The Evolution of the Linemen: The Wide Base Linemen

[Reginald Rutledge]

There is so much science in this game that people do not study. I know most do not have the time, they just want to base a player up and turn on the board.

I believe that an athlete can not be constructed by just simply putting a figure on a base but instead, he must be "in tune" with that base.

There is so much you can do in the game which puts pressure on the other team. Based on your rule set, you can exploit so many things. Freddie Penn first approached me about this concept some time ago. As a matter of fact, he utilized it with Miggle shells. It was not as effective but you could see the idea.

So like any mad scientist, I went in the lab to find the perfect solution. I remembered having my own set of bases from 2001 that never hit the market! So many shells, I can not imagine. However, I went into "Frankenstein-mode" and decided to do some creations. This further affirmed my thinking that there was science in the base and figure and he was in turn, an athlete.

I believe if a player can not perform for you and has no functionality, he's just window dressing. I then took what I had and applied the wide base principle of O-Linemen. I saw up close and personal the hand-to-hand warfare between players. I saw how if a player gets under another's chin, he could use leverage to do what he want with that player. He could essentially dominate that player. This happened time and again!

The obvious question is will they stand up okay? Absoulutely! The center of gravity gives them the natural forward push and some where so quick off the ball to get to the defender, it was funny.

I do have to give Jim Davis props because the prongs he provided me as frankensteined mechanisms gave them the power needed under my FF.Net shells.

Imagine, something I had left for dead was now a part of the evolution of my own power base. Here are some of the O-linemen. Now, I've got 3 different sets of O-linemen.

A. The downlinemen
B. The pass blocking linemen
C. The wide-base linemen

What a find!

[Electric Coach]

Hey Reggie,

The linemen look great with their legs spread in their stance, but are they stable? I think when the board is switched on they may tip forward because they are standing on ITZ dials.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

[Jim Davis]

when reg put that fig on the field and said what you think and i said what kind of base are going to used he said lets make one and we put this thing together and it worked very good, reg is the man for coming up with this kind of ef stuff and when he maid the 5 O.L.
no one was getting pass that line. they are very strong and can block there ********** off.

GREAT JOB REG

I like where you guys are going with this. These guys look like they can open up some real holes.

AJ

[Reginald Rutledge]

These are FF.Net Rookie Shells and Miggle Prongs. Jim Davis flattened out the prongs on a number of them.

The trick is understanding how to balance them on the right player to make the perfect athlete. When I played the Redskins, Darryl Johnston had 130 yards on 6 carries and 2 TDs. Marion Barber gained 59 yards on 6 carries.

Against the Eagles, I remember towards the beginning of the game, Johnston broke lose on a run up the middle for about 60 yards.

This is in a style of play that a touch is anywhere. I was first introduced to this a number of years ago, about 10, by Andre Pierce from Hampton, VA. Andre came to my home and showed me how he would move linemen forward on bases. It was never the horizontal method that I use to create more line area, though.

But Electric Coach, I would be skeptical if I did not know physics very well. The FF.Net shells are symmetrical which gives a sense of balance to the player. The linemen that I created are from Hawk pose which are pretty symmetrical too. All that is left is the prongs. I let Jim Davis do the "grunt work" cause he's stronger than I am in the arms and that's what he specialize in.

The player squats in a pass blocking mode, gets under the chin of the defensive player, and lifts him up. Nothing is 100% all the time but it was pretty amazingly high. I will do a little video to show you what I am talking about.

Believe me, I am not strictly in to power. I love pulling guards, lateral linemen, wide splits, etc., but this was one of those "moments" that you get sometimes when a light bulb comes to put into your strategy. This was it.

Reg

[Coach K-LO]

I like the science too Reggie........

nice addition to your style of action

I think you have inspired another one!!!!!!


.... oh that would be "Frankenstein bases"

k-lo

[Treks1]

...If this allignment were allowed in competition, would your league rules require any splits or space between the bases?

[Reginald Rutledge]

as long as the arms are not touching or interlocking, players may be close together. Steve, this is allowed under the Shootout system as it was used last weekend in the DFW playoffs as well.

The player was on a base. The bases were no more than a base length apart. No arms were locked. No hands were past the LOS. The center was one yard ahead of the other linemen. the other linemen were 1 yard off the center.

They met the criteria that is used in the Shootout system. It's just one of those things were I had been working on this for quite some time by studying the pros and cons and liked this as another type of linemen for what I do.

Reg

[Treks1]

That would be a real picket fence; avantage offense!

[Geno H]

I would drrrrrroooooollllll on defense facing that O-LINE....




Geno H