"Fans" booing our own team

[VeloClone]

If we just take a knee all game long, we'll probably never have turnovers. Let's go with the safest strategy.

With this strategy I predict a turnover every fourth offensive play.

 

[CycloneErik]

With this strategy I predict a turnover every fourth offensive play.

We can still punt on 4th down and take a knee on the other 3. That's the core of the strategy. It's a field position game.

 

[chuckd4735]

It is. The problem is that it is unlikely that you are going to come back. If we had thrown three straight passes for a three and out, that would have given Baylor the ball and an opportunity to score. If that had happened there was absolutely no way, I don't care what you do, we would come back. With what we did, we were able to get into the locker room lick our wounds and come back better. We scored twice pretty much right after half. That shows that they didn't give up.

Like I said earlier it is ok to disagree with the decision, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a reasonable decison.

So throw the ball a few times and if nothing is going, run the third time.

 

[RubyClone]

So throw the ball a few times and if nothing is going, run the third time.

Furthermore, if it's so unlikely that it's not worth the attempt to score at the end of the half, the question probably should be asked as to why play SR, Wimberly, Nealy, injury prone players like Farniok - any lineman actually, Bibbs, Lazard, etc in the second half at all? We seem to have no shot at winning in the second half, apparently don't appear to be trying to win. Why expose them and chance injury thus further hampering other games?

 

[jkclone]

So throw the ball a few times and if nothing is going, run the third time.

That's probably what I would have done, but it doesn't mean that you should boo what he did. Especially when it is something that lots of coaches would have done.

 

[Cpech56]

It is. The problem is that it is unlikely that you are going to come back. If we had thrown three straight passes for a three and out, that would have given Baylor the ball and an opportunity to score. If that had happened there was absolutely no way, I don't care what you do, we would come back. With what we did, we were able to get into the locker room lick our wounds and come back better. We scored twice pretty much right after half. That shows that they didn't give up.

Like I said earlier it is ok to disagree with the decision, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a reasonable decison.

What's reasonable about this decision? A team that's 1-4 or 1-3 going into this game shouldn't be worried about licking their wounds. You don't play football to make sure peoples feelings aren't hurt and morale is up. Those things will change positively when we start playing like men and winning. We have absolutely nothing to lose, if you think a team feels any better about themselves down 35-7 at half or down 42-7 at half, you've never been in a locker room at halftime of a game like that.

 

[isucy86]

The definition of fan is someone who passionately supports their team. Last time I looked passion can be anger, love and everything in between. Sports fans support by cheering and show displeasure by booing. They can also show their support by presence or absence. I guess I don't see booing as rude. To me leaving a game at half or the 3rd quarter is a far stonger statement of displeasure and as a player I would take much greater offense seeing empty bleachers.

When the athletic depatment pushes for a fan culture of "All In". A coach afraid to run his offense or allow his defense to stop an opponent from driving 70+ yards in 30 seconds, seems to lack confidence or trust in his players.

 

[FanatiClone]

This is probably what bothered me most. It's not that I thought we had a chance to come back and win at that point, but I never expected Rhoads to just resign and go to half. That was probably what made me ****** the most on saturday night. At least give it a shot or two downfield. At that point I knew we weren't gonna even make it remotely interesting.

I agree. Nor did I, but I did think we had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by going downfield. Especially after that first 3 and out, which seemed to deflate the moment, as well.

 

[Rabbuk]

People are high off their *** if they thought we were going to outscore baylor by 28 points in the 2nd half.

 

[FanatiClone]

Very true, but I get the sense from some people that it is conservative=bad and aggressive=good and that is not always the case.

Anyway, I'm turning in for the night.

I get where you're coming from, and agree with you. I think there needs to be a balance between conservative and aggressive play calling, and not necessarily a 50/50 balance, but more of an intuitive balance that will vary from team to team. And equally important as the nature of the play calling is the timing of that play calling. We were off kilter in regards to both last Saturday imo.

 

[VeloClone]

The definition of fan is someone who passionately supports their team. Last time I looked passion can be anger, love and everything in between. Sports fans support by cheering and show displeasure by booing. They can also show their support by presence or absence. I guess I don't see booing as rude. To me leaving a game at half or the 3rd quarter is a far stonger statement of displeasure and as a player I would take much greater offense seeing empty bleachers.

When the athletic depatment pushes for a fan culture of "All In". A coach afraid to run his offense or allow his defense to stop an opponent from driving 70+ yards in 30 seconds, seems to lack confidence or trust in his players.

Well then you would be wrong. It is rude and you have to decide what kind of fan you are. And why do we have to choose between leaving early and booing? Wouldn't it be better to not boo and stay and support your team?

 

[ISUAlum2002]

Wouldn't it be better to not boo and stay and support your team?

Probably, but it would also be better if our team had won more than 2 home games over the past 2 calendar years while enjoying fan support previously unprecedented at Iowa State.

 

[Wesley]

Probably, but it would also be better if our team had won more than 2 home games over the past 2 calendar years while enjoying fan support previously unprecedented at Iowa State.

Chalk up the Toledo game for a win.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

Chalk up the Toledo game for a win.

I chalked UNI up as a win last season. That didn't end well.

 

[Spam]

Interesting to hear Eli Manning's perspective on home boos

"....you probably deserve it"

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