This last game made me lose respect for Dan Campbell

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An argument can validly be made that his decisions were worse than MM's. He called multiple 2 pt attempts out of sure stubbornness and adrenalin, which a HC has to not let get the best of him. BB would never do that, and he quite possibly cost his team a 2 spot in the playoffs. Further, if they go over and over and over and over these plays with their players, a simple "When you call yourself eligible with the Ref do not until you get acknowledged 100% that they are aware." DC had the chance to question why Decker wasn't declared eligible, which he didn't. I know MM gets raked over the calls for stupid downfield throw call that Dak threw 25 yards out of bounds, but the theory behind it made sense it's the execution that was abysmal...if there was no open Cooks for the TD then you tell Dak to check it down or run for a few words. Which happened, is that play on Dak or MM? Who knows..
Yeah, I think he fell too in love with the recent trend to me more aggressive. He seems to have gone overboard with it. It helped us to beat him, so maybe we should send him a thank you card. But I remember Jimmy Johnson would select when to play it close to the vest and when to be aggressive. Therefore, when Johnson tried a trick play, no one knew it was coming.
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I was annoyed that the Cowboys got fooled by Campbell's fake punt. So his aggressiveness paid off then, but it blew up on his face those other times.
 
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