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Popped up in my memories. What a clinic it was a few years ago. Catching up with @HalMumme and watching Coach Leach in Spring Ball. Along with great friends, and football! 🏴‍☠️ forever.

What it means is that there are lots of elements to playing QB: throwing, presnap read, post snap read, throwing technique, having to make different kinds of throws, anticipation, etc… So a guy that is asked to ‘play quarterback’ more is a guy that has all of those elements in the offense they are being asked to run & have to do the variety more often! Does that make sense?

"Offense is trying to create space. That's what an offense tries to do, is create space — If you can create space, you can do lots of good things. Defense is trying to restrict space... everything you do on offense should be designed to create space." - Mike Leach

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@CoachIvany Can’t draw it up rn, but Randy/Larry are OSWR now screens R/L. Rita/Lisa is Tunnel Screen R/L Snake is 3x1 Mesh Variation: #1 Vapor Trail Dig, #2 Thru, #3 and #1 BS Mesh, RB Wheel Wk Idk what bus is @DrewCPiscopo is a big Leach guy. I’m sure he has film of all of these

Okay football twitter here is the Mike leach sheet Question for the Air Raid Folk What’s: Bus Snake Randy/Larry Rita/Lisa Can someone kindly draw these all up I can translate like 90% of this

@CoachIvany Snake is a mesh variation. It is a unto itself. RDY/LRY Rita/Lisa are screens

I just finished an offensive line manual I wish I had early in my career. Not more plays. Not more scheme. Just a simple system: – Indy – Technique – Combos – Fixes – Friday adjustments No fluff. Comment “OL” and I’ll send it.

QB wrist plan sheet Leach’s game call sheet (8.5 x 11 word document) had a little more—situational calls— But, this is what the QBs carried: open field, red zone, goal line, and 2-point plays Simple/Efficient Very cool that @SawRobertson12 still keeps one on him Respect 🏴‍☠️

This is good stuff & I would just add “there is NO perfect gun footwork that ties into WR steps” like under center! So GUN timing is more MENTAL timing than physical… so the mind should lead the feet in gun, instead of feet leading like under center!

Coach John Calipari is absolutely spot on here. Why would a coach recruit and develop an American high school kid for 4 years when the system now rewards grabbing ready-made pros from overseas, the G League, or the NBA pipeline? If we don’t fix this, we’re killing the entire purpose of college sports.

The great Mike Leach explaining to me what he looks for in a quarterback. He was the GOAT when it came to developing and coaching quarterbacks.

@DrewCPiscopo @CoachTatum90 @PaceNSpace2 @MSUBobcats_FB @Run_TheDamnBaII @TheLastFullback @FilmHistoric @txhsfbchat 💯 @DrewCPiscopo Old 60 combo coverage. Got to have progression inside the concept. Probably a fast ball to the H on the slant.

@CoachTatum90 @PaceNSpace2 @MSUBobcats_FB @Run_TheDamnBaII @TheLastFullback @FilmHistoric @txhsfbchat Unless you can completely fool them like Oregon did against Texas Tech. Gave Morton a man look on the bottom and then played inside man and sunk the corner.

@MSUBobcats_FB runs a perfect Red Zone man beater “China” or “Corner” to win the FCS National Championship on 4th & 10!!

Been running gap schemes against odd fronts with these rules for years! Don’t solo block a play-side tackle down on a 3T/4i when the guard has to double the nose. Arc the tackle out, and kick/trap the B gap! The angles are exponentially better. #WideZoneWarriors

There’s a lot of good football out there. The problem is, you can’t be good at all of it.

