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How to average 560 yards passing per game We averaged 560 yards passing per game in the 1990s without ever teaching our quarterbacks to read coverage and without ever showing our quarterbacks any coverage on paper. I never showed our QBs a conventional defensive playbook that shows the same conventional defensive diagrams – where Xs […]
We teach all our quarterbacks to “Play out of your Mind” – dual meaning: First meaning: Normalize the abnormal. Pass for outlier stats – #groundbreaking stats that have never been achieved, the kind that people think you’re lying about. Second Meaning: Play out of your conscious mind. Be governed by your subconscious mind. There’s a […]
Success and failure in the conventional Red Zone makes or breaks your team. Success and failure in the conventional Red Zone is one of the top factors that determine won-loss record because your playbook becomes more limited the closer you get to the end zone. The same applies to offense and defense. The closer you […]
The #1 reason for quarterbacks’ failed potential is the coaching addiction to complexity. Football coaches who are obsessed with complicating the game are the #1 killers of QB potential. Quarterbacking is the toughest job in all of sports because of the following 4 unique challenges: QBs are targets of extreme violence on every single play. […]
My first workout in July, 1969, as a dysfunctional, obese 12-year old trying to escape from the physical hell and psychological hell of being #unfit, was as far below Minus-Zero as possible. My first workout was in #TheBasement of my poor illiterate Italian immigrant parent’s old house, a #basement that resembled a dungeon. Not one […]
I want to be a football coach. I want a job coaching football. What do I need to build my coaching career and get hired as a football coach? Those are some of the top 51 questions I have been asked by hundreds of assistant coaches and coaches who I have never met. Here’s the […]
To become an #OffensiveCoordinator, invest 5th Degree Commitment to hardcore extreme intense learning – higher learning and higher learning. Invest with time, effort, money, and every fibre of mind-body-soul. Players deserve an expert #OffensiveCoordinator, not someone with #Fan knowledge. The following are 5 strategies to help you reach #offensivecoordinator expertise: Get a Masters Degree in […]
“We don’t have enough talent†is one of the top 51 sources of evidence that proves an assistant coach is not ready to be an #OffensiveCoordinator. “We don’t have enough talent†is code for: I don’t know how to develop players. I want to take the easy way out and recruit elite players who were […]
The most dangerous threat to your team is a #DefensiveCoordinator who is in love with title and power. The 2 main reasons why most applicants want the job of #DefensiveCoordinator is title and power. The title #DefensiveCoordinator sounds sexy, sounds glamorous. And it gives perceived authority to #CallPlays. The obsession with #CallingPlays guarantees hell on […]
Why do you want to be #OffensiveCoordinator? What is your experience that qualifies you to be #Offensive Coordinator? What is the toughest call you have made on #GameDay as an offensive coordinator? What is your curriculum for building your offense? What is you offensive ideology and why? What are the top 5 challenges that you […]