In 1989 I was contacted by Tubby Raymond to see if I was interested in joining his staff at Delaware with the purpose of adding the Triple Option to the Delaware Wing T. I was honored & jumped at the opportunity to join such a prestigious staff. The experiment was successful, the Triple Option became a big part of the Wing T, BUT I learned a tremendous amount of football knowledge from a Master of the Game

Here’s a short excerpt from my book “Tony DeMeo’s Triple Gun Offense: An Evolution of Option Football” from the Chapter Tutored by Geniuses.

Learning from a Master of the Game. I may have added some things to the Wing T but I picked up a lot more from Tubby Raymond, a Master of the Game. There wasn’t much in pure Xs and Os that I picked up from The
Wing T, The Down Option was one play I adapted and there was another that I’ll talk about later. I learned more about overall strategy and tactics from the Delaware staff.

Here are some of them:

1. The Power of Sequence. A play that is part of a sequence of plays is far more effective that a stand-alone play. For example, the trap is more effective when part of The Buck Sweep and Waggle Pass then just by
itself. The effectiveness of The Buck Sweep and Waggle are also more productive when part of the group. Each play of the sequence should look alike and create a defensive conflict. So if a defense squeezes the Trap, the Buck Sweep kills it. And if the secondary rolls to stop the Buck Sweep,The Waggle is deadly. So I always made sure that every play in the offense, always had complimentary plays the created a sequence.

2. How to add plays. Your offensive system should have all the answers you’ll need to handle any defense at the start of preseason camp. Therefore there should be no need to add plays. But if you want to add a play in pre-season here’s the test. If you have to add a new blocking scheme or even a new technique the forget it. The cost is too great in practice time. ”Every idea is great until you have to practice it” Tubby Raymond.

3. The Value of Misdirection. Misdirection makes a defense think and not react. It freezes the defense and slows pursuit. The faster the flow of a play the greater the need for misdirection. Boots and Waggles are great misdirection passes, not only are they play action they attack the opposite perimeter.

4. You Can’t Scheme a Scheme. A defense can’t create a special defense for your system because they only have a few days to practice it and you practice your scheme all year. So even it’s a good defense for your scheme, your guys will out execute it because of how many repetitions they have had running it. Execution always beats Xs and Os. Have patience, and your guys will prevail.

5. Think in Terms of First Downs. First downs control the clock. If you take a shot on first down and it’s incomplete, second down should pick up half the yardage needed for a 1st down. So on 2nd & 10, you should get 5 yards setting up 3rd & 5. Or if you get 8 on first down, second down could be a “take a shot” down.

6. Always look for an Exposed Flank. Tubby’s idea was to use Wingbacks to secure the edge, anytime a Wing had leverage on the end man on the line of scrimmage, you had that flank because the Wingback had a great
angle to block him. So in the Wingover Formation, there was an exposed Flank to either side but numbers favor going to the Nub or short side (D I later used this principle to run Stud Option, a double option in which the Wing and Tackle double team EMOL, (The End Man on the Line)

7. “Winning is a by-product of doing things right” Tubby Raymond. Just stay the course and the wins will come” Tubby Raymond

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