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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 4219071, member: 874"]
I don't need to. I know that it wasn't stopped and other offenses that were previously more conservative were forced to adapt because of it, regardless of what theory a column proposes.

Did you not just say in post 114 you can't explain what exactly defenses have done to stop it? If you can't explain the what or the how, is it possible you are mistaken in your insistence that the scheme was simply figured out?

Players and coaches are not robots. Football isn't as simple as plug in scheme and if mine is better than yours I win. There are so many factors that determine success or failure. Scheme, the coaches' ability to teach it, the coaches' ability to teach position specific technique, the players' ability to absorb it, player buy in/commitment, physical athletic talent, game planning, in game decision and adjustments from coaches and players, etc.

In this era of advanced stats, I think, in looking at the plethora of numbers, people forget about the nuanced human element of sport, especially on the college level. Anyone that has lined up against an opponent on a court or field understands that. It's an over simplification to state success or failure of an offense is that the scheme was just figured out.
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