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<blockquote data-quote="roadkill" data-source="post: 916229" data-attributes="member: 1555"><p>[USER=282]@slugboy[/USER] offered the best response to the "what if" line of thinking:</p><p></p><p>To simply assume that Downs' drop was the difference in winning or losing is to ignore how the rest of the game went. Realistically, we still had a fair chance of winning the game (perhaps in OT) had Downs scored. We took over at the 19 with 4:10 to go and gained 32 yards to the UNC 49 while trying to burn clock. If we had instead started at the 25 after a UNC kickoff, gaining the same yardage would have gotten us to the UNC 43. Entirely plausible to think we could have gained another 15 yards or more to get us within range of a tying field goal to send the game into OT with momentum on our side. Also not entirely out of the realm of possibility to think we could have scored a winning TD with 4 minutes to go. </p><p></p><p>But I agree we are what our record says we are. We have advanced from "abysmal" to "wildly inconsistent". That's not an endorsement of Key, it's just facts. </p><p></p><p>We can't fairly compare Key and Chadwell's results <em>this year </em>unless we play the substitution game. Key is 4-3 in the ACC. What would Chadwell's record be, if instead, he had taken over after the fourth game instead of Key? I don't know the answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadkill, post: 916229, member: 1555"] [USER=282]@slugboy[/USER] offered the best response to the "what if" line of thinking: To simply assume that Downs' drop was the difference in winning or losing is to ignore how the rest of the game went. Realistically, we still had a fair chance of winning the game (perhaps in OT) had Downs scored. We took over at the 19 with 4:10 to go and gained 32 yards to the UNC 49 while trying to burn clock. If we had instead started at the 25 after a UNC kickoff, gaining the same yardage would have gotten us to the UNC 43. Entirely plausible to think we could have gained another 15 yards or more to get us within range of a tying field goal to send the game into OT with momentum on our side. Also not entirely out of the realm of possibility to think we could have scored a winning TD with 4 minutes to go. But I agree we are what our record says we are. We have advanced from "abysmal" to "wildly inconsistent". That's not an endorsement of Key, it's just facts. We can't fairly compare Key and Chadwell's results [I]this year [/I]unless we play the substitution game. Key is 4-3 in the ACC. What would Chadwell's record be, if instead, he had taken over after the fourth game instead of Key? I don't know the answer. [/QUOTE]
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