|
Post by tripsclosed on Sept 9, 2019 2:38:17 GMT -6
I was in the thread on who calls timeout, and it got me thinking, so I decided to make this thread. Share what your timeout use philosophies are!
What I mean by "timeout philosophy" is do you use them strictly for defense, or are there certain situations on offense that you use them?
My take, you want to save them for defense as much as you possibly can, because when you are on defense during late game, there's not much you can do to stop the clock, but on offense, you can spike and get out of bounds. I'd rather take a 5 yard delay of game and save my timeouts for the end of the game when I really need them. And hey, if I am getting delay of game enough to be a problem, something is going wrong on the offensive coaching end...
As an aside, we have talked about Spurrier a decent amount in the history of this board, great coach, but it's absurd how many delay of games they got, and how many timeouts he burned trying to avoid them or to "get the right play in" when he was at SC. And it was a problem over multiple seasons, with multiple QBs. Don't know if his UF days were that bad or not.
|
|
|
Post by coachlit on Sept 9, 2019 5:22:39 GMT -6
I agree that you save them for defense. Whether you're misaligned or only have 10 people on the field, your defense has priority over the offense. I'll take a five yard penalty over a touchdown.
In our playoff game last year, one of our coaches was talking to our Mike linebacker after a punt. No one called a timeout and they ran iso... to our safety. That was a big eye opener for me regarding calling timeouts.
|
|
|
Post by CoachP on Sept 9, 2019 21:16:34 GMT -6
1st half - I call them whenever I feel necessary on either side of the ball.
Often it is on what we perceive to be a crucial 3rd down or for whatever reason we have a personnel issue (10 men on the field etc).
2nd half - we try to save them for D but it depends on game flow.
A lot of variables in game to really be definitive we use them at XYZ specific points.
|
|
|
Post by tripsclosed on Sept 10, 2019 11:16:44 GMT -6
1st half - I call them whenever I feel necessary on either side of the ball. Often it is on what we perceive to be a crucial 3rd down or for whatever reason we have a personnel issue (10 men on the field etc). 2nd half - we try to save them for D but it depends on game flow. A lot of variables in game to really be definitive we use them at XYZ specific points. Great point about the differences in 1st vs 2nd half coach, I agree.
|
|
|
Post by Defcord on Sept 10, 2019 19:27:03 GMT -6
I hate when people take them on PAT because of personnel and then kick it 50 yards over the net. I have never understood that one.
|
|
|
Post by tripsclosed on Sept 10, 2019 22:06:03 GMT -6
I hate when people take them on PAT because of personnel and then kick it 50 yards over the net. I have never understood that one. Yup. That's about as wasteful as you can get with timeouts
|
|
center
Junior Member
Posts: 486
|
Post by center on Sept 11, 2019 12:13:22 GMT -6
Ideally if you can have all three at the end of the half and game that would be great. Stop the clock or strategize when you want to .
I liked the idea on here a couple of weeks ago. A HOF coach at a small numbers school called a TO at the 6 minute mark at each quarter. That way they had a mid quarter break as well as end of quarter for rest and water.
But sometimes you need to call them and put out a fire or the game will get out of hand.
|
|
someguy
Sophomore Member
Posts: 191
|
Post by someguy on Sept 11, 2019 15:10:57 GMT -6
Plenty of situational usage for timeouts at the end of halves. The only tried and true rule for me is: 1) Offensively, only use them outside of the last two minutes if you're going to get some sort of delay of game in the red zone. Really the only way it's worth it to call a timeout offensively with that much time on the clock. 2) Defensively, only use them if you have 10 on the field and messed up subbing outside of the last two minutes of a half.
|
|
|
Post by blb on Sept 11, 2019 15:22:29 GMT -6
Plenty of situational usage for timeouts at the end of halves. The only tried and true rule for me is: 1) Offensively, only use them outside of the last two minutes if you're going to get some sort of delay of game in the red zone. Really the only way it's worth it to call a timeout offensively with that much time on the clock. 2) Defensively, only use them if you have 10 on the field and messed up subbing outside of the last two minutes of a half.
Which makes a great point - too many time outs are called-wasted in HS football because the coaches screwed up.
|
|
|
Post by drmackey on Sept 12, 2019 13:11:07 GMT -6
We are playing with a 16 man Varsity this season. Our timeouts are used to give our kids an extra break. It would be ideal to be able to use them at the end of the game if necessary, but for some of our kids timeouts are the only break they are going to get all night.
|
|
|
Post by coachcb on Sept 12, 2019 14:06:13 GMT -6
Part of our daily practice plan is designed to keep us from wasting time outs.. We throw each starting unit out there, pull a couple starters out and get their back-ups in there. When we get some back ups in there, we'll pull the back ups and toss in the third stringers. We rep adjusting personnel in these situations if need be. And, so help me Lord, a kid will end up benched if I have to call their name again and again to fill in during team sessions. We will do the same thing during team periods; the back-ups are on the sideline and we rapidly move them in and out. They get reps and learn to pay attention.
as far as a philosophy goes, we save our time outs for the rare screw-up or for defense. It takes all of about 10 seconds to draw up a defensive adjustment on a whiteboard. It generally takes a little longer for the offense. In the second half, we hold onto them as much as possible; we need them for 2 minute drill.
|
|