Former NFLer Eugene Lockhart Indicted For Fraud
As much as football coaches and players like to think they’re independent Alpha Males boldly willing their teams to victories with superior scheming and execution, the fact of the matter is that football is mostly a game of sheep. Coaches are scared out of their wits to deviate from the tried and true, and players are creatures of superstition and routine. When a coach actually sticks his neck out and tries something even mildly different he’s hailed as a visionary genius, even when said thing has been around for generations *cough*Wildcat formation*cough*.
And then when one football player/coach tries something, there’s a mad rush to copy the pioneer. Again - Wildcat formation. But such copycattery is not limited to gameday routines or play formations. Take financial fraud, for instance. You get one measly coach caught up in a real estate scandal and suddenly the entire NFL is falling over themselves to follow suit.
