stall at the Syracuse 43, 4th and 3. You're in no man's land there. That's an impossible situation. It's too long for a field goal, too short for a college punter to nail inside the 10, too long for a run. Whaddya do? You go for it of course!. You keep the ball in the hands of your best player, here Kenny Pickett, there Sean Clifford, and give it your best shot. Pitt did. Failed! but that is being rational on a 4th down call. Now, I am not saying Pat Narduzzi is a better coach than James Franklin, in fact, the contrary, James coaches circles around Duzz, but you can be good and dumb or mediocre and smart and you don't cost your team a game by being mediocre and smart.Saturday, November 27, 2021
Syracuse 7 #17 Pitt 0, 11:54 2Q
Syracuse went right down the field, zip, zip, zip on their first possession and scored. Now, here is the difference between James Franklin and damn near every other coach in America. On Pitt's first possession thestall at the Syracuse 43, 4th and 3. You're in no man's land there. That's an impossible situation. It's too long for a field goal, too short for a college punter to nail inside the 10, too long for a run. Whaddya do? You go for it of course!. You keep the ball in the hands of your best player, here Kenny Pickett, there Sean Clifford, and give it your best shot. Pitt did. Failed! but that is being rational on a 4th down call. Now, I am not saying Pat Narduzzi is a better coach than James Franklin, in fact, the contrary, James coaches circles around Duzz, but you can be good and dumb or mediocre and smart and you don't cost your team a game by being mediocre and smart.
stall at the Syracuse 43, 4th and 3. You're in no man's land there. That's an impossible situation. It's too long for a field goal, too short for a college punter to nail inside the 10, too long for a run. Whaddya do? You go for it of course!. You keep the ball in the hands of your best player, here Kenny Pickett, there Sean Clifford, and give it your best shot. Pitt did. Failed! but that is being rational on a 4th down call. Now, I am not saying Pat Narduzzi is a better coach than James Franklin, in fact, the contrary, James coaches circles around Duzz, but you can be good and dumb or mediocre and smart and you don't cost your team a game by being mediocre and smart.
