Hate to say it but Coaching lost this game

[dragontat7169]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Matty:

In the first half Skins' scoring drive, they missed the incomplete pass to Portis AND on the same play they missed that he was down by contact. That was a third down play in Skins territory that would have caused a punt if they got it right.

I hate to disappoint you on this..but IT was a CATCH! and if you remember correctly, they had already completed one 4th down conversion on that drive and I am pretty sure they would have done it again. It would have been 4th and 1 or 2 where he was downed at. Yes, the refs missed that call, but it was still conceiveable that they would have gone for it on 4th down (not punted), got the first down and still scored. So that call didn't really affect anything except a bunch of maybe's. And as far as the Offensive PI on the last play of the game, what did that affect? Calling that made no difference in the outcome of the game, all it did was pad the stats a little.

[MTK]

take that first TD off the board and it's a Skins 'W', pretty simple

[SUNRA]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

take that first TD off the board and it's a Skins 'W', pretty simple

Yeah, but that's a big if. We had enough time to put points on the board. It was poor time management that lost this game.

[MTK]

bah it doesn't make up for the god-awful call on Harris. That call was total and utter garbage.

[Gmanc711]

Yeah thats a difference of 2 yards on their " bad call " that hurt dallas to 57 yards yards on their FIRST bad call that killed us.

[BIGREDSKINFAN63]

well i did'nt see poor coaching,i never have from a joe gibbs coached team.i thought it took the skins o awhile to get started and it is tough to beat anybody when you have 11 guys on the field and they have 11 + the refs on the field.ray charles,stevie wonder,ronnie milsap,and any other blind man could have called that game better than those"jackass zebras"did last night.that was the worst officiating i have ever seen at any game at any level.the ref staff assured themselves that they will not work at the superbowl this year unless they park cars or clean up the bathrooms.

[BIGREDSKINFAN63]

i'l tell you something else that really pissed me off.did you guys see LA up in the press box dancing around during the game?i thought that was bullshit.when is barrow going to play?what was the purpose of signing him anyway?moral support.

[SkinsRock]

Originally Posted by BIGREDSKINFAN63

i'l tell you something else that really pissed me off.did you guys see LA up in the press box dancing around during the game?i thought that was bullshit.when is barrow going to play?what was the purpose of signing him anyway?moral support.

I didn't see LA "dancing around", but he seemed to be having to much of a good time when his team was down....smiling/laughing too much....
Barrow was signed because he had a history of NOT being injured....only missing like 5 games in 10 years or something like that.....so this is a new experience for him. Chalk it up to bad luck....

[MTK]

I guess I'm a loser then, the refs gift wrapped 7 points to the Cowboys, I don't know how anyone can deny that.

Yeah it's part of the game, it just leaves you feeling a bit cheated.

As for LaVar up in the box, who cares? Just because he was caught laughing or joking around doesn't mean he doesn't care. That's just ridiculous. Who knows what context his laughter was in.

It's really silly to point to him in the box and question his team loyalty. Jansen has also been sitting up in the box, should we question him too? We better not see him crack a smile up there, god forbid!

[SkinsRock]

[QUOTE=Mattyk72]I guess I'm a loser then, the refs gift wrapped 7 points to the Cowboys, I don't know how anyone can deny that.

Yeah it's part of the game, it just leaves you feeling a bit cheated.[QUOTE]

While I agree, I think it was 3 points, not 7. They were able to stop us from the one yard line, so we had just as much of an opportunity to stop them, but we didn't. If we would have, that could have been quite a momentum changer, even after the horrible call....

But enough with the woulda, coulda, shoulda....it was a tough loss, but I believe the Skins will bounce back against a struggling Cleveland team, and by Dec. 26th, they will look like a different team out there....we're starting to see flashes of it now....

[SUNRA]

Yeah that's stupid to question Lavar's loyalty to this team. He is our franchise player and probably couldn't take it being on the field and not being able to play.

[illdefined]

you kidding? LaVar is the keeper of the lockerroom and always takes note and loathes when players laugh after a loss. he was probably smiling cuz it was his first time up there and he just saw his team's offense make a FIRST DOWN.

[SUNRA]

We are definitely starting to see flashes of what is to come. I mentioned on another post that Gibbs has to believe in these players as much as he wants them to believe in him. My point being, Cooley and Thrash can make the big plays but should be allowed to play a bigger role on first down as oppose to 3rd and 17.

[rickmmrr]

I'm looking at this year as a rebuilding year. That way I won't get physically sick after every loss. I'm thinking by the middle of the season the offense will really start hitting on all cylinders and Gibbs will have enough games under his belt to begin to feel comfortable behind the clip board.

[SkinsRock]

Originally Posted by rickmmrr

I'm looking at this year as a rebuilding year. That way I won't get physically sick after every loss. I'm thinking by the middle of the season the offense will really start hitting on all cylinders and Gibbs will have enough games under his belt to begin to feel comfortable behind the clip board.

NOOO!!! Not the "R" word!!! It seems that "rebuilding" is a four letter word these days in the NFL...

Seriously, I see it more as a "retooling"... All the pieces are in place, it's just a matter of time before they all start working together like they should...