Not according to HR's logic. The single wing should be easy to stop since "you can't throw" out of that formation.
And in regards to a coaching staff, Xs and Os don't win ball games, the kids on the field have to make the plays.
#why?
The single wing is very difficult to deal with because of what it does for a defense, and I am talking about the team that run's the single wing (their defense). It is definitely a run oriented offense and when executed well, greatly decreases possessions offensively for the opposing team. In my opinion, the single wing would be much harder to install because it's not something a high school team can learn in one season to perfection. It takes years of installment in the little leagues or at least at the 7th grade level to cut down on the turnovers. It's a run oriented offense, but still in theory, a riskier-higher turnover risk offense. I think it's a wash with a solid non wing formation (single wing or wing T) running offense. Giles is a good example and had success with it, but what makes it tough is win a single wing football team has an incredible defense to go with it. Single wing football teams don't win state titles often by outscoring people in 50-47 contests, they win titles by having the single wing that gives them ball control and few possessions for the opponent, and when that single wing team has that special year in which their defense is outstanding, you get a state title contender.
The downside....like any run oriented offense, if a team comes out and gets a big early lead like 14-0 or 17-0, it's often trouble to come from behind. Obviously, that's the case with any team down 14-0, but with a run oriented offense that actually does not offer the best or easiest formations to pass out of, playing from far behind becomes even tougher.
There is absolutely no way to tell or measure this and this is purely my opinion. For teams that win state titles that run the single wing, for example, Giles having success since 1980ish with their first state title, or for any team in the country that has won a state title with it since 1980, I feel that team would have still made a very, very deep in the playoffs and state title contender, even if they were to have ran another type of run oriented offense and not the single wing. Why? Blocking is still blocking, and with the single wing or any run oriented offense, you have to be awesome at run blocking to win a title. Equally or even more important, you can bet that of all those teams in the US that have won a state title since 1980ish, the absolute overwhelming majority of those programs can point to some of the best defenses in those programs histories on the years they won titles. Again, no way to prove this and this is only my opinion and anecdotal. Even with Appo the last 2 years, as good as their O was, their D was also lights out and right there with the O.
I do think the following is the case though.....a team that runs the single wing that has a very, very solid defense is major trouble for opponents at a level even more trouble for a team that doesn't run the singe wing, yet has an equally very solid defense.
