[HappyGilmore]

How smart do you have to be?

I don't think that I agree with that statement at all.

Depending on what you are trying to do--it can be complicated. But most teams are not trying to use massive misdirection while running the bone anymore. They are trying to be a power football team.

The blocking is extremely easy (if you choose to keep things simple--like most teams do). The QB progression is even easier.

Please explain why you have to be so smart to run the bone as compared against something like Divide, Twins Open? Or the Wing-T?

At Belfry a QB is responsible for making a lot of checks, to determine blocking schemes, and reads within the Belly, Triple Option, and the Veer. The footwork required by a Belfry QB is more difficult than most, but all of the above are things that go relatively un-noticed unless you know what to look for.

BTW.....Belfry has went away from the bone more than once in the past 10 years. In my day we were strictly Pro-I and great success with it.