ES: To Kick or Not to Kick?

[ixcuincle]

At this point, you just go for it on 4th and less than 5 when you're inside the red zone

[Bangee7]

I've been a 'skins fans since the 70's (heay, I'm old) and I still have Moseley & Lohmiller as the two best since that time. Some of their misses were weather induced (sloppy fields, frozen tundra, wind, rain, cold). I think the increase in domes has made Pct comparisons difficult at best.

Hail!

[thesubmittedone]

When evaluating specific moves by any coaching staff, I always try to remember that even the worst coach in the NFL knows so much more about football than I do, it's not even debatable.

That said, there are certain signs from any team that show a troubling lack of planning. When you have a competition at a position and then cut both players in said competition, and then sign someone who was cut from two other teams at the 11th hour...not a good sign.

I explained the situation to my sister in a semi-rant when Cundiff was signed. She admittedly knows next to nothing about football but has a keen sense of organizational competence. Her quote was: "That doesn't sound like it's going to work out too well".

I'm really hoping we strike gold with Forbath, but wasn't he also cut by 2 teams? Hopefully, like a cobra, he's waiting patiently to pounce when the opportunity presented itself. And could it get any worse?

I don't know if it's as much about a lack of planning as it is a lack of judging talent correctly. I think we clearly thought that either Gano was going to grab a hold of the job by showing improvement or, if not, Rackers would be a nice fall back plan as a consistent vet. I think we were surprised at how poorly Rackers performed and Gano didn't do much to beat him other than just not fail. So when Cundiffcame available we figured we'd have our Rackers right there. Unfortunately, he wasn't even consistent from the distances he normally was consistent from!

A lot went wrong and, in the end, I think Danny Smith is to blame. And I'm not one who is quick to point the finger at him like so many on ES. But, in this case, his trust in either Gano improving or Rackers playing like himself after the Texans cut him was misplaced.