again, the point isn't whether anyone thought it was a fumble or not. the point is that if there was a chance that a red flag could be thrown and you are that close to the end zone, then you run a play to make sure you can keep the ball instead of worrying about leaving an extra couple of seconds on the clock.
further, arky, i don't think anyone is saying the entire loss was the coaches fault. as a matter of fact, i am certain that nobody has said that. there were clearly pleanty of other issues that went into it, but this thread is about a consistent issue the coaching staff has had over the years. it doesn't matter if the league comes out and says "yeah, we blew it". it just comes down to the fact that if there is a chance that there could be a review in a situation like that, they should have done everything they could to keep that review from happening
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