hawksfansinceday1":2vcci7ac said:
You stated in the other thread that my "hindsight (was) 20/20". As I stated in that post I wanted a Lynch run first and foremost. When he ran it to the one on first down I said out loud "run him again". I still want that to be the call. As for other pass plays/routes that I suggested as being better calls than the slant to an UDFA WR being 20/20 hindsight as you stated, you're correct. But, Darrell Bevell and Pete Carroll are paid a lot of money to make those calls not in hindsight, but rather with foresight. They failed. Period. In my opinion, running a power back like Lynch no matter his past fumble at the goal line vs. Frisco and no matter the opponent is a smarter call than a slant REGARDLESS of past situations and play calls UNLESS you are out of time outs which Seattle was not.
Anything you or anyone else says will not change my mind about that fateful play. I wanted a handoff to Marshawn then, now and forever in the future.
Looking forward to 2015.
The foresight that likely came into play was that:
a) in 2014 Lynch was 5/12 from the 1 yard line (keeping in mind that they mix up the plays from the 1 yard line to be unpredictable;
b) in 2014 the Seahawks convert more on pass plays from the 1 yard line (50%) than Lynch carries from the 1 yard line;
c) that the Seahawks, nor the NFL, turned the ball over on pass plays from that position this year; and
d) a Lynch carry is not a 100% guarantee to keep possession (he lost the ball in the NFC Championship last year) AND is not a 100% guarantee of not losing yardage;
e) the Seahawks ran that play successfully before;
AND
f) the Seahawks, if they wanted to maximize the number of attempts at goal, had to have one pass attempt in the series so that if they didn't score they would get at least one clock stoppage without using their last timeout.
That is some of the foresight. Your foresight is revisionist only.