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<blockquote data-quote="1939hotmagic" data-source="post: 392536" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>It's interesting when one pulls on a "cyberstring" to see what's unearthed. And isn't.</p><p></p><p>Apparently coach Alexander, unlike many of his counterparts, never wrote a book about his coaching philosophy, preferred schemes, etc. A pity, because he had a reputation of being rather innovative, and his "inverted quarterback" measure was not common; indeed, leafing through the books of several popular and successful coaches of the 20s, 30s, and 40s, I haven't seen anyone mention or diagram a play with that approach. (If any of you hardcore Xs and Os guys do, please fire away.)</p><p></p><p>One interesting wrinkle: In the early 1940s, coach Tom Conley at John Carroll University stirred up a little media attention with his "Diamond T" formation using, yes, an inverted quarterback. A local newspaper's story about it was picked up by the Associated Press and the story popped up as filler in a few newspapers around the country. There was no mention of Tech and coach Alexander having used it. Here's the wrinkle: Tom Conley was a sophomore at Notre Dame in 1928, a reserve on the team when Tech defeated the Irish, when Tech used the reversed QB as you can see in the video in the original post. It's not much a mental leap to think that Conley was thinking of what Tech did in 1928, as he probably saw it happen in person.</p><p></p><p>It's really astounding that there's so little information about the inverted QB scheme. A little bit can be seen in old film clips, a a few newspaper stories, and -- in 1946 some grad student at Oregon State wrote a paper proposing use of the "Diamond T inverted quarterback offense" particularly at the high school level. He even included some suggested plays, and spent several pages on the center-QB snap. </p><p></p><p>OK, so much for distracting you from recruiting news with this antiquarian football arcana. You may resume your regularly scheduled anarchy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1939hotmagic, post: 392536, member: 1792"] It's interesting when one pulls on a "cyberstring" to see what's unearthed. And isn't. Apparently coach Alexander, unlike many of his counterparts, never wrote a book about his coaching philosophy, preferred schemes, etc. A pity, because he had a reputation of being rather innovative, and his "inverted quarterback" measure was not common; indeed, leafing through the books of several popular and successful coaches of the 20s, 30s, and 40s, I haven't seen anyone mention or diagram a play with that approach. (If any of you hardcore Xs and Os guys do, please fire away.) One interesting wrinkle: In the early 1940s, coach Tom Conley at John Carroll University stirred up a little media attention with his "Diamond T" formation using, yes, an inverted quarterback. A local newspaper's story about it was picked up by the Associated Press and the story popped up as filler in a few newspapers around the country. There was no mention of Tech and coach Alexander having used it. Here's the wrinkle: Tom Conley was a sophomore at Notre Dame in 1928, a reserve on the team when Tech defeated the Irish, when Tech used the reversed QB as you can see in the video in the original post. It's not much a mental leap to think that Conley was thinking of what Tech did in 1928, as he probably saw it happen in person. It's really astounding that there's so little information about the inverted QB scheme. A little bit can be seen in old film clips, a a few newspaper stories, and -- in 1946 some grad student at Oregon State wrote a paper proposing use of the "Diamond T inverted quarterback offense" particularly at the high school level. He even included some suggested plays, and spent several pages on the center-QB snap. OK, so much for distracting you from recruiting news with this antiquarian football arcana. You may resume your regularly scheduled anarchy. :) [/QUOTE]
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