game-time decision

Noun

 * 1)  A decision about the conduct of a sporting event, usually one made by the coach regarding which players will start or will play, or which strategy will be employed, which is put off until the start of the game itself.
 * 2) * 1976, Engel Machol, Shaul P. Ladany, Management Science in Sports, p. 57:
 * A topographical presentation of these contours was used as a game-time decision aid by the UCLA 1972-73 Football Coaching Staff.
 * 1) By extension, any decision that is put off until a point where it can no longer be delayed.