Hall
of Shame - Week 12
Everybody Knows Your Name
I
don't care who you are; Player, Coach, Broadcaster, Writer, you name it.
You sucked, and we're going to tell you why.
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CrunchTime
- Miami's Uniform Designers
I
understand that the holiday season is coming up, and that merchandizing
is an important aspect of the business that is the NFL, but there is no
excuse for the atrocity that was the Dolphin's uniforms this week.
While
I frown upon teams continuing to add black to their uniforms for
merchandising popularity, at least those aren't as aesthetically
appalling as the shiny, highlighter-intensity, salmon colored jerseys
the Dolphins wore that I am sure caused permanent damage to my
television.
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The
Sandman - Dick Jauron
Let
me start off by saying that I had a hard time deciding between Jauron
and the officials of the Seattle/Baltimore game for my Hall of Shame
nomination. Generally I give a guy a pass if his decisions turned out
fine but not this time.
It’s
the third quarter and the Bears trailed by 1 point, down 10 – 9.
Chicago had the ball on the Broncos 3-yard line. On first down, Does
Jauron give the ball to A-train? No – he calls a bootleg, pass/run
option. Kordell Stewart runs the ball to the one, 2nd and goal. Does
Jauron give the ball to A-train this time? No – a naked bootleg and
Kordell is stopped at the 6-inch line, 3rd and inches. Does Jauron give
the ball to A-train now? No – QB sneak and Kordell is stopped, 4th and
inches. Does Jauron give the ball to A-train at last? No - QB sneak but
Kordell scores.
Its bad enough that A-train didn’t get the ball a least once but now
that they scored, the coaching staff has a brain-fart. The score is now
15 – 10 in favor of the Bears. Would you go for two? Of course you
would. There is no down-side and they can push the lead to 7. What does
Jauron do? He kicks the extra point. I guess that he was so happy to
have a lead that he totally forgot about what his priorities are. No
wonder his job is on the line.
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StingRay
- Jim Fassell & John Gruden's Play Calling
John
Gruden and Jim Fassell's play calling at the end of last Monday night's
game absolutely baffled me. The Giants were given a gift when Gruden
decided not to kick a field goal that would have given Tampa a seven
point cushion. Tampa Bay passed on the easy field goal and tried to run
the ball on 4th and 1 and of course they were stopped. What the hell was
Gruden thinking? The Giants haven't scored a touchdown all night
so they should kick the field goal and play defense. How many of
you Grammatica owners could have used that field goal?
The
Giants throw two incomplete passes on 1st and 2nd down then Collins was
sacked on third down. They were at the 2 minute warning when
Fassell decides to use his final time out. How do you use your
last timeout when the clock is already stopped at the two minute
warning? It makes no sense. Instead of having Collins throw
for a first down on 4th and 20 the Giants decide to take a safety then
attempt an on-side free kick.
This
is a Tampa defense that has blown leads all season long and you decide
to let the game be decided by your Special Teams? Mind you, this
is a special team unit that blew the game against the Cowboys, let the
Eagles return a punt for a score against them and let's not forget last
year's playoff loss to the 49ers when they screwed up that field goal
attempt.
If
you throw the ball A) You get the first down. B) You can get a pass
interference, defensive holding, or maybe a roughing the passer penalty.
If you don't get the first down you can try to stop the Bucs offense,
and if you succeed you still have a timeout and get the ball back with a
little time left.
I'm
sure the Giants' special teams unit practices the on side free kick all
of the time. Not! Jim Fassel should be gone because this
team has underachieved and last night's play calling was just terrible!
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Hall
of Shame 2003 Archives
Week 16
: John Carney, Peyton Manning
Week 15
: Michael Vick, Mike Shannahan
Week 14
: The BCS, Matt Hasselbeck
Week
13 : John Kasay, Jeff Garcia
Week
12 : Miami's Uniforms Designers, Dick Jauron, Jim Fassell & John
Gruden's Play Calling
Week
11 : LaDanian Tomlinson, The Minnesota Vikings, The NY Jets Defense,
NFL Broadcasters
Week
10 : Brian Griese, The New York Giants, William Green
Week
9 : Aaron Brooks, Steve Spurrier, Smokin' Joe's Neighbor
Week
8 : The Oakland Raiders, Plaxico Burress, Drew Bledsoe
Week
7 : Jim Fassel, David Boston, Donovan McNabb
Week
6 : Kerry Collins, Terrell Owens, Drew Bledsoe
Week
5 : Tommy Maddox, Keyshawn Johnson, Aaron Brooks
Week
4 : The New Soldier's Field, Jeff Garcia, Corey
Dillon
Week
3 : Jerry Rice's Hair, Peerless Price, Rich
Gannon
Week
2 : Cedrick Wilson, Steve McNair, Mike Holmgren
& Koren Robinson, Donovan McNabb
Week
1 : New York Jets Offense, Bill Belichick, Mike
Martz, Tom Brady
