And Lukie: you're right but you answered your own question. It's all about a coaches job security. The vast majority of people are too dumb to understand why going for 2 is better in that situation. In sports, probability exists but most people are too stupid to realize it and if coach makes a move that doesn't work, most people (because most people are stupid) are going to assume that the coach made the wrong move even if the decision was the most "+Win EV" one.