So Who Decided Not To Sign Stover Back Again?

[admartian]

Seriously.

Who's call was that? Because it just cost us a game.

[jimmypowder]

This guy was shanking them like this in training game,yet
we still didnt sign stover

[SaVaGe]

Matt Stover 2008 - Longest 47 Yards Makes 27/33, 41/41 XP but apparently he doesn't have a leg anymore. I mean why would the colts go sign him then?

[MagicianCamille]

Called it during the preseason. Hauschka couldn't make preseason kicks, how could we expect him to make them in games that matter when it matters?

We really should have gotten Stover back. That ship has sailed though.

[Patrickxworld]

I'd rather have Haushka... even after this game!!!! Stover may have made it YEARS ago... but I want Haushka taking that kick now because he has the power... just give him time. The story of this game was our NON existent Defense.

[PuRock]

I don't know if Stover could've made it either. Last year anything over 30 yards was tough for him.

I don't care if he misses other kicks. But when the game is on the line. He needs to dial it in.

[neepo13]

Instead of running the clock down, we should have taken a shot at the endzone. You dont play for a field goal when you've got a guy whose kicked less than 10 NFL field goals in his career. We got what we deserved. That was a stupid decision by Harbaugh and co.

[rlh445]

I still stand by what I said, that Stover's time was up and that Hausch needed some time. He missed a kick, but not by much and in Stover's last year here, who knows if he would've made that one either?

[mdrsharon]

no kidding...
we need to look for a kicker this guy just doesn't have it

[Sean Ryan]

[quote name='Patrickxworld' date='18 October 2009 - 03:27 PM' timestamp='1255897651' post='260910']
I'd rather have Haushka... even after this game!!!! Stover may have made it YEARS ago... but I want Haushka taking that kick now because he has the power... just give him time. The story of this game was our NON existent Defense.
[/quote]


agreed. The key players in this game today were D. Landry and Frank (I should be cut because i have never made a play) Walker. The game was won and wouldn't have even come down to a field goal if Frank Walker would get cut off this team ASAP. I don't understand how he continues to make the team and we trade away good players like D. Martin. This loss really stings.

[BmoreRav]

[quote name='Patrickxworld' date='18 October 2009 - 09:27 PM' timestamp='1255897651' post='260910']
I'd rather have Haushka... even after this game!!!! Stover may have made it YEARS ago... but I want Haushka taking that kick now because he has the power... just give him time. The story of this game was our NON existent Defense.
[/quote]

Agreed. Even though Stover would have probably made it there comes a time when you need to move on to someone younger. OK he missed a game winning FG, he'll learn from it.

It's not as if Stover or any other kicker didn't miss game winning FGs in their young careers!

This loss is ALL on the Defense!!

[biggkatt01]

Please stop with that, I f you had been doing any research or paying attention to any of our games you would know that Haushka has no accuracy. any expert knows kicking a ball 60 yards means nothing unless you can put it through the uprights. Haushka just like the defense showed there colors in the preseason games you could see where all the problems were going to be. you can give him all the time you want but if he's not accurate he's know good.

And let me get your statement right you would rather have a non accurate kicker then one who is accurate. glad you don't run the Ravens we would really be in trouble.

[Andrew Keating]

Look, we had no time outs left. You complain that we ran the clock down, but if Flacco had thrown an int, you'd be saying we had it in field goal range and should have run the clock down and kicked it. The truth is there's no excuse for missing the kick.

[Gtown Purple]

I cringed when house missed but the defense gave up 33 points too.

[ROH522155]

You cannot blame Frank Walker for the deep pass at the end. Favre had forever to throw the ball and you cant expect Frank to stay locked in one on one coverage for that long

[DE-Linemen]

i think it fits perfekt in this years stupid decions . I mean for real Stover vs hauschka carr vs cmak let lo neal go something like that. Our play calling mabybe to aggrassive and one dimensional ,

[Andrew Keating]

Oh, and as for Stover - yeah, I'd rather he was taking that kick. We would be winners today

[Alexir]

How a kicker misses a 44 yarder like that in a DOME with no WINDS is beyond me. But that didnt lose us the game. Our defense was terrible.

[berad]

[quote name='neepo13' date='18 October 2009 - 04:51 PM' timestamp='1255899068' post='260931']
Instead of running the clock down, we should have taken a shot at the endzone. You dont play for a field goal when you've got a guy whose kicked less than 10 NFL field goals in his career. We got what we deserved. That was a stupid decision by Harbaugh and co.
[/quote]

The Colts "took shots" towards the endzone in their '05 playoff game with the Steelers instead of trying to gain running yards. It didn't work for them, and they had the most accurate kicker of all time.

I don't see how showing faith in players is ever a "stupid decision". It was a missed kick, as simple as that..

