McCarthy talks about costing his team a chance to win

44Thrilla · Sep 30, 2010

Packers coach Mike McCarthy has faced intense scrutiny for his decision not to allow the Bears to score a touchdown late in Monday night's loss at Soldier Field.

McCarthy didn't help himself by initially explaining that he didn't let the Bears score because he thought Bears kicker Robbie Gould would miss a 19-yard field goal.

McCarthy elaborated on the situation during a Thursday afternoon interview with Adam Schein and Rich Gannon of The Sirius Blitz on Sirius NFL Radio.

"It was definitely an option," McCarthy said. "You have two options there and we chose to play defense. And I understand when you make decisions in key situations in games and it doesn't work out in your favor you are judged accordingly. But you have two options in that particular situation and we chose to play defense."

Gannon then offered up what would have been a much better explanation from McCarthy. "Just for your information," Gannon said, "Coach Madden was on your side. He talked about it. He said everything in your fabric, in your DNA as a coach, tells you to go out and stop them, not let them score."

"Well, no question," McCarthy said, "but I do understand the percentages of your other option, in particular with Aaron Rodgers and our offense. It's definitely something that you have to consider. . . . If you go back and look at the whole time frame it really falls right in that area. Two timeouts, after the pass interference, and then they take the ball down to the I guess it was the one or two yard line, you make a decision there I think you'd have been close to almost between 50 seconds to a minute left. We were definitely in the time range as far as making that decision."

So why wasn't the decision made? Part of the problem is that, when the events are unfolding in real time, coaches don't always think as clearly as they otherwise could or should. Fear of criticism also can be a significant factor.

And we keep coming back to Madden's rationale for not allowing the other team to score. It cuts against the grain of everything every player or coach ever learns. Even when it's the right thing to do, there's still something about it that seems wrong.

But not nearly as wrong as suggesting with a straight face a coach believes a reliable kicker would miss a 19-yard field goal.
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44Thrilla · Sep 30, 2010

He really fucked up big time. Plus look at all the penalties that team had. This guy is looking like a joke right now.

DP · Sep 30, 2010

He also has made bad decisions when the Packers aren't doing well.

Denny Crane · Sep 30, 2010

Go Bears!

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