Thoughts of officals on the A11 offense.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I have officiated a team that ran that offense and I was not impressed. It was interesting, but it did not make the game more exciting. Actually the team that ran the offense lost big time. The reason is because they figured out the basics of the offense and stopped it. And because of the lack of success of the offense, the defensive side of the team was on the field a long time. The team that ran a conventional offense scored 69 points. Part of the reason is that they kept the defense on the field and the offense (that ran the A-11) only has success in the first half. Granted it might have been exciting, but it was not affective. And it was not really difficult to officiate. But I still see the NF changing the rule because at its core, this offense is taking advantage of a rule that was not intended to be used for this purpose. Who cares how entertaining it is, there are other offenses that are exciting without the A-11.

Peace

JRut,

You mention that the winning team scored 69 points and that the losing team lost big time. You did not mention how many points they scored.

I think that the real reason that this team lost was not becaase the A-11 is a poor offense; I think its's because the winning team is vastly a superior team.

We all know that offense wins games; defense wins championships. It seems that the defensive players on the winning team properly adapted to the A-11. They're probably better coached, too.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

JRut,

You mention that the winning team scored 69 points and that the losing team lost big time. You did not mention how many points they scored.

A whopping 21 points. Whoopie!!!!

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I think that the real reason that this team lost was not becaase the A-11 is a poor offense; I think its's because the winning team is vastly a superior team.

We all know that offense wins games; defense wins championships. It seems that the defensive players on the winning team properly adapted to the A-11. They're probably better coached, too.

That might be true, but you cannot advertise and offense as the next coming and have similar results as before. If the claim is that the game is more wide open, I think you should be able to score more than 21 points in a high school football game. That is just my opinion of course.

Peace