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Originally Posted by tomegun
If it was the first play of the first game or the last game of the playoffs, this coach should have been ejected. To call it gutless is just a way of putting it and obviously a way you don't like.
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As I said, I agree 100% that coach needed to go. I just don't like to say "gutless" in this type of situation, mainly because that is such a personal criticism. If an official knows that the right thing to do is toss the coach, and he fails to do so because he is afraid the coach will give him a poor rating and/or may not ask him back, then gutless is the appropriate characterization. I don't see that here. If the official knew how this play should have been called, I doubt that he would have opened himself up for being criticized by posting the play and asking us how it should have been handled. As I said, it may be obvious to us, as veterans, but for an official with less experience, it may not be so clear.
