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"...the coach who almost never punts and almost always kicks onside after scores. The strategy has made his teams consistently successful and provided him minor, cultish fame. He is 77-17 at Pulaski, with two state championship appearances. It’s weird. It also works."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2015/08/13/the-highly-successful-high-school-coach-who-never-punts-has-another-radical-idea/

 

 

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I've always kinda wondered on the punting thing when virtually every team in the history of ever averages over 2.5 yards per play, why not utilize all four downs?

That said, let's leave the gimmicks to high school and not go rushing to hire this guy in Denton, please.

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A couple of college coaches have done this in recent years, too (the lack of punting, not the onside kicks).  Statistically, it's something like, if you're at least at the 35-yard-line, over the course of the game you average an additional blahblahblah yards of offense and a few points.  I don't feel like digging it up, but there was an analysis...wasn't it ULM that was one of them?  I remember there were at least two coaches, and I don't remember the score differential; it's not a ton, but enough.  Like between 6-11 points or something like that.  And I think the yardage was also fairly significant, like 140 yards per game more.  It only has the opposite effect if you're too close to your own end zone, so that's why they say to only do it if there's a little space, like I mentioned (35-ish yard line).

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