How is, "just get 2 yards and you win" *lazy*? That's call winning. You don't get style points.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote: > Okay, if I must. > > I think is was laziness and arrogance. > > Lazy because 2 yards is the easy way out. Just get two years and you win. > > Arrogant because you think you can get two yards because you usually do get > them when you need to. > > > > So, he’d have otherwise have had to have HIS defense play several downs, > which would have taken another 5 to 10 minutes of real time. > > > > He tried it the easy (lazy) way. > > > > But, given the history and track record, I don’t think it’s as bad as > everyone is making it out to be. It’s about a 7 bad. Not a “10” bad. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Gendron > *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 12:50 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Football Numbers > > > > OK, Since we're talking about imaginary numbers.... > > > > I think your estimate is a little on the low side, but for the sake of > argument I will give it to you. I think the Colts have a less than 30% > chance of scoring with no time outs if we kick it away. > > > > Any other coach in the league would be in danger of being fired today after > that call. > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi > *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 11:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Football Numbers > > I'm saying that their chances of scoring from the 30 with 2 minutes to go > is 50% > > and the chances of stopping the Pats was 60%. > > So the odds of the Colts winning was 30%. > > I'm OK with that. > > Ray > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > You guys are really drinking the Belichek Kool-aid. Are you really telling > me that the chances of Manning scoring from the Colts 30 with no time outs > are equal to that of them scoring on the Pats 30 under the same conditions? > No matter how you slice it, it was a bad call. It cost the Patriots home > field advantage in the playoffs, which can be the difference in a Superbowl > drive. > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi > > *Sent:* Monday, November 16, 2009 8:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Football Numbers > > Steve O has cleverly summed up my numbers approach > > It seems to make sense that the Patriots had a much better chance of making > two yards than they had of stopping the Colts. > > > I bow to his explanatory powers! > > > > > > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in > Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > <BR > > > > > -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
