re: Seahawks' Tom Cable: Spread systems do a huge disservice to offensive players

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Most OL Coaches hate the HUNH and the Spread, because it forces them to teach something different than what they were taught.


I don't think that's true. The coaches I've talked to at clinics and stuff don't like it because it allows a team to gloss over fundamentals and still be successful. It doesn't require any technical knowledge of the game in order to be good at what you do.

That's no good when you're trying to teach an NFL offensive linemen how to read a defense and pick up a blitz when you're running a complicated blocking scheme.

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The problem is they continue to teach "old school" fundamentals when coaching that style of offense. That is why Smart/Saban is having such a hard time stopping the HUNH Offense. Their Defenses go against "old school" fundamentally taught Offenses in practice everyday, and do not recognize the new style techniques of the HUNH.