OT Coin Toss = 49'ers Demise?

St. Geezy said

All great points in this thread. I’ll admit it; when it first happened I didn’t fully grasp the controversy even though I am definitely a “football guy.” But unlike NFL head coaches, I am not being paid millions of dollars to prepare for things like this or to eat, sleep, and breathe football at all times.

They will never admit it, but I think the 49ers coaching staff flat out just never prepped for this postseason OT wrinkle scenario. They treated it like regular OT without a second thought.

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What you said in your second paragraph could be right. It's substantiated that the coaches didn't prepare the players for it.

Agree that it's a good thread, notably lacking in personal attacks and Madden references. More important, it's thought provoking.

I hate to say it--but the referee, whose name I refuse to type, noted that the overtime rules were like beginning "a new game." That alone should have indicated "defer" since that's the usual call for the beginning of the game.

It's shocking to me that Shanahan seemed unprepared for this possibility, doesn't seem to have thought it through, and didn't prepare his players. It's very sloppy and may have cost his team a superbowl..