Dumb Decisions: The STUPIDEST 4th Down Decision EVER | Rich Kotite | Eagles @ Falcons (1994)

In a 1994 NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons, Eagles head coach Rich Kotite made one of the stupidest decisions on 4th down you're ever going to see in a game. This is a breakdown of that dumb decision
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Members of the 1994 Eagles:
Bubby Brister
Randall Cunningham
Jay Fiedler
Charlie Garner
Vaughn Hebron
James Joseph
Brian O'Neal
Herschel Walker
Victor Bailey
Fred Barnett
Jeff Snyder
Calvin Williams
Mark Bavaro
Maurice Johnson
David Alexander
Antone Davis
Lester Holmes
John Hudson
Tom McHale
Joe Panos
Rob Selby
Broderick Thompson
Bernard Williams
Mike Flores
William Fuller
Burt Grossman
Andy Harmon
Tommy Jeter
William Perry
Leonard Renfro
Greg Townsend
Britt Hager
Vaughan Johnson
Derrick Oden
Bill Romanowski
Ken Rose
William Thomas
Marc Woodard
Eric Allen
Derrick Frazier
Marvin Goodwin
Al Jackson
Greg Jackson
Mark McMillian
Rich Miano
Mike Reid
Otis Smith
Eric Zomalt
Mike Zordich
Bryan Barker
Eddie Murray
Jeff Wilkins
Corey Barlow
Curt Brown
Mike Chalenski
Byron Evans
Phil Bryant
Gregory Clifton
Chris Dausin
Tom Garlick

[@skiprockjr.6881]

From 1991 to 1994, I lived about 200 yards away from Rich Kotite. He used to drink his coffee and read his newspaper every morning at the local Wawa. Nice guy. Terrible coach.

[@F40PH-2CAT]

He and Ray Handley gave NY football fans a great look at absolute ineptitude.

[@skiprockjr.6881]

@@F40PH-2CAT Gotta laminate that play sheet.

[@mikeprima7555]

what's wawa mean

[@skiprockjr.6881]

@@mikeprima7555 Wawa is a convenience store on the east coast that has expanded down to Florida in the last 10 years. It used just sell sandwiches, coffee, chips, sodas, etc., but it started selling gas in the last 20 years. They used to have the best sandwiches (hoagies/grinders/subs) but they started making their own rolls about 10-15 years ago and the quality is half of what it used to be.

[@RicoBurghFan]

He should have stayed in the Wawa.

[@stevemyers9200]

"If this ages poorly" hahahahahahahah. Well played!

[@bmwatrin]

best comment bait ever

[@walterlv01]

This game actually ended when an Eagles receiver caught a 60-yard Hail Mary bomb from Randall deep in Falcons territory with about 10 seconds to play, but because of the timeout that they stupidly called, they didn't have any left and weren't able to get up to the line to clock the ball before time expired.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

New York Jets while watching this game/season unfold: "GIMME!"

[@WVUer21]

Just Endure The Suffering!

[@luvmenow33]

Right?! We still laugh at Richie in Philly. I was SHOCKED when he got another job.

[@connorrivers995]

Also their same reaction when Adam Gase was fired by Miami.

[@orbyfan]

This video needs the voice of Howard Cosell to say, "Another brilliant coaching mind."

[@Busch22Fan]

There's a reason UrinatingTree said in his video on the Jets: "Rich Kotite? That dude even LOOKS like a butt-fumble!"

[@chaosgreyblood]

And both his stints were total buttfumbles, just like this bad decision!

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

It's a shame Rich Kotite didn't coach in the modern era. The dude was a total meme his entire tenure.

[@phillyfan-182]

Ever heard of Adam Gase? Richie Kotite was the Adam Gase of his era lol

[@chefz2749]

Kotite: “I made the weakest 4th down decision ever.” Dan Quinn in 2015 against the 49ers: “Hold my beer.”

[@marcus813]

You took WAY too long to rake Rich Kotite over the coals. This was a long time coming!

[@aaronholcomb237]

Actual Kotite quote: I wasn't fired. I'm not quitting.

[@wildcatlh]

Even in this video I can't escape how embarrassing Game 5 against Atlanta was. I'm going to go cry again.

[@scottfarmer8758]

I would expect Rich Kotite to make bad decisions. He was one of the worst head coaches of all time.

