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<blockquote data-quote="stylee" data-source="post: 920445" data-attributes="member: 882"><p>I just can’t agree on the passing side. We threw mostly in proportion to the talent we had at QB, WR, and AB.</p><p></p><p>Pass attempts/game</p><p></p><p>2008: 12.7</p><p>2009: 12.0</p><p>2010: 12.9</p><p>2011: 12.8</p><p>2012: 13.9</p><p>2013: 15.6</p><p>2014: 14.5</p><p>2015: 16.0</p><p>2016: 12.2</p><p>2017: 10.7</p><p>2018: 9.7</p><p></p><p></p><p>2013 was a weird year, but we certainly tried to take advantage of Vad’s arm talent in his lone season as the clear starter. Against UGA that year, we gameplanned around throwing the ball with Vad - perhaps too much (remember the pick in the 4th quarter?) - but he really did have a good day passing it overall.</p><p></p><p> I don’t think he would have beaten out JT in 2014 - and I think that plays into the transfer more than “Vad didn’t like to get hit” - but 2014 with him at the helm would have looked more like 18-19 passes per game, IMO. At that point, we had two NFL wideouts and several talented pass-catching A-Backs. In the real world, Justin threw it 14.5/game at a VERY solid 51.3% completion rate. Justin was more accurate than Vad, generally speaking, but didn’t have quite the same long ball skill. We’d have taken a few more deep shots per game with Vad. The attempts would have been more had we been behind in more games.</p><p></p><p>In 2015, we had our highest attempts-per-game, but only because we were always losing.</p><p></p><p>In 2017 and 2018, we had TM and Tobias at QB. It simply would not have made sense to throw it more with those guys than we did, as they weren’t very skilled passers. We also had some phenomenal B-Backs: Benson (severely underrated!), Howard, and Mason. In a world where Ratliff never got hurt, or maybe if Lucas Johnson had stayed healthy and beat out TM in 2018, we probably are back at 13 att/game. That’s on recruiting, if anything, as well as luck.</p><p></p><p>In reality, the TM/Tobias offense was really heavy on QB sweeps, QB counters, B-back speed options, and relatively light on triple options. Despite these limitations, we were on an offensive upswing; OFEI for last three years:</p><p></p><p>2016: 29</p><p>2017: 23</p><p>2018: 19</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The interesting counterfactual is 2019 with CPJ. Do we go with Tobias and run a gajillion QB sweeps? Does Yates or Graham or Johnson beat Oliver out? We had an emerging Camp and Malachi Carter, it could have been spicy through the air. Also would have been fascinating to see if one of Mason or Benson got moved to AB, in an Anthony Allen type role.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stylee, post: 920445, member: 882"] I just can’t agree on the passing side. We threw mostly in proportion to the talent we had at QB, WR, and AB. Pass attempts/game 2008: 12.7 2009: 12.0 2010: 12.9 2011: 12.8 2012: 13.9 2013: 15.6 2014: 14.5 2015: 16.0 2016: 12.2 2017: 10.7 2018: 9.7 2013 was a weird year, but we certainly tried to take advantage of Vad’s arm talent in his lone season as the clear starter. Against UGA that year, we gameplanned around throwing the ball with Vad - perhaps too much (remember the pick in the 4th quarter?) - but he really did have a good day passing it overall. I don’t think he would have beaten out JT in 2014 - and I think that plays into the transfer more than “Vad didn’t like to get hit” - but 2014 with him at the helm would have looked more like 18-19 passes per game, IMO. At that point, we had two NFL wideouts and several talented pass-catching A-Backs. In the real world, Justin threw it 14.5/game at a VERY solid 51.3% completion rate. Justin was more accurate than Vad, generally speaking, but didn’t have quite the same long ball skill. We’d have taken a few more deep shots per game with Vad. The attempts would have been more had we been behind in more games. In 2015, we had our highest attempts-per-game, but only because we were always losing. In 2017 and 2018, we had TM and Tobias at QB. It simply would not have made sense to throw it more with those guys than we did, as they weren’t very skilled passers. We also had some phenomenal B-Backs: Benson (severely underrated!), Howard, and Mason. In a world where Ratliff never got hurt, or maybe if Lucas Johnson had stayed healthy and beat out TM in 2018, we probably are back at 13 att/game. That’s on recruiting, if anything, as well as luck. In reality, the TM/Tobias offense was really heavy on QB sweeps, QB counters, B-back speed options, and relatively light on triple options. Despite these limitations, we were on an offensive upswing; OFEI for last three years: 2016: 29 2017: 23 2018: 19 The interesting counterfactual is 2019 with CPJ. Do we go with Tobias and run a gajillion QB sweeps? Does Yates or Graham or Johnson beat Oliver out? We had an emerging Camp and Malachi Carter, it could have been spicy through the air. Also would have been fascinating to see if one of Mason or Benson got moved to AB, in an Anthony Allen type role. [/QUOTE]
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