Creativity, misdirection, catching the defense out of position, explosive plays for less explosive athletes.
You know who ran the wing T successfully at Notre Dame? Ara Pareghian.
Chip Kelly is smart enough to do what's counterintuitive. When he first became prominent, it was going no-huddle up-tempo. Everyone does that now. But no one runs the wing T except....
ND does not, nor did they during the Kelly, Denbrock, Rees years.
It matters and it's a big reason ND has struggled against good defenses during those seasons.
Get a good OC and this will get fixed. It won't under Denbrock, no matter what CMF does.
teams that ran the scheme (Parseghian's teams ran it well).....The Wing T was built around a series of plays that began with nearly identical backfield action: buck sweep, trap, waggle (play-action pass), & counter. The offensive line, backs, and quarterback showed the same initial movements. Defenders often couldn't tell whether they were seeing a sweep, trap, counter, or pass until it was too late. It created hesitation & defensive football is about reading keys and reacting quickly. The Wing T intentionally corrupted those keys.
Love that offense - can never figure out why it disappeared......????