Or he's just a dumnass. :)
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Rusty Spoon wrote:
...IMHO is directly related to the coaching change. Now before you get all freaked and flame my ass (as so many people seem to do here) - hear me out.
We looked our best against USF, and our second best against OU. USF had *no* game film of our offense, and OU had only one weeks' worth Coincidence? I think not. I think CMS did a great job trying to get this team ready in six weeks, but this is the most vanilla offense I've ever seen at the college level, and we are terrible at being creative in play calling.
I'll let you make the call: It's 2nd and eight; BC and Shaud are in the backfield. What will be the play call be?
A. Draw play to Shaud. B. Draw play to Shaud. C. Twin WR running deep crossing patterns with the flanker running a 15 yard post. D. Draw play to Shaud.
Add to that some VERY poor O-line play from "All-Americans" who read their press clippings and you've got a recipe for disaster in the SEC. There are no better or faster defenses in the country than in the SEC, and there are only two ways to beat them: line up and beat them into submission, or try to fool them with motion and mis-direction. I think CMS truly thought that we might have a chance to do the former (he read the press clippings, too) but we have proven ourselves totally unable to live up to the preseason O-line hype. as for the second method, imagine the same scenario as above, except the tight end steps off the line and goes into motion. The end result will be:
1. The TE will cross behind the QB, stop, come back, and basically act as a fullback for the draw play. 2. The TE will cross behind the QB, stop, come back, and basically act as a fullback for the draw play. 3. The TE will flare out from the flanker spot to find the soft spot in the zone for a gain of eight. 4. The TE will recognize M2M coverage and take the W linebacker one-on-one in a streak or fly pattern. 5. The TE will cross behind the QB, stop, come back, and basically act as a fullback for the draw play.
I am not a college coach, and I don't pretend to be one. I don't have the answers, and I am thankful I'm not paid to find them. But I have broken down game film many a time (my good friend is a HS football coach) and I can diagram offensive trends with the best of them. We are as predictable as the sunrise, and *that* (along with injuries) is why we look worse and worse every game. Until we get some variety, creativity, and *execution* on the offense...well, it could be a long season.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled partisan squabbling and name calling...
Roll Tide!
Rusty Spoon
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