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Nothing about it is time consuming. You aren't putting in an entirely new system of signs. You are changing the indicator, you are changing who is giving the real signs, etc.It is time consuming. It's not something I should have to do because you cheated. It's something I might do at a basic level because you have people during the game, but I have 20 hours of time with the players during the week to do all our prep. Signals shouldn't be a major part of that.
People are truly jumping to wild assumptions. The guys trying to steal signs on the sidelines aren't figuring out the actual play calls. They are simply trying to figure out if it is a run or a pass.
In no way am I condoning what Stalions did -- if true, he should be fired. If Harbaugh knew anything about it, he should be fired too.
A college playbook is huge. The play calls are complex and every team has their own verbiage they use. The signals teams try to steal is if it is a pass or run. I feel like people think Michigan or any team during a game stealing signs knows exactly what play is going to be run.
You have a better chance watching game tape of formations and tendencies from those sets to figure out an exact play than you will from the signs coming in.
That's why when teams play in big games, like Michigan/Ohio State for us. Michigan will have a half dozen or so plays they haven't used all year. Or they will have a formation they have run out of 95% of the time and use that formation to pass the ball.