Football is a game of inches. So our concern is coaching to gain the greatest amount of inches and yards in the shortest amount of time. A teams ability to simultaneously execute assignments and fundamentals while recognizing and managing game situations is what determines its performance as a total team. It is certainly important to increase the effectiveness of our defense and win the kicking game. But we cannot take these segments of the total game out of context.
Offense is, after all, where most of the points are scored.
So we must see these three aspects of the game and prepare our teams to win in each area. We need to develop a total team concept for handling a complete gamewith all the changing situations which give us the opportunity to win. At Wake Forest we often ended our practice with a 3 on 3 line with a running back. The team would gather around. Give me your best three defensive guys.