CPJ's first dumb call

The onside kick definitely caught 10 out of 11 of them off guard. It also seemed like Scott was the only guy on our team that knew it was an onside; none of our guys were looking for the ball in the air! Even if the Miami guy caught it, had we tackled him as he was catching it, it probably would have been a fumble and GT recovery.

But in the end, too early in the game and it was really risking our 10 point lead.
 
Agreed. Some of our guys missed their assignment. That is block the front line guy who caught the ball and let someone else try to recover the ball.
 
Meh, I liked the call. It's a lot better then the vanilla calls that we've had for the last few years.
 
Allen Koholic said:
Meh, I liked the call. It's a lot better then the vanilla calls that we've had for the last few years.
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The call was fine, didn't look like they practiced the onside kick much, so I hated the call. Then we picked them off so I'm really neutral about the call now. :D
 
We don't have a good, experienced kicker.

Don't know why he made that call. Luckily we have a great defense. Anybody else glad Tenuta is gone?
 
Nah, been reading the forum for years. Just posting the first time.

Like to read different opinions on different forums. Like other forums, there are those who are knowledgable and some dumb asses. I am probably one of the dumb asses.
 
OK call but the execution was crap. It could've very easily worked if we hadn't've acted like we didn't know what was going on. PRACTICE!
 
At that point in in the game, it was a bs call. You can't count on an interception to save you. We were up 10 and should have played like it.
 
Disagree. Yet another red herring to disorient and confuse the Bulldogs.

Liked the call - ball just didn't bounce right. If we get it back, I'm replying to a thread entitled: CPJ's brilliant call.

The odds of recovering an onsides kick is 50%. Probably better than 50% when you have the lead and do it in the first quarter.

To disagree with the call is to suggest that CPJ should become more conservative and I, for one, would prefer he not.
 
helluvaparamedic said:
The call was great, the execution was poor ( not enough air under the ball).
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An ideal onside kick, as I understand it, is supposed to hit the ground immediately after its kicked to give it an end-over-end spin and bounce high into the air.

I don't think we kicked it correctly.
 
Here is the thing: seeing as Paul Johnson is all knowing, and that he can see all outcomes in the future based on different possible actions, he probably saw miami getting a feild goal with a full kick and us getting the interception if we were to fake it. Basically, what it boils down to is the fact that Paul Johnson can see life like a choose your own adventure book but he knows all the different outcomes.

Its a proven fact. That is why he is not allowed to gamble in America still.
 
Bottom line. CPJ is still my HC. Crazy play yes. If it had of worked, brilliant and we'd know it could work. It didn't. I'd bet CPJ was taking notes. We're 8-3 for Pete's sake going into the dog pound. Unbelievable.
 
bellyseries said:
At that point in in the game, it was a bs call. You can't count on an interception to save you. We were up 10 and should have played like it.
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I am one of the few that liked the call. We had just gotten a free touchdown off of MJ’s pick. Basically, PJ was gambling with house money. Be aggressive and go for the kill in the first quarter.

Both the offense and defense were playing well, so we didn’t need to play a field position game.
 
00Burdell said:
An ideal onside kick, as I understand it, is supposed to hit the ground immediately after its kicked to give it an end-over-end spin and bounce high into the air.

I don't think we kicked it correctly.
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that's how you kick an expected onsides kick. The kick we tried was intended to catch Miami off guard. The kick was almost perfect. Like someone else said, 10 of Miami's players were fooled. They were very lucky that the 11th man realized what was going on at the last second as he had already turned to run backwards before he stopped to get the kick. We had two guys that were about to catch that kick and the Miami player who got it was the only one that could've stopped it. We got a gift TD so it was a smart gamble IMO. Obviously, had we recovered it, more people would've been happy.
 
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