GeekHawk
Well-known member
I'd like to start a new thread here, since most of the similar ones that already exist have devolved into long, drawn-out multipage arguments and rants with everyone fully quoting long drawn-out rants from before and passionately arguing with minute little pieces of a single sentence fragment somewhere in the middle of the quote. So, here goes:
I think, with the personnel we have and a few upgrades in a starter here or there and in the O-line depth, that we could succeed as either a run-first or pass-first offense. I think that we could control the clock with either using the run to set up the pass, or using the pass to set up the run. I think that PC would like to see a continuous 50-50 mix of run/pass, and would like the ability to run when absolutely needed for ball control and/or running down the clock.
What I would like to see done differently next year isn't a change in philosophy, or a change in coaching. I'd like to see somebody brought in as a consultant to Schotty to help him with play design within his offense. I'm not talking about designing west-coast style plays in the mold of Holmgren or wing-T runs in the mold of the 1930s. I'm talking about designing plays with the same formation used for either a run or pass, or with plays that can have three layers of options with either a run, a long pass, or a quick checkdown receiver. Or other things I haven't thought of because I'm a fan and not a coach. I perceive that one of our problems on offense was that with our formations the other team knew precisely what was going to happen, and the options to audible to another play were limited due to the need to change formations which would then tell the other team what we were doing instead. We should have plays that when you audible to something else due to the pre-snap read that the D can't adjust to it. Otherwise we're spending way too much time beating our heads against a wall on O if the execution isn't 100% perfect + the other team's D makes an error.
Just a consultant to help with some play design, and Schotty being open to it. That's what we need most, methinks.
I think, with the personnel we have and a few upgrades in a starter here or there and in the O-line depth, that we could succeed as either a run-first or pass-first offense. I think that we could control the clock with either using the run to set up the pass, or using the pass to set up the run. I think that PC would like to see a continuous 50-50 mix of run/pass, and would like the ability to run when absolutely needed for ball control and/or running down the clock.
What I would like to see done differently next year isn't a change in philosophy, or a change in coaching. I'd like to see somebody brought in as a consultant to Schotty to help him with play design within his offense. I'm not talking about designing west-coast style plays in the mold of Holmgren or wing-T runs in the mold of the 1930s. I'm talking about designing plays with the same formation used for either a run or pass, or with plays that can have three layers of options with either a run, a long pass, or a quick checkdown receiver. Or other things I haven't thought of because I'm a fan and not a coach. I perceive that one of our problems on offense was that with our formations the other team knew precisely what was going to happen, and the options to audible to another play were limited due to the need to change formations which would then tell the other team what we were doing instead. We should have plays that when you audible to something else due to the pre-snap read that the D can't adjust to it. Otherwise we're spending way too much time beating our heads against a wall on O if the execution isn't 100% perfect + the other team's D makes an error.
Just a consultant to help with some play design, and Schotty being open to it. That's what we need most, methinks.