[@nasetvideos]

Great video...love the "buckle up boys and girls" to get us ready for this story. Decline the penalty to punt truly makes no sense. Couldn't agree with you more about all of it...and the Sixers/Hawks reference, well that's just funny how that ended after you recorded this video. Really enjoyed this video!

[@matthewdaley746]

Doc Rivers keeps, losing, impossible, Games, eventually, the, Championship, (which is, thirteen, years old, as of this writing), won't be enough to save him.

[@ThomasBahamas]

“Our philosophy is simple: I’m not a genius” -Rich Kotite

[@F40PH-2CAT]

And then the Jets hired him.

[@jameschristiansen9278]

Worst coaching re tread for the jets kotite or gase?

[@CTubeMan]

Because of course they did.

[@jamaaljoseph4275]

And made him the GM

[@jamaaljoseph4275]

@@jameschristiansen9278 it’s a toss up

[@jlh4jc]

A marriage of 2 memes!

[@CIF-pm7tk]

My Jets saw this and said, THATS OUR GUY!! PAY THE MAN! 1-15 a year later!

[@kpk33x]

If I type "Kotite" in my cell phone, predictive test was "dumb"

[@grogery1570]

I was in NY when Kotite got hired by the Jets, you could hear groans from one side of the city to the other. Especially as to make space for Kotite they fired a promising first year head coach by the name of... Pete Carroll

[@johnchedsey1306]

USC and Seattle both thank the Jets for that.

[@fgc_teavirus9438]

@@johnchedsey1306 Indeed we Seahawks fan do. Jets just keep buttfumbling.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

Hold up, let me check on that Hawks-76ers game. *sees final score* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@bens5661]

This punt had a surrender index of merely 2.60

[@anthonyblengino4927]

You might want to check out the Eagles-Bengals game at the end of this season. Kotite’s Mona Lisa.

[@vdubproductions2646]

I remember hearing someone a few years ago on sports radio when it came to Kotite jokingly saying that the reason Kotite even got the Jets job was that Kotite must've had incriminating pictures of someone in the Jets organization.

[@oriolestragic-feelithappen4806]

LOVE this channel - reminds me pf NFL Throwback with a serving of SB Nation. Keep it up, road to 50k subs

[@SteeleZack]

Cunningham was mobile QB, a QB-sneak likely could've gotten them a 1st down.

[@adamzielinski2001]

Rich Kotite was never confused as a Vince Lombardi or a Bill Walsh coach comparison. He’s like asking your 9th grade gym teacher to coach your nfl franchise.

[@Xix1326]

As a Jets' fan during Kotite's tenure, I'd have taken the gym teacher. The country club that rejected his admission after he left the Jets... priceless.

[@kyleschafer6275]

Those eagles 90s teams were still pretty good despite the crappy coaches, makes you wonder how great those teams could've been if we had real coaches.

[@johnchedsey1306]

The teams Buddy Ryan had SHOULD have won a superbowl at least once. The NFL should actually ban the Ryan family for life.

[@Mixxxedup215]

@@johnchedsey1306 They had literally 0 good skill players sans Cunningham and didn't wanna play him, one of the best defenses ever, but the offense "couldn't piss a drop"

[@GalacticWrestlingFederation]

"Just Kotite being Kotite"

[@chrisuncleahmad]

“WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?!”

[@jeffm9770]

I'm an Eagles fan and this season pissed me off so bad.

[@BillyRamirez]

4:38 Bryan Barker, the last NFL player from my tiny alma mater. They had just gotten rid of football in ‘93.

[@eaglejoe8]

I remember this when it happened. One of the biggest WTF moments from that 7 game collapse.

[@Coyotek4]

1994 was the year Jeff Lurie bought the team from Norman Brainless ... er, Braman. The Eagles started 7-2, and Kotite expected (demanded?) a contract extension; the front office took a wait-and-see attitude. Seven losses later, and Kotite was out.

[@Kylora2112]

wuh duh fuh I have absolutely no idea how this decision is even possible for someone who has zero knowledge of American football. Never mind a casual fan. Never mind a dedicated fan. Never mind someone getting friggin' PAID to make football decisions. "Do you want two chances to go 10 yards or 1 chance to go one yard?" "Nah, we'll just give up."

[@charlesmak534]

This is merely Rich Kotite being Rich Kotite. No big surprise here.

