Reich Coaching Decisions Post-game Takes(Mega Merge)

[EastStreet]

Bad play calling. Bad decisions in the RZ. Bad use of time outs which kept us from running any real offense in that last drive.... 

[a06cc]

Nah it was the missed FG’s. Ship is a rookie and needs the off-season to improve. We need a CB badly. Was very evident today 

 

[TheBlueAndWhite]

1 minute ago, EastStreet said:

Bad play calling. Bad decisions in the RZ. Bad use of time outs which kept us from running any real offense in that last drive.... 

Oh please.... Just enjoy the playoffs man. 

[CanuckColtsFan]

That dumb challenge looms large

[pgt_rob]

Missed field goals. 
Turay off sides gifting them. 
Too many drops. 
Ref bad call, clearly toes out of bounds. 
Reich too aggressive on 4th down. 

[UKColt13]

A missed FG cost us the game. We put up 24 on a damn good defense and kept the most explosive offense to below 30. 
 

Hindsight is 20/20. If we had made both 2pt Convs and conveyed the 4th downs then Reich is amazing. If we don’t then he’s stupid

 

We lost a heartbreaker to the better team on the day.

 

 

[Scott Pennock]

I've stated this MULTIPLE times this year. 

 

Take. The. Flipping. Points.

 

Jeezush Reich you and you alone lost this game for your team. Stop calling plays on emotion, take the points that are there. 

 

You left 4 points on the field.....we win. Period.

 

Full stop!

[Four2itus]

Finger pointing instantly!~

 

 

[Flash7]

It was a tough, hard fought game. The Colts came in ready for a fist fight, and fight they did!

 

We were gifted an opportunity at the end by the refs and we didn't capitalize on it. On to next season.

[Yoshinator]

2 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

Bad play calling. Bad decisions in the RZ. Bad use of time outs which kept us from running any real offense in that last drive.... 

I agree. With all the great HC candidates still, I would fire him and hire someone else. We should of won this game relatively easily.

[Solon]

He made a couple of head-scratching decisions. I don't understand the stacked formation the last 3 plays before the hail mary too. It looked gimmicky and out of place. Run a traditional formation and let the best man win.

[a06cc]

Also Frank uses his timeout very incorrectly. I’ve been saying it since he got here. You need to save one timeout in the 2 minute warning. 

[tweezy32]

Nah % happens in games.. frank is the lone reason why we lost.. yeah here and there there is other stuff that could have went our way but frank decides to go for it on 4th and 4.. and call a challenge that was clearly down those two right there were terrible

[runthepost]

35 yard field goal shouldn’t be missed

[coltsfeva]

 

Just now, Jared Cisneros said:

I agree. With all the great HC candidates still, I would fire him and hire someone else. We should of won this game relatively easily.

Dear God.

[RollerColt]

We managed to keep it close, and had a chance at the end to win against a strong playoff team. 
 

Another learning experience I hope. 

[CanuckColtsFan]

Just now, Four2itus said:

Finger pointing instantly!~

 

 

I'm not a big finger pointer but that challenge combined with some other decisions I gotta say it was mismanaged 

[bsteves]

To be fair,  it was 3 pts left on the field. We would have tied. We made up for the 1 pt with the 2 pt conversion. But yes, I agree, take the damn points.

[John Waylon]

He won a playoff game for the Bills in the 90’s, and in the 2020’s. 
 

Rare air. 

[tweezy32]

Missing a field goal yeah we could have been tied but that happens in games.. but we controlled our own destiny.. frank could have went for a field goal but chose the wrong choice.. terrible decision 

[PRnum1]

4 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

Bad play calling. Bad decisions in the RZ. Bad use of time outs which kept us from running any real offense in that last drive.... 

The lost challenge costing us a timeout was really dumb 

[colts2dasuperbowl]

I can try to understand everything except the 2nd half challenge...that cost us 1 timeout which could've been used on the last drive....im heart broken righ tnow...

[MarquisJ]

Warning: Will be ranting so if you’re a homer close your eyes.

 

First of all Frank Reich are you serious? Hated the 2pt try, hated that weak * toss play to Taylor on the goal line and don’t get me started on that challenge call.

 

Corners are so bad - correction.. TJ Carrie was pathetic, Cole Beasley out there with 1 leg doing whatever he wanted! Diggs doing whatever he wanted!

 

Anthony Walker - Yuck

 

Respect the Specs? Yeah miss me with that one! Pathetic!

 

Shouldnt have even been in the game ZP got blessed by the refs at the end.

