Sometimes the Best Strategies do Not Win Games

If you read American Football Monthly and Gridiron Strategies you can't help but be impressed by all the articles dealing with different offensive and defensive strategies. It is impossible to not be left with the impression that the strategy employed by the football coach is the key to winning or losing a game. When coupled with the ability of the coach to motivate the athletes, the strategy becomes all the more important. To state that the best strategies do not win football games may seem heretical, but close examination will show that it is sometimes true. Simple logic will tell you that a devised strategy is not the key to winning or losing. This myth, that strategy is the key to winning, has been perpetuated for so many years that it is now accepted as the truth. Before you think that I have lost my mind, read on and you too will agree that strategy is a secondary factor in