by laxfan25 on Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:00 pm
That's their patented Diamond & Triangle defense. The O feels like they're constantly being double-teamed!
I'm shocked - shocked I tell you! that coaches would try to hide their violations rather than being stand-up guys and say Yes, we were offsides.
Tsk-tsk.
Along with that, it takes a moment for the ref to count the players, and if it looks like a violation, I'll double-check before calling it. So during this time you've got to be watching to see if anyone is going off or coming on, along with counting the players on the field. Because of this, offsides calls often come in late, and it may be when the ball is now dead. You would still call the violation and penalize accordingly (loss of poss. or 30 secs).