McKDaddy
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Going for it on fourth down is not as easy as it sounds. You gotta have guts, and great defense to bail you out if you don't make it.
Certainly what you say has truth to it but at some point a coach also has to understand that you only have a certain number of possessions & sometimes ya gotta roll the dice. Better to go down swinging ....
No doubt it can & will backfire on you from time to time but I have become a firm believer in ya can't be afraid to win and to do that sometimes you gotta light the fuse.
You can also stack the odds in your favor. Good coaches see the situation may be coming & has the team & staff ready to go quickly when it arises. Don't dilly dally around, huddle up & come right back to the line to run the play (no subs, means defense has to be careful trying to sub). Put the other team under pressure. So many times i see our team give the opponent way too much time to read & react.