the infamous Aaron rule

in my first season coaching the offense and the defense had to have 5 guys lined up on the line directly across from one another .....after that season it was decided that the center was getting hurt too much or just beaten too easily so we would move the defenie player acros from the center off the ball by 1 yard ...moving the nose tackel back 1 yard from the center you effectively made him a linebacker.....so now a center who was srtuggling with blocking a kid comming at him from a standing still position now has to block a kid who has a 1 yd running head start.....it honestly never made sense to me to do this as it ultimately seemed less safe to me but that was the new rule.

Since I am a coach who likes to do the unexpected (ie...shot gun...passing...running up the middle...all things other coaches swore couldnt be done) instead of putting my big kid on the line and forcing him to try and battle the line men for a chance at a flag....i placed him at this new "NOSE-BACKER" spot.....and he took to it like a fish in the water....in the first game he started there he was "Crashing "the middle and sacking the QB literally every other play!!!!! well he got soo good at it he started timing the snap and getting back ther so quick that one tiem he pulled the flag of the QB right as he got the ball! Needless to say this crippled other teams offensively and helped us mount our comeback from last to 2nd place....no other team seemed to exploit this new rule and new position the way we did......

So at the beginning of this season when new rules were being put in place the VERY FIRST new rule was to say that nobody on the defense can now go through the center gap......a rule designed specifically to stop my defense and my player from dominating ...once again to keep it safe!!!!! so we went from 5 on the line to nobody can come up the middle....in the name of safety...i think its more in the name of we cant stop this.....

OH yeah the kids name....Aaron Wheeler.....Aaron is the only kid in the league with a rule made against him because he was too good at what he did......I certianly hope that inspires him to stick with the sport!.....and send me superbowl tickets when you get there bud. lol.