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<blockquote data-quote="stylee" data-source="post: 928613" data-attributes="member: 882"><p>You’re dead-on about Oliver being the worst passer. I don’t know if it’s true that he *refused* to pitch; instead - and perhaps strengthening your point - he simply did not run as many true option plays as the other QBs. That’s not to say he never ran any, because he did. He even ran some triple. But most of Oliver’s yardage came off of either (1) true QB sweeps, or (2) the “QB zone option” that was and is a staple for the academies but which Paul rarely ran prior to the Marshall/Oliver era. The QB has the nominal choice to pitch it on this play but it’s mostly about picking a lane for the QB to hit.</p><p></p><p>Had Oliver won the job, we would have probably been close to a “spread double wing” team (those who watch high school ball have probably seen the double wing). I don’t think Paul felt as comfortable with that style, but Oliver’s uncanny knack for breaking tackles and beating angles may have given him the edge, and we’d have gone down to 7-9 passing attempts per game. Notably, though, that even with an offense Paul probably didn’t like as much, the performance was on an objective upswing from 2016 to 2018, with each year better than the previous one. </p><p></p><p>A healthy Lucas Johnson would probably give us a more Tevin or Vad-flavored offense. Graham would have probably resulted in something more like the Nesbit era.</p><p></p><p>On Mason, you’re dead wrong. He averaged 6.1 yards per carry as a freshman, despite the lack of a consistent passing threat. His yards came off of plenty of different looks: lots of the called inside zone dive, yes, but also midline, inside veer, the speed option. It was overwhelmingly obvious he was a special player from the start. The interesting question is how we’d accommodate him, a possibly healthy Benson, and Howard going forward. But he was a beast, and was obviously so even before he was running the “true” inside zone. </p><p></p><p>The whole thing is just imagination, of course, but the real issue in a CPJ 2019 wasnt going to be offense. Woody’s first year was the worst in the CPJ era, I believe. So even if we had a second consecutive top-20 OFEI performance, it might not have been enough to go very far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stylee, post: 928613, member: 882"] You’re dead-on about Oliver being the worst passer. I don’t know if it’s true that he *refused* to pitch; instead - and perhaps strengthening your point - he simply did not run as many true option plays as the other QBs. That’s not to say he never ran any, because he did. He even ran some triple. But most of Oliver’s yardage came off of either (1) true QB sweeps, or (2) the “QB zone option” that was and is a staple for the academies but which Paul rarely ran prior to the Marshall/Oliver era. The QB has the nominal choice to pitch it on this play but it’s mostly about picking a lane for the QB to hit. Had Oliver won the job, we would have probably been close to a “spread double wing” team (those who watch high school ball have probably seen the double wing). I don’t think Paul felt as comfortable with that style, but Oliver’s uncanny knack for breaking tackles and beating angles may have given him the edge, and we’d have gone down to 7-9 passing attempts per game. Notably, though, that even with an offense Paul probably didn’t like as much, the performance was on an objective upswing from 2016 to 2018, with each year better than the previous one. A healthy Lucas Johnson would probably give us a more Tevin or Vad-flavored offense. Graham would have probably resulted in something more like the Nesbit era. On Mason, you’re dead wrong. He averaged 6.1 yards per carry as a freshman, despite the lack of a consistent passing threat. His yards came off of plenty of different looks: lots of the called inside zone dive, yes, but also midline, inside veer, the speed option. It was overwhelmingly obvious he was a special player from the start. The interesting question is how we’d accommodate him, a possibly healthy Benson, and Howard going forward. But he was a beast, and was obviously so even before he was running the “true” inside zone. The whole thing is just imagination, of course, but the real issue in a CPJ 2019 wasnt going to be offense. Woody’s first year was the worst in the CPJ era, I believe. So even if we had a second consecutive top-20 OFEI performance, it might not have been enough to go very far. [/QUOTE]
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