In his second season as the New York Jets‘ head coach, Robert Saleh made some clock-managing mistakes on gamedays that drew him the ire of fans.
However, according to a recent study by The Ringer, Saleh might be getting too much flack for his clock management.
The article, by Steven Ruiz, analyzes the value that timeouts have on a team’s chances of winning the game. It concludes that timeouts are most valuable when used in the final four minutes of a half – and by a wide margin, too. This means that if a timeout is used prior to the final four minutes, it lays a significant dent in the team’s win probability.