[TXMike]

Originally Posted by KurtBryan

Dear Officials:

I am going to try and relay something as gently as possible...

Unfortunately for a few of the the "neysayers" on this board, it appears you have tried to champion a cause to eliminate Piedmont's A-11 offense because you are not in favor of it for your own personal beliefs.

Instead, after yours truly has been asked by your peers and coaches to help review the details about the A-11 on this board and others -you have not taken into account some critical points:

If some people clamor for a rule change to outlaw the A-11 - but after its first season of use the A-11 has been "mostly" viewed as a good thing by the various factions listed in earlier posts (coaches/officials) - then the NFHS will have to be Honest and Diligent in its post-season review, of course as will the CIF. Just like they did in their Pre-season ruling...that not only is the A-11 OK to use, but it does Not violate the spirit of the rules Nor does it make a travesty of the game.

Subsequently it has proved to be fun and exciting.

In short, the NFHS and CIF are not going to be negligent in their post-season review. Instead - and it has been pointed out to me multiple times over the last several months, IF the powers-that-be feel the need, they are going to discuss things with the actual people who had first-hand experience with the A-11, and not simply take the word of people who might not like it but have zero application with it.

Why?

Because the overwhelming amount of coaches and officials involved in Piedmont's games did not have problems with the A-11 and many of them liked it very much for their own personal reasons, and that has been well documented.

Instead, on here, there seems to be some people "banging some pots" because they do not like it, even though they have never coached against it nor officiated an A-11 game.

Do you get my point?

I am not trying to convince the negative people who view the A-11 as not good - because I understand you hold your own personal views.

But there is a real "disconnect" between some peoples' negative perceived view and the fun, positive REALITY of what this new offense has done for the kids and game.

* As promised to the NFHS and CIF before the season began....after the 2007 season using the A-11, we sent DVD copies of our games and a detailed accounting of how things turned out this year. Not only did we follow up by carefully again reviewing the Mission statements for those groups and why the A-11 was a great match on those points for the kids, but also what excellent feedback we had received.

I apologize for being long-winded and I hope these points are not ill-received.

Sincerley,

Kurt

I am sure the XFL, Arena Football, Canadian football, etc may be fun and exciting to many folks but they are not true football and their rules do not have to keep true football in mind when being made/revised. You mght consider taking your offense to some ofthe places that play 6 or 8 man football and where eligibility is not the issue that it is (and should be) in 11 man football.