A Head Coach Botched The End Of The Super Bowl, And It Wasn’t Pete Carroll

FiveThirtyEight ^ | February 2, 2015 | Benjamin Morris

[b4its2late]

Yeah, he did.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I wonder how much he was paid to make that call.

[Vaquero]

[ex-snook]

Lynch was not to be the hero.

[Servant of the Cross]

LOL. Nationwide is on your side!

[cuban leaf]

I wonder how much he was paid to make that call.

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That’s basically what I asked my wife. ;-)

I’m not a sports fan but some stuff even gets guys like me interested for “non-sports” reasons. Like a team owner being forced to sell his team because of what he said on an illegally recorded phone call, or a slightly deflated ball making news.

But I do not trust ANYTHING that involves lots of money changing hands as being legit when so many aspects are subjective. I don’t take pro sports seriously. At all.

[Resolute Conservative]

The game ended as it should. The Oracle and Morpheus said so.

[cuban leaf]

So, basically, they didn’t expect their receiver to catch the ball, but they didn’t expect it to be intercepted either.

That actually makes sense. What really messed this whole thing up was not that they didn’t run it, but that a pass was intercepted. That is a critical nuance.

[TexasGator]

He saw the wrong defense and knew he could go pass, run, run but only two plays if run first. He went wide hoping to spread out the defense but Belichick didn’t bite. Wilson should not have thrown the ball.

[doorgunner69]

Did not care about either team, but am somewhat glad to see Carroll humbled so nicely.

There is just something about him that grates, maybe starting back in his USC days.

[razorback-bert]

Either Pete wanted to be the hero with his playing or he wanted Russell to be the hero.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I think the Patriocheats cheated. They inserted a remote control device into the ball and when the time was right Bill Bellicheat gave the order and it flew out of Russel Wilsons hands shocking him and into the Patriocheats hands which is why the Seahawks freaked out and were fighting. I think they could have used a device like this one used to control the ball.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHRrXtGTYIA

[cuban leaf]

Taht is one of the funniest things I’ve seen today!

[freedumb2003]

O M G!!!!! That is one of the funniest things I have ever seen!!!!!!

[Wolfie]

The real shame is that we were robbed of the chance to see what Marshawn Lynch would do in an interview as the Super Bowl winning touchdown scorer. I bet you wouldn’t be able to shut him up.

[discostu]

Except not calling timeout was the right call. They’d seen that look in the tapes, they knew what the play was, they’d practiced against and specifically had made sure Butler knew how to break it up. When you have confidence you’re on the upside of the play calling don’t call a timeout and give the other team a chance to call a better play.

[petercooper]

Butler made a more aggressive play on the ball after seeing Lynch on a fade route to the left. If the catch was made by Seattle, the call would have been brilliant.

[Dr. Sivana]

He went wide hoping to spread out the defense but Belichick didn’t bite. Wilson should not have thrown the ball.

I'm okay with a pass on second . . . BUT NOT A SLANT! Way too much traffic, and way too little room. Have'm go to the corners, as they did earlier, and overthrow if they aren't open.

[Impy]

Yes, it was.