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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1154123, member: 289"] Listening to Bud and the Manchild, they were discussing "the call" - the pitch-out to Moore in the end zone. Bud siad eh didn't like pitch-outs anywhere on the field- he wants the ball moving forward as fast as possible. But he did allow, "if it had worked- If Moore had run it out to the 18 yard line and started a scoring drive, we'd be praising MacDonald for his guts in making the call." I call this the "General Custer argument". "If it had worked, he'd have been a genius." You hear it alot in sports talk from those who defend coaches or try to play devil's advocate. The problem is, things don't work for reasons. A pitch-out in the end zone to your slowest back is just a bad idea and it would be a bad idea [I]even if it had worked. [/I]Sometimes players make good plays out of bad calls, just as they can make bad plays out of good calls. [/QUOTE]