[CornFed]

The topic is interesting because I otherwise have never given much intense thought to the trade-off between using TO's on defense or offense.  It's occurred to me, and I usually have an immediate gut reaction based almost entirely on the situation that is at hand. 

I would expect that Shaw and other major head coaches have, indeed, given substantial intense thought to this issue and myriad others that they know, based on experience they will face over time.  I suspect that if the critics here had the chutzpah to confront Shaw in the tone they are using here, they would come away with their little butts in a sling.  One thing about which I feel pretty confident is that Shaw was making a conscious choice in the TO tactic.  I am pretty sure he would be comfortable defending that choice, even if it had not worked.  But it did.

[CornFed]

The topic is interesting because I otherwise have never given much intense thought to the trade-off between using TO's on defense or offense.  It's occurred to me, and I usually have an immediate gut reaction based almost entirely on the situation that is at hand. 

I would expect that Shaw and other major head coaches have, indeed, given substantial intense thought to this issue and myriad others that they know, based on experience they will face over time.  I suspect that if the critics here had the chutzpah to confront Shaw in the tone they are using here, they would come away with their little butts in a sling.  One thing about which I feel pretty confident is that Shaw was making a conscious choice in the TO tactic.  I am pretty sure he would be comfortable defending that choice, even if it had not worked.  But it did.