Simplicity and the O-Line – Why The Flip/Flop O-Line Works

by Paul Hoffman
Offensive Line Coach Loras College
American Football Monthly May 2010 Issue Online

As coaches, we tend to overthink and overestimate our influence on game days. The common trap is our attempt to outcoach our adversaries across the field. While giving a clinic two years ago, I had an epiphany: “It is not my job to outcoach someone. It is my job to get my men to outplay their opponents.” On game day, it does not matter what we know. It’s what our players know that determines the outcome. This became my motto in everything I do as an offensive line coach and I am ble...Login to Read More

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