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Is GT keeping up with the ever changing landscape of college football?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vespidae" data-source="post: 687558" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>A very interesting question, thanks for posting. </p><p></p><p>An article a while back looked at this from the pro level and the author's opinion was that yes, every football team plays to its own style. The more successful teams are better at executing their style simply because they may have been at it a while and done a better job of aligning recruiting, development, game planning etc. to get an edge. </p><p></p><p>I had a similar discussion about this with an Alabama booster and we talked about Bear Bryant. Bryant, simply put, didn't care what offense he ran. Or what defense he ran. He had clear objectives that in his style of play, as long as offense, defense, and special teams achieved X, Y, and Z, he was playing Alabama ball. Stallings (and his mentor Tom Landry) had a production method because Landry was an engineer and used a process orientation to coach football. Dodd wrote that his goal was to keep the score as close as possible by limiting the number of possessions and he'd figure out a way to win in the fourth quarter. </p><p></p><p>I think you'd reduce the variation in performance long-term if you adopted a "<insert school name> Way" that laid out specifics of your approach to the game. But I don't think it will happen. Gone are the days of coaches staying 25 years at a school. It's so results oriented now and the time frame too short. But I like the concept.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespidae, post: 687558, member: 2957"] A very interesting question, thanks for posting. An article a while back looked at this from the pro level and the author's opinion was that yes, every football team plays to its own style. The more successful teams are better at executing their style simply because they may have been at it a while and done a better job of aligning recruiting, development, game planning etc. to get an edge. I had a similar discussion about this with an Alabama booster and we talked about Bear Bryant. Bryant, simply put, didn't care what offense he ran. Or what defense he ran. He had clear objectives that in his style of play, as long as offense, defense, and special teams achieved X, Y, and Z, he was playing Alabama ball. Stallings (and his mentor Tom Landry) had a production method because Landry was an engineer and used a process orientation to coach football. Dodd wrote that his goal was to keep the score as close as possible by limiting the number of possessions and he'd figure out a way to win in the fourth quarter. I think you'd reduce the variation in performance long-term if you adopted a "<insert school name> Way" that laid out specifics of your approach to the game. But I don't think it will happen. Gone are the days of coaches staying 25 years at a school. It's so results oriented now and the time frame too short. But I like the concept. [/QUOTE]
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