Really nice to have a guy with some experience seeing things that most dont even think about.
Liked Kirks use of time outs today
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Good job to force Maryland to punt into the wind at the end of the third quarter. Very heady move.
I was frustrated at the end of half time out usage. I’ll have to go back and look, but I believe Iowa used its final time out at 16 seconds on 3rd and 9 from the 10 yd line. That pretty much left Iowa with one play, which was a pass to the end zone. Obviously it worked out, but the likelihood of 7 pts vs 3 there were slim.
It’s kind of reaching for things to look for, because Iowa knew they could get at least three more points. Today three points may have been a worth three touchdowns the way they controlled Maryland’s offense.
I was frustrated at the end of half time out usage. I’ll have to go back and look, but I believe Iowa used its final time out at 16 seconds on 3rd and 9 from the 10 yd line. That pretty much left Iowa with one play, which was a pass to the end zone. Obviously it worked out, but the likelihood of 7 pts vs 3 there were slim.
It’s kind of reaching for things to look for, because Iowa knew they could get at least three more points. Today three points may have been a worth three touchdowns the way they controlled Maryland’s offense.
Agree. It goes back a little further. Iowa let about 30 seconds go off the clock earlier in the series before calling TO with about a minute to go. They were not organized and were lucky this didn’t cost them.
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Yes, that was good. It was a move Hayden used to make at every opportunity. It's the smart thing to do because it often means a difference of 20 or 30 yards in field position.
Iowa's intent on that whole drive was to ensure Maryland never touched the ball again in the first half. Score too soon and they (the Mary's) have a minute and timeouts left. I thought it was a great call to set up one do or die play. Hit it....TD....incomplete, clock stops, kick a field goal. I assure you it was all quite calculated.
This was my take on it as well.
Much better click management, I think people forget not to many years ago how KF would never use a time out towards end of 1st or 3rd qtr to force teams to punt into wind, it use to one of the more aggravating thing that we could just not understand his reasoning.
He always wanted to conserve his timeouts for end of game, but I think coaches are realizing just like in baseball sometimes key moments happen earlier in games so maybe need to use a TO, just like bringing closer in in the 7th inning. If you wait to long there won't be an end of game need or 9th inning need.
He always wanted to conserve his timeouts for end of game, but I think coaches are realizing just like in baseball sometimes key moments happen earlier in games so maybe need to use a TO, just like bringing closer in in the 7th inning. If you wait to long there won't be an end of game need or 9th inning need.
The timeout at the end of the first half was a mistake. You call that timeout with 25-30 seconds left, not 13 (since it was our last one). You have to leave time for a sack or completion in bounds and still get the fga. The way Kirk did it didn't leave enough time for those other eventualities. We were forced to run a fade route. Fortunately for Kirk, it worked. But it was a mistake for sure.
Kirk continues to make clock management mistakes like these, and has his entire time here. In the grand scheme of things, it's a small, but not insignificant, quibble.
Kirk continues to make clock management mistakes like these, and has his entire time here. In the grand scheme of things, it's a small, but not insignificant, quibble.
I could make a logical argument on how there is another line of thought there, but it's not worth it. HAWKS WIN!!!
Great job with clock management at the end of the half. Seems like a lot of elements were insync yesterday to help overcome the windy conditions.
I've been much more pleased with KF's clock management as of late. Meanwhile, based on the end of the half and of the game of Indiana-Penn St, Indiana's head coach has taken over as the most clueless in this category.
It was not a mistake, it was a strategy.
It was 3rd down - they were going to throw the ball into the EZ and either score a TD or kick a FG on 4th down. Then there is no time left for MD to do anything. They called a play in which a sack was extremely unlikely, and a catch in bounds was almost impossible. Some may have gone a different direction, but that doesn't not make what KF did a mistake.
Oh, and BTW, it was successful.
I believe it was 2010 against Wisky that the Hawks messed up the end of the game with poor clock management. That sucked. It was never mentioned that in that same game the Hawks managed the clock perfectly at the end of the first half and scored a TD with under 10 seconds remaining.
Since 2010, I do not recall at time when questionable clock management even remotely cost the Hawks the game. I do remember several last second kicks, or a last second TD at MSU in which the clock was pretty darn well managed. I would sure like to see the old, "KF sucks at clock management" notion go away.
