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<blockquote data-quote="ponder6168" data-source="post: 169804" data-attributes="member: 1984"><p>It is harder to get free shots on option QBs than a lot of people think. We always had that plan when we played OU when I was at Missouri but it was easier said than done. But you may be right. Also I don't know why you couldn't find more Tebow size option QB's if you needed them (Collin Klein from K-State a couple of years ago was 225). I would think you could carry 4 QB's and 4 receivers instead of 3 QBs and 6 receivers like teams do now. You could have a couple of speed guys and a couple of bigger guys. Again, you may be right you couldn't keep QB's healthy, but the one time it was at least partially tried with Tebow he finished the season.</p><p></p><p>On the idea of getting free hits a coaching friend of mine went to a coaching clinic where the Detroit Lions offensive line coach was going over their zone blocking scheme. One of the high school coaches noticed a defender wasn't blocked and asked the coach about it. He said that was Berry's man, meaning they counted on Sander's making one man miss. Some of these smaller guys are hard to get a clean hit on. I am old enough to remember when the shotgun wouldn't work, the run & shoot wouldn't work and the West Coast offense wouldn't work (you had to establish the running game first) and nobody thinks that now. Of course the issue is if you are the coach who tries to run the option and it doesn't work you have lost your one chance to be a head coach on trying something different and most coaches don't want to take that risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ponder6168, post: 169804, member: 1984"] It is harder to get free shots on option QBs than a lot of people think. We always had that plan when we played OU when I was at Missouri but it was easier said than done. But you may be right. Also I don't know why you couldn't find more Tebow size option QB's if you needed them (Collin Klein from K-State a couple of years ago was 225). I would think you could carry 4 QB's and 4 receivers instead of 3 QBs and 6 receivers like teams do now. You could have a couple of speed guys and a couple of bigger guys. Again, you may be right you couldn't keep QB's healthy, but the one time it was at least partially tried with Tebow he finished the season. On the idea of getting free hits a coaching friend of mine went to a coaching clinic where the Detroit Lions offensive line coach was going over their zone blocking scheme. One of the high school coaches noticed a defender wasn't blocked and asked the coach about it. He said that was Berry's man, meaning they counted on Sander's making one man miss. Some of these smaller guys are hard to get a clean hit on. I am old enough to remember when the shotgun wouldn't work, the run & shoot wouldn't work and the West Coast offense wouldn't work (you had to establish the running game first) and nobody thinks that now. Of course the issue is if you are the coach who tries to run the option and it doesn't work you have lost your one chance to be a head coach on trying something different and most coaches don't want to take that risk. [/QUOTE]
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