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Originally Posted by bill parcells
We will have to agree to disagree on this..but..I want to ask you one question.
Why was there no sense of urgency on offense late in the 4th quarter behind by 2 scores??and I'm not talking about with 4 minutes left,when they ran a draw play to LJ.I mean with 9 minutes left.
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I agree there should have been more urgency with 9 minutes left.
But please don't take this to mean that I agree that Herm Edwards is a bad clock manager. On the contrary, I actually think he's a very good clock manager. People are always focused on going too fast on offense at the end of halves. And this always opens the door to teams to go down the field with 30 seconds left and score a winning field goal (as the Chiefs did to the Chargers the first time they met this year). This happens time and again.
Herm is always focused on avoiding this. He wants to keep control of the ball all the way to the end of the half, and this leads most fans and announcers to think he is going too slow. I know this is a hotly debated topic - I'd be happy to go over specific instances with you if you'd like.
Most of Herm's bad clock mgmt. rep comes from Quincy Carter not knowing the plays in one game against Baltimore (if I remember correctly).