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<blockquote data-quote="1939hotmagic" data-source="post: 631455" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>A last bit of venting about offense after way too much of it yesterday . . .</p><p></p><p>Once upon a time the forward pass was unconventional and seldom deployed, though legal. When most teams operated some variation of single-wing, the double-wing and T-formation were odd, and SMU throwing the ball 20+ times a game was absolutely crazy. Then came the split-T, the I formation, the wing-T and other variations of the T. The veer and wishbone in the late 1960s were unusual, until they weren't. And so it goes.</p><p></p><p>If the opponent('s coach) is upset or embarrassed because they got burned by something rare, unorthodox, unconventional, or contrarian -- good. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Screw with the opponent's mindset and expectations. Operate from offensive formations they haven't seen from other opponents. Do things their previous opponents haven't done, whether not-terribly-unusual shovel passes, or having your QB under center but snapping the ball between the QB's legs direct to a FB/TB, or bringing back the old buck-lateral, or using downfield laterals, or using the "Emory & Henry" formation which Spurrier resurrected in the 1990s. Whatever, the list of possibilities is a long one.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of Spurrier, whose personality I never cared for, at least I respected him, particularly for this quote: "<span style="color: #0000b3">If you want to be successful, you have to <strong>do it the way everybody does it and do it a lot better</strong> -- <strong>or you have to do it differently.</strong> I can't outwork anybody and <strong>I can't coach the off-tackle play better than anybody else. So I figured I'd try to coach some different ball plays, </strong>and instead of poor-mouthing my team, I'd try to build it up to the point where the players think, Coach believes we're pretty good; by golly, let's go prove it."</span></p><p></p><p>So: If you're sold on the notion of winning often by running pretty much the same offense (broadly speaking) which most other programs operate, but without a boatload of superior players, and very good coordinators -- good luck with that. No, one need not run triple option (since that triggers the vapors, apparently); there are plenty of other approaches to consider, and older notions to dust off and modify for this era.</p><p></p><p>Here's hoping these opening three games are just an unusually bumpy and disjointed start, and not the start of four to seven years of wandering in the desert.</p><p></p><p>And now I'll return to my regularly scheduled anarchy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1939hotmagic, post: 631455, member: 1792"] A last bit of venting about offense after way too much of it yesterday . . . Once upon a time the forward pass was unconventional and seldom deployed, though legal. When most teams operated some variation of single-wing, the double-wing and T-formation were odd, and SMU throwing the ball 20+ times a game was absolutely crazy. Then came the split-T, the I formation, the wing-T and other variations of the T. The veer and wishbone in the late 1960s were unusual, until they weren't. And so it goes. If the opponent('s coach) is upset or embarrassed because they got burned by something rare, unorthodox, unconventional, or contrarian -- good. :) Screw with the opponent's mindset and expectations. Operate from offensive formations they haven't seen from other opponents. Do things their previous opponents haven't done, whether not-terribly-unusual shovel passes, or having your QB under center but snapping the ball between the QB's legs direct to a FB/TB, or bringing back the old buck-lateral, or using downfield laterals, or using the "Emory & Henry" formation which Spurrier resurrected in the 1990s. Whatever, the list of possibilities is a long one. Speaking of Spurrier, whose personality I never cared for, at least I respected him, particularly for this quote: "[COLOR=#0000b3]If you want to be successful, you have to [B]do it the way everybody does it and do it a lot better[/B] -- [B]or you have to do it differently.[/B] I can't outwork anybody and [B]I can't coach the off-tackle play better than anybody else. So I figured I'd try to coach some different ball plays, [/B]and instead of poor-mouthing my team, I'd try to build it up to the point where the players think, Coach believes we're pretty good; by golly, let's go prove it."[/COLOR] So: If you're sold on the notion of winning often by running pretty much the same offense (broadly speaking) which most other programs operate, but without a boatload of superior players, and very good coordinators -- good luck with that. No, one need not run triple option (since that triggers the vapors, apparently); there are plenty of other approaches to consider, and older notions to dust off and modify for this era. Here's hoping these opening three games are just an unusually bumpy and disjointed start, and not the start of four to seven years of wandering in the desert. And now I'll return to my regularly scheduled anarchy. ;) [/QUOTE]
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