The story behind the kick is the story of a coach who is a master at knowing his players’ strengths and weaknesses. Coach Nagel mastered assessing skill sets and talents beyond physical gifts. He could see inate traits in each player he coached and how to exploit those traits to the benefit of the team, and would build his team around those traits. Matt Wells was the embodiment of this. A hyperactive live wire whose attention could sometimes waver, Coach tapped Wells as the go-to kicker if the game was on the line, because of Wells’ ability to focus when the game was on the line.

coach knew matt wells would make that awkwardly placed kick, that was part of his genius.