Comments on: Coaching records in close games http://www.footballperspective.com/coaching-records-in-close-games/ NFL History and Stats Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wsk http://www.footballperspective.com/coaching-records-in-close-games/#comment-5436 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=110#comment-5436 very interesting.
but much like quarterback comebacks–good freaking quarterbacks don’t trail going into the fourth quarter.
good baseball teams aren’t generally behind after seven.
rallying to win is a slightly weighted bi-distro for them.
good teams lead; bad coaches & quarterbacks are losing into the last period.

]]> By: Chase Stuart http://www.footballperspective.com/coaching-records-in-close-games/#comment-100 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:20:55 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=110#comment-100 Wintermute,

While interesting to look at, I’m pretty sure the answers won’t be legitimate. Great teams are great because of how they do in non-close games, not because of how they do in close-games (in terms of predictive performance). Sean Payton has won 65% of his games, and 74% of his close-games. If he won only 50% of his regular games, I don’t think the takeaway is that he’s “more awesome” in close games than before, but rather, that he’s simply just a worse coach (subject to the usual caveats concerning how a coach’s record reflects his ability as a coach).

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