[bestQBever]

We just didn't do the little things. We played well most of the game but in the crucial moments ( before the half, in the redzone) we didn't make the plays

[StatesmanN]

Reich and Rivers both need to go.

 

Reich would be a fine OC but as a coach he makes terrible decisions.  Those lost 3 points be paramount.

 

Rivers can't move and throws with no spin and no velocity.  He couldn't even make that end of game Hail Mary to the endzone.

 

In contrast Allen completed numerous passes that Rivers never could have, including many while running to the sidelines.

[Bert Johns]

I will just say this. In the playoffs you always take the points. Every team are as good as you are. 

[a06cc]

Just now, PRnum1 said:

The lost challenge costing us a timeout was really dumb 

Yes those timeouts 

[coming on strong]

3 minutes ago, pgt_rob said:

Missed field goals. 
Turay off sides gifting them. 
Too many drops. 
Ref bad call, clearly toes out of bounds. 
Reich too aggressive on 4th down. 

this is why i was worried about practicing one time this week .  the players missed passes all game were rusty . i am a fan of resting the veterans but the young players needed practice .

[IndyEric07]

We dropped way too many passes today, but coaching was pathetic! Reich has been worse than Pablahno and Caldwell!

[Colts.sb41]

Definitely on Reich. Yes our rookie kicker missed a gimme but we should be playing in overtime right now.

[Mr.NotSoCreative]

We needed 4 points to win. 

[CanuckColtsFan]

4 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:

I agree. With all the great HC candidates still, I would fire him and hire someone else. We should of won this game relatively easily.

Dude take a walk. Get some fresh air. 

[SurfinKal]

starting to feel way too Pagano-esque. Frank Reich cost us 4 points. with that four points we woudlve won.

[Bravo]

Bad.... That third and goal play call turned the entire game around.

[Yoshinator]

1 minute ago, CanuckColtsFan said:

Dude take a walk. Get some fresh air. 

Too cold, it's a blizzard outside.  

[bestQBever]

Just now, MarquisJ said:

Warning: Will be ranting so if you’re a homer close your eyes.

 

First of all Frank Reich are you serious? Hated the 2pt try, hated that weak * toss play to Taylor on the goal line and don’t get me started on that challenge call.

 

Corners are so bad - correction.. TJ Carrie was pathetic, Cole Beasley out there with 1 leg doing whatever he wanted! Diggs doing whatever he wanted!

 

Anthony Walker - Yuck

 

Respect the Specs? Yeah miss me with that one! Pathetic!

 

Shouldnt have even been in the game ZP got blessed by the refs at the end.

yeah focus this offseason should be CB #1, left tackle #2, anthony walker replacement #3, possibly a QB replacement IF the right opportunity arises. It's obvious that this NFL requires a mobile QB. The way too ideal offseason looks like this: Get Gilmore for a mid rd pick, sign an edge rusher in FA, and then finally... give up our first, a second, and a future 1st/ whatever it takes to move up in the draft and grab justin fields

[Ishouldcoach]

Frank needs to go. 0/3 on crucial coaching moments. The players did their jobs so well and he thought he was smarter than the game of football. When you have the chance to take points against the 2nd most potent and explosive offense in the NFL, you take points. You don’t make stupid, stupid, unadvised challenges. And, you let brissett sling it 60 yards instead of rivers, who probably suffered a hernia during that throw. Not coaching to win. Coaching with an ego. 

[CanuckColtsFan]

1 minute ago, Jared Cisneros said:

With your attitude, you as a Colts fan deserved to lose this game and not make the playoffs for the forseeable future if you like Reich. Anyone who still wants to keep Reich after this game I include in this. Not personal, just the truth.

Go for a walk man

[ClaytonColt]

So much stuff that was in our control went against us.

 

- Play calling at the end of the first half

- Missed field goal

- Pointless challenge taking a time out away

- Turay's offside

- Opportunity to pick up the fumble

- Rivers throwing those couple of passes away at the end.

 

A couple of those go our way and it's probably a different result. Generally played well but those details NEED to be tightened up and there's going to be a lot of scrutiny on Reich.

 

We got a hell of a break with Pascal's relatively obvious fumble and still couldn't make the most of it.

 

 

[ColtsGermany]

Everybody needs to calm down. 

 

There were several things that cost us the game. Sure, play calling was the biggest factor. But the flag on turay, the drops by our rb's were killers, too. 

 

But anyways... FR needs to overthink his play calling. 

 

And PR should retire.... His throwing motion looks horrible. As an NFL QB you should be able to throw the ball at least 50 yards...