Aliceville.
They've always had a massive line. And they always want to throw the ball. Twice in the past 15 years they've had a coach who pulled back and ran the ball behind that line. Twice they won the state title. Then that coach leaves and they go back to flinging it all over the yard.
I think the lure of the all out spread passing has about run it's course, for the most part. Some are still enamored with it. The move to power run spread, IMO, is due, in part, to what guys like Malzahn and Meyer have done with the power running spread. Pelham HS used to be a Tony Franklin System team. Unlike Hoover, they never had much success with it. Their "Franklin guy" left to take a HC job in GA, and they've now gone to Double Wing. I haven't seen them play, but was told they're running it a la Ga Tech, which is not what I call Double Wing, but that's what I heard Josh Niblet call it the other day in a radio interview. At any rate, whether it's power Double Wing, or Option Flexbone, it's certainly a far cry from the 40 pass per game spread. Then again, the guy that just came in at Spain Park is a Tony Franklin System guy, though he doesn't call it that, that's essentially what it is. Niblet kept the spread look at Hoover, but is much more run oriented.
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