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Run out the clock

posted 20 years ago by maixiu
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What on earth was the coach thinking by trying a running play in pouring rain, on his own one yard line, with the lead and only a few seconds to go? It just didn't make any sense. Anyone who knows the slightest thing about football would realize what a cardinal sin that play was. Later in the movie one of the barflies even asks, "Why didn't they just take a safety and punt the ball out?" It doesn't make sense when we see that the coach is then hired by Cal-Poly. So Steph gets blackballed for being a hot head, but the coach gets a promotion after screwing up the biggest game of the year?

[–] baran_erik 8 years ago

Well aren't you a bright boy!! If he had done that, they would have won, there wouldn't have been the confrontation in the locker room, Steph wouldn't have been kicked off the team......Are you getting the picture? This was a MOVIE, not real life. smh Oh, and Steph ain't no 5'10", either.