[oneijoe]

You have missed my whole point and going back to my posts regarding the Belfry and Pikeville thread you have become very sarcastic towards me....Not sure why...anyway my whole point is that people wanna bash the Haywood model and once again for whatever reason...size, better players, better coaches, etc. Etc. his teams rarely lose and they rarely lose to spread offenses....it's the power teams that give them more trouble...as far at getting healthy regarding losses, I certainly gave PHS and any other team credit if they beat BHS...as far as 09 and 10 go I was merely stating an opinion on those two years shared by most. Pburg has had some dandy teams and if they beat Belfry then they were the better team that year...I don't pretend to be an expert on Belfry football, but I guarantee you no one on this site watches them live more than I do.

I apologize for coming off sarcastic. Don't really intend to, at least, not in a personal way toward you.

And I hope I don't come off as being critical of the "Haywood model". What he does is exactly what a knowledgeable coach should do coaching a school with Belfry's advantages. If your program attracts the most athletic big athletes of anyone else around, the power-based offense and cover-2 5-2 base defense is the way to go. Doing so maximizes the potential of what you have most of for and against the run game while having safeties for insurance against the deep ball. It makes the OTHER team give away what it needs to do (to cover deficiencies and/or get isolations for its good players) early in a game. Coach Haywood/staff, to their credit, usually do a good job adjusting at the half to take whatever they're doing away.

I suppose my ultimate point is... it's not likely to work out to Belfry's advantage if they start changing up their style on either side of the ball. A passing attack, including screens, is not something you develop -just like that-. It's my opinion as long as Belfry continues to enjoy its advantages, it's best served by being Belfry - continue its conservative offense and defense.

Now, EKU's suggestion of some kind of Wildcat package is kind of intriguing. It wouldn't be such a big change for Belfry's offense and would give a bit of a different look to opposing defenses.


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