SeatownJay":38hei96r said:
So apparently the NFL wants to allow video to be viewed by coaches on the sidelines in addition to still images. The coaches, though, have rejected it. Their reason for not wanting it? It would make their job easier. Seriously.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2300 ... ines-games
Well there's more to it than just the fact that it makes their jobs easier. As it says in the article, it would take away the advantage a team has for having the coaching staff that is better at making in game adjustments on the fly. They believe if they have the video on the sideline, then the coaches who aren't as good at it will find it easier to make the proper adjustments, therefor eliminating the edge teams have with better coaches.
It kind of makes sense if you believe you are better at it than your peers, but half the coaches are worse than the other half, so it stands to reason it would make at least half the teams better at in game adjustments. Of course I'd be willing to bet that if you poll all 32 coaching staffs, at least 90% would say that they are on of the better staffs at in game adjustments. It's that belief that is keeping the system from being implemented.
In reality, I think that it would be a great tool to have for every team. Great coaches can find other ways to implement game plans to work against the video that the other coaches have just seen.