ROFL...I'd really like to see this. Fun fact: Pulaski Academy is an 5 minute drive from my house. Okay, so it wasn't all that fun. But yeah, this coach is definitely has a unique outlook on football. I definitely think there's merit to his position on punting at the high school level, but as the average talent and execution level increases, I feel it would become less effective. From what I remember from what the statistics say, in college and the pros that you should almost never punt on 4th and short (3 or less) from anywhere on the field, although I've only seen a few coaches ever do it deep in their own territory (Bill Belichick being the most famous one). As you start to cross midfield the amount of yardage starts to go way up from when you shouldn't punt, and you should almost never punt from any down and distance inside the opponent's 40. Of course the rules are predicated on average offenses-the better either your offense is or your opponent's offense is the more often you should go for it, and the worse either one is the more often you should punt. I think the quality and accuracy of the punter could also play into the equation a bit as well. I'd like to see the stats on how effective the opponent is at scoring when, say, pinned inside the 10 vs starting from close to midfield. I definitely agree with the sentiment that football teams tend to do things because of conventional wisdom and not through analysis of the specific situation, though it's nowhere near as bad as baseball in that regard.