[Husker] Telegraphing plays

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

I suppose you could read it that way, but you could also read it with the 
idea that they're on the same page. 

Every defense has a way they're going to play, something they're going to 
take away, something they're going to give you. If the quarterback knows 
what the game plan is, what you're going to try to do as an offense, then 
why wouldn't he know the play the coach wants to run. Seems to me this is 
more like planning and communication doing well, not that Callahan is 
predictable. 

Is Callahan predictable? Well.... we used to have someone on the list that 
would do a play chart, but they're long gone, so we're making the 
assumption (or not) that he's predictable. 

I would guess that coaches mostly know what the other team is going to do 
most of the time, so it isn't so much a matter of being completely 
unpredictable, but a combination of catching a defense off-guard at the 
same time being successful in execution the base plays you want to run. 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 09/26/2007 10:42:29 PM:

> OWH article:  http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=10142826
> 
>   The following from the above article, spoken about Sam Keller:
> 
>   "It's amazing," Callahan said. "There's been several times where 
> I'll yell a personnel grouping, then I'll begin the formation and 
> then he'll say, 'I got it. I got it. I got it.' He's got the play."
> 
> 
>   Someone had made a remark earlier about Callahan telegraphing 
> plays merely by the formations and personnel. Doesn't the above 
> statement pretty much confirm that when he sets a specific personnel
> group and formation that a predictable play will follow? That has to
> be of enormous benefit to a defense knowing what play is coming. I 
> think it would constitute an unfair advantage, which is why the NFL 
> fined Bill Belechek $250,000 for trying to steal this type of 
> information from opponent's signals.
> 
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