That's a great point MLP! After watching the first quarter of most offenses, NFL, college or High School it is fairly easy to see what they need to do and will likely do on most situations.
There was a six-man coach who use to speak at all the coaching clinics giving defensive lectures on how to play and defend against our offense at RS when Tyler played. He mentioned several times how he recommended you should play D against Tyler. After one of these sessions Tyler called me and requested a serious man-to-man talk about our offense for the upcoming year...I think he was going to be a junior. We sat down and with a most concerned look began to lay out his anxieties after hearing what this coach said about our system.
I thought for a moment and said that we should probably give up and accept the cold hard fact that he was right and therefore we were doomed if we met in the playoffs. Tyler sat back and just staired before saying, "dad stop playin, Im serious." He had two concerns: one was how we usually adjusted his depth from the LOS according to the play call. How this was spotted by the coach mentioned and was telling the whole six-man world. The other was that this fact that we did adjust his/their depth could be recognized and relayed to the defense.
I told Tyler that I often knew what the opposing O was going to run, but was impotent to relay that info in time to make a difference. The time required to realize--relay--absorb and adjust was too slow and would only cause chaos to our defense. That yes of course the coach might know the next play occasionally, but it was of no value. Our minds must have a second or two to connect new info to some thing we already have in our heads...some prior knowledge before we can use it to profit.
Time proved that knowing and using are a gulf apart.
We played that team three years in a row and scored 66, 58 and 98 points for an average of 74.
Now it must be made clear that this has nothing to do with a pre-game defensive plan generated by a football program. Those are as valuable as gold to a defensive scheme and will hurt a good offense tremendously. The difference is that with those the defensive call is made before the offense even lines up so that the D has ample time to absorb the coach's call. It is based on down, distance and what their O has run in the past in those situations. I wish I had had one at Follett. Now Hudl offers that capability but requires some effort to prepare and most coaches dont make the time.
There was a six-man coach who use to speak at all the coaching clinics giving defensive lectures on how to play and defend against our offense at RS when Tyler played. He mentioned several times how he recommended you should play D against Tyler. After one of these sessions Tyler called me and requested a serious man-to-man talk about our offense for the upcoming year...I think he was going to be a junior. We sat down and with a most concerned look began to lay out his anxieties after hearing what this coach said about our system.
I thought for a moment and said that we should probably give up and accept the cold hard fact that he was right and therefore we were doomed if we met in the playoffs. Tyler sat back and just staired before saying, "dad stop playin, Im serious." He had two concerns: one was how we usually adjusted his depth from the LOS according to the play call. How this was spotted by the coach mentioned and was telling the whole six-man world. The other was that this fact that we did adjust his/their depth could be recognized and relayed to the defense.
I told Tyler that I often knew what the opposing O was going to run, but was impotent to relay that info in time to make a difference. The time required to realize--relay--absorb and adjust was too slow and would only cause chaos to our defense. That yes of course the coach might know the next play occasionally, but it was of no value. Our minds must have a second or two to connect new info to some thing we already have in our heads...some prior knowledge before we can use it to profit.
Time proved that knowing and using are a gulf apart.
We played that team three years in a row and scored 66, 58 and 98 points for an average of 74.
Now it must be made clear that this has nothing to do with a pre-game defensive plan generated by a football program. Those are as valuable as gold to a defensive scheme and will hurt a good offense tremendously. The difference is that with those the defensive call is made before the offense even lines up so that the D has ample time to absorb the coach's call. It is based on down, distance and what their O has run in the past in those situations. I wish I had had one at Follett. Now Hudl offers that capability but requires some effort to prepare and most coaches dont make the time.
