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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreenBlood" data-source="post: 463794" data-attributes="member: 1198">I disagree with your premise. You're saying the INT is partly MM's fault because he called for a pass in what you deem to be a running situation, right? But the situation on the field is irrelevant to the argument. If you're going to say that this INT was partly MM's fault, then you must also conclude that ANY INT where he also had the option to call a run play is also partly his fault. In other words, every INT ever thrown was partly the coach's fault for calling a pass play (unless the QB audibles to it, in which case the coach still is to blame for giving his QB the option). So the only way for a coach to not catch blame for an INT is to run the ball 100% of the time. Whether you intend to or not, that's the case you're making here. Here's a question for you. If we had run the ball on that play and Benson had fumbled, would that have been partly MM's fault? Why or why not? If that happened, the argument could be made that if he hadn't called a run and instead had his QB simply kneel on the ball, the fumble never would have happened. If the goal is only to take 2 minutes off the clock, as you mentioned before, and not to keep the chains moving, then running the ball at all would be foolish, would it not? You see where I'm going here? You don't stop competing just because you want the clock to run.</blockquote>

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