I appreciate your comments. I don’t want this to fall into a circular affair similar to other threads (such as asking you pointless questions like “What are the weather conditions, how strong a leg does our punter have, has he been consistent this game, how’s our defense, has the defense actually held them or struggled to keep the lead, etc…”)
I see your point. I suppose in my mind just because a decision is common doesn’t make it automatically the “right choice”, which is why head coaching at the D1+ level is so frickin’ hard. You have to analyze each situation you are presented in a very fast and public manner. I don’t want to argue whether it was a good decision or not, I just merely want to direct the attention of most of the posters that (what seems like) the main back and forth has been whether Tuel’s injury was the responsibility of Tuel’s bad decision or Wulff’s.
I lean toward Wulff, it sucks I know, but that is why head coaching is hard. It is “your” responsibility. I don’t hate the guy, but Tuel was very clearly ill, with an illness that DOES affect your physical and mental state, and not to mention he is young and predisposed to wanting to enter the game at a moment’s notice (kids wanna play). It’s on the head coach to analyze his player (and in this case MOST important player) and determine if it’s a good idea or not.
Because Wulff is the non-sick, adult, head coach of a D1 school, who has the responsibility of ensuring his players are good-to-go.