Word: time-out
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...nonsense high school principle, lecturing his players, lecturing the referees, stalking the sidelines with eagle eyes riveted on the court. In the press room he's James Earl Jones, pontificating, condescending, commanding respect. Roby is tough. He can scream and curse and berate officials, too. But would he call time-out with a 25-point lead to tell off his guards at mid-court? Doubtful...
...sort of like taking time out in a basketball game when the point guard starts shooting air balls. We said, "Let's just shut the damn thing down." Fortunately, we've got longer than a 20-second time-out. We're going back to square one, and we're gonna get it right. And if we can't operate that thing right, we won't operate it at all. You can carry all of this further, away from Exxon, and look at the whole industry's problems. In 1989 there were 368 spills just in New York harbor...
...nonsense high school principle, lecturing his players, lecturing the referees, stalking the sidelines with eagle eyes riveted on the court. In the press room he's James Earl Jones, pontificating, condescending, commanding respect. Roby is tough. He can scream and curse and berate officials, too. But would he call time-out with a 25-point lead to tell off his guards at mid-court? Doubtful...
Princeton Coach Glenn Nelson called a time-out. It almost seemed as if he told his team to lose--the Crimson won the fourth...
...time-out worked. The Crimson players began to concentrate on the task at hand and responded with two goals of their...