MIKE LEACH ON EMBRACING HARD "Nothing is really fun unless it's hard ... You're pushing yourself. All of a sudden you're making great plays. You're doing things that you've never done before... Never hope that it's easy." ~ via @WSUCougarFB and @DrewMaddox

Another fascinating question to watch OCs answer is, How are you going to handle pressure? I see some teams approach by leaving more guys in to block… I used to hate this bc that meant less guys to put pressure on backend & also just bc you leave a TE in doesn’t mean you are more solid on the interior or it can put a good pass rusher on a lesser pass blocker! But of course, I can understand the theory… I used to like to get more guys out, force the other team to cover the whole field & possibly get big plays on short throws! Get the Rb out when they expected him to protect & force them to adjust… yet I understand the idea many think it exposes OL & QB! Or do you go right down the middle with a chip or presence by extra body? Gotta know your QB & OL… Gotta know the strengths & weaknesses of both & have a plan for them! I know I processed well so the 5 out was what I loved, but also felt it gave me an outlet to get rid of ball and not take sacks, even if I was throwing it away! Send 2 guys out & usually down the field and I see a lot more sacks taken bc QB has no where to save himself! Lots of good “Food for Thought”!

“Respect Everyone, Fear No One.” That was another “Leachism” posted all over our football building—and it’s critical when it comes to how you prepare and how you perceive the game ahead. When I was a college coach, we played a “lesser” opponent. Our QB had just come off an incredible run and had been named National Player of the Week a few weeks prior. This game though? He was… fine. Average. From the outside, he played well. But he and I both knew it wasn’t his best. After the game, he pulled back the curtain: “I overlooked this team. I didn’t prepare like I should have.” He’d let the perception of the opponent dictate his preparation. He didn’t respect them. Fortunately, we still won big that day. But when I was a player in college, I wasn’t so lucky. Twice I lost to FCS teams (yes, twice). The root cause? Walking into those games thinking, they’re just an FCS team… not USC, Oregon, or Stanford. That mindset got us punched in the mouth. On the flip side, you can’t fear your opponent either. In my first career NFL start, we were facing the defending Super Bowl champions—the New England Patriots. The night before the game, one of our coaches, who’d been in the league for over thirty-five years, put up their defensive rankings (which I recommend not doing if you are a coach): -First in Pass Defense -First in Turnovers -First in Rush Defense -First in Points Allowed -First in Sacks -First in EVERYTHING… Then he said, “Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this before!” “Wow” was right! Not to mention they also had the greatest quarterback and coach in NFL history. We walked into that game, or at least I did, beaten in our minds before we even took the field. So how do you protect yourself from falling into either trap? Focus on what you can control. In college, we’d get detailed scouting reports: “6'4", long wingspan, very fast, great hips—avoid throwing at him.” I stopped reading them. I’d just watch film and make my own notes. I focused on my job and responsibility. The beauty? Coach Leach didn’t care about the external either. His philosophy: Do your job. Execute. Kick their ass. It freed me from obsessing over certain players, conference awards, or NFL projections. Most games, I didn’t even know the names of the guys I was competing against until I’d see them drafted months later and think, “Oh yeah, that guy was pretty dang good!” There were a few exceptions, of course, like Vita Vea, Buddha Baker, Harry Gaines, and Harrison Phillips… Those guys were damn good. This type of mentality was at the core of Leach’s Air Raid philosophy and worked the same way. Stick to your identity. Run your stuff. Prepare the same, whether it’s David or Goliath. Respect Everyone. Fear No One. Nobody’s better than you, and nobody’s less than you. Treat every opponent the same. Keep your preparation the same. And focus only on what you can control. #MindStrength Join my newsletter for free –> coachlukefalk.com/email-newslett…

A coaching friend found this on eBay, and said Coach you really need this. It is now in my collection right next to my short stories by Hemingway. 🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️

@542Simmons @coach_davidyock Thank you coach. Good luck tonight!

@coach_davidyock is a good one!! Glad to see he and @patrick_taylor4 having great success!

Proud of the @rjr_football JVs. 4 straight 🍩 They’ve done a great job of coming in each week getting coached and growing. Shoutout to @ClemonsAntwan, staff and players! The future is bright at RJR!! #EARNIT🔱