JayMan
Footballguy
I understand the logic & logistic here... coaches that want to let the opposing kicker think about it a little more before trying the game-tying / game-winning field goal... It's a widely known theory...
But I wonder if anyone has ever demonstrated that it's a statistically proven strategy - or maybe insignificant or even worse - giving the other team a better chance of getting it right?... By this, I mean someone that has looked at the overall success rate of gtFG or gwFG from many distances and performing a statistical test on the rate of success from the same distances when the kicker was 'iced'?... I always wondered about this - and would like to know if this testing was performed...
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On a side note, we finally got a coach that was snake-biten by the 'timeout just before the kick' strategy... where the kicker misses it on the first and nullified try while making it on the second attempt... Shanahan/Bironas on monday night...
I also wondered about this strategy since I would think it has a reverse effect... I only kicked field goals for the fun of it... but I would think that we can draw an analogy from this with golf - don't you find it easier (I know I do) when you can take two swings - and only the second counts?... I might be thinking that with this kind of wind to my back and guessing that the pin is at 165yds an 8iron shot would do it - but I hit it cleanly only to find the ball in the front-left bunker - 10yds before the front of the green... well, a 7iron it is... pin high - birdie! (same can be said of a 35 feet downward putt - second attempt should be, in general, better than the first, no?)... Specifically, wouldn't the first 'nullified' try only help the kicker gauge what is needed to make it?... Thoughts...
But I wonder if anyone has ever demonstrated that it's a statistically proven strategy - or maybe insignificant or even worse - giving the other team a better chance of getting it right?... By this, I mean someone that has looked at the overall success rate of gtFG or gwFG from many distances and performing a statistical test on the rate of success from the same distances when the kicker was 'iced'?... I always wondered about this - and would like to know if this testing was performed...
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On a side note, we finally got a coach that was snake-biten by the 'timeout just before the kick' strategy... where the kicker misses it on the first and nullified try while making it on the second attempt... Shanahan/Bironas on monday night...
I also wondered about this strategy since I would think it has a reverse effect... I only kicked field goals for the fun of it... but I would think that we can draw an analogy from this with golf - don't you find it easier (I know I do) when you can take two swings - and only the second counts?... I might be thinking that with this kind of wind to my back and guessing that the pin is at 165yds an 8iron shot would do it - but I hit it cleanly only to find the ball in the front-left bunker - 10yds before the front of the green... well, a 7iron it is... pin high - birdie! (same can be said of a 35 feet downward putt - second attempt should be, in general, better than the first, no?)... Specifically, wouldn't the first 'nullified' try only help the kicker gauge what is needed to make it?... Thoughts...
