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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 562475" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>A LOT of teams run the flex option in HS. Even more teams ran it before. The only reason why more teams in HS don't run the flex option now is the same reason teams in colleges don't run the flex option: Kids just didn't want to play in it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech" target="_blank">https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech</a></p><p></p><p><em><strong>“It’s not going extinct,” says Lou Cella, a sports psychologist and former high school coach who now consults <u>high school teams wanting to implement Johnson’s triple option.</u> “I get calls every day—people want to do it.”</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Cella estimates that as many as 1,000 of the 14,000 high schools sponsoring football run at least some vestiges of the triple option. </strong>At the college level, where players have a choice about where they go to school (and in a time when, as Johnson says, everyone wants to be a wide receiver), it's harder to maintain. The sizzle factor is the option family’s toughest hurdle in a world enamored with passing statistics and wide-open play. For purists on the other hand, even slight variations on the old theme tarnish the essence of the option for some. There's no hiding which side Cella falls on. “Shotgun triple option is pure communism,” he says. “The more boring you are, the more yards you’ll accumulate.”</em></p><p></p><p>CPJ's system flat out wins. It does. Unfortunately, football is a voluntary sport. If you run something kids don't like, they won't play. Sad, but true. On the local level, St Pius runs it:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]qOj6V4VxBKI[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>CPJ's offense can be as simple or as complicated as a coach wants it. Just like any other offense. If you don't believe me, just do a quick google search of Chip Kelly, or Urban Meyer's, or whoever Nick Saban's offensive coordinator is playbooks. Smart coaches tailor the offense to the level of the players they have. The quicker the kids can pick it up, the more you implement.</p><p></p><p>This whole flex option vs "pro" style offense and which one is more complex or more "high schoolish" is dumb. If you don't think Ralph Friedgen's offense is complex, then you should ask all the QBs and OLs he used to yell at on the sidelines.</p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p></p><p>Also, let me add. If a coach is making his system so complicated that kids can't execute it at a proficient level, then what's the point? That's just self defeating. (See: Al Groh)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 562475, member: 360"] A LOT of teams run the flex option in HS. Even more teams ran it before. The only reason why more teams in HS don't run the flex option now is the same reason teams in colleges don't run the flex option: Kids just didn't want to play in it. [URL]https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech[/URL] [I][B]“It’s not going extinct,” says Lou Cella, a sports psychologist and former high school coach who now consults [U]high school teams wanting to implement Johnson’s triple option.[/U] “I get calls every day—people want to do it.”[/B] [B]Cella estimates that as many as 1,000 of the 14,000 high schools sponsoring football run at least some vestiges of the triple option. [/B]At the college level, where players have a choice about where they go to school (and in a time when, as Johnson says, everyone wants to be a wide receiver), it's harder to maintain. The sizzle factor is the option family’s toughest hurdle in a world enamored with passing statistics and wide-open play. For purists on the other hand, even slight variations on the old theme tarnish the essence of the option for some. There's no hiding which side Cella falls on. “Shotgun triple option is pure communism,” he says. “The more boring you are, the more yards you’ll accumulate.”[/I] CPJ's system flat out wins. It does. Unfortunately, football is a voluntary sport. If you run something kids don't like, they won't play. Sad, but true. On the local level, St Pius runs it: [MEDIA=youtube]qOj6V4VxBKI[/MEDIA] CPJ's offense can be as simple or as complicated as a coach wants it. Just like any other offense. If you don't believe me, just do a quick google search of Chip Kelly, or Urban Meyer's, or whoever Nick Saban's offensive coordinator is playbooks. Smart coaches tailor the offense to the level of the players they have. The quicker the kids can pick it up, the more you implement. This whole flex option vs "pro" style offense and which one is more complex or more "high schoolish" is dumb. If you don't think Ralph Friedgen's offense is complex, then you should ask all the QBs and OLs he used to yell at on the sidelines. EDIT: Also, let me add. If a coach is making his system so complicated that kids can't execute it at a proficient level, then what's the point? That's just self defeating. (See: Al Groh) [/QUOTE]
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