Football Film Study

bigdog23 · #1 01-09-2006, 11:56 AM

Most NFLers seriously beleive in it, but would not a good strategy for the opposiition be to seriously break a tendency at a key point in a game. I sort of ramble but just wondering if their was anyone who played the game at a high enough level to elaborate a bit more.

Kneel B4 Zod · #2 01-09-2006, 01:03 PM

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Most NFLers seriously beleive in it, but would not a good strategy for the opposiition be to seriously break a tendency at a key point in a game. I sort of ramble but just wondering if their was anyone who played the game at a high enough level to elaborate a bit more.

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what is your question?

jedi · #3 01-09-2006, 02:02 PM

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Most NFLers seriously beleive in it, but would not a good strategy for the opposiition be to seriously break a tendency at a key point in a game. I sort of ramble but just wondering if their was anyone who played the game at a high enough level to elaborate a bit more.

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Some teams have an assistant coach track their own tendencies so that they can break from them and stay as unpredictable as possible.

tech · #4 01-09-2006, 02:13 PM

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Most NFLers seriously beleive in it, but would not a good strategy for the opposiition be to seriously break a tendency at a key point in a game. I sort of ramble but just wondering if their was anyone who played the game at a high enough level to elaborate a bit more.

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It sounds good, but it is more complicated than that. First, most coaches avoid making decisions that will expose them to second guessing. That is why they do not go for it on fourth down nearly as much as they should. Second, assuming the coach has a brain (not applicable to all teams [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]), most of the time a team's tendencies are formed around its strengths. So going away from a tendency means going away from your strengths, which is generally not a good thing to do.

bigdog23 · #5 01-09-2006, 02:45 PM

what is your answer?