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A very fascinating and interesting discussion is taking place on another site about this.
Too many good points being made to really be able to convey exactly what the original poster is trying say but here are a few things that I found myself absolutely agreeing with.
But we are playing so conservatively that we aren't using those tools. We're still running with guys who don't fumble but average 2.8 ypc. We're only throwing quick passes and screens to the sidelines, and only pushing the the ball downfield on the sidelines, too. We're so scared of fumbles and interceptions and missed blocks that we're not giving our players reps in a full offense.Even Herman at Houston had to say, "This QB is the best we're going to get so we're going to take the reins off of him and let him play". And they did. But here, we are constantly "holding something back" and we're going to go all season in a training wheels offense if we're not careful and our guys won't be any further developed in running a full offense than they are now.
Our perspective needs to change first. Our play calling needs to follow immediately behind. THEN we can coach individual groups to mitigate the mistakes under that structure. Our approach, so far, has been backwards from that.
And for me, this really sums it up.
How you ascend is very different than how you maintain it. When you're rebuilding, risk taking and management is a critical piece of the puzzle. But once you have the advantages, conservative play may be boring but it plays to the statistics that are in your favor.
The problem is when you try to ascend conservatively. Call it the "muschamp plan". If you're Alabama, conservative may be boring but it's effective. But if you're an underdog, you don't get back to the spotlight that way most of the time. Muschamp might have been a good successor to Saban, but he wasn't the guy for a rebuild.
Too many good points being made to really be able to convey exactly what the original poster is trying say but here are a few things that I found myself absolutely agreeing with.
But we are playing so conservatively that we aren't using those tools. We're still running with guys who don't fumble but average 2.8 ypc. We're only throwing quick passes and screens to the sidelines, and only pushing the the ball downfield on the sidelines, too. We're so scared of fumbles and interceptions and missed blocks that we're not giving our players reps in a full offense.Even Herman at Houston had to say, "This QB is the best we're going to get so we're going to take the reins off of him and let him play". And they did. But here, we are constantly "holding something back" and we're going to go all season in a training wheels offense if we're not careful and our guys won't be any further developed in running a full offense than they are now.
Our perspective needs to change first. Our play calling needs to follow immediately behind. THEN we can coach individual groups to mitigate the mistakes under that structure. Our approach, so far, has been backwards from that.
And for me, this really sums it up.
How you ascend is very different than how you maintain it. When you're rebuilding, risk taking and management is a critical piece of the puzzle. But once you have the advantages, conservative play may be boring but it plays to the statistics that are in your favor.
The problem is when you try to ascend conservatively. Call it the "muschamp plan". If you're Alabama, conservative may be boring but it's effective. But if you're an underdog, you don't get back to the spotlight that way most of the time. Muschamp might have been a good successor to Saban, but he wasn't the guy for a rebuild.
Here is a little bit of what the original poster said as it relates to your post above.
