[teejers1]

I suspect that your “who else” comment was sarcasm.  As for going for it on 4th and 5, there is more.  They had made a FG.  He took the points off the board. Was it correct decision?  I don’t know. Maybe he was sending his team and his QB a message.  That he trusts them. And that he’s gonna be more aggressive.  And that he trusts them. I’m relatively confident he didn’t say, “hmmm, what would the Cardboard do….”  But I find your comment to be perplexing.  You’ve complained about him not being bold enough forever.  So now that he does something bold, it’s the wrong move and you hope he didn’t bow under pressure.  But he’s stubborn - another complaint.  Never listens, never changes.  And yet, when he does something allegedly out of character it’s the wrong move for the wrong reason.  Well. “A lot of poor boys got the Cumberland blues, they can’t win for losing..”

BTW  no sign of a turtle last night.  Far from it.  He kept the pedal down all night. More indication that he was sending a message. Or perhaps bowing to pressure…..

So, maybe this signals some change. Or maybe it was a one off.  Time will tell.

I don't want to bog down this thread with negative commentary after such a glowing W last night.  So I'll only say that the above bolded language is an inaccurate portrayal of my complaints about Shaw's historic running of the offense.  It isn't bold or not bold; it's making decisions that are myopic and/or so confounding to the game dictates/situations.  And I'll just leave it at that.

Again, from what I saw last night, no complaints.  

P.S.  Thanks for the heads up on context of taking points off the board.  Yeah, I in all likelihood would not have done that (4th and goal from the 8 to 4th and goal from the 4, if my math is right).  Hmm.  BTW, Lex, would you have gone for it?

[teejers1]

I suspect that your “who else” comment was sarcasm.  As for going for it on 4th and 5, there is more.  They had made a FG.  He took the points off the board. Was it correct decision?  I don’t know. Maybe he was sending his team and his QB a message.  That he trusts them. And that he’s gonna be more aggressive.  And that he trusts them. I’m relatively confident he didn’t say, “hmmm, what would the Cardboard do….”  But I find your comment to be perplexing.  You’ve complained about him not being bold enough forever.  So now that he does something bold, it’s the wrong move and you hope he didn’t bow under pressure.  But he’s stubborn - another complaint.  Never listens, never changes.  And yet, when he does something allegedly out of character it’s the wrong move for the wrong reason.  Well. “A lot of poor boys got the Cumberland blues, they can’t win for losing..”

BTW  no sign of a turtle last night.  Far from it.  He kept the pedal down all night. More indication that he was sending a message. Or perhaps bowing to pressure…..

So, maybe this signals some change. Or maybe it was a one off.  Time will tell.

I don't want to bog down this thread with negative commentary after such a glowing W last night.  So I'll only say that the above bolded language is an inaccurate portrayal of my complaints about Shaw's historic running of the offense.  It isn't bold or not bold; it's making decisions that are myopic and/or so confounding to the game dictates/situations.  And I'll just leave it at that.

Again, from what I saw last night, no complaints.  

P.S.  Thanks for the heads up on context of taking points off the board.  Yeah, I in all likelihood would not have done that (4th and goal from the 8 to 4th and goal from the 4, if my math is right).  Hmm.  BTW, Lex, would you have gone for it?