STrib: Claeys vows to improve clock management after Michigan finish

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per Joe:

Claeys said he always second guesses himself as a coach, believing that’s one way to improve.

“I’m not afraid to admit, that’s a reason I called Coach [Kill],” Claeys said. “At the end of games, it was me and him that handled the game management on the headsets. And I lost my game management person, too.”

Added Claeys: “I will get somebody assigned now on the staff to help me out after going through that because that was one of the things in the whirlwind that I didn’t think of.”

http://www.startribune.com/claeys-vows-to-improve-clock-management-after-michigan-finish/339181971/

Go Gophers!!
 

BleedGopher said:
per Joe:

Claeys said he always second guesses himself as a coach, believing that’s one way to improve.

“I’m not afraid to admit, that’s a reason I called Coach [Kill],” Claeys said. “At the end of games, it was me and him that handled the game management on the headsets. And I lost my game management person, too.”

Added Claeys: “I will get somebody assigned now on the staff to help me out after going through that because that was one of the things in the whirlwind that I didn’t think of.”

http://www.startribune.com/claeys-vows-to-improve-clock-management-after-michigan-finish/339181971/

Go Gophers!!
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Smart people admit their mistakes and learn from them.

I really do think TC deserves a shot.

The Twins already have his initials on their uniforms.
 

Yeah. In all of the chaos yesterday, we lost sight of the fact the staff and many responsibilities were re-tooled in about a 3-day span.
 

My motto is "I strive to make new mistakes."

Hold me accountable for repeating old ones. Seems that's Coach's approach too.

Learn, adapt, grow.
 



How could they have someone already looking out for clock management each game?
 

As Bill Simmons once said: "Well, why wouldn't they also have some slacker college student who has played 250,000 hours of "Madden" the past three years and faced every conceivable football situation on hand to throw out advice..."
 

mnsportsgeek said:
As Bill Simmons once said: "Well, why wouldn't they also have some slacker college student who has played 250,000 hours of "Madden" the past three years and faced every conceivable football situation on hand to throw out advice..."
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We do. It's called Gopherhole........It's fun.:cool02:
 




Good to hear him address the issue. It was a problem, but there was a lot of changes in the last few days before the game.


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Ok, we forgive you Coach Claeys! Just wanted you aren't too stubborn to admit a mistake. I'm on your bandwagon Coach!
 

Agree with everyone. Admit mistake. Move on.
I'm on board.
 




Also, call a timeout at the end of the 3rd period and force Michigan to punt into the wind. Cost the Gophers 30 yards.
 

EE_Gopher said:
Also, call a timeout at the end of the 3rd period and force Michigan to punt into the wind. Cost the Gophers 30 yards.
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Thought the same thing. I couldn't understand why we didn't take he wind in the 4th quarter to start with. Then we didn't take advantage when given the opportunity.
 

the were some clock mgmnt boners but yeah he is kinda new to the job. Maybe the mistakes caused a lot of ADs around the country to put a line through TClaeys name on the short list.
 

I guess I'm glad he now knows they erred at the end of the game, after the game he said they ran the 2 plays they wanted.

In general terms, it continues to absolutely baffle me how bad coaches are at clock management, I'm not talking about Claeys but just in general. These guys have been around the games their entire lives, and there were jokes about hiring someone off of this board to be his assistant, but in all reality, I bet most posters on this board would know how to manage a clock better than that. Andy Reid has been an NFL head coach for 15+ years and is completely baffled under 2 minutes every single game.
 

how many poor decisions to lose games do we allow experienced coaches? If they lacked recognition and were unprepared for the end of the last game, what other situations are the coaches not prepared for?
 

MaroonGold1 said:
I guess I'm glad he now knows they erred at the end of the game, after the game he said they ran the 2 plays they wanted.

In general terms, it continues to absolutely baffle me how bad coaches are at clock management, I'm not talking about Claeys but just in general. These guys have been around the games their entire lives, and there were jokes about hiring someone off of this board to be his assistant, but in all reality, I bet most posters on this board would know how to manage a clock better than that. Andy Reid has been an NFL head coach for 15+ years and is completely baffled under 2 minutes every single game.
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I agree, but the one thing I will say... I am offensive coordinator at an area high school and my clock management is better watching the Gophers on a Saturday than it is on Friday Nights. It is a totally different animal when you are down on the field, making calls, have a head set on, and surrounded by a bunch of players.
 

station19 said:
Smart people admit their mistakes and learn from them.

I really do think TC deserves a shot.

