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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 254756" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I think a large majority of the problem with our TEAM lays more with the defense than offense, but certainly having an offense that performs at the levels of past seasons would certainly help that. It wouldn't be the first time our offense had to mask the liabilities of our defense.</p><p></p><p>One of my frustrations with this offense is we know it works. Navy just beat the #6 team in the nation, a team who's head coach is the "next hot thing" with a defense that has a lot of future NFL players on it. And this is not a slight to the SAs at Navy, but their players are just not in the same tier as GT's players. Navy also didn't do anything "innovative" against Houston...they just executed the same offense we run at a higher level than we have been. It's not like Houston has never seen Navy, they played them just last year, and Tom Herman is an Urban Meyer protege and I'm sure Meyer has shared notes he has from his discussions with CPJ (they're friends). Yet Navy was still able to put up 382 yards of offense and hold out for the win...it was really a vintage spread option performance of ball control and maximizing scoring opportunities. Rarely did I see miss blocks on the perimeter, and the Navy OL seemed to have a body for a body.</p><p></p><p>So the question is, why is it that our offense seems to be so helter skelter from week to week? Why are the performance from players uneven as well? Certainly there's youth factor, but we're in year 9 of CPJ's tenure. We've got a 5th year senior QB, a 5th year senior at Center...and probably the most talent group of RBs CPJ has had in one year. Sure our WRs are not the same as some of the guys that have come through here, but they're good enough. Certainly better than what Navy has.</p><p></p><p>I've advocated for innovation, and it doesn't need to be a wholesale change to the offense. Recruiting will also be an issue at GT, but I think innovation can help with that.</p><p></p><p>I just hope it's not a case of "It's worked before, and it'll keep working" mindset that sometimes older coaches have (see: Bobby Bowden, Mack Brown, Frank Beamer, etc.) that eventually becomes their downfall. You're absolutely correct, defenses evolve and coaches are helped with analytics in modern day football, so tendencies are picked apart. It's up to CPJ to stay ahead of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 254756, member: 360"] I think a large majority of the problem with our TEAM lays more with the defense than offense, but certainly having an offense that performs at the levels of past seasons would certainly help that. It wouldn't be the first time our offense had to mask the liabilities of our defense. One of my frustrations with this offense is we know it works. Navy just beat the #6 team in the nation, a team who's head coach is the "next hot thing" with a defense that has a lot of future NFL players on it. And this is not a slight to the SAs at Navy, but their players are just not in the same tier as GT's players. Navy also didn't do anything "innovative" against Houston...they just executed the same offense we run at a higher level than we have been. It's not like Houston has never seen Navy, they played them just last year, and Tom Herman is an Urban Meyer protege and I'm sure Meyer has shared notes he has from his discussions with CPJ (they're friends). Yet Navy was still able to put up 382 yards of offense and hold out for the win...it was really a vintage spread option performance of ball control and maximizing scoring opportunities. Rarely did I see miss blocks on the perimeter, and the Navy OL seemed to have a body for a body. So the question is, why is it that our offense seems to be so helter skelter from week to week? Why are the performance from players uneven as well? Certainly there's youth factor, but we're in year 9 of CPJ's tenure. We've got a 5th year senior QB, a 5th year senior at Center...and probably the most talent group of RBs CPJ has had in one year. Sure our WRs are not the same as some of the guys that have come through here, but they're good enough. Certainly better than what Navy has. I've advocated for innovation, and it doesn't need to be a wholesale change to the offense. Recruiting will also be an issue at GT, but I think innovation can help with that. I just hope it's not a case of "It's worked before, and it'll keep working" mindset that sometimes older coaches have (see: Bobby Bowden, Mack Brown, Frank Beamer, etc.) that eventually becomes their downfall. You're absolutely correct, defenses evolve and coaches are helped with analytics in modern day football, so tendencies are picked apart. It's up to CPJ to stay ahead of it. [/QUOTE]
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