08-17-2016, 11:45 AM
(08-16-2016, 03:33 AM)treee Wrote: I know I will get a lot of backlash for this, but Marvin's approach to timeouts, in my opinion, is totally valid. Using timeouts as a way to stretch the potential of a come back at the end of a half is conventional, but it can also be used to ensure cohesiveness at critical moments.
Though some argue that the moments Marvin chooses to call timeouts are not proper, I would argue that there is no way they can make that claim without specifically knowing the game plan, and the players' understanding of said game plan.
Feel free to use this thread as a discussion about Marvin's use of timeouts as well as your opinion on the various approaches in general to time out usage.
Here's the issue. It screams a lack of game preparation when players line up late or wrong all together, forcing the team to call a TO. We may not know who's "fault" it is, but most teams don't have these issues. It's not that he actually chooses to waste them, it just feels like that scenario happens to the Bengals more than with other teams. Maybe most of us watch Cincy more than other teams, but it does stick out. Funnny enough, I was forgiving of the occasional illegal formation last year as Hue had them moving everywhere. Otherwise, I'm fine with a TO to fix a problem but why do we seem like we have way more problems that lead to TO's?