The Twins already have his initials on their uniforms.
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Not to mention the Tracy Claeys Football stadium! :cool02:
 

MNfootballfan said:
I agree, but the one thing I will say... I am offensive coordinator at an area high school and my clock management is better watching the Gophers on a Saturday than it is on Friday Nights. It is a totally different animal when you are down on the field, making calls, have a head set on, and surrounded by a bunch of players.
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I can appreciate that. I still think a Major College team or NFL team should be able to have 1 person who tells the coach when to call timeouts around the 2 minute warning, when the clock is going to start after a review, etc.

I think Claeys knew the clock was going to start based on his sideline reaction during the review, but its obvious that info never got to Leidner or whoever called the play (Limegrover)
 

I promised myself I wouldn't comment on this game.

But one remark on Tracy's comments: it's too late. You get a chance like that once a decade...maybe.
 


MaroonGold1 said:
I can appreciate that. I still think a Major College team or NFL team should be able to have 1 person who tells the coach when to call timeouts around the 2 minute warning, when the clock is going to start after a review, etc.

I think Claeys knew the clock was going to start based on his sideline reaction during the review, but its obvious that info never got to Leidner or whoever called the play (Limegrover)
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Your last point is still the key one to me. Claeys said he knew the clock would start, Leidner said he didn't think it would be running. Definite breakdown in communication there. Don't know that I have seen Limegrover mention what he thought the clock would do in that situation.
 

MNfootballfan said:
I agree, but the one thing I will say... I am offensive coordinator at an area high school and my clock management is better watching the Gophers on a Saturday than it is on Friday Nights. It is a totally different animal when you are down on the field, making calls, have a head set on, and surrounded by a bunch of players.
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Well then they need to have a consultant drinking beer in the stands. Sorry don't buy it. This is all you do and make 500k a year. Major f up.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Your last point is still the key one to me. Claeys said he knew the clock would start, Leidner said he didn't think it would be running. Definite breakdown in communication there. Don't know that I have seen Limegrover mention what he thought the clock would do in that situation.
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Any one who knew the clock was going to start would not have called that play, and Claeys clearly knew the clock was going to run (he was yelling at players to hurry up when the official was explaining the ruling post-review). Which leads me to believe Limegrover called the play... Claeys is not blameless, he is the head coach now and should have heard the play call or tried to call the timeout, etc.
 

I'd like to know how much Claeys knows about the exact offensive play chosen by Limegrover on first down at the 1 yard line? Common sense says one doesn't run a time-wasting play in that situation. Did Claeys not know what the play entailed pre-snap? To me Limegrover has more of an onus on him than Claeys did on that first down call. Suffice it say Claeys now needs to give himself a crash course in his teams offensive football with enough knowledge to override Limegrover should the situation arise.

Claeys will get another shot at pressurized clock management again. Hopefully this Saturday.
 

norman dale said:
I'd like to know how much Claeys knows about the exact offensive play chosen by Limegrover on first down at the 1 yard line? Common sense says one doesn't run a time-wasting play in that situation. Did Claeys not know what the play entailed pre-snap? To me Limegrover has more of an onus on him than Claeys did on that first down call. Suffice it say Claeys now needs to give himself a crash course in his teams offensive football with enough knowledge to override Limegrover should the situation arise.

Claeys will get another shot at pressurized clock management again. Hopefully this Saturday.
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That's my guess, Claeys likely heard the play call, probably didn't even realize the shifting that would happen. I mean if Leidner throws it a little deeper/higher, the damn game ends on that play
 

norman dale said:
I'd like to know how much Claeys knows about the exact offensive play chosen by Limegrover on first down at the 1 yard line? Common sense says one doesn't run a time-wasting play in that situation. Did Claeys not know what the play entailed pre-snap? To me Limegrover has more of an onus on him than Claeys did on that first down call. Suffice it say Claeys now needs to give himself a crash course in his teams offensive football with enough knowledge to override Limegrover should the situation arise.

Claeys will get another shot at pressurized clock management again. Hopefully this Saturday.
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+1. After feeling completely numb for about 30 minutes after the game, I started to get a little clarity. I'm guessing that TC did not know everything about it. He probably knew the basics of the play, which was the "roll to the right, TE goes back to the left," which has an extremely high success rate. He probably heard the play & said "Good, go with it!"

I thought the staff did great nearly the whole night (I will admit, I'm a bit more conservative, so I understand why we run it before the end of the half to ensure a FG attempt & not risk a turnover or running it on 3rd & 6 in the 4th quarter to ensure a FG attempt). But Limegrover needs to know everything about the play and if it's right for the situation, including the pre-snap stuff.

It won't happen again. Hopefully he has a few years to show everyone & this one time wasn't an end-all.
 

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