There is a now retired coach from De La Salle (you may of heard of him
) he said l, "that the third stringers earned a right in practice and on our scout team to run our offense effectively like it is supposed to be run." He was pretty successful.
However, I don't mind it if we are trying to make a statement (Florida) or (Alabama) wouldn't happen but still.
Football is a game of numbers and ninety percent of the time the calls are being made from hours of pouring over stats on the potential they run cover 4 on 2 and 10 or whatever the case maybe... But I think where most coaches go wrong (where debord went wrong) is getting to sucked into a stats battle in their head instead of calling what they see happening from the opponents defense...
Now there is zero way that I know that's 100% true or anyone else that tries to tell you (past coaches, media, anyone) that they know why the offense looked sluggish at times... Just remember it probably isn't as simple as you think and probably not as sophisticated as you think. Got to love football!