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http://www.citizen-times.com/story/...ach-never-punts-always-onside-kicks/17213961/
Kelley inherited a struggling program in 2003, and after studying the statistics of every college football game over three seasons — those kinds of stats weren’t available for high school games — he concluded that his team should adopt an aggressive philosophy in which the offense almost always goes for it on fourth down, no matter what the field position.
In the past 11 years, Kelley is 124-22 and has won three state titles at a school that had reached the state semifinals just twice in the previous 40 seasons.
Kelley concluded that if you punt deep in your own territory (and the belief that most high school teams only pick up 30 yards or so of field position after punting), the other team is very likely to score anyway. So why not go for it on fourth down, no matter the field position?
Kelley said his team recovers about 20 percent of its onside kicks, and there is other value in that play. “Teams spend a lot more practice time working to defend the onside kick when they play us, and that means they spend less time working on our offense and defense,” he said.
Kelley inherited a struggling program in 2003, and after studying the statistics of every college football game over three seasons — those kinds of stats weren’t available for high school games — he concluded that his team should adopt an aggressive philosophy in which the offense almost always goes for it on fourth down, no matter what the field position.
In the past 11 years, Kelley is 124-22 and has won three state titles at a school that had reached the state semifinals just twice in the previous 40 seasons.
Kelley concluded that if you punt deep in your own territory (and the belief that most high school teams only pick up 30 yards or so of field position after punting), the other team is very likely to score anyway. So why not go for it on fourth down, no matter the field position?
Kelley said his team recovers about 20 percent of its onside kicks, and there is other value in that play. “Teams spend a lot more practice time working to defend the onside kick when they play us, and that means they spend less time working on our offense and defense,” he said.
