Letter From Publisher

I may be accused of 'Monday morning quarterbacking,' but, during the 1997 season I saw a growing trend of what I believe to be an under-utilized weapon in the arsenal of coaches: clock management. I remember each time telling myself. 'How can this be?' 'I am not a coach, I must be wrong. These guys are the experts; there must be a good reason they did not do this or did do that.' Yet, certain results or potential results could be avoided with proper time management and the exercise of foresight. Mistakes in clock management can cost a team a game. Moreover, the proper study and use of the science of clock management could win a coach a game or two each season. During week four of the NFL season there was an example that caused me to ask the question, 'What can be done to improve this area of the game?' In the Indianapolis-Buffalo game, the Bills had the ball on their own 46-yard-line,