That was Dak and the Cowboys. Against the Rams in 2019. He said kick, then defer, and then yes when asked if they wanted to kick. Luckily the league stepped in later in the first half and Dallas actually got the ball in the 2nd half.
A sign Lebby isn’t super smart
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He has the same befuddled look 80% of the game, that Croom and Moorhead had.
Yeah. Lebby may only be the 2nd dumbest coach in the conference . Kirby is a heck of a coach when his players are simply out-talenting the other team. But he absolutely sucks when it’s close. He cost Georgia a chance to win that game last night.
I was there. I remember thinking in the stands that we have to kick to Florida and was totally surprised that we got the ball to start the second half too.
I heard that the Florida captain said they would kick and the official asked him if we was sure and the captain said yes. They were trying to give him a chance to correct his mistake, but he still said they'd kick.
We’re a bowl team m17er! Sit down and be quiet.
if you can’t see the improvement, you are blind
also maroon is all that matters
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Never a bad time to dump on our coach. He's earned it.Y’all could be watching OM clown show to not get the field goal kicked but instead you want to dump on our coach.
I dont think choosing to receive is "stupid", it just goes against the norm. I thought Kiffin liked to receive as well? I did think it was funny this year when teams won the toss against us and chose to receive just to mess with us.
And we did score on our first possession a lot this year.
If you are an offensive powerhouse, like Oregon used to be, taking the ball first makes sense. Lebby wants to run "Showtime", so he is implementing that strategy, he just doesn't really have the offense to back it up.
And we did score on our first possession a lot this year.
If you are an offensive powerhouse, like Oregon used to be, taking the ball first makes sense. Lebby wants to run "Showtime", so he is implementing that strategy, he just doesn't really have the offense to back it up.
I'm pretty sure this is the real reason. Someone somewhere in his coaching life told him "We take the ball because it tells the world how confident you are that you're going to score" so he adopted that as his "thing" and is sticking with it because changing now would be admitting it is not always the best strategy. Metrics be damned.
Just for clarity's sake... where is the hot take portion of this? It all sounds like the fairly normal course of action to me.
Of all the signs that our coach isn't smart, choosing to receive every time we win the toss doesn't crack the top 20.
This is what I've been thinking as well. He wants momentum, and he was never likely to get it with our defense. In fact, he likely figured putting the defense out first was damn near certain to give the other team extra momentum, watching their offense drive down the field like it was the 1's vs the 2's.