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Dumbest Coaching Moves of All Time...

This post is a little off topic, but I was interested to see what the Bolts from the Blue community would have a say on it...

Watching tonight's game between the Colts and Patriots, I was left absolutely dumbfounded by the move of Bill Belichick to go for the first down on a 4th down and 2 play on his own 28 with 2:08 to go in the fourth with just a 6 point lead.  The fourth down play came up about a half yard short of picking up the first down, and Peyton Manning led his team for a touchdown to pull out a miraculous win.  For me personally, this was one of the absolute dumbest coaching moves I have ever seen, and  I really cannot see any reasonable argument in favor of the call to go for it.  (and just a side note: I personally feel that most NFL coaches are too hesitant to go for it on fourth down, under the right circumstances, but this was absolutely ridiculous)

My question to the Bolts from the Blue community is this, where does this rank among the dumbest coaching moves in sports history?  Whether in football, or any other major sport, what were the dumbest coaching decisions ever?

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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