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I think it was the first play of the 4th quater - NH could have had 3rd and 23 on the Gopher 30 (after a personal foul) or 4th and 8 from the 15. Kill declined and went with the 4th and 8. I couldn't decide if he did it because he was confident we would stop them on 1 down with just 8 yards to go, or was he not confident, not wanting to give them 2 downs to go 23. I am not sure what I would have done if I was coaching. The only thing that matters is Coach got it right!
 

mnsports1 said:
I think it was the first play of the 4th quater - NH could have had 3rd and 23 on the Gopher 30 (after a personal foul) or 4th and 8 from the 15. Kill declined and went with the 4th and 8. I couldn't decide if he did it because he was confident we would stop them on 1 down with just 8 yards to go, or was he not confident, not wanting to give them 2 downs to go 23. I am not sure what I would have done if I was coaching. The only thing that matters is Coach got it right!
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When you have the opportunity to get them to 4th down and anything that is more than 4 or 5 yards, I take that every time.
 


He actually did it twice, both successfully. My guess it was a combination of having a second string QB in, having confidence in his D, and making it one play (two plays gives you double the chance of a fluke play, pass interference/other penalty, etc.)
 

It's always SMART to push your team to 4th down. ALWAYS--regardless of distance. Smart move, smart coach. Kick ass, Jerry.
 


Yeah, good points. I wonder if we are up only 3 at the time, does that change the decision? The way our pass rush was going we are close to knocking them out of FG rangeif we accept. Anyway, doesn't really matter, I just found myself wondering...
 

highwayman said:
It's always SMART to push your team to 4th down. ALWAYS--regardless of distance. Smart move, smart coach. Kick ass, Jerry.
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Always? I doubt very much that any coach on defense whose opponent is in the red zone would choose 4th and inches instead of taking the penalty.
 

Always does seem a little strong but there are so many things that can go wrong by taking the penalty. I was thinking about the same thing while at the game and I'm glad Coach Kill is a quicker processor than me otherwise we'd be in trouble. Im starting to really trust what he's doing here. I don't know if he is going to bring us to the Rose Bowl or not but it's starting to become obvious that the man knows what he's doing.
 

jags1998 said:
Always does seem a little strong but there are so many things that can go wrong by taking the penalty. I was thinking about the same thing while at the game and I'm glad Coach Kill is a quicker processor than me otherwise we'd be in trouble. Im starting to really trust what he's doing here. I don't know if he is going to bring us to the Rose Bowl or not but it's starting to become obvious that the man knows what he's doing.
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Totally agree. Clays certainly knows how to adjust things on defense doing it now in back-to-back games. Limegrover is smart too. I believe in Kill & Co.

Ski-U-Mah and Go Gophers!
 



I keep hearing more and more people finally feel like this guy will be the coach to turn this ship around.
 

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