Why coaches dont give the tweaker credit but give props to the painter

When you purchase a bag of bases, it's like 24 6-year-olds showing up for their very 1st day of Pee Wee Football. They've watched their Dads watch football and they've displayed some interest in catching the ball with their faces over the years and now that they're of legal PWF age, Dad signs 'em up and here you are.

They all have 2 hands, arms, legs and feet (each) and it's YOUR job to "teach" them how to use 'em. Or you can just throw a ball in the middle of them and tell half of them to run a "Pro Right TE Motion 32 Counter Trap" and the other half to run a "4-3 Under All Out Blitz" and see what happens.

You gotta "coach" 'em. Tweaking bases is like teaching your LT proper footwork to protect your QB. Or your RDE how to "rip" through that LT's block. Or your RB to be patient up to the line and once he sees daylight "burst" through the hole. Or your FS (on or off a magnet) has to "learn" or be taught how to take the proper angle to make the sure tackle. THAT'S ALL COACHING! To me, at least.

If I try to run a Sweep Left and everybody hits their hole but the RB cuts back into the pile in the middle, I gotta coach him. I gotta turn his base over and brush the prongs or adjust the wheel a lil bit. That's just like Vermeil telling LJ to follow his blocks and don't cutback. Or Cowher telling The Bus that he had daylight to the outside. Or Ditka telling Payton that there were more guys on the outside to punish. Etc, etc, etc. THAT'S COACHING.

That's the way I see it. We all do the same thing, but might just call it something different. I call it "coaching."