What Offense to run......How do u know

There are certain things an offense can do every time, and certain basic principles. This is a bit exaggerated, but, broadly, outnumbering the defense will always be successful. This comes in many forms, flooding a zone with pass patterns, having two receivers "pick" or "rub" one defender, having two blockers double-team a defensive player at the point of attack, and letting two players option off of one defender. In each scenario you can make the defense wrong, every single time.

The hard part is that the D has a counterpart for the ball carrier, so a good D will avoid these situations and have everyone accounted for. If your QB is not a threat to throw or run (or both!) then you make it more difficult for yourself. Same with players who cannot block or eligible receivers or runners who cannot run or catch.

This is where deception comes in, which is really just an attempt to make the defense honor all your players and also maybe even defend against things you're not even doing. Fakes of all kinds are very important.

Finally, players win games, so offensively you need ways to get the ball to good players. Some players are tough, hard nosed, inside runners, some are quick guys great in the open field, some have great hands, some have great vertical speed, some are great and powerful blockers, some are great trappers and pullers. Be flexible enough to play to the strength of your players. Emphasize what they do well.

With those ideas in mind you can really run just about any offense. From there it is what you and your staff can coach and what you choose to spend the most time developing. Time becomes the great limit of what you can do on offense. But if you can come back to those principles and core things that an offense can always successfully do, and put your kids in the position to do well, then you will have a successful offense, whatever it is.

For me it was easy...we were always considered "good" when i was in jr high and high school...but the great teams were very physical, could really grind on us and as a tiny dback it put the fear of multiple lead blocks in my blood. power football was about great angles and superior numbers...then the stinkers could hide the ball well too...that bothered me a ton. anyhow, i had also played some dline and oline as a kid...i knew the devestating effects of traps and double teams and also knew how much fun it was to pull and splatter a de or lber....soooo, my philosophy starts with what happens up front. double teams, pulls, traps and multiple lead blocks thru the hole. for other guys their philosophy might start with pitch and catch with athletes in space...essentially its that simple, you hang your hat on something, be the best at it no matter what you decide to do. beware of trying to run " a little bit of everything" as a new coach...for me, its power football, series football, misdirection football and the play action pass to compliment each series. i believe in limiting mental mistakes by perfecting few plays and schemes, i believe in great blocking and tackling because those are the thing i feel i can control. execution, execution and more execution. thats what wins games. teams that cant execute and rely solely on great athletes arent good year in and year out.