OT Coin Toss = 49'ers Demise?

44slayer said
Several people have laid out the pros and cons and its clearly, CLEARLY tilted in favor of deferring. Its not guesswork, or hindsight. The hindsight only strengthens it. Honestly, going with 'hindsight' is just a cop out.

It is hidsight tho. You can call it whatever you want, its still your opinion. The declarative statements you keep making about hypotheticals speaks for itself.

44slayer said
Some people just feel the need to defend something, just to defend it. Despite if failing miserably in front on 128 million people. Quoting a guy who has 'analytics' in a situation that has 1 actual occurrence is kinda bizarre. Theres just no way to logically say its in any way, shape or form beneficial to take the ball first. Not in this format. He pulled those numbers completely out his you know what.

That wasn't my quote, so I don't know why you're on about that. The bottom line is, in spite of the NFL continually tweaking the rules, the coin toss overall has been relatively inconsequential. Usually, the team who plays better is going to win regardless. I predict and expect that trend will not change much.

44slayer said
Shanahan claims he made the decision before the game to take the ball first if theres overtime. So he technically didnt weigh anything from a situational standpoint. Im not sure how you can allege theres factors that make you go one way or another, but the dummy said he made the decision prior to the game. He doesnt even say the right words, much less make the right decision when it matters.

I don't really care what Shanahan did or didn't do. That isn't relevant to this discussion.

44slayer said
You wont see another coach take the ball first. Youll never see that stat. The outcomes will never get close to 50 50, because it wont happen again. Shanahan took it on the chin so no other coach has to.

You keep repeating it and we already agreed, we'll see. :shrug: