Ok, ok, ok...I understand that the Bombers' new, interim head coach, Tim Burke, is a defensive specialist (hell, he was promoted to his current position after having done well as our defensive coach for the past couple of seasons). I also understand that with this being Burke's first actual head coaching position, he's still a "rookie" at it, so to speak. HOWEVER, even a defensive coach/specialist must know that scoring points usually helps to win football games and that, if an opportunity to score presents itself, one should...I dunno...try to take advantage of it?
So why is it that, in the final 30 seconds of today's Banjo Bowl match between the Bombers and Roughriders, when, with a slim 1 point lead, the Bomber offense had possession of the football within 30-35 yards of the opposing goal line WHICH, by the way, was within the FG range of our kicker, WHY did our new, rookie coach, Mr. Tim Burke, decide to PUNT the football away instead of, I dunno....GOING FOR THE FUCKIN' GUARANTEED 3 POINTS THAT THE FIELD GOAL WOULD HAVE GIVEN US?!?!??!
Going for a field goal would have eaten up the exact same amount of time on the clock that punting it used up, AND it would have given us a 4-point lead, which would have forced the Roughriders to HAVE to try to, within the last 20-odd seconds in the game, march the football ALL THE WAY to our endzone for a touchdown in order to win the game. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...because we PUNTED the ball, all the 'Riders had to do was move the football the equivalent of about HALF of the length of the field to be able to get within the FG range of THEIR kicker, who subsequently SCORED a field goal to win the game for them with FOUR FUCKIN' SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME!!!
The FIRST thing that the Bombers' brass should have fuckin' told Burke when they hired him as our new head coach:
Tim, if the team has a chance to score....
TRY TO SCORE!!!