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In regards to Raceland's qb.. never said he was average, just that he has average abilities, when the lights came on, he played well past his God given talent level. But no joke, he had a 35 yard arm and still threw for over 1,500 yds and 20 TDs this season. My point is, people think spread and think you have to have this great QB to run the system.. that's not true, you have to have a guy with a great understanding of the offense, great decision maker, and some mental toughness. Give me those 3 attributes and I see a guy that can win a lot of games. It just kills me when people say "we don't have athletes to run the spread".. well that's because you are not coaching your athletes to run that type of system. Raceland has been very successful with the Tony Franklin System, because they coach the heck out of it every day in practice. You don't change from Wing T to spread overnight, it takes a lot of good coaching and player commitment to learn. Bad coaches probably aren't going to be successful no matter what system they run.

I don't know about you but I would rather run inside against a 5 or 6 man box than a 9 or 10 man box anyday, despite how many blockers I have a the point of attack. That's like saying would you rather run through a brick wall with a bulldozer or a glass wall with a butter knife.. I'll take the glass wall anyday. The spread forces the defense to defend the ENTIRE field, from sideline to sideline..making those big d linemen pursue and then have to get lined back up quickly for the next play.. with the spread you take advantage of the entire field, just makes more sense to me.

But you're right.. football is football. spread, wing t, power I, wishbone, flexbone.. whatever its all the same. Block, run, throw, catch, score points. Its finding the offense that YOU BELIEVE IN, and that you can get your players to buy into and coaching your butt off at it. And like you said, the players make the plays.. talent makes any offense look good. I think the spread allows you to have a chance to be successful even with less talent and size.