Who called the 2nd timeout?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I would hope that he'd get credit for building the team for the long term. But I just think that way way way more often than not he only gets blame when it comes to coaching in the here and now.

Well, that is true cause we're losing now. It's like any team that loses, who is the 1st scapegoat? It's always the head coach. Look at Cam Cameron in Miami, it's not really his fault he's winless, his team sucks. But he gets a lot of blame. If Gibbs wins 4 straight, it will all go away. People are just tired of losing, so Gibbs is the first to be put in front of the firing range. That's the way he wants it too.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Well, that is true cause we're losing now. It's like any team that loses, who is the 1st scapegoat? It's always the head coach. Look at Cam Cameron in Miami, it's not really his fault he's winless, his team sucks. But he gets a lot of blame. If Gibbs wins 4 straight, it will all go away. People are just tired of losing, so Gibbs is the first to be put in front of the firing range. That's the way he wants it too.

Let me ask you this though. Had he won the game do you think we'd be praising Gibbs for keeping the team together and leading us to victory? By and large I would say no. I would say even if it had come down to a final missed field goal, we would hear about how he nearly blew it.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Let me ask you this though. Had he won the game do you think we'd be praising Gibbs for keeping the team together and leading us to victory? By and large I would say no. I would say even if it had come down to a final missed field goal, we would hear about how he nearly blew it.

Depends on how we won. If everything was the same and it was a botched Lindell FG, then I think you're right, but only cause we did blow it. Had we scored 1 td instead of FG on those FG's, then I think Gibbs would have gotten the credit for keeping the team together. The chips were already stacked against us. I do not recall a player EVER in the NFL dieing like this that meant more to their team. We are in uncharted waters, so if we won, Gibbs would have gotten a lot of credit.