[KurtBryan]

Thanks for the well thought out replies.

I have and do respect everybody who states an opinion and not a personal attack, whether it be like-minded or not compared to mine. Always have and always will.

1. Please be kind enough to drop the "we all know this is about money" lie...either you choose to be of a damaging personality type by spreading lies or you cannot read, either way it is bad news for you. So please drop it...

2. Never did I say we did Not have any illegal WR downfield all season long, but rarely, because each player has a role on each play. And, we teach our ineligibles on each play to block or decoy away from the l.o.s.

3. Yes, I know there are many officials who have played the game and love the game - same goes for us coaches, and the players we work with

4. Thick skin: yes, I understand and my skin is thick and scarred, but then again, most anybody who has coached for 22 years can say that

5. Future of the game and football purists: If we could ask coaches & officials from 25 - 50 years ago or 100 years ago if today's brand of football is pure, I wonder what the answer would be? The game of football evolves at a rapid rate or becomes tiresome...and none of us wants that.

6. Football will hopefully ever evolve and it most certainly will not look the same 10 or 20 years from now - it will either adapt or die, and we know football will not become extinct.

7. On our offense and becoming a note in football history - the game is moving in the direction of the A-11 offense - more spread out - that is why so many people (but not all) who coached against or officiated our games LIVE enjoyed watching it. It is something new. The spread will only become more spread out - not less, etc. But that does not mean that everybody has to Use it or Like it.

8. Is the A-11 here to stay? Nothing will be better for the game than to see it blossom over the next couple of years and then have a national debate within our coaching/officiating fraternity: either for it or against it.

9. Like the officials said who actually worked our games - it is much easier to officiate in person than on a chalkboard.

10. For 21 years I was an under the center - never use the shotgun - type of coach. I saw where the game was going and decided to Join it rather than get swallowed up by it.

11. About realignment of leagues to suit our enrollment. That is done by the sections in the CIF: We have no control over it and that is why the CIF is being sued by another school here in the bay area for unfair something or another....

12. Lastly in the future, maybe football historians will look back at this time period 2000 - 2015 as a key era in revolutionizing the game into a more dynamic high speed sport that maximizes athletic potential while still incorporating blocking and tackling? Will the A-11 be a cog in the wheel of the spread attack style offenses? Yes of course, but will that hurt the game or cause it to morph into something that is Not typical old fashioned football? To be blunt, that has already happened before the A-11 hit the field, so all of us must either adapt or perish because we cannot change.

I for one understand the credo Bill Walsh told me - "To be successful, you need to be flexible."


Thanks for the candor...

KB