[CTcard]

To be fair to CTCard, he's a physicist ...

Why do I feel that has the ring of, "Well remember he's special and we have to be understanding".
[emoticon]

There may be a bias based upon being from a field that prefers mechanistic arguments. Medicine, on the other hand, I would assume skews toward statistical analysis as mechanistic arguments are often near-impossible. 

 
Without wishing to re-litigate the whole kick/punt debate, I wish Shaw were a bit more aggressive in those situations,

I do as well. For thinking about a general approach, a statistical analysis should be appropriate. It just doesn't mean he was wrong in that particular moment (though I think he was).

[CTcard]

To be fair to CTCard, he's a physicist ...

Why do I feel that has the ring of, "Well remember he's special and we have to be understanding".
[emoticon]

There may be a bias based upon being from a field that prefers mechanistic arguments. Medicine, on the other hand, I would assume skews toward statistical analysis as mechanistic arguments are often near-impossible. 

 
Without wishing to re-litigate the whole kick/punt debate, I wish Shaw were a bit more aggressive in those situations,

I do as well. For thinking about a general approach, a statistical analysis should be appropriate. It just doesn't mean he was wrong in that particular moment (though I think he was).