the list: reasons to fire petrino

[jakeage]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

[playoffbound9]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

1. adam jennings is our best punt returner, like it or not there's nothing that can be done.

2. his foot was out of bounds at the 7. i saw it on the replay.

3. the offensive line was horrible in 05 and 06 and no amount of selective memory will change that.

4. before someone adds it, joey will not throw the ball if the wind isn't just right. if we had gone for it they would have blitzed everyone and we would have been sacked. they could have left no one in coverage and that wouldn't have changed. if joey thinks he's going to be sacked he won't throw it.

[Eddie Jewell]

petrino is going nowhere. repeat 3 times while clicking your heels.

[swishersweets]

all of your points are terrible.

1. jennings looked good yesterday and rossum was way overpaid and a liability on d.

2. the play wasn't reviewable.

3. the o-line is improved talent-wise from last year (until these recent injuries, but i'm not sure how even a hater as yourself could blame bp for that one). only difference is we don't have vick running for 1000 yards and freezing the des to allow dunn to be effective. you want somebody to blame, blame rich mckay for allowing alex gibbs to cripple our o-line for the past few years.

[bozoatl]

1. adam jennings is our best punt returner, like it or not there's nothing that can be done.

2. his foot was out of bounds at the 7. i saw it on the replay.

1 - jennings never had a chance against 1st teamers in preseason. they always went with rossum, then traded him. jennings has gotten better, and will continue to do so. (and i like norwood as the kr)

2 - for the umpteenth time - the play is not reviewable. it wasn't back when schaub was ruled out of bounds vs. the patriots, and i believe that cost atl the game. it may not be right, but by rule that call cannot be reviewed.

we can't win with joey.

[Tax-Falcon]

1. you fail.

[Petrino is NOT my hero]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

omg shut up!!!!!!!! you cannot challenge that catch!!! it was ruled out of bounds!!! the o-line was severely broken and your ******** if you think it wasn't.. it had no pass protection.. it was a zone cut block scheme... you aren't going to win anything with a line like that... now you want to know why the catch wasn"t reviewable... after a play is ruled out of bounds.. all forward progress there after is negated since the whistle blows and the defense will stop following... it is stupid since he didn't have anyone close to him but a rule is a rule... get over it.. he was not allowed to challenge it idiot... now adam jennings being a ###### isn't his fault.. there is a special teams coach ya know.. ya... but lets blame it on this scapecoach... errrr head coach!!!

[playoffbound9]

1 - jennings never had a chance against 1st teamers in preseason. they always went with rossum, then traded him. jennings has gotten better, and will continue to do so. (and i like norwood as the kr)

2 - for the umpteenth time - the play is not reviewable. it wasn't back when schaub was ruled out of bounds vs. the patriots, and i believe that cost atl the game. it may not be right, but by rule that call cannot be reviewed.

we can't win with joey.

woah there buddy, i'm not the original poster. why the venom?

i'm not at the point where i'm willing to blame a 1st year head coach for a punt returner. even if it had been reviewable, he was out of bounds. that's all i was saying.

[bozoatl]

woah there buddy, i'm not the original poster. why the venom?

i'm not at the point where i'm willing to blame a 1st year head coach for a punt returner. even if it had been reviewable, he was out of bounds. that's all i was saying.

the #1 and #2 were in response to his 1 & 2 points, not yours!

it wasn't directed at you. i'm supporting your points with a little more info.

sorry for the confusion

[playoffbound9]

wasn't directed at you. i'm supporting your points with a little more info. sorry for the confusion

oh, gotcha. carry on then.

[delaigle]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

any good pr will fair catch the ball at the ten, instead of letting be downed on the two by the offense.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

not reviewable

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

sorry but i disagree here, this o-line has been broken for years, going back to before mora/gibbs "fixed it"

[michaelgee]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

total noob alert!!!

in his 8th post he is calling for the head caoch to be fired, sheesh, these whacky kids are back.

michaelgee

[Joremarid]

you cannot review that play b/c it was ruled he was out of bounds. if the ref ruled it a td, then n.o. could have challenged the play and said he went out of bounds.

when the ref ruled that roddy was out of bounds that it the play is over. you cannot advance the ball further then that point unless by a penalty after the play.

the reasoning behind this is that the defense stops playing when the whistle blows. i know, it was a bad call, roddy should have had a touchdown, but we have this rule in place to protect the players. when the play ends and the whistle is blown, if you could still advance then ball then people would be nonstop hitting each other. what, the play is over? who cares, something may have happened and they are challenging the play, let me go hit that wr that is walking this way.

when the ref rules the play dead, that's it, it's over. same reason why if someone appears to fumble, the other team picks it up and starts to run it back, but the whistle blows the play dead so the guy who recovered the fumble stops running. the play is over at that point.

[falcons faithful]

1. adam jennings is our best punt returner, like it or not there's nothing that can be done.

2. his foot was out of bounds at the 7. i saw it on the replay.

3. the offensive line was horrible in 05 and 06 and no amount of selective memory will change that.

4. before someone adds it, joey will not throw the ball if the wind isn't just right. if we had gone for it they would have blitzed everyone and we would have been sacked. they could have left no one in coverage and that wouldn't have changed. if joey thinks he's going to be sacked he won't throw it.

wow you must have a great tv set cause my reply didn't show him out of bounds.

