Hate to say it but Coaching lost this game

[redwagonskins]

Bad, bad, bad clock management. First two games we don't challenge anything now we're whipping them out like they are free.

[Bozzy]

nah, it was a slow offensive start and bad calls by the refs.

[Daseal]

Coaching has been weak, but the latter half, minus the challenge, was a good job.

[navodne]

Yes it definitely was poor coaching! Joe looked like a deer in the headlights... Why would he challenge the call and risk his last T/O?

[Bozzy]

that last challenge was utterly pointless.

[navodne]

What about the poor series of calls in the redzone? Somebody tell coach Gibbs that John Riggins isn't in the back field.

[NY_Skinsfan]

what about the guy ex ref in the booth for gibbs....he shouldn't have told gibbs to challenge that last touchdown...he should be fired....

[redwagonskins]

Challenges and the clock, we have control of, the refs are part of the game and there is nothing we can do about it

[MTK]

this one is on the refs

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

this one is on the refs

I agree about 90-95% with that cuz the refs really pulled a choke job tonight, but that was a really badly called goalline series from gibbs and company.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

I agree about 90-95% with that cuz the refs really pulled a choke job tonight, but that was a really badly called goalline series from gibbs and company.

I agree, but the refs took points off our board tonight and put them on the cowboys, can't get much worse than that if you ask me.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I agree, but the refs took points off our board tonight and put them on the cowboys, can't get much worse than that if you ask me.

we're in full agreement on that and whats makes it worse is that the refs f-ed it up twice on that drive with what was a fumble and the bs pass interference. but as frustrating as all this is, especially with it resulting in a loss to dallas, this team made huge improvements from the last 2 weeks. The offense preformed really well( r. brown excluded ) against one of the better defenses in the league. hopefully in the next week or 2 we'll see more sweeps and playactions(which I don't remember seeing many of yet this year) as well as a couple players getting healthy and rejoining the defense.

and just wondering, but why does the league even bother apologizing for mistakes made by officiating crews? cuz the only useful purpose I can think of for them is to use the paper its typed on as toilet paper or as Jim Mora would say they mean "diddily poo."

[dieselhog]

I noticed Gregg Williams appear to disagree with Joe on the sideline AT LEAST three times and each time he walked away shaking his head and looking pissed off.

Did anyone else see that?

[SUNRA]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

this one is on the refs

I'm not ready to put it all on the refs just yet. The defense gave up several big 3rd down plays which continued Dallas's drive.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Matty:

The officiating tonight was terrible. But it was terrible both ways.

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.

Gardner's final catch of the game was offensive pass interference. Not called.

The "false start" on Flozell Adams in the final Cowboys possession was not a false start.

The officials did not cover themselves in glory tonight but five sacks had as much to do with the loss tonight as anything else.

Also, after Bowen got burned for a TD by the Giants, we had a whole bunch of folks here calling for his benching so we could see Sean Taylor and all that he would do. Well, you saw Taylor tonight and he was just as late as Bowen was on the TD pass to Terry Glenn. I'm waiting to hear how he should be benched immediately...

When you have the ball first and goal at the one yard line and you don't gain an inch, I'd say there was some kind of problem there that had not a whole lot to do with the officials. Made a TD from the one yard line instead of a field goal and you have a very different dynamic in the 4th quarter.