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The issue isn’t turtling per se, much as it gets a bad rap in these parts.  The issue was that Shaw continued with the strategy even as our running offense has become less and less effective.  Turtling is a great strategy when your running backs can reliably gain 5, 6, 7 yards per carry and you can mount a 10-play, 7 minute drive that doesn’t give your opponents the ball back.  It’s a horrible strategy when your running game leaves you third and seven after two runs barely get past the line of scrimmage, and you are punting the ball back to the opponent up two with three minutes to go in the game.

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The issue isn’t turtling per se, much as it gets a bad rap in these parts.  The issue was that Shaw continued with the strategy even as our running offense has become less and less effective.  Turtling is a great strategy when your running backs can reliably gain 5, 6, 7 yards per carry and you can mount a 10-play, 7 minute drive that doesn’t give your opponents the ball back.  It’s a horrible strategy when your running game leaves you third and seven after two runs barely get past the line of scrimmage, and you are punting the ball back to the opponent up two with three minutes to go in the game.

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