re: Who Watched "The Experts" last night on ESPNU...

They broke down North Carolina game, they were actually more critical of Davis and UNC for not speeding up play at end of the game. The UNC drive before the onside kick drained a lot of time off the clock. They think UNC could've got an extra possession and it wouldn't have come down to the last play.

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watched it, and it left me sick to hear how poorly Les is deemed in their minds. throughout the show there were multiple references to poor coaching, and there is no question that the penl of experts think Les is an idiot.

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I kinda got that feeling...

Yeah, up by 20 going into halftime and ya'll are worried about 8 frickin seconds. Some of you will stop at nothing to find things wrong with LM. Like anyone would have had the foresight that the game would come down to the last 2 plays. In that situation, with us getting the ball to start the 2nd half, most coaches wouldn't have even called a timeout. Now if you wanna be pissed off, be pissed off at the playcalling and personnel decisions in the 4th quarter.

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uhhh...watch it again. and next time don't just make shite up.

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frick you're going to put 90% of these punks out of business if they can't make shite up.

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Yeah, up by 20 going into halftime and ya'll are worried about 8 frickin seconds. Some of you will stop at nothing to find things wrong with LM. Like anyone would have had the foresight that the game would come down to the last 2 plays. In that situation, with us getting the ball to start the 2nd half, most coaches wouldn't have even called a timeout. Now if you wanna be pissed off, be pissed off at the playcalling and personnel decisions in the 4th quarter.

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You and Miles have the same problem. You don't need foresight to worry about the last 2 plays, you need to grab every opportunity to make sure it never gets to that. You don't rely on the first possession of the second half, you competently manage the clock to give yourself every opportunity to score as many points as possible. The 20 point margin is so irrelevant it's comical.

you act like 20 points is some awesome cushion. of course you try for points before the half when unc has 4th down with a 1:40 left. give me a break. that much isnt even a discussion.

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You and Miles have the same problem. You don't need foresight to worry about the last 2 plays, you need to grab every opportunity to make sure it never gets to that. You don't rely on the first possession of the second half, you competently manage the clock to give yourself every opportunity to score as many points as possible. The 20 point margin is so irrelevant it's comical.

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ooooooo, nice.....

I've got zero problem with Miles saving a timeout for the offensive possession instead of using it before the punt. It's a valid strategy to leave your offense with a timeout to use in case they need it. I would have also been OK using the timeout before the punt to save time leaving no timeouts. There's no right or wrong way to do it in that situation. It's just different philosophies.

Where I do have a problem, is not pounding into your QB's head to be smart with the football and realize the tradeoff between losing precious seconds off the clock vs. getting a couple yards on a dump pass to your RB who gets tackled in bounds. The 3 yards Ridley got on the dump pass was not worth the 20 seconds that ticked off the clock having to get everyone lined back up. You throw the ball away, and try your hand at 2nd and ten with more time on the clock, rather than 2nd and 7 with the clock running.

Ultimately, it didn't matter because of the boneheaded INT throwaway attempt.

I'm no defender of Miles' game management skills, but I don't see the issue here.

The argument of whether Miles should have used his last timeout after 3rd down could go either way IMO. The goal of using your timeouts is to make sure you have enough time to run your 2-minute drill and get in FG range. At the same time, all things being equal, you'd much rather have a timeout left than have none -- yes there are ways to stop the clock with no timeouts, but there are also scenarios and things that happen where having that TO would be extremely advantageous. So with 1:40 left after 3rd down, there's no doubt that we could keep our last TO and still have enough time to run the 2-minute and put points on the board. And we would have had a shot at a FG had the offense not botched the drive.

As for the 8 seconds that ran off before using the last timeout, it's pretty clear he was trying to call it, and that type of delay is pretty common.