re: High School coach who never punts is trying something new

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Not really

There are a lot of other metrics like turnover margin, total yards, red zone success that could be deemed very important.

The fact that he discovered there was that strong of a correlation between this one statistic is pretty interesting.

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The same holds true for this metric as the ones you listed. They are all correlates of one another and indicators of performance. It would be foolish not to have a goal to increase the big plays; however, if the sole focus is on that, at the expense of other aspects (e.g., ball security in a hook and ladder; more 3 and outs) then the 81% win probability would likely decrease.