Rhule needs to delegate this task to someone else. We were extremely lucky to score at the end of the first half. We could have easily ended up running out the clock with no points.
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Atrocious Clock Management…Again!
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It could be argued it was done perfectly. I’ll add……is Rhule doing it or Holgerson?
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If they don’t complete that last pass and/or he gets tackled before the end zone … time runs out.
Although I think the clock management fell more onto AC who certainly took his sweet time as the clock was running down.
Football is risk reward. We took the risk and got a perfect reward. TD 2 seconds left. Squib kick time runs out.
The bigger the risk the greater the reward. Did you yell at TO after the Orange bowl?. Kick a point after we probably win the NC. He took a great risk. He lost but gained respect. Give me the risk. That is how big wins happen.
I’m glad they got the touchdown, but agree it was poor clock management. You have to leave time for a field goal at minimum. It all worked out though. Rhule has never been great at clock management.
I don't think it was Rhule that spent close to 20 seconds standing behind the line making changes before finally running the play.
This was the most recent example. There have been MANY other situations over MRs tenure where clock management was awful. Time-outs are often used erratically leaving all of us scratching our heads thinking WTH?
Pure luck.
There were 2 seconds left after the play was over and we had a timeout. Pretty good clock management by any rational metric.
Yeah! But what IF?
What good does a timeout do with 2 seconds left if we don’t score? If he goes out of bounds we either settle for the fg or have one shot at a td, and we go to the locker room still having the TO. I think we got very fortunate to get the td there to make it moot, but definitely could have been handled better. It’s also not all on Rhule, AC could have handled that a lot better too.
They ran 2 plays in 48 seconds.
Without the benefit of hindsight, when Colandrea gets up from the turf making it 3rd and 1 at the 16 yd line and 50 seconds left, you expect the team to quickly get the 1st down and manage the clock so they can take 3 shots at the end zone before settling for FG if needed. They had time for only one plus a TO for the FG had they needed it.
It wasn’t great clock management but it worked out.
Without the benefit of hindsight, when Colandrea gets up from the turf making it 3rd and 1 at the 16 yd line and 50 seconds left, you expect the team to quickly get the 1st down and manage the clock so they can take 3 shots at the end zone before settling for FG if needed. They had time for only one plus a TO for the FG had they needed it.
It wasn’t great clock management but it worked out.
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Yeah but aren’t the plays and directives coming to the QB from the sideline via his headset? I doubt it was all on AC.
Whoever is at fault, it's Rhule's job to get it straightened out. I don't think it's currently a priority for him.
He seemingly does very little during the game. This should be within his capabilities.
