Before seeing this interview with Malcolm Gladwell I only knew one thing about him -- that he writes really really interesting really really original books. But after seeing the ESPN.com interview, I can say two things: he writes really really interesting really really original books AND he has really frigging cool hair.

Gladwell is one of those scary smart people who knows more than you do and knows how to articulate other things you 'know' but didn't know how to say them. So for all you Philly fans who know that the Iggles screwed up in the Super Bowl by not going to a no-huddle offense down the stretch, well Gladwell had this to say about the no-huddle before the game began:

I've always been so surprised that more NFL teams don't use the no-huddle. It's not just that it forces your opponent to keep a specific defense on the field. It's that it shifts the game cognitively: it forces coaches and defensive captains to think and react entirely in the instinctive "blink" mode -- and when teams aren't prepared for that kind of fast-paced thinking crazy things happen, like Iraq beating the U.S. Andy Reid has to know that Belichick has an edge when he can calmly and deliberately plot his next move. But does he still have an advantage when he and his players have to make decisions on the spur of the moment? I'd tell Andy Reid to go no-huddle at random, unpredictable points during the game -- to throw Belichick out of his comfort zone.

He'd also tell Reid to go no-huddle when TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Anyway, RTWT.