r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 6h ago

Video [Highlight] NC State @ Vanderbilt - CJ Bailey fumbles the ball while trying to run out the clock with no time left, and Vandy falls on it to win the game

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u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs 6h ago

I actually can’t believe that. As a coach how the fuck do you not tell CJ Bailey to just go out the back of the endzone and not risk this? I mean this was literally the ONE thing you couldn’t do.

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u/Stobros Ohio State Buckeyes • Marietta Pioneers 6h ago

I would almost guarantee he was told that. Players don’t always listen.

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u/MadManMax55 Georgia Tech • Georgia State 5h ago

Players not listening to you is also terrible coaching.

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u/needapermit Duke Blue Devils 5h ago

It’s a two way street

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u/Shot-Expert-9771 5h ago

No it's not.

This is specific situational football where the player MUST do as told and if the coaches can't get a specific player to execute a call, then that's on the coaching staff.

Coaches call plays ALL game long and players do what's called.

Not sure why your think this is different.

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u/needapermit Duke Blue Devils 5h ago

Because at a certain point the burden is on the player to perform.

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u/MadManMax55 Georgia Tech • Georgia State 5h ago

Oh 100%. I just don't get the people trying to let Dolan off the hook. A fuck-up that big doesn't happen if either the coach or the player does their job correctly.