WTF? Schiano Proposes Plan to Abolish Kickoffs

[symple19]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/06/07/abolishing-kickoffs/index.html?sct=cf_t12_a1



"In the last 20 years, the size, the speed and the power of the players has grown so fast," Schiano told SI.com on Monday. "The equipment and the bone structure haven't changed very much. Something is going to give, right?"
We've reached the point in the game's evolution where something must change. Players have grown too big, too strong and too fast to play by rules conceived decades ago for smaller, weaker, slower players. The kickoff, Schiano reasoned, is the most obvious place to adjust. Take away the kicker and two men who hang back in case of a jailbreak, and eight players get a 30-to-50-yard head of steam before they hit anyone. If they dip their heads as LeGrand did, they might never walk again.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/06/07/abolishing-kickoffs/index.html#ixzz1OoR0Kp9U

[symple19]

I think this is a hairbrained idea.

What do you guys think?

[symple19]

Most exciting is Schiano's idea to replace the onside kick with one make-or-break down with 15 yards to go from the 30-yard line. By doing this, Schiano aims to replace a dangerous play that relies on a kicker and luck with one that tests a team's from-scrimmage skill. Schiano despises the onside kick, and he said he's not alone among coaches. That particular play has grown so violent that it is a paralyzing injury waiting to happen. "The most dangerous play to me is the onside kick," Schiano said. "It always has been. ... And it's getting worse and worse. What the kickoff team is doing on those onsides, the first wave of guys is just taking out people, and the second wave is getting the ball. That play scares the heck out of me."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/06/07/abolishing-kickoffs/index.html#ixzz1OoRvgrcw

[Blake]

so replace the kickoff with a punt?

I can see the reasoning from an injury standpoint, but as a football fan, there's something about the kickoff that seems more majestic than just a regular punt.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

You're not supposed to dip your head so idk what his point is

[symple19]

You're not supposed to dip your head so idk what his point is

this is pretty much what I thought when I read the article

I also think Schiano is overreacting to his player becoming a black stephen Hawking

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

stephen hawking was a genius, so black stephen hawking is kinda an oxy moron tbh