I think people are piling on Pete a little too much as well. If the play had worked,not a single person would have said,"that was a bad call",but they'd be saying he was a genius for surprising everybody & not doing what everybody expected (ie handing off to Lynch)
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/upshot/game-theory-says-pete-carrolls-call-at-goal-line-is-defensible.html
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