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[bigdog10]

One thing that has been bugging the heck out of me for the last two years is our offenses tendency to not get to the line until less than ten seconds remain on the play clock. I thought that maybe this would end once chud and his elaborate calls were gone, however through the first two preseason games it has been the same. I've never seen an offense call more timeouts than ours does and this hamstrings our defense or our offense in late half situations.

My question to you all is: who is to blame for this? Is it Shula? Is it a general lack of preparedness and focus that can be attributed to Rivera? Or is it Cam?

And before anyone freaks out with the "it's just preseason stuff", this observation spans over the Rivera-cam era.

[O-Ther]

"Pre-season stuff" is a rational. logical explanation. Since you classify that as a freak-out, that tells me you're looking for an emotional reaction.

 

One of my ex-girlfriends told me that I wasn't emotional enough for her. She said I only have 3 feelings, nicknamed the 3-H's. I only feel hot, hungry, or horny. I realized she was right.

 

Since I'm short on emotions and you're looking for con-firmation and not a con-versation, I hope you have a marvelous day.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

One thing that has been bugging the heck out of me for the last two years is our offenses tendency to not get to the line until less than ten seconds remain on the play clock. I thought that maybe this would end once chud and his elaborate calls were gone, however through the first two preseason games it has been the same. I've never seen an offense call more timeouts than ours does and this hamstrings our defense or our offense in late half situations.

My question to you all is: who is to blame for this? Is it Shula? Is it a general lack of preparedness and focus that can be attributed to Rivera? Or is it Cam?

And before anyone freaks out with the "it's just preseason stuff", this observation spans over the Rivera-cam era.

 

Hmmm.  I am not so convinced this is happening as often as you think and it is not limited to the Panthers.  It does happen but I dont think you can sum it up by blaming it on the team not being prepared. If there were this mass confusion I think we would see a lot more signs such as a lot of delay of game penalties, illegal motion penalties and overall confusion. 

 

The offense is also probably a bit more complicated that the Jeff Davidson student body left, student body right, draw play, punt offense that we were familiar with before Rivera.  That said, some of the extra time may be warranted. 

[Jackofalltrades]

Yeah, this definitely only plagues the Panthers...

[panthers55]

Forget that preseason is the place you work this out.  Forget that we are running in 3 different offenses, we shouldn't call a timeout each half due to not having the right personnel on the field.  It means the first offense is going to struggle all year long.

 

LOL

[Floppin]

Using the full measure of the play clock is generally by design, maximizing time of possession is to your teams benefit. Defenses wear out before offenses do. Keeping your defense off the field as much as possible is of utmost benefit to your team. 

 

Having said that, we don't call more time outs at the last second than any other team, every team has a few here and there. There are tons of reasons that it happens and I wouldn't say that the Panthers have any particular problem with it. 

[AceBoogie]

I don't know whats worse having Shula in the box or having Dorsey on the field.

 

It's just preseason man calm down once the regular season starts we'll start playing real Ron Rivera football. Just got to work the kinks out we'll get it.