Titans offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains has virtually done away with the call sheet/wristband preferred by his predecessor, Chris Palmer. He plans instead to communicate the specific call directly to the quarterback, David Boclair of Nashville City Newspaper reports. “My thing with the wristband is I believe the quarterback should know the gameplan well enough,†Loggains said. “If the headset goes out, then he should be able to call the game. … We’ll use a wristband for emergencies only, but we won’t call the plays in like we used to that way.†As part of that change, most of the plays are not called what they were in recent seasons. The move away from the wristband was made in conjunction with a reduction of the number of words needed to designate what is to happen. Players often noted that Palmer’s play calls sometimes required a deep breath in order to spit out all the necessary words. “I took the advice of a lot of people I talked to … and we sat in a room and said, ‘What’s the best way to call this formation? What’s the best way to call this motion?’ and cut out as much mental clutter as possible,†Loggains said. “Some of these play calls, they’re still long, but I feel like we’ve done a good job streamlining it and making the verbiage as small as possible.†Source: The Redzone
Can't wait for the Titans to tear it up in 2013. Jake doesn't need a freaking wrist band, glad to hear it's being thrown out the window.
