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Ian Pike Hammer
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scripting the first 15 offensive plays?
Northside Hawk
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I voted yes, but 15 is probably a little high. I would script the first offensive series only. But yes, start with plays that the players have been practicing all week and are comfortable executing.
Fryowa
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No. Bad idea and I can guarantee you high level coaches don’t do anything like that. There are too many variables and you have to be able to react to what the other team is doing.
Anyone who has actually coached a sport from the HS varsity level on up will tell you that a game plan is one thing, but most of the time it gets thrown out the window once you get rolling because the flow chart goes a million different directions.
The Mike Tyson quote is the best analogy, and again, anyone who has coached a competitive sport will agree…
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Anyone who has actually coached a sport from the HS varsity level on up will tell you that a game plan is one thing, but most of the time it gets thrown out the window once you get rolling because the flow chart goes a million different directions.
The Mike Tyson quote is the best analogy, and again, anyone who has coached a competitive sport will agree…
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
It seemed that reports in the past of top coaches who scripted plays scripted maybe 10 plays. And yes these plays are ones they practiced on a lot but many analysts have mentioned that the plays are also used to see how the opposing defenses reacts and maybe changes so you as a coach can be ready to counter their defensive changes.
proudhawkfan21
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There are so many advantages to scripting your first 15 plays that sets up the entire rest of the day. Scoring is a bonus on the first drive of course. Taking notes on how the defense approaches sets, learning their tendencies, setting up counters, reverse, misdirection plays, coaching your QB to see what they do from formations you choose. Invaluable to manage the rest of the game.
proudhawkfan21
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This is inaccurate. Sorry. The best coaches do. Read Bill Walsh's book. It's not about scoring, it's about learning and planning. Play sheets are categorized in so many different ways by so many different coaches. After the initial script of plays you mostly can focus on certain areas of your playsheet.
Robowe
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The Misunderstood Art of Play-Calling
How do some of the NFL’s best offensive minds design their game plans—and gain a sense for when to abandon them?
www.theringer.com
The concept of scripting offensive plays came to the NFL with legendary 49ers head coach Bill Walsh. Entering each game, Walsh would devise a 15- to 25-play script for his offense to follow. “Scripting is planning; it’s contingency planning,” Walsh told The New York Times for a story on play-calling in 1996. “The fewer decisions to be made during the game, the better. You don't want to live by your instincts. It’s isolating each situation that comes up and establishing what comes up.”
At the start of every game, Walsh would simply move down his list of plays until a specific situation—like a third-and-short, for example—arose that necessitated straying from the script. For most play-callers, that’s the way that the system still works.
trj
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The Bill Walsh coaching tree is pretty extensive. Andy Reid, Gruden, Mike Shannonhan(Kyle) and a million other guys go with that 15 play blueprint.
SmokeTownHawk
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I believe in rainbows and unicorns crapping glitter, as well as the Easter Bunny. But scripting plays? Dunno about that one.
okeefe4prez
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It's a subterfuge tactic to make the other team focus on spending an inordinate amount of time watching tape and trying to guess the first 15 plays. Make the defensive coordinator overthink those and overthink what adjustments to show in those first 15 plays. Dude forgets about the rest of the game.
