[CoachA]

With all due respect, the option is a very good offense against your average teams that are not very discipline! But when you get to regionn, semi's and or state championship game teams that are physical and play assignment football will shut that offense down because of its predictabilty.

With even more respect:

Sir, ALL football is "assignment football". Each person on the defense has a zone, man, or gap assignment. A team must be very disciplined as you say, to defend ANY scheme. They must be even MORE disciplined to defend an options scheme. Why do you think the under-talented military academies employ an option offense? -It's because it gives them the best chance to be successful against teams with more athletic talent. Please do a google search to find several teams that are traditional power-houses across the country who emply an option attack... you will find that they do quite well in their respective state play-offs.

With that said, I have personal preferences with regard to scheme, but scheme is not nearly as important as the passion and character of the coach. You can go across the country and find coaches who run "Scheme A" that can't win a game... you can find someone in the same state who wins consistently with the same stuff. I believe it is insanely foolish to say "because Coach Joe runs the Wiggle-Bone Offense, he can't get deep into the playoffs around here".

I have been around coaches that can draw up a playbook on a napkin while eating lunch and beat most of the teams in his district because he connects with and loves his players so profoundly that they will play 3-notches above their talent level for him. They also work harder in the off season, play better on the road and recover from injury faster... all because they love each other like brothers and love their coach like a dad. Find someone like this to coach your kids and it won't matter what scheme he runs... they'll be successful on and off the field...

...and they'll become the kind of men you want coming around to see your daughter...

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