This quote from today's Teleconference is most telling
Ferentz: "The bottom line is its tough to win a game when you have three turnovers."
He just does not see that the first two would not have had any effect on the game had he just simply realized that the only way to lose for certain was throwing the ball when your running attack was averaging 5 YPC.
There is no excuse for the third turnover, you let your ground game eat up a tired and overmatched Defense by running the ball 3 times from that first and ten onward, maybe even running again on 4th and short.
The fact that he says the above quote shows me that he lacks foresight into the understanding of fundamental football knowledge.
While some may say this is hindsight, we all had the benefit of the 58:30 of football prior to that point and all indications were "simply run the ball into FG position, take a shot at the kick and if you miss or end up having to punt just run over them again in OT."
Kirk's hubris in this situation is causing him to point the finger at anyone but himself, and it is causing him to lose sight of the big picture and the fact that he is the only one who can do anything to turn this thing around.
Quotes like this are why my trust and faith in Kirk is at an all time low. The guy just can not see that the blame for third and "losing" turnover lies with him alone.
It would be better if he had some semblance of accountability and simply said "That last turnover and subsequent game winning FG is all on me, I made the wrong decision and it cost us the game". I would have more respect for him than what he just did which is quoted the box score and nothing else.
Ferentz: "The bottom line is its tough to win a game when you have three turnovers."
He just does not see that the first two would not have had any effect on the game had he just simply realized that the only way to lose for certain was throwing the ball when your running attack was averaging 5 YPC.
There is no excuse for the third turnover, you let your ground game eat up a tired and overmatched Defense by running the ball 3 times from that first and ten onward, maybe even running again on 4th and short.
The fact that he says the above quote shows me that he lacks foresight into the understanding of fundamental football knowledge.
While some may say this is hindsight, we all had the benefit of the 58:30 of football prior to that point and all indications were "simply run the ball into FG position, take a shot at the kick and if you miss or end up having to punt just run over them again in OT."
Kirk's hubris in this situation is causing him to point the finger at anyone but himself, and it is causing him to lose sight of the big picture and the fact that he is the only one who can do anything to turn this thing around.
Quotes like this are why my trust and faith in Kirk is at an all time low. The guy just can not see that the blame for third and "losing" turnover lies with him alone.
It would be better if he had some semblance of accountability and simply said "That last turnover and subsequent game winning FG is all on me, I made the wrong decision and it cost us the game". I would have more respect for him than what he just did which is quoted the box score and nothing else.
