Spread of spread offense keeping quarterbacks from learning position’s traditional fundamentals

Spread of spread offense keeping quarterbacks from learning position’s traditional fundamentals

The instructional video examines the minutiae of the quarterback/center exchange, droning endlessly about hand positioning and foot placement.
Starring Georgia coach Mark Richt — a former college quarterback at Miami who has been the Bulldogs’ boss since 2001 — the video explains every mundane nuance surrounding a simple snap in painstaking detail.
Why is it necessary for a college coach to devote so much attention to such a basic fundamental?
“The spread,” replied W.S. Neal coach Kevin Jordan while watching the video in his fieldhouse. “You’d be shocked at how many quarterbacks have never taken a snap from under center.”

al.com
8/20/10