[Reginald Rutledge]

are saying but I can usually tell who can not pass or come up with creative run plays based on the topic of stacking. That's no knock on the ingenuity of coaches. All I know is that with lateral bases and TTC bases, you can nullify any stacking by running through holes. Also, at least in the Shootout system, the 3-1 audible makes it scary to stack on a SKILLED coach.

Stacking occurs all the time in football, especially when a QB can not pass. Blitzes are stacking. The 46, which the Bears perfected put players in every gap possible! When teams run a 5-2, you can do dog blitzes as well as an array of other defensive schemes.

What many guys who delve into this subject want are big gainers, like 10 yards per rush. Unfortunately, that does not happen in reality. So because you see defenses that completely shut your run game down, instead of devising systems aimed at creating holes and using the equipment that is available, you cry "no stacking".

Last year, Priest Holmes rushed for 1500 in the CBSMF. This is in a stacking-type of system! Larry Johnson had 1,000 yards rushing! His average was high.

If you develop the ability to pass with consistency, I would have no reason to stack! When I played Rookie, Greg Hardmon, and a few others who offered a real ability to pass, I could not stack to stop the run. I had to allow for gaps because I knew I would get burnt.

For the Box passing, those that rely on it too much will get burned too! Jim Davis threw so many interceptions in 2009 because he relied on the Box instead of understanding he was a 70-30 run/pass team. This year, he had a runner over 1000 plus an 8-2 regular season record.

Just observations I have seen over 15 years of having this discussion. NFL, NCAA, high school, and pee wee stack all the time. Players are physically unable to stack like real players because there is just a limited amount of space but they are stacking. You see what you want to see and believe what you want to believe. But for me, the 46 defense tells me everytime that stacking is so real - when you can't pass.

Reg