It never ceases to amaze me how often NFL head coaches make tactical errors when it comes to clock management. I also find that NFL coaches often are risk adverse to a degree where their “risk aversion” actually increases the risk that the game will be lost. These two factors converged on Saturday as St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz made an indefensible error in the playoff game between the Rams and the Carolina Panthers.
Let me set the stage.
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After watching the Philly/GB game (and seeing the horrible passes that McNabb threw into the end zone in the same situtation) Martz probably feels better about his decision than he did right after the game.
Then he is an even bigger idiot (though that was a horrid decision by McNabb to throw one up for grabs there).
Shit can and will happen, but if you make decisions that mathematically decrease your chances to win the game, then you are not coaching smart.