Perhaps it's too early. But as I don't doubt there are pundits saying it anyway, I might as well. Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell didn't adjust his thinking, and it cost the team a trip to the Super Bowl.
He says he doesn't regret either fourth down call (he twice made the choice in the second half of the NFC Championship game to run fourth down plays rather than attempt field goals), and that's his prerogative. But he was wrong both times.
What do we constantly hear from football analysts? You have to make adjustments. This means more than anything to change your thought pattern as need be. When you get the chance to restore a three score lead, you take it. Campbell didn't.
And now the Detroit Lions fairy tale story isn't on anyone's lips anymore. The sports world moved on almost immediately, as it will. Detroit is yesterday's news. We can only wait to see how badly this season's end affects next season. This type of loss can have such long range effects.
They did so much this year to shed the Same Old Lions moniker. And yet the end feels the same.
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