[common sense]

When I watched Belfry this past Saturday, I thought the same as the bolded and wondered: is that the best O to beat Central? I know the flex bone helps get the RBs outside quicker, but I wonder if Belfry will ever have the speed to get outside Central even using the flex bone. They certainly didn't have it this year. Watching the game, I thought Belfry might have been better off running out of the I more often to pound the middle and then use play action passes to the TEs and SE when the LBers start cheating to stop the run. If you feel you need to run wide to keep Central honest, bring the wing in motion and run a jet sweep type play, or pitch the ball to the TB and use the RB as a lead blocker.

I have a ton of respect for Coach Haywood. His resume speaks for itself. I'm almost embarrassed to be second guessing him. But I've posted that Johnson Central's O may work fine against a lot of teams but it has to be adjusted to beat Highlands and I need to be consistent: should Belfry adjust it's O in anticipation of meeting Central in the state game? Or would such adjustments result in Belfry not even making it to the state game?

I wasn't going to bring up my thoughts until I saw you state what I bolded.

I wondered in a post before the state championship if Belfry would have been better to go back to the tradition bone or the broken bone to help neutralize Central's speed. The flex bone just requires to much east to west running to get to the outside against a defense that has speed at every position. I picked the tradition bone over a I-formation like you mentioned because all of these kids have ran it before and know it well. It would not have been difficult for them to pick in a week.

Let me state for the record and those who do not like dialogue about options to attack your opponent. I am as big a Coach Haywood supporter as you'll find on Pond Creek. I would not have wanted to play for anyone else and hope my son can spend 4yrs learning from him. Coach Haywood has forgotten more about the game than the collective bgr poster will learn in a lifetime. This is just thinking outloud. GB squared.