[@MarquisdeSuave]

I remember around 94 or 95 when old man Hess had that press conference where he came out and said he was getting up there in age and he wanted to bring the Jets and their fans another Super Bowl title before he died. He spoke about how much he loved the team and how the fans have suffered for far too long and he wanted to go out as the owner of a Championship caliber team. I got choked up when he said it even though I didnt care about the Jets. It came off as so honest and sincere I forgot about everything else and couldnt help but root for him. Of course all that goodwill went right out the window when he introduced RICH FREAKING KOTITE as the coach Hess believed was going to bring the Jets to the Super Bowl. Rich Kotite, a guy who ran a great Eagles team into the ground. A guy who hasnt worked in football in any capacity since 1996. Not as an assistant coach for another NFL team. Not as a D-1, D-2 or even an NAIA or JuCo team. He didnt even sneak in somewhere as a high school coach somewhere in Texas long after people had forgotten that he was at one time the coach of 2 NFL teams, a coach that ran those 2 NFL teams into the ground. He was gone and so were the hopes of every Jets fan for the next 2 years. Burn in Hell, Hess!!!

[@colderbeer]

It's breath taking that AFTER his stint in Philly, Kotite was hired by the Jets as their new head coach.......

[@heavymetallabrat]

Its the jets. There's nothing suprising about this decision. The one thing we can say about the Jets: "they're consistant"

[@PaulGaither]

This is what happens when you press X too fast in Madden and forgot the game defaults to punt on 4th down.

[@fearless1024]

The stupidest decision ever: Jets hiring Rich Kotite or Lions hiring Matt Millen?

[@Davehhhh]

Browns hire Hue Jackson

[@mjwatts1983]

Yes

[@CTubeMan]

One other thing that makes this stupid: The clock was stopped when the penalty was announced. Therefore, since the Eagles were declining the penalty, they could have signaled in a play while the penalty was being announced. That would have allowed the Eagles to get to the line to try to run a play and have enough time to change the play if the called play didn’t work. If no play worked for them and the play clock was running out the Eagles THEN could have punted. Then again this proves my point, which is unless you’re Kevin Kelley of Pulaski Academy or the situation is obvious, coaches don’t know what to do on fourth down. This was not an obvious situation.

[@adamplace1414]

Kelley's now at Presbyterian! Finally a college hired this guy - and you're right, he's so far ahead of the curve. If Belichick is studying you, you are doing something right.

[@CTubeMan]

@@adamplace1414 Didn’t know Kelley moved on and up in the world. Good for him!

[@76WestSports]

Thank you! You should do more on Kotite!

[@MikeHL78]

We take a look inside the mind of Richie Kotite...and find nothing. XD

[@joeb9216]

Calls like this is why he was called Clueless Kotite when he coached the Jets.

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

Kotite then spiked the entire Jets' organization into the ground

[@nnis75]

You could make an entire playlist about Kotite. I was young, but I was there. He was awful.

[@RicoBurghFan]

This channel needs more love.

[@BrendonChase2012]

The seven game skid to end the '94 season and the two woeful years with the Jets saw Kotite go 4-35, no surprise that he never coached again in the NFL in any capacity. Looking at his career from this point on, Rich Kotite would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every single play.

[@mgb4692]

Got so bad that in the early AOL spam days (the *really* bad ones) the joke used to be Sunny 1 Jets 0

[@ibraheemrao8434]

Richie Kotite a.k.a. Crumbling Kotite.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

I honestly thought he was intentionally trying to get fired in late 94 because that skid started right when Jeff Lurie bought the team. But the fact he went 4-35 after that made me realize he was just a bad coach holding back a title contender inherited from Buddy Ryan.

[@matthewdaley746]

Ray Rhodes, Andy Reid, Chip Kelly, Pat Shurmur, finally, Doug Perderson, pushed, the, Eagles, over, the, top, glorious, truly, wonderful.

[@themedianman9712]

I think Rich Kotite must have been a time traveler who read my several internet comments that say "Not enough penalties are declined in the NFL", but hit the Rick-n-Morty portal button before understanding it's within the context of being on defense (downs matter, yards not so much, in a pass happy-automatic first down construct).

[@jeffschaffer6359]

"I find this line of questioning bizarre!"

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

It’s Rich Kotite there’s no need to explain his stupidity.

