How I learned to love wristbands

Agreed. I'm a DC and we give the LB's wristbands to signal in the defense, which they call to the team. For years we'd signal in the front with a single-digit number then added another number if we wanted to run a stunt. The problem is that sometimes somebody would make a mistake and mismatch a front with a stunt that we can't run with that front. To avoid that, earlier this year we made everything a double-digit number, including the front and any stunt. Another problem developed, though: Some of our stunts had to be run from the wide side of the field. That had never been a problem until this year when we're loaded with young players. Now, we've added the strength call to the stunt call on the wristband.

Do I feel smart for finally changing? No, I feel like a freakin' idiot for doing it the old way for so long.