"I'd like to somewhat change the play calling system." Griff paused between gulping down a sandwich from which pastrami and cheese were escaping from every side.

"Built on my experience with the Raiders and as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Stanford, under Jack Elway -- we've been using a Spread blended version of the West Coach Offense. But, now that River has mastered this system and wants some latitude in making play decisions himself, I want to give him some responsibility and introduce elements of the Erhardt-Perkins Offense."

"Griff," Durango interjected, "we are now past midseason. I assume you are talking about next year."

Griff paused to rescue some pastrami that had escaped from the sandwich. "Actually", he said, "River has been pushing for more responsibility. I wasn’t thinking of radically changing our offense – just of implementing a few play calls that gave him more latitude in interpretation. But admittedly -- given that today is Wednesday -- trying this for Saturday’s Lodi game was not a good idea.

"Lets talk about the Erhardt-Perkins system in the Spring. Maybe its just me wanting to try something new, but I like the way Erhardt-Perkins is concept rather than route driven and -- in addition to giving River more latitude, how it is less likely to allow opponents to hack audible play calling."

Robbie interrupted dedicated consumption of fish and chips, called for more beer, said: “By the way. the Communications Department is working on a coach to player helmet system of play calling."