[falcons faithful]

eveyone says you could not review the play. but no one quotes the rule in the rule book thats says you can't.

if you could review where the ball is spotted when he steped out which you can then why can't you review the other and don't use the excuss "the reasoning behind this is that the defense stops playing when the whistle blows" becuase they would not have caught him anyway. they don't always stop also.

[falcons faithful]

oh yea and to answer to topic of the post.

there are more reason the you colud list on this whole board.

clueless

gutless

hopeless

lost

can't game plan

does not have any idea about talent ( he kept our old kick that alone proves it)

and the list goes on and on and on

[movezig]

you cannot review that play b/c it was ruled he was out of bounds. if the ref ruled it a td, then n.o. could have challenged the play and said he went out of bounds.

when the ref ruled that roddy was out of bounds that it the play is over. you cannot advance the ball further then that point unless by a penalty after the play.

the reasoning behind this is that the defense stops playing when the whistle blows. i know, it was a bad call, roddy should have had a touchdown, but we have this rule in place to protect the players. when the play ends and the whistle is blown, if you could still advance then ball then people would be nonstop hitting each other. what, the play is over? who cares, something may have happened and they are challenging the play, let me go hit that wr that is walking this way.

when the ref rules the play dead, that's it, it's over. same reason why if someone appears to fumble, the other team picks it up and starts to run it back, but the whistle blows the play dead so the guy who recovered the fumble stops running. the play is over at that point.

correct. after the ref blows the whistle the play is over. if the defender had kept playing, he would have hit roddy white and drawn a late hit penalty. late hit is called whenever a player hits another player after the whistle. so this was a horrible call but it could not be challenged.

i think a lot of people are confused by this because if the whistle had not been blown and roddy and run into the endzone then the call would have been for an atlanta touchdown. then the play could have been reviewed by new orleans to say that the roddy had stepped out of bounds at the 7 and therefore the touchdown ruling should be overturned. that is how this play could have been reviewed, but not the way that it actually happened because the ref blew the whistle too early.

the only play i can think of where the whistle blowing the play dead could be reviewed is on a fumble. if a player fumbles but the ref blows the whistle and says down by contact, that is now a reviewable play.

[Joremarid]

eveyone says you could not review the play. but no one quotes the rule in the rule book thats says you can't.

if you could review where the ball is spotted when he steped out which you can then why can't you review the other and don't use the excuss "the reasoning behind this is that the defense stops playing when the whistle blows" becuase they would not have caught him anyway. they don't always stop also.

whether or not they would have caught him doesn't matter. when the whistle blows the play dead, that it's the play is over. even if no one was in within 50 yards of the ball carrier, if the play is over, it's over.

[red2play]

you rednecks kill me ....

http://boards.atlantafalcons.com/index.php?showtopic=210472

[dilkin]

just a few, please add....

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

the o-line has been suspect for years. you know who was just able to run like ****

[falcman]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

those mentioned above aren't really his fault. though i do have a problem with petrino at this point. his playcalling inside the redzone is horrible; at least it is to me. we score a td once every four trips or so into the redzone. we had first and goal at the seven, with 11 minutes left, and he runs the ball up the middle twice. that play pretty much hasn't worked at all this year and he did it twice in a row, setting up third and goal from the six (maybe five). seems to me that he has done that a lot this year. he chooses to run plays that haven't worked for us all year, when we need a play to score a td. it is almost like he is willing to settle for a fg when it is still first down. that really frustrated me.

step it up, bp, and play for seven points. we need tds.

[russ7000]

we did'nt give him that much time ... give the man time, he is better than mora.... it takes time to turn around a team... i know you don't want to here that but what did you expect !!!!!! in the words of fred g sanford ( you big dummy !!!!)

[statick]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

4. because the whiny fans on the afmb say so.

[215FalconsFanatic]

just a few, please add....

1. adam jennings consistently fair catches punts within the 10 yard line and no one seems to be mentioning to him that this isn't smart.

2. petrino should have had roddy's sideline catch reviewed. it was a touchdown.

3. the offense line wasn't broken (using the proven gibbs/denver blocking style) but they've spent the whole year "fixing" it. now it's crap (even before recent injuries).

i dont know what yall talking about. petrino's gameplan seemed to work fine yesterday to me when left was in the game. we were moving the ball and everything, even on the ground. i dont know if it was execution or the fear of left throwing deep. i swear if people can remain healthy and bp gets the pieces he needs. all yall will be eating crow.

[mr_big_pants]

3. the o-line is improved talent-wise from last year (until these recent injuries, but i'm not sure how even a hater as yourself could blame bp for that one). only difference is we don't have vick running for 1000 yards and freezing the des to allow dunn to be effective. you want somebody to blame, blame rich mckay for allowing alex gibbs to cripple our o-line for the past few years.

here's the line pre gibbs:

lt - whitfield

lg - garza?

c - mcclure

rg - forney

rt - weiner

here's the gibbs line

lt - schaffer/gandy

lg - different guy every season

c - mcclure

rg - forney

rt - weiner

here's the current line before the injuries

lt - gandy

lg - blalock

c - mcclure

rg - forney

rt - weiner

i don't see much difference in talent. just scheme.

maybe... just maybe gibbs was able to get more production out of the "talent" we had because our pass protection has always sucked.