To a degree I agree with you, but in all honesty every team is predictable from high school to the NFL. The paloozas are usually to do with what the defense is doing and where the mismatches are. The run game and the screen game is really important. Especially the run game. Our run game is pretty similar to Greg Roman's pistol sets you see with the 49ers.Power O/Counter/Stretch/read option.The tight end was brought in as a run block tight end with these pistol sets, I don. 49ers suck hard on offense this year, but if there is not a better example of how important a consistent starting o-line with experience is this team's offense is it. They will be going into Seattle with their 7th different offensive line this year. They've had a lot of injuries mostly because half of their o-line qualifies for AARP, but they have a lot of rookies and inexperience on their line and if you want the numbers Kaepernick has 40 some odd sacks (the most in the league) and Frank Gore's yards per game/per carry have really diminished. That was kind of our problem this year.We had one senior on our o-line. The center and guard were sophomores. I think all but one or two were first year starters? Correct me on that if I am wrong. So all that rambling is basically saying - it is not so much play calling as it is execution. We run the slants/crossing patterns a lot more than you give them credit for. I go back to the Marshall game because their defense figured out our line was bad about picking up the blitz, and so did Memphis.
http://youtu.be/dfA7RwRVMBg?t=18m3s
Check that play out - Tucker did not pick up on the blitz man , -he is a sophomore - this is where experience plays a factor. Not as much play calling as it is execution. There are also four or five slant and crossing route plays in that highlight vid too. That 4th and 6 play at the 20 minute mark with Jonah Sells belly flopping - that looks like a design qb draw because the guard released and if it was then I would shake my head at that call (kind of), but if Sells made the block the six yards were there. But anyways, the run game should had worked against Marshall, and we ran those crossing routes and slant routes - both pretty effective against man under two deep defenses, but kind of difficult to make those plays work when the blocks aren't made.
I will fully agree with you about going into the half being behind and just letting the clock run out. I'm not a fan of that either. If we are leading, I don't mind it as much. A turnover can swing momentum going into the half and if you are ahead no sense in risking it. I'll also agree with you to a small degree that we tend to be stubborn on some play calling, especially the screen against teams like Marshall who are all staying at home shutting it down, but we should still be able to run the ball on them. I'm sure Coach Wade will work on the needed improvements over the Spring and Summer. We got a good young group here, so I'm not too worried about this team. This is Wade's first year here, so we will should see how good of a hire he was next season. As far as Stockstill playing a part in play calling - all head coaches do. If you don't like a micromanaging coach, then you would hate Nick Saban. The good ones do in some form or fashion, and if Rick is not talking into his headset between plays, then he really needs to be fired. I've been in the booth calling plays for high school games here in Murfreesboro. With a hurry up offense me and the head coach both were talking the whole time - pretty much the whole game. He would talk to the defensive coordinator too. Sometimes say hey, we should do this because they are giving us this look. That is what head coaches do.
This post was edited on 12/11 2:54 PM by MidTnBlues
This post was edited on 12/11 2:55 PM by MidTnBlues
http://youtu.be/dfA7RwRVMBg?t=18m3s
Check that play out - Tucker did not pick up on the blitz man , -he is a sophomore - this is where experience plays a factor. Not as much play calling as it is execution. There are also four or five slant and crossing route plays in that highlight vid too. That 4th and 6 play at the 20 minute mark with Jonah Sells belly flopping - that looks like a design qb draw because the guard released and if it was then I would shake my head at that call (kind of), but if Sells made the block the six yards were there. But anyways, the run game should had worked against Marshall, and we ran those crossing routes and slant routes - both pretty effective against man under two deep defenses, but kind of difficult to make those plays work when the blocks aren't made.
I will fully agree with you about going into the half being behind and just letting the clock run out. I'm not a fan of that either. If we are leading, I don't mind it as much. A turnover can swing momentum going into the half and if you are ahead no sense in risking it. I'll also agree with you to a small degree that we tend to be stubborn on some play calling, especially the screen against teams like Marshall who are all staying at home shutting it down, but we should still be able to run the ball on them. I'm sure Coach Wade will work on the needed improvements over the Spring and Summer. We got a good young group here, so I'm not too worried about this team. This is Wade's first year here, so we will should see how good of a hire he was next season. As far as Stockstill playing a part in play calling - all head coaches do. If you don't like a micromanaging coach, then you would hate Nick Saban. The good ones do in some form or fashion, and if Rick is not talking into his headset between plays, then he really needs to be fired. I've been in the booth calling plays for high school games here in Murfreesboro. With a hurry up offense me and the head coach both were talking the whole time - pretty much the whole game. He would talk to the defensive coordinator too. Sometimes say hey, we should do this because they are giving us this look. That is what head coaches do.
This post was edited on 12/11 2:54 PM by MidTnBlues
This post was edited on 12/11 2:55 PM by MidTnBlues
