What happened to the countdown clock???

[saint66au]

The "Pssst" section in yesterdays Age trumpeted that Collo had finally got his way and that the TD scoreboards would finally show a countdown clock, telling everyone exactly how long there was to go. Never eventuated though.

Would have been very handy for a certain someone who had the Saints by +39 1/2...that last 2 minutes when we clung to a 40pt lead were quite harrowing for the poor lad

[Eastern]

The "Pssst" section in yesterdays Age trumpeted that Collo had finally got his way and that the TD scoreboards would finally show a countdown clock, telling everyone exactly how long there was to go. Never eventuated though.

Would have been very handy for a certain someone who had the Saints by +39 1/2...that last 2 minutes when we clung to a 40pt lead were quite harrowing for the poor lad

I didn't think anyone backed us. Tigers went from $2.30 to $1.50

Back on topic.

According to Ch 7, Collo's goons stuffed it up !!

[Enrico_Misso]

I'm totally against a countdown clock.

Keep the mystery in it.
Keep the suspense.
Keep the excitement.

And keep it Australian.

We don't want our game to wind up like American basketball with obese morons all watching the clock and counting down with a hammond organ playing in the background.

[esaint66]

what happened to the countdown clock?

it broke

[Darren]

I was surprised they showed it aswell. o_O

[battye]

We don't want our game to wind up like American basketball with obese morons all watching the clock and counting down with a hammond organ playing in the background.

True, and if Hollywood movies are anything to go by, the last two or three seconds go in slow motion, which is a bit boring for the crowd.

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

Their mentioned it on Ch7 last night during the last qrt.
They said it must have broken down and were not sure if the players were aware that it was not working. So the clock was counting up like normal.

[ace]

Collo has enough trouble counting forwards. What hope did he have of counting backwards.

[saint66au]

Unless its a SAints game and we are a point in front I'm not really a fan..but I cant really see how having it on the scoreboard is going to make a masssive difference

AFAIK the TV feed to the coaches boxes contains the clock..and if they dont then they only need a bloke in there with a stopwatch...so the coaches know..they feed the info to the runners (remember John Barnes and the two minute red cap??)

The crowd?? Well these days every second person at a game has the radio in their ear. They also have access to the clock so they can (and do) tell the listeners how long to go. That info is often screamed out to anyone within earshot if its a close game