Tomlin's Clock Management comparison vs. Saints and Raiders

[Avoid_Lloyd]

Cool shades defended not using his TO's when the raiders were on inside the 10 on their end of game ahead drive by saying he likes to give his offense those time outs- this is stupid and wrong and helped lose the game

Today he smartly does the exact opposite and leaves the O time for a drive to tie/win the game.

I guess one way of looking at it is he's learning, but I say there's no defense for his stupidity with clok mismanagement and a veteran coach shouldn't be learning this **** this late in his career, my guess is Rooney jumped his **** over the Oakland clock managemt or he felt media heat...

Either way, there's no excuse for game management like Oakland, more evidence to fire his incompetent ***!

 

[Steelers1356]

Yea he fixed that today, but then offsets it with boneheaded calls like fake punts at your own 40 yard line.

 

[Steelerfreak]

Actually I think the fake punt was a bit of clock management as well. Punting away without a stop would've allowed the last 1:25 to melt. Not that you want them to score, but they did do quicker.

All fans can take his use of time outs as a "you were right last time" that's as close as he will come to admitting it.


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[Steelin]

He is clueless. It's becoming awkward. I remember thinking the chin was too young, too inexperienced, etc. The only thing that he was so stubborn about that i almost gave up on him was Korky. But thats another rant. I always repected him though. Our current bonehead not so much.

 

[SteelerSask2]

He just does not get situational football. He is simply clueless. On NO final drive after the holding penalty he needed to forget the ten yards between the goalline and endline. The real endzone was the first down to the goalline. That needed to be defended to the death. They score with a minute and a half or so and timeouts so be it. You needed to crowd the line and blitz the **** out of him. You absolutely could not play safe there. Bring the house and if he beats you are still in great shape.

 

[Vader]

Actually I think the fake punt was a bit of clock management as well. Punting away without a stop would've allowed the last 1:25 to melt. Not that you want them to score, but they did do quicker.

The fake punt is only "Time management" if he allows them to score. Nobody knows what would have happened if he punts there. Maybe they pin them inside the 2 yard line? Maybe we get a safety? Maybe we get a TO or an Int? As I've said before. If the TD catch was a few inches further outside the ball is at the 1/2 yard line and most of the time is gone then. So the time management makes no sense unless you let them score... which he doesn't do.

 

[SteelerFan448]

Defense was playing well at that point. I think I saw a stat that the previous 12 Saints plays went for 50 yards. I felt decent with our defense against the Saints going 80 yards rather than 45 or whatever it was.

 

[stuntmanmike]

We can argue all the fine points like time management but when the defense easy gives a 3rd and twenty and the receiver and the play before that one dropped a sure catch that could have been even a bigger play, you can second guess all you want but our defense just plain sucks. it can not hold a lead in the closing minutes, doesn’t matter if the team is good like saints or ****** like raiders, it can’t stop the run, it can get sacks but doesn’t really pressure qb. Lombardi said Super Bowl champions are made in March. That’s true here when management decided to let it ride last year kept Tomlin, kept butler, it set all this in motion. Coulda shoulda woulda big decisions coming fire butler at the very least, trade up get Oliver Dt, u of Houston, start knocking the gob snot out offensive lines that right now simply impose their will on us. Go Steelers!