Timeout Prior to Key Defensive Play

[SimpsonElmwood]

I saw this article yesterday and immediately thought about the Cats. We consistently call a timeout prior to key defensive plays, as they did today. If I knew I was going to call a timeout prior to an important defensive play, I'd set up in a different scheme prior to the timeout. I haven't noticed schemes before and after timeouts prior to today, but it looked like we set up the same way in both cases.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/icing-the-play-caller-really-doesnt-work/

I've always thought Fitz's timeout management both unorthodox and predictable.

 

[docrugby1]

Before the timeout , NU was set to double Bell-I cursed the screen when a timeout was called