re: Always surprised when teams don’t know when to spike the ball (2 min offense)

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Hey coach. What time do y'all play next weekend?

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Were you always hostile growing up when someone would try to teach something new?

The point is you don't have to be a "coach" to point mistakes of NFL coaches. Hell, look at the Seahawks not giving Lynch the ball at the goal line. Ask Herm Edwards if the Giants should've taken a knee. We've seen coaches not challenge an obvious wrong call by the refs. Some use timeouts when they shouldn't.

These coaches are making millions and are working for Billion dollars entity. And yet, they have weak optimal time management strategy before halftime and end of the game. They should hire a game theory specialist to create some kind of decision tree. I sure Belechik did since patriots always know when to milk the clock and when to stop it. All you have to do is look at the Pats last possession before halftime and their opponents' possession before halftime of each game and you will see that they will alway have a +net points differential year after year. It's not a coincidence.