Timeouts

[bisoneer]

When to call a TO and use them or bank them? Down by 10 or more, your thoughts.

[870XPRS]

Richman's favorite time is when the Bison are going on a run and have the momentum.

[TAILG8R]

I used to think having a timeout or even two in your pocket for the possibility of a one possession game with under a minute to go was crucial.

I’ve changed my mind in the last year or so and now believe it is way more impactful to use timeouts to stop the bleeding when you’re on the wrong end of a big run.

If you practice and teach end game scenarios it becomes much less important to have those TOs at the end of the game. And if you don’t stop the offensive run by the other team the last minute of the game may not even come into play.

Also, it’s true that if you don’t use ‘em you lose ‘em.


*Sent from my iPhone where autocorrect is definitely not my friend*

[KSBisonFan]

I used to think having a timeout or even two in your pocket for the possibility of a one possession game with under a minute to go was crucial.

I’ve changed my mind in the last year or so and now believe it is way more impactful to use timeouts to stop the bleeding when you’re on the wrong end of a big run.

If you practice and teach end game scenarios it becomes much less important to have those TOs at the end of the game. And if you don’t stop the offensive run by the other team the last minute of the game may not even come into play.

Also, it’s true that if you don’t use ‘em you lose ‘em.


*Sent from my iPhone where autocorrect is definitely not my friend*

Not to mention that when we've had late game timeouts to set up our last shot, the plays drawn up have been head scratchers too often.

I watched Ben McCollom (NW Missouri/Drake/Iowa HC) call a TO less than 20 seconds into a game to stop a 4-0 run and chew his guys' asses. It worked.

Good coaches call TOs to stop runs. The end.