Can someone clear something up for me about our offense/cadence?
I've noticed that the QBs clap their hands when they are ready to receive the snap. Is this really necessary, and does this totally eliminate our ability to try to get the denfense to jump early by varying the cadence? If the answer is yes to the second question, I would think that would be a shame.
Thanks,
Little Brown Jug
September 9th, 2008 at 4:43 PM ^
September 9th, 2008 at 5:07 PM ^
1- the clap doesn't necessarily mean "snap now," there's still a cadence. it just means "i'm ready." a lot of the time, the center is the one making the "go" call, not the qb.
2- "One of the big mistakes you can make is to play around with the snap count" - Bill Walsh
September 9th, 2008 at 10:30 PM ^
September 9th, 2008 at 10:58 PM ^
September 10th, 2008 at 12:18 AM ^
September 10th, 2008 at 8:11 AM ^
its for OL adjustments. if you watch, the center is peaking between his legs most of the time and once the QB clap his hands he knows the QB has made all his adjustments. the C then will make sure the OL has protection in the right place, and will snap the ball shortly after, on his own doing. i'm a student at central michigan, its the same thing butch jones does here (yes bc he coaches under RichRod at WVU).
September 10th, 2008 at 10:16 AM ^
Our center is peaking between his legs while looking at the QB? Heh heh heh...
I think I have been reading too much WLA... sigh...