Saddest T I ever gave

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'd agree with you if it weren't for the absolute success of the process here. It wasn't my idea, and I don't disagree that it shouldn't be necessary, but getting teams out of a huddle is rarely an issue now. And when it is, there's never any complaining when the ball gets put down. They knew it was coming, and usually I hear a fan behind me, "He's counting!"

It's like anything -- if the coaches don't believe you'll use ROP or that you'll give it to the other team before they're ready, what do they have to lose by ignoring the horns? But once the coaches believe that ROP will actually be used, it becomes unnecessary as they don't want to take a chance.

Has anyone seen a designed ROP play? I could see a coach putting together a plan in the expectation that the other team wouldn't really be ready for an orchestrated act rather than a panic driven throw in . . .