EASTLAND — After more than a decade of spreading the field and throwing the football (and one year of wing-T), the Eastland Mavericks are about to go prehistoric under new coach Matt Landers. 

Utilizing a very basic, simplified version of the flexbone, the Mavericks under Landers will focus almost entirely on execution and physicality, rather than memorizing a lengthy playbook. Smashmouth football will be the order of the day, with passing nearly becoming an afterthought. 

But, if anyone’s system can be learned quickly, it’s Landers’ whose offensive playbook can literally fit on one page. 

“The last three months has been kind of a blur,” said Landers, who was named Eastland’s new coach in early May. “We’ve hired six new boys coaches so it’s been wild. … I got a pretty late jump, which isn’t ideal when you’re hired as the new AD-head football coach.

“But that’s why they call it coaching. You have to figure a way to get it done.”