BB not going for two has me a little rustled btw.

I'm not sure he wouldn't be better off being the first hc fired, so he'd be available for all subsequent job openings. He has no chance of a future with the Jets.

How has nobody pointed out that the Jets could have used those timeouts they wasted earlier in the game.

Yeah can't wait for someone to call out Folk for missing that final kick. Even though he was probably the player of the game for the JETS.

i think several people pointed that out

How about Rex kicking all those field goals?

This.

Maximizing the Sweat > Maximizing the Odds is the optimal line for HCs.

Gonna put Bill Cowher in the HoF.

Hey guys.

Agreed, but people are short sighted as hell. Taking lower variance -EV plays the whole game puts you in tough spots at the end of the game, and people can accept "gambles" when the clock is low and not in the 2nd quarter.

The fact a higher variance +EV play is even called "gambling" shows you how warped people's mentality is.

This just isn't a sports phenomenon though. It's just innate human nature for most of the population. One of the important aspects of successful people in life are those who can see +EV opportunities and take them whereas other people pass on them as too risky.

I'm just talking about things from a coach's job security perspective. Even if a coach completely understood the odds, the hell they'd catch from morons on talk radio and the Phil Sims of the world makes it not worth the trouble.