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Message: [QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4149805, member: 237"] Yep spot on. One of the problems with both American players and coaches is that they are still learning how to appropriately both understand and execute appropriate spacing. With many still not growing up around the game and a universally football culture- its still a matter of the mind getting in the way of the execution. We for sure have more guys than ever with natural instincts and understanding of spacing and where, when and how relative to possession based football. The same goes for 1 v 1 instincts and touch on the ball. The big thing though and it's something you can analyze in our understanding of the game the way its supposed to be played is that we have to get over that hump of learning vs instinct that brings together players and coaching to that next level. A good analogy for those non footballers who read this thread is basketball in this country. It's a sport many of us have played. I myself was too small and never would have gone anywhere but still have plenty of game in a standard pick up game. You watch a pickup game and you see guys who understand where to make a cut, setting different types of screens, taking their man 1 v 1. You see a PG getting people organized or switching things up. This all in a pickup game of nobodies. When you get to the highest level - it becomes about the size, speed and skill margins. The other stuff, the spacing, general understanding of concepts has been there since grade school. This is what football centric cultures have that we don't yet. We are getting there and do need that next level coach who can bring that with good leadership as well to the growing list of true instinctually and athletically gifted American footballers. [/QUOTE]

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