I think Marvin's approach to timeouts is misunderstood by most

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Some good discussion so far. I have to agree with the sentiment of some posters that using TOs when there is personnel or alignment issues is not preferable, but better than a bad play. That said I get the impression that sometimes a timeout is called when we're expecting a certain look from the opposing defense and we don't get it. Sort of like a premonition of a coming bad play and not having enough time on the game clock for Andy to audible.