Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin emphasized the importance of speed at Today’s media conference. And he wasn’t referring to his players.
He was talking about play-calling.
"I pride myself on being extremely fast at it," said Kiffin, who will call plays from the sideline in his first season as UT’s head coach. "I memorize most of the call sheet, so I only have to look at it sometimes.
"4 seconds is a big deal. If you hesitate and wait 4 seconds, that’s 4 less seconds (the quarterback) has at the line of scrimmage. So I get it to him as fast as can be to give him more time at the line of scrimmage."
Kiffin called plays as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and as an offensive coordinator at Southern California. Although he will continue to call plays at UT, he will rely heavily on his staff, particularly offensive coordinator Jim Chaney, who was a longtime play caller at Purdue.
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He was talking about play-calling.
"I pride myself on being extremely fast at it," said Kiffin, who will call plays from the sideline in his first season as UT’s head coach. "I memorize most of the call sheet, so I only have to look at it sometimes.
"4 seconds is a big deal. If you hesitate and wait 4 seconds, that’s 4 less seconds (the quarterback) has at the line of scrimmage. So I get it to him as fast as can be to give him more time at the line of scrimmage."
Kiffin called plays as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and as an offensive coordinator at Southern California. Although he will continue to call plays at UT, he will rely heavily on his staff, particularly offensive coordinator Jim Chaney, who was a longtime play caller at Purdue.
The SEC Rocks!
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