OFFICIAL Falcons Playoffs Thread

GATechAE07 said:
Except there is no rule against taking a practice kick when the TO is called...
Click to expand...

Exactly. Plus, Bryant has told Bosher and the long-snapper to go through with the kick no matter what. I'm not sure why more kickers don't do this. You basically get a free practice kick and its not against the rules
 
"The officials told us before the game that nobody's going to get a chance to do that [practice kick]," Carroll said. "I asked them pregame what if somebody does, and they didn't know what the answer was, obviously. I had never heard that before, so I was just challenging it."

Even Carroll knew it wasn't against the rules. He was essentially bitching about the ref's supposedly telling him one thing, then doing another.
 
GATechAE07 said:
"The officials told us before the game that nobody's going to get a chance to do that [practice kick]," Carroll said. "I asked them pregame what if somebody does, and they didn't know what the answer was, obviously. I had never heard that before, so I was just challenging it."

Even Carroll knew it wasn't against the rules. He was essentially bitching about the ref's supposedly telling him one thing, then doing another.
Click to expand...

Has anyone given Carroll a :bigcry: yet?
 
GATechAE07 said:
"The officials told us before the game that nobody's going to get a chance to do that [practice kick]," Carroll said. "I asked them pregame what if somebody does, and they didn't know what the answer was, obviously. I had never heard that before, so I was just challenging it."

Even Carroll knew it wasn't against the rules. He was essentially bitching about the ref's supposedly telling him one thing, then doing another.
Click to expand...

And I wonder how many times Carroll told a recruit or a player one thing, then done another?
 
GT90 said:
Delay of game? Will it take more than 2 minutes to retrieve a kicked football? LOL

BTW, it should be the responsibility of the tool of a coach who calls the "icing" timeout to retrieve the football.
Click to expand...

If I coached I would have my kicker practice multiple kicks during a timeout. As long as the balls are retrieved before the play clock expires when play resumes. Right?
 
declinometer said:
If I coached I would have my kicker practice multiple kicks during a timeout. As long as the balls are retrieved before the play clock expires when play resumes. Right?
Click to expand...

Are you still stuck on this stupid notion?
 
eneq said:
Exactly. Plus, Bryant has told Bosher and the long-snapper to go through with the kick no matter what. I'm not sure why more kickers don't do this. You basically get a free practice kick and its not against the rules
Click to expand...

I'm not sure it is against the rules. But it has been happening for as long as I can remember. There isn't much the ref can do other than call an unsportsman like penalty for moving the ball after it has been spotted.

If Pete didn't want them to get a practice kick, he should have told his guys to "play through the whistle" too and try to block the kick.
 
WracerX said:
I'm not sure it is against the rules. But it has been happening for as long as I can remember. There isn't much the ref can do other than call an unsportsman like penalty for moving the ball after it has been spotted.
Click to expand...

They could call a delay of game.
 
declinometer said:
If I coached I would have my kicker practice multiple kicks during a timeout. As long as the balls are retrieved before the play clock expires when play resumes. Right?
Click to expand...
I am guessing there will be rule in place for next year not allowing practice kicks.
 
Diseqc said:
They could call a delay of game.
Click to expand...

They could. But it didn't really delay anything since there was a timeout. It is part of football. Pete knows it, he is just being a puss. If he didn't want the Falcons to have a free kick, he shouldn't have called timeout. I can't remember the last time calling a timeout to ice the kicker actually worked in the NFL.
 
MEwreck02 said:
I am guessing there will be rule in place for next year not allowing practice kicks.
Click to expand...

Still wouldn't really apply in this situation. It's a judgement call by the refs when coaches can wait until just right before the ball is snapped to call a timeout.
 
etc79 said:
Cant believe you all are still talking about this
Click to expand...

I'm amazed with how long the subthread about kicking balls has become in light of how short the thread about deflated balls was. I mean, it's obvious that kicking deflated balls changes the quality of the kick, and here we have a story that says just about every teams's balls are deflated to some degree. The question, in my mind, is who's balls do the kickers kick? The other teams? Their own teams? Decided at random? Fan selection? This has serious implications, people!
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
I'm amazed with how long the subthread about kicking balls has become in light of how short the thread about deflated balls was. I mean, it's obvious that kicking deflated balls changes the quality of the kick, and here we have a story that says just about every teams's balls are deflated to some degree. The question, in my mind, is who's balls do the kickers kick? The other teams? Their own teams? Decided at random? Fan selection? This has serious implications, people!
Click to expand...


woah.gif
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top