I think it might work better, in a regular game. In a spring game most fans want to be entertained. Which for most is offensive scores, so a third down stop is kinda a yawn. Though after what we went through last year we might shoulda ,been ecstatic.
not to be insensitive, you said its not easy to get restarted. Though i would imagine with the resources available to him, IE=money,postion he would have.IT would be a little easier, for him than just a every day person.