[@bryantthoresen6772]

I remember this game, as an Eagles fan. As bad as Kotite was, the team "generally" played hard for him................but not after this. They Quit.

[@vanhagar3000]

I searched for Rich Kotite about a week ago and wondered "huh, weird no JaguarGator9 videos are in the results".

[@anonymoususer450]

This occurred on the same day as the Marino fake spike which sent the Jets into their skid and probably led to them firing Carroll and hiring Kotite.

[@MichaelTaylor-oe5mw]

Thanks for this. I have been telling people about this for years to describe how awful Kotite was. No one remembered or believed it. No one is that stupid some said. Well now I have my proof. Thank you.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

Still waiting for draw on 4th and 9

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@matthewdaley746 Lotta commas lol

[@CTubeMan]

Why! Are! You! Writing! Like! That?!!!

[@jimnfl7134]

The sad part for Randall Cunningham, this would NOT be his most MEMORABLE Game against the Falcons.

[@kylecruel]

A player can waste prime years of their career with bad decisions, a bad coaching decision wastes multiple prime years for multiple players. It is far more costly for a franchise. For Philly, this is the Kotite / Kelly Kurse!!!

[@LaylaPlayzYT2011]

I was like 14 years old watching this game and remember yelling at the tv. Philly fans still remember this

[@adamplace1414]

I was in elementary school during all of Kotite's career, never rooted for his teams, and he's STILL the easy joke to go to for a bad coach. We've seen Charlie Weis, Hue Jackson, and Marty Mornhinweg, and Kotite is still the gold standard. Incredible.

[@chaosgreyblood]

Nah, I think Jackson has surpassed such a (sub)standard. As bad as Kotite was, he can keep his head up high knowing he did not go 0-16.

[@adamplace1414]

@@chaosgreyblood I don't actually disagree - Jackson is worse for sure. But Kotite's mistakes were just so *funny*. Jackson got less from his team, Rich made it look like he was a bowling coach that wandered onto an NFL sideline.

[@jasongaines9655]

Who’s the Worst Gameday Decision Maker between Rich Kotite & Dan Quinn?

[@gluserty]

I'd go with Kotite; maybe Quinn has made some mistakes and had the steadier QB (I'm a Randall Cunningham fan though), but he's had more success (even if that success was ultimately heartbreaking). I don't know if Quinn will get another shot at head coach though, as the Falcons really weren't contenders his last three seasons, similar to how Kotite's career went, just not nearly as disastrous.

[@brianthomas2434]

Anybody remember how Leon Hess jumped at the chance to get Kotite when he became available?

[@ropeblaster420]

Watching this after Hawks/76ers Game 7... 😂😂😂

[@chrisuncleahmad]

“Welcome to Dumb Decisions”

[@paulstephenduckworth2726]

Being a life time Eagles fan, he was the worst coach in the last 50 years. And yes, he even won a playoff game two years before, which Marion Campbell never took the team to the playoffs. It was all him dumb decisions like this.

[@charlesmak534]

Buddy Ryan was just as bad too.

[@TomG1555]

'98 Ray Rhodes is hard to beat - he basically checked out on the season after the first few games, resulting in a 3-13 finish. Still, that put them in position to draft McNabb, so I guess it wasn't entirely bad.

[@Coyotek4]

I'd argue that Chip Kelly was near the bottom.

[@VisualTedium]

Rich Kotite, just a bad gym teacher who failed upward

[@mattcasey5991]

So it was you... cursing the Sixers lmao. They lost that game badly and yeah were way up too smh 🤣🤣

[@carlosrosado9560]

oh gawd I couldn't stand rich kotite as an eagles fan

[@flockawaka1017]

Next in the dumb decision series should be Jim Zorn's beautiful special teams call against the Giants.

[@diaz5292]

The Philly 'Football' Eagles could have at least lined up to try and draw the ATL 'Football' Falcons offsides...ATL during this time (and actually every year it seems) was not a disciplined team, and just might have screwed that up.

[@mgb4692]

On this day CBS, freshly without the NFL, aired Georgetown (with freshman Allen Iverson) vs defending national champ Arkansas from Memphis. I don't think they did this in the rest of the time they were NFLess

[@juliuskurtz8143]

Philadelphia media and the fans had fun clowning on that decision blast from the past

[@alienlife7754]

This guy was a disaster walking. Worst coach in Eagles history.

