obviously signed off on it. And we can all agree that it was mind blowingly stupid. Agreed. This play should never see the light of day ever again. And we can agree to disagree on whether it's an offensive play-call or a special teams play-call. As a weather man and a married man, I don't get too wound up about being right or wrong. My rationale for it being a special teams play-call was simply this (and I can surely be wrong, but it is my opinion): The play was with special teams personnel in a special teams formation against the opposing special teams personnel in a special teams situation.

09-30-2014, 10:34 PM	#2
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: The dumbest fake punt in the history of dumb fake punts Originally Posted by Barry from MS Agreed. This play should never see the light of day ever again. And we can agree to disagree on whether it's an offensive play-call or a special teams play-call. As a weather man and a married man, I don't get too wound up about being right or wrong. My rationale for it being a special teams play-call was simply this (and I can surely be wrong, but it is my opinion): The play was with special teams personnel in a special teams formation against the opposing special teams personnel in a special teams situation. We will agree to disagree on who called the play. And the sarcasm at the end was not lost on me, either. I could well be wrong on who called it, and that's not a big deal to me. But in this kind of situation I think it's more than plausible that the head coach is calling that play. Greg Mcmahon is not a play caller. He's just a guy who's responsible for getting his unit lined up and making sure everyone knows their assignment. It's not rocket science to run special teams. If he's being allowed to call a play like that then that's even worse then the play, itself. And perhaps that WAS the case. I don't really care either way.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

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