[bucslover68]

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.


:popcorn:

It's all good...a form of the Wildcat could be good with this team... They have run the Tom Cat before with Thomas Varney.