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Tony Sparano Q&A: Why Wildcat is so successful

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Pretty good answer by the head coach.
(On why the Wildcat continues to work) - "I think it is tremendous. . . one of things in our league that I think goes overlooked is misdirection and misdirection runs. When you are game planning or putting your together misdirection is something you are always looking for, striving for. I remember sitting in a room in Dallas and game planning and misdirection runs and how our fullback takes us to the run all the time. Having to sit there and think we really need to do 'this', we need to run the split belly, we need to get away from the fullback and we need to do some of 'these things.' I think the Wildcat it takes you away from some of those things and gives you the misdirection. In other words you are not going to follow the fullback in the Wildcat and get the answer. Sometimes he isn't even out there. Those kind of things, the kind of misdirection and the use of it, strong side run, weak side run, downhill run. I think that is what makes it most effective. I could care less what other people think of it, but that is the answer to your question."
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-tony-sparano-qa-101309,0,7147094.story
 
great answer!! I love that he could give a sh** less what anyone thinks of it
 
I love the extra time out analogy. People say the WC get the QB off rhythm, meanwhile the QB and coaches are game planning with the extra break. Sounds pretty smart to me.
 
Here is a little blip I heard on XM radio this morning I believe. I think it was the old LB from the Giants who was giving us some love before they had Akin Aydole on.

They were talking about the other night where Henne was on after the game with the ESPN crew where they asked him about how he handles coming in and out of the game because of the WC. Well, most of us watched what Henned said but what they talked about this morning was that when Henne is on the sideline, he is getting the next few plays that are drawn up by Henning while he is seeing what the WC is doing.

Henne gets the play right away and he goes right in with no time lost on getting the play. No delay of games. Henne is ready for the play cus they practice it in practice so he is ready to go. Some of the players like Camarillo and Hartline also come in with Henne so they know if something is designed to go to them.
 
RUDEbyallMEANS said:
I don't like that he is explaining why the formation is good.... Let the opponents take time to figure it out.
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I think you missed the key point. You cannot plan for misdirection. It removes the ability of the defense to use tells developed during film study. The key to the formation is the talent of the middle of the offensive line and the talent of the running backs. How does a defense beat this formation?

  1. Dominate the center and the guards. Blow them of the ball into the backfield.
  2. Run blitz the edge of the formation.
  3. Beat the blocks of the WRs.
It was easy for Baltimore to dominate Satele, EK, and Allenman. I do not know of a single team that has the defensive talent to dominate Grove, Smiley, and D Thomas. He is not telling any defensive coordinator a secret. Everyone of the defensive coordinators in the NFL know how to stop the formation, but none of them have the personel necessary to stop it.

Actually, the Vikings might have enough talent to reign it in a little bit. Maybe even stop it.
 
I sort of wish we spent more time on posts like this, talking about why it works instead of who the latest "Celebrity" has been is claiming it's a gimmick. Jaworski won't let it go, claiming he knows how to stop it. Well, maybe someone will hire him. Meanwhile, his partner in the booth (a superbowl winning coach) loves the WC.

Look at Miami's O-line and how they are driving guys forward. They dominated the Jets D-line. This offense works and is giving some great time control results.
 
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