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Old 02-28-2018, 11:53 PM   #3282
Igottago
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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper View Post
What’s up with people and time outs? Time outs don’t do squat. There’s 9 TV timeouts per game and none of those helped stop the bleeding. Penalties, penalties unquestionably was this team’s downfall tonight. Too much focus on trivial stuff and not enough on substance.
You have to actively manage the emotional state of your team for timeouts to be effective.
If you are using excel spreadsheets to make all of your decisions, you're right, timeouts don't do squat.
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