Jim, we've talked about this!
Jim,
You know some times this is like beating a dead horse. I think it depends on what rules you go by. I can not sit up here and claim my way is better than your way. That's just not what I do. What I can tell you is there are people in your area who want to play but are geared toward a style of play that declares at the start what the play is.
I think we have the same principles in understanding audibles, hot reads, etc., but differ on philosophies of what happen at the start of the play.
I can only speak from a Shootout rules perspective as that is what I am knowledgeable of. At the beginning of the play, in the Shootout system, we declare at the start what the play is. If we know that the head coach had confidence from the sideline to call a run, well it is a run! If we have confidence that what we see from the defense puts us in a pass situation, we will call pass.
Of course, these calls are always based on what the defense gives us.
I know in your style, you say at the start of the play, the QB has the ball. When you see a guy coming in to hit the QB, you stop the board and then say the RB has it. You say you want to leave your options open if that QB is about to get hit. My argument is that if you've got confidence in your playcalling ability, why would you steadily change who has the ball when one ballcarrier is about to get hit on any given play?
To me, it seems as if that's a way out of rewarding the defense for stopping you at the start of the play by taking the ball out of the QB hand at the last possible moment (even when he has ran in front of the QB).
I just know there are some guys in your area who may want to play against someone like yourself who have come to Texas and played under the ruleset here. They might have a problem making it work using what you were proposing to me.
That's just my opinion.
Reg
|