[@christophercripps7639]

Kotite ... Dumb decision ... need I say more. Surprised this is the first vid on RK.

[@jayvillane]

Freddie Kitchens gets honorable mention for the 4th and 9 draw play to Chubb against the Rams?

[@chrisjamesr77]

You've got one of the best running QBs ever....do a bootleg on 4th and 1

[@frankpalancio8471]

Rich kotite being a head coach is the real crime.

[@alexdevido7358]

Indeed, the Sixers/Hawks thing did age poorly. Not quite sure if it’s worse than this, though.

[@FlintGiven]

This decision basically represents what happened to the 1994 Eagles down the stretch.

[@babybird871]

The beat the Niners that year by 20 I think....

[@ericrakestraw664]

@@babybird871 Actually it was by 32 points (40-8, Eagles). The 49ers would respond to that humiliating defeat by reeling off 10 straight wins and cruising to a 5th Super Bowl title that season.

[@bigk8210]

That Eagles team really did have potential; they thrashed the eventual Super Bowl Champion 49ers , a team full of Hall of Famers, that year during the regular season. Good players with bad play-calling from someone they didn't like and/or trust... DISASTER!

[@vickrunalza8057]

I remember one STUPID play when Sean Salisbury Spiked the Ball on 4th down!

[@EternalSkies1999]

I have heard of bad things about Kotite. The fact that the Jets thought this guy was the answer to their problems goes to show that Jets ownership's are horrible.

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

8:16 - 8:27 Supposedly I read that both Cunningham and Kotite took the blame for calling the timeout, even though we see Kotite calling it here. Cunningham took blame for declining the penalty saying the offense was struggling and wanted the yards rather than face 3rd and long, and Kotite took blame for punting the ball away.

[@FlintGiven]

What we learned Kotite might be dumber than we thought

[@SteezyxCaveman]

You know it’s a dumb decision when you don’t even need an explanation for why it is 😂

[@SanteeDakota]

Oh man, Jeff George threw pretty passes. Shame his head wasn't screwed on right

[@ibraheemrao8434]

1:41 I would have just told them to run down the play clock, call timeout with 1 sec left in the play clock and punted out back.

[@scottconner7930]

27 Years Ago

[@SirLyonhart]

The single worst decision of all time was not giving Marshawn Lynch the ball at the end of Super Bowl XLIX. Period. This call was useless, but did not directly cost them a Super Bowl.

[@joshuarayborn]

I’m sure the Jets have a worse 4th down play but since it is Cotite- it is the Jets by proxy.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqOuh5Sue5tjb68 Here you go

[@CTubeMan]

Also I cannot believe nobody has said the Eagles would have been better off if they spiked the ball into the ground. Or do I need some context?

[@richsheer4905]

This was the same day as the Marino Fake Spike game, which devastated the Jets and led to them firing Pete Carroll and hiring this guy.

[@JustcallmeGnarly22]

Your Hawks/76ers reference aged very poorly. The 6ers did the equivalent of 28-3. Funny because it was against an Atlanta team.

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

It was sarcasm

[@tigercap100]

Great breakdown

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Kotite wanted his punter back another 10 yards rather than risk a touchback. Not saying it makes sense. He had faith in his defense. But a QB sneak or a drop back where Cunningham scrambles out for a yard would’ve been so easy. Kotite was a good man but not meant to be a head coach in the NFL. He kind of fell off the face of the pro football earth after being fired by the Jets.

[@marcwhitlock5450]

Bruh wasn't it obvious he wanted those 9 yards XD

[@nickbradfordsr80]

P.S. the Sixers are too immature to win a championship 💯 and the brunt of that immaturity, one Ben "Kardashian" Simmons #factz

[@MrRawrGamer]

That hawks vs sixers game aged poorly lol

[@matthewdaley746]

At, least, the Eagles, later, got their revenge on the Falcons, in 2017, and, for, some extra bite, they did what they couldn't, they successfully, Drove, The, Stake, Into, Tom Brady's, Heart.

[@MrLeoni2]

On your comment about the Sixers-Hawks game towards the end of the video. Yeah, it aged poorly, rather quickly. Boy, did it aged poorly!

[@big8dog887]

Dumb decision - yes, but NOT worse than spiking the ball on that play.