Cobras attack... Coaches!

I am a little conflicted about what to do with Coaching Cobras.  Mostly because I have been the source of the coaching cobra far too often (No, Crorey, don't shoot a three! No, Crorey, don't kick the ball back to your goalie before you look to see where he is! Et cetera).  Because I have seen firsthand the surrender cobra attack my coach after I did something unexpected and stupid, I am reluctant to poke fun at coaches who are suffering from a cobra bite.

But when you are an elite coach, and you pretty much have your pick of the best athletes in the nation, the surrender cobra attack is funny.  And when your team is SUPPOSED to win, like, say, in the case of a #2 team going up against an unranked opponent, and then you get whupped...guess what?  Your cobra is going to get published.

This past week, it was Urban Meyer.  I haven't gone back to the Georgia loss from the previous week, but I suspect that I would see some there, too.  

For the record, most of the time, cobra attacks come late, late, late, in the game.  But sometimes, you just find out early on that your players did not come ready to play.  When you open badly, it just gets worse.... until the symptoms include slumped shoulders and a hung head.  Some surrender cobras bite early and often.

And it is fun when they do.

Parker Lawton mentioned that Urban gets attacked by cobras quite often.
This one is from an upset by Purdue on 20 October 2018. (It might be a result of the headaches)

Cobra Captured by Jeff Trulick, 17 November 2018

Jeff Trulick said it was darn near a signature move.

Unless you are the reason.

Coach, I promise I won't shoot the three next game.  Yes, sir, I will run wind sprints to help refresh my memory.

Update: Boston College had a moment in the game this past weekend that was beautiful.  The game was closer than Clemson fans would like it, but BC needed to play perfect ball.  And they had a backup quarterback in.  For three successive downs, things went badly for them, including a long snap that went over the head of the QB.  This is what Steve Addazio looked like while he was watching his QB scramble back to retrieve the elusive ball:

Five second later, the surrender cobra was still there.

You can even see how far back the recovery was (it was 3rd and 49). by the change in the angle of where coach was looking.  

H/t to Parker for the brief vid and pic.  Brilliant.