Biggest decision for coach is which offense to use

All the football I continue to watch and write about and have coached and was a player I would have to conclude that I’m not genius on either side of the ball which ironically balls don’t have sides. I think the biggest decision for any coach is deciding what offense to commit to and how to orchestrate a play calling scheme that is beyond random mixing and matching and catching defenses off guard. That’s why I propose an intelligence test for would be coaches as part of the application screening process and if they score in the dull normal range they can still be hired to lead young men just find a person who has a concept or clue how to exploit defensive alignments, adjustments, blitz packages and disguises of pass coverage to implement the offense and call the plays.

DUNK A DOUGHNUT- I have seen so many success stories of individuals who go from flaccid and fat to firm and fit but take your eyes off those cowboys for a couple of years and there’s not a broke back horse who could walk them across the corral without suffering sway back. My theory is that eating tasty stuff in large portions throughout the day is great fun which is why psychologist lists the drive for food as Drive One and drive for sex as Drive Two. It takes time consuming discipline to maintain ideal fitness which is why those inclined to make lists and set short term goals every five minutes have greater success. And if fat is home base for a person, they will sooner than later eat a hoagie with a side of potato salad, drinks a soda then chomps down a Tastykake and lick the wrapper and usually nothing dramatic happens in any perceptible way. The person feels the same and they don’t even have to let out a belt loop or two. And so that is repeated a hundred times followed by the depression then it is seriously on and before you know it an 80 pound blob has smothered them  like mayonnaise on a backed potato. So they reach for the bacon bits because the road back is just too steep

SNIPPETS-Cowboys interim Head Coach Jason Garrett was born in Abington, Pa which is pretty close to being interesting. Norman Robinson who was at Cape in the early seventies and grew to be close to 6’8” was in Cowboys camp in the early seventies. The Eagles will play their subs in the final game against the Cowboys but with only 53 players allowed to dress it’s not like a pre season game so lots of good guys will get plenty of minutes. If the Eagles win their home game on wildcard weekend and go and beat the Bears and if on the other side the Saints get all the way through as a Wildcard then the eagles would host the NFC championship game. The Eagles played in the NFC title game four years in a row from 2002 through 2005 losing on the road to the Rams in 2002 29-24, at home in the last game at the Vet to the Bucs in 2003, 27-10, at home again in 2004 in the first game at the Linc to the Panthers 14-3 and finally in 2005 at the Linc beat the Falcons 27-10. And lastly in 2009 The Eagles lost in the Championship in Arizona 32-25. That was McNabb quarterbacking the Eagles to five NFC championship game appearances in 8 years. Eagle fans in their lifetime will never see another quarterback do that. I was working the press table inside the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center last Wednesday night at the Governors Challenge Maryland versus Delaware three day tournament sitting baseline between two portable courts and two games running at the same time. It was pretty sensory overload kind of stuff. Two sports writers sitting to my right and a Salisbury cop were simultaneous wireless laptop watching and listening to UTube discussing the heavy metal nineteen eighties merits of Motley Crue, Kix and Depeche Mode. I don’t know why but I was feeling like Ralph Friedgen singing a Dylan song,” People are crazy and times are strange I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed.” Here’s one thing that will never change: “Go on now,git!”