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The bottom line is units run by very good coordinators simply don't make so many mistakes.  Coaches are responsible for getting the players to execute.

Really?  Are you saying that Baylor isn't run by a good coordinator?  Cause they are 126th in penalties and dead last in penalty yardage.  Oregon is 109th in penalties and 110th in penalty yardage (out of 128 D1A schools).  Turnovers (or lack thereof) are more strongly correlated with winning, but even then, Mississippi State, the top team in the country, has fumbled the ball 18 times (that's tied for 121st).

Yes, generally speaking, better teams make fewer mistakes.  In part that is because mistakes contribute to losses, as Hulk has shown.  But I'd avoid sweeping overgeneralizations.

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The bottom line is units run by very good coordinators simply don't make so many mistakes.  Coaches are responsible for getting the players to execute.

Really?  Are you saying that Baylor isn't run by a good coordinator?  Cause they are 126th in penalties and dead last in penalty yardage.  Oregon is 109th in penalties and 110th in penalty yardage (out of 128 D1A schools).  Turnovers (or lack thereof) are more strongly correlated with winning, but even then, Mississippi State, the top team in the country, has fumbled the ball 18 times (that's tied for 121st).

Yes, generally speaking, better teams make fewer mistakes.  In part that is because mistakes contribute to losses, as Hulk has shown.  But I'd avoid sweeping overgeneralizations.

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