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Why doesn't Saban use timeouts?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:17 pm
Particularly when we are on defense, and especially when the defense is on its heals?
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Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:18 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Trades them in at the end of they year for Little Debbies.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:26 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Why doesn't Saban use timeouts?
1) How many games does Bama play (and Saban coach) that are in any way in doubt enough to care about timeouts, or care about halting the games to regroup the D? Three or 4 per year? In our last game...what?...should Saban have called timeouts so that we could beat SoCar by 5 scores instead of 4? (garbage TD doesn't matter)
2) It's very logical that Saban wants his defense to learn to adapt to, play through, and overcome adversity - and what better way to foster those ideas than letting some adversity happen?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:42 pm to prevatt33
quote:This reasoning goes completely against everything Saban preaches.
How many games does Bama play (and Saban coach) that are in any way in doubt enough to care about timeouts, or care about halting the games to regroup the D?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:14 pm to pvilleguru
He needed to call a timeout for them to review a couple of plays yesterday. Especially the one where the TE didn't step out of bounds and scored.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:18 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Particularly when we are on defense, and especially when the defense is on its heals?
Perhaps it's because most of the games are never in doubt? Unlike us, I don't think Saban cares too much about stats. He just wants to win the game and see improvement in his team.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:38 pm to pvilleguru
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This reasoning goes completely against everything Saban preaches.
Saban is a no-nonsense coach, and doesn't do something just to do it. Everything has a purpose. And letting your defense play through adversity is more useful and purposeful than calling timeout and coddling them. Saban never wastes an opportunity to teach, and you are just flat wrong in your above statement.
Whatever the coaches would say during the TO can be replicated in practice. Getting the ball moved on you and learning to overcome that in a hostile stadium can't be replicated in 1,000 practices.
What will happen in the future when we need a stop and don't have any TOs? Will your method have them prepared? Nick Saban's will.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:48 pm to prevatt33
Don't get me wrong: Saban is scant with his TO use, but I can't remember a time when he cost Bama in any significant way because of it. He let's his boys play. It's fine by me.
He's won half the nattys in a decade. It ain't broke...
He's won half the nattys in a decade. It ain't broke...
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:58 pm to prevatt33
quote:My method could prevent you from being in that position in the first place.
What will happen in the future when we need a stop and don't have any TOs? Will your method have them prepared?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:15 pm to prevatt33
quote:I think our defense could have used a time out when Clemson ran 99 plays.
Don't get me wrong: Saban is scant with his TO use, but I can't remember a time when he cost Bama in any significant way because of it. He let's his boys play. It's fine by me.
On their drive that started with 6:33 left in the 4th, Clemson had plays of 9 yards, 5 yards, 17 yards, 26 yards, 15 yards, and finally the 1 yard touchdown run to go up 28-24. We ended the game with 2 time outs left.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:44 pm to pvilleguru
I agree that Saban can and should use timeouts more strategically. Give your D a rest on long drives, make the refs review close calls, etc.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 9:10 pm to RollTide1987
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Perhaps it's because most of the games are never in doubt? Unlike us, I don't think Saban cares too much about stats. He just wants to win the game and see improvement in his team.
I’m not talking about it in the context of allowing more time to score. I’m talking about it in situations where an offense is moving the ball well and the defense looks confused. Seems like we could use them in those situations for the players to catch their breath and re-adjust.
But he knows more than me, it just seems strange.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 9:13 pm
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