what do you hang your hat on? how do you define u

why does it take more energy to play defense. every time i hear this statement, I ask the coach why. and there response is, because that is what I have been told.
then I say, so it really must expend your players to play a pressure style of defense, since it supposedly takes more energy,.

i think the quote it takes more energy to play defense is simply a wives tale. the more plays you run at a defense, the more tired it gets.
however if you huddle, you give them just as much time to rest as you have to rest. so you have a zero sum game.

see i think you preach that qoute enough, it becomes a selfufilling mantra. it is a negative pattern of reinforcement. it is the same thing when coahces say, when you throw the ball 3 things can happen and 2 are bad. well that gets in your qb head.
it is like the minute you tell a kid don't hold, they will go out and hold. you have planted the negative seed in the mind. plant enough seeds and you will sow a habbit.

my philosophy is simple more plays =more chances to score=a greater chance to win.

they do not pay me to run out the clock. it is not like college wrestling were riding time equals points.

it is just my philosophy. you can call me a crack pot, they call mike leach a crack pot as well.

what i hang my proverbial hat on is that I plan to score whenever i am on offense or defense. THe schemes mean nothing, its only a method, but having the philospohy of scoring everytime you can (whether FG, Td, PAT, safety, INt/Fum Rec for TD). Last time i checked, the team with the most points has won the game.

Like many of you guys I started both ways and played all special teams on varsity for 3 years. Though it has been some time since I played I remember being gassed period...offense/defense/special teams etc. Now I think you can "rest" more on offense than on defense. On offense if we were pass blocking and the ball was gone and 30 yards down field what good was I gonna do as a lineman sprinting downfield except clip somebody. So that is when I would take a "rest." Not saying I dogged it and did not hustle (I was Mr. Hustle I have the plaque to prove it). But there are opportunities to recover. On defense you are always running after the ball. On defense you are always at full speed reacting then sprinting to the ball. I also know as a playcaller if I see a defender on the other team out of breath guess where I am callign the next play? Right at him. On offense if you run our TB 6 plays in a row you can then give it to your FB or call a pass and get him some "rest". Then go back to him. I think both offense and defense require the same amount of energy to play, but more opportunities to "recover" are on offense. As a coach I am also more likely to sub my best players out on offense for a play or two. I think it is a huge risk to for example take your best defender off the field for 2 plays on defense. Anyway that is my two cents.

AIRMAN,


TO SAY HS KIDS AREN'T PREPARED FOR NO-HUDDLE IS WRONG. I HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF HS TEAMS THIS YEAR RUN NO-HUDDLE SUCESSFULLY.

AND WITH THE 2 PLATOONING THING. I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS TO GO 2 PLATOON BUT I DO IT. I COACH UP THE KIDS TO DO IT. I ROTATE A LOT OF GUYS IN TO MAKE IT WORK ON DEFENSE.

I agree with your opinion here when you can it is best to rest 2-way players on special teams. However there are small schools where that is impossible. I happened to play at one of those schools and coach at one now.

i understand what you are saying at really small schools. if you have only 20 kids on varsity, I understand you just have to do the best you can.

i have never been in that position. every where i have been I have 11 playing and anywhere from 40 to 60 standing behind me. in that type sistuation, I think I am doing damage to my team by not playing the kinds standing behind me.

i believe special teams are made that is why I spend so much time. the only unit I will play starters on is punt block. 1st team defensive starters. when we go punt block, the returner is on his own so I tell him to make the best of the sitaution or fair catch it.

i just think it is wrong to ask a kid to come to practice every day, buy into the program and then oh, you get to stand on the sidelines on firday night. just my opinion.