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<blockquote data-quote="Sideways" data-source="post: 174893" data-attributes="member: 2451"><p>My thoughts are the triple option (I refuse to call it a spread with the quarterback under center. Call it a flexbone if it suits you) is absolutely PERFECT for Tech. It largely negates many of our recruiting disadvantages while helping our team in so many ways. Consider: It is a ball control offense that keeps our defense off the field. As one wag put it: "The triple option is where fourth quarters go to die". We had winning seasons with players that would never have seen the field in power 5 conferences. It maximizes the speed capabilities of small players willing and able to block. It builds team spirit and accountability with its emphasis on total team effort in blocking and decision making. It eliminates the need for pro style gunslingers and super star tailbacks and wide receivers. To be sure, great or near great players are needed at certain positions, most notably quarterback and b back but what can you say about an offense that was successful the first year with a walk on center that moved from defensive line and a tight end lined up at tackle? We have used converted quarterbacks at both A and B back with success. Not many offenses, if any, have proven to be so versatile. Is it a panacea? Decidedly not. Power 5 teams and fans will shun it. It will not work without dedicated linemen and they really have to be more than just serviceable. As we have seen, it is not for everyone. Quarterbacks take a pounding as do B backs but on the whole it has been a tremendous boon for Georgia Tech. The science, as some would say, is settled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sideways, post: 174893, member: 2451"] My thoughts are the triple option (I refuse to call it a spread with the quarterback under center. Call it a flexbone if it suits you) is absolutely PERFECT for Tech. It largely negates many of our recruiting disadvantages while helping our team in so many ways. Consider: It is a ball control offense that keeps our defense off the field. As one wag put it: "The triple option is where fourth quarters go to die". We had winning seasons with players that would never have seen the field in power 5 conferences. It maximizes the speed capabilities of small players willing and able to block. It builds team spirit and accountability with its emphasis on total team effort in blocking and decision making. It eliminates the need for pro style gunslingers and super star tailbacks and wide receivers. To be sure, great or near great players are needed at certain positions, most notably quarterback and b back but what can you say about an offense that was successful the first year with a walk on center that moved from defensive line and a tight end lined up at tackle? We have used converted quarterbacks at both A and B back with success. Not many offenses, if any, have proven to be so versatile. Is it a panacea? Decidedly not. Power 5 teams and fans will shun it. It will not work without dedicated linemen and they really have to be more than just serviceable. As we have seen, it is not for everyone. Quarterbacks take a pounding as do B backs but on the whole it has been a tremendous boon for Georgia Tech. The science, as some would say, is settled. [/QUOTE]
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