[berad]

[quote name='biggkatt01' date='18 October 2009 - 04:56 PM' timestamp='1255899388' post='260951']
Please stop with that, I f you had been doing any research or paying attention to any of our games you would know that Haushka has no accuracy. any expert knows kicking a ball 60 yards means nothing unless you can put it through the uprights. Haushka just like the defense showed there colors in the preseason games you could see where all the problems were going to be. you can give him all the time you want but if he's not accurate he's know good.

And let me get your statement right you would rather have a non accurate kicker then one who is accurate. glad you don't run the Ravens we would really be in trouble.
[/quote]

He's missed a total of three field goals through nine regular and preseason games. I don't understand how he can be labeled "inaccurate".

[MagicianCamille]

[quote name='Patrickxworld' date='18 October 2009 - 04:27 PM' timestamp='1255897651' post='260910']
I'd rather have Haushka... even after this game!!!! Stover may have made it YEARS ago... but I want Haushka taking that kick now because he has the power... just give him time. The story of this game was our NON existent Defense.
[/quote]

Matt Stover kicked a 43-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining to send the Ravens into the AFC Championship Game.

2008 playoffs.

[Shawn`]

He missed a kick, it's not his fault the game was lost.

It seemed like everytime the offense tried to get something together and came away with a TD, the defense gave up a huge play next possession.

[biggkatt01]

I am so tired of people saying have some faith in him don't worry about this or that the kickers job is to come in and make field goals in game winning situations it's your job to win the game Haushka has been missing pretty easy field goals. He's even been close to missing the one's he's maid.

I agree you don't judge a person by one play well guess what you judge him by what he has' and it aint been much he's missed kicks and came close to missing more then he's made his accuracy stinks and you say to have faith in him.

when things like this happen it changes your play calling in those situations why put the ball in his hands to lose the game for you. the only reason his other misses aren.t aswell known is because they were not in game winning situations like today.

[VA_Fan]

Stover would have missed it too. Last year most everybody on here lost it when Harbs would let Matt kick anything passed the 30.

[MagicianCamille]

[quote name='VA_Fan' date='18 October 2009 - 05:07 PM' timestamp='1255900077' post='261007']
Stover would have missed it too. Last year most everybody on here lost it when Harbs would let Matt kick anything passed the 30.
[/quote]

First of all, this kick was from the 26.

Second, see my post before this one.

[BmoreRav]

[quote name='biggkatt01' date='18 October 2009 - 09:56 PM' timestamp='1255899388' post='260951']
Please stop with that, I f you had been doing any research or paying attention to any of our games you would know that Haushka has no accuracy. any expert knows kicking a ball 60 yards means nothing unless you can put it through the uprights. Haushka just like the defense showed there colors in the preseason games you could see where all the problems were going to be. you can give him all the time you want but if he's not accurate he's know good.

[b]And let me get your statement right you would rather have a non accurate kicker then one who is accurate. glad you don't run the Ravens we would really be in trouble.[/b][/quote]

The Ravens HAVE made that decision so I don't see where your going with that!?

It's clear the Ravens didn't want to carry two kickers like they did last year and went with youth over experience! I don't see a problem with the decision. If they hadn't done it this year they would have done it next year and the same "Bring Back Stover" comments would have happened then. It's inevitable that you move on!

Maybe Hauschka isn't the guy, but it's too early in his career to say IMO.

[Ravnet]

Again, Stover would have been just as bad from that distance as Hauschka.

We need to go through these growing pains at a young kicker at some point, so it's almost inevitable.

Stover isn't even remotely close to being the answer considering that he is completely unreliable outside of 39.

[neepo13]

[quote name='berad' date='18 October 2009 - 04:59 PM' timestamp='1255899589' post='260967']
The Colts "took shots" towards the endzone in their '05 playoff game with the Steelers instead of trying to gain running yards. It didn't work for them, and they had the most accurate kicker of all time.

I don't see how showing faith in players is ever a "stupid decision". It was a missed kick, as simple as that..
[/quote]

If you take a shot at the endzone, assuming Flacco doesnt force it, at the worse you end up still kicking the field goal at best you walk away with a TD. In this situation risk is worth the reward.

Talk all that crap about putting faith in your players, you dont put the game in the hands of an inexperienced player, when you dont have to. You play to win the game. The play calling at the end of that last drive did anything but that. Going for the endzone is playing to win the game. Settling for a field goal from your kicker who has kicked less than 10 field goals in his career, is not playing to win the game. Like I said stupid decision by Harbaugh and we got what we deserved.

[Jesse Conroy]

Whats up with all the negative ratings for the people that wish they had stover back?

If we had stover,he wouldve made the kick, and thats what people are angry about, how can you people not understand that...

Hauschka was a bad move, and I would much rather have bad kickoffs then bad field goal attempts.

EDIT- And steve doesnt do well on kick offs a lot of the time anyways..

[BmoreRav]

[quote name='MagicianCamille' date='18 October 2009 - 10:08 PM' timestamp='1255900117' post='261010']
[b]First of all, this kick was from the 26.[/b]

Second, see my post before this one.
[/quote]

It was a 44yd FG attempt!