Stiletto
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Ok, it hurts…….bad. Nobody can say otherwise to me and be taken seriously. The casual family and friends who immediately proclaimed “There is always next year!” just don’t seem to have enough history to know how fleeting these opportunities are. It was absolutely gut wrenching for me.
That being said, I am thinking a bit more clearly than I was last night. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking loss ever and the emotions that came with that INT yesterday were sharp and varied. Mostly just pissed off beyond belief. Like a lot of you guys I really felt at the time that this had to go on the OC.
But I am reading more and as the emotion is starting to wear off I am finding some decent perspectives taking shape.
Take a look at this article that seems to shed some light on the play and what might have been going through the coaches minds when they called it.
I personally find it rather eye opening:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-of-the-super-bowl-and-it-wasnt-pete-carroll/
Combine that article with a pretty good break down from Heath Evans (I know...........ack.) on the NFL Network today that showed Kearse clearly failing in his assignment to push Browner into Butler, and it's no longer the clear cut case of bad play calling.
I have done a complete 180 from yesterday when I wanted a new OC by today. Looking at the replay over and over, there seems to be plenty of reasons why the play failed. It was not a terrible play in my mind at all - although at the time it was impossible to convince me of that. Throw a bit off, Lockette not breaking for the ball hard enough, Kearse not getting enough push on Browner etc. etc. There are lots of reasons why it didn't work. But now I look at calling the play itself as pretty low on the list of reasons why the Hawks did not win this one.
Just my take on it. Read the article and see if you come to the same conclusions.
I love our team. They are young and talented and I expect more great things from them in the coming years.
As bad as this loss was (and it was bad), in the grand scheme of things, we are still looking at a lot of playoff games in our future I believe.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That being said, I am thinking a bit more clearly than I was last night. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking loss ever and the emotions that came with that INT yesterday were sharp and varied. Mostly just pissed off beyond belief. Like a lot of you guys I really felt at the time that this had to go on the OC.
But I am reading more and as the emotion is starting to wear off I am finding some decent perspectives taking shape.
Take a look at this article that seems to shed some light on the play and what might have been going through the coaches minds when they called it.
I personally find it rather eye opening:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-of-the-super-bowl-and-it-wasnt-pete-carroll/
Combine that article with a pretty good break down from Heath Evans (I know...........ack.) on the NFL Network today that showed Kearse clearly failing in his assignment to push Browner into Butler, and it's no longer the clear cut case of bad play calling.
I have done a complete 180 from yesterday when I wanted a new OC by today. Looking at the replay over and over, there seems to be plenty of reasons why the play failed. It was not a terrible play in my mind at all - although at the time it was impossible to convince me of that. Throw a bit off, Lockette not breaking for the ball hard enough, Kearse not getting enough push on Browner etc. etc. There are lots of reasons why it didn't work. But now I look at calling the play itself as pretty low on the list of reasons why the Hawks did not win this one.
Just my take on it. Read the article and see if you come to the same conclusions.
I love our team. They are young and talented and I expect more great things from them in the coming years.
As bad as this loss was (and it was bad), in the grand scheme of things, we are still looking at a lot of playoff games in our future I believe.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!