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A Head Coach Botched The End Of The Super Bowl, And It Wasn’t Pete Carroll
FiveThirtyEight ^ | February 2, 2015 | Benjamin Morris

Posted on 02/02/2015 1:47:52 PM PST by OddLane

Everyone knew it was coming. Second-and-1 on the 1-yard line. Marshawn Lynch was waiting in the backfield, poised to do what he was put on this Earth to do: Get a touchdown — this touchdown. The football gods had telegraphed how they wanted the game to end, directing a floating ball straight into Jermaine Kearse’s hands. Beast Mode was going to drag the New England team kicking and screaming into the end zone if he had to. But the play call came in, Russell Wilson attempted a doomed pass that Malcolm Butler intercepted, and it was Seattle that punched and screamed its way off the field.

The Web erupted in outrage that Beast Mode never got his moment. For Seahawks fans, calling a pass was essentially Pete Carroll denying his team’s fate. For many others, it seemed like an inexplicable miscue.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: blunders; coach; footballfollies; nfl; superbowl
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To: MHGinTN

Excellent game


141 posted on 02/02/2015 7:52:15 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

One of the better ones. I didn’t really have a favorite, so the seesaw of the scoring was fun, and in the end seeing Pete Carroll get bit for one of his arrogant play calls was the best bonus.


142 posted on 02/02/2015 8:36:31 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: TalBlack
On the one with mere seconds left? It looks bizarre to people who only watch superbowl games.

it looks bizarre to people who make a living off the NFL... i am not one who just watches Super Bowl games... and i do not just watch my favorite team's games... i watch every MNF game and every Thursday night game... and i watch the other teams play on Sunday as i have time... this is my take on the direction Pete Carroll took on that last play:

i have to think the way he just saw Lynch run on the last play his best option has to be Lynch running the ball... if he doesn't get it, then you run him again after a time out... i'm putting it on my best player's shoulders... i do not see how it is worse to lose that way than the way they ended up losing...

143 posted on 02/02/2015 9:42:41 PM PST by latina4dubya (wheni have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: latina4dubya

“if he doesn’t get it, then you run him again after a time out... “

THAT is what I expected. But whaqt do I know?

Frankly once they got to mid field so quickly I thought I saw the writing on the wall. Wasn’t at all surprised that they were quickly within feet of the goal. In my limited viewing I can’t recall anyone missing from that range, though I know it happens. I recall one instance where the runner simply jumped OVER the mob to goal. GET-THE-BALL-ACCROSS-AND-FORGET-THE “GAME”.


144 posted on 02/03/2015 6:54:36 AM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job..)
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To: latina4dubya

His plan was to have the two running plays after the pass. Too bad for him Wilson and Lockette didn’t execute.


146 posted on 02/03/2015 8:04:23 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: MHGinTN

Seven yards.

89 went wide right, only one person moved. Same when he went left presnsp.


147 posted on 02/03/2015 8:06:31 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Yehuda

The db was not in the picture when Wilson wound up. He couldnt see him through the line and the otherbreceiver and db. I think Wilson thought he had an easy six.


148 posted on 02/03/2015 8:09:44 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Eggs Ackley. Butler was hidden from Wilson's view and Wilson let that pass go to a point where empty space which the WR was slanting toward seemed open to Wilson.

It was a legal pick play that backfired because Butler had done his homework and had the football brilliance to know the point on the filed where the ball was supposed to meet the receiver, so he occupied that space and won Super Brawl XLIX. Also, after looking at the replay several times from different angles, I can see that in fact the receivers were split, not right at the tackle shoulders plus one yard. My "no" was unfounded so I retract the mistaken assertion.

It was solely the football brilliance of Butler that made the call fail. But I still cannot stand that arrogant asshat, Pete Carroll.

149 posted on 02/03/2015 8:58:53 AM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN

“It was solely the football brilliance of Butler that made the call fail”

1. Coaching, Coaching, Coaching
2. Physical “I want the ball” attitude. Butler A+, Lockette F. It was amazing how quick Butler closed given the speed of Lockette.

3. Wilson’s delay (to be honest, if he had not delayed, Lockette most probably would have been stopped before scoring given Butler’s hitting ability).


150 posted on 02/03/2015 10:59:08 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
His plan was to have the two running plays after the pass. Too bad for him Wilson and Lockette didn’t execute.

yes, i know... crazy risky... but the outcome gave credence to my claim i made at the beginning of the season to Seahawks fans that i know--repeats are RARE... it was within their reach but did not come to pass... close but no cigar... rare...

151 posted on 02/03/2015 11:15:51 AM PST by latina4dubya (wheni have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: TexasGator

I think if Lockette had caught the ball he would have gotten creamed.

Hightower and others were in good position to lay Lockette out before he got to the end zone.

Another risky aspect to the play... catch, hit, and possible fumble.


152 posted on 02/03/2015 5:50:02 PM PST by Third Person
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To: Third Person

Hightower and others were in good position to lay Lockette out before he got to the end zone.


Not really. It was only Butler. Hightower was the next nearest and he was beyond the opposite hash mark when the ball arrived . Only after Butler bounced back into the end zone, then ran out again and was diving to the ground did Hightower arrive.

That said, Butler was certainly in place to keep Lockette from getting in the end zone, and perhaps holding onto the ball. As it was, the bump on the way to get the ball stopped Lockette cold, and caused him to rotate in the air.


153 posted on 02/03/2015 6:09:55 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

Just watched it again. I was wrong. Hightower would’ve been too late.


154 posted on 02/03/2015 6:14:59 PM PST by Third Person
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