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Haven't read the article yet.
Haven't seen the A-11 in Arizona, but we were briefed on it in the preseason and I heard there were maybe a couple of schools using it.
My only opinion on the coach in question is that he sure seems to stir up more indignation in this forum than I can personally muster, but that's fine. He found a new method of doing things, and that's fine, too.
I don't think the A11 is a travesty or makes a mockery of the game. It's an innovation, like the single wing was and the t-formation was and the shotgun was and trips and the h-back and any number of other things that have happened since Walter Camp. No more, no less.
It does seem to go against the spirit of the rule which is being exploited, but we have a process for that. In the history of this game, rules have been made, people have found ways around them, and the rulesmakers adjust. 'Twas ever thus.
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