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<blockquote data-quote="MWBATL" data-source="post: 181588" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>I respect your comments and Skeptics and AE87's before that....you all may well be correct, I don't know. I will try to repeat what I think was the main point of my post.....when we have performed well offensively, we had an effective passing threat. That was true last year with Smelter and Waller, and that was true in 2008/9 with Thomas.</p><p></p><p>I am not necessarily urging that we trash the system. In some respects my point is very simplistic...ANY offense become such easier to defense when it is one dimensional. Ours has been record breaking when it was TWO dimensional, not one dimensional.</p><p></p><p>In my humble opinion, the dimension that is missing is effective passing. It is simply very VERY hard to run into a stacked box. You have to be much better with your blocking and running for that to work.</p><p></p><p>The argument that w need to stay the course because we have been effective in the past misunderstands my thrust, I think. "The course" that we had last year, and in 2008/9 was a very effective dual threat offense. We would ALL love to see that again. I am NOT suggesting we abandon the triple option of get rid of our coach or any such things. I AM suggesting that simply blocking better (while always helpful, no doubt) will NOT get you there against the better defenses. It didn't last year (we had a passing threat) and it won't this year (without a passing threat).</p><p></p><p>I think those points are fairly simple. What is less simple is that we (I thunk) would all agree that our efforts to pass thus far have been rather futile, and it appears to me to be driven by the fact that so many of our routes are long-developing routes requiring 5 to 7 step drops with the blocking to support that. In other words, our passing is designed to strike based off of an effective running game that has lulled the defense to sleep.</p><p></p><p>We just don't seem to have a passing attack that is designed to complete some very quick three step drop type passes, which might have the desired effect of loosening the box.</p><p></p><p>I take the point that I am not paid $3MM a year to coach football or strategize about it. None of us are. We are simply a bunch of fans who all love GT football and are all discussing amongst ourselves what would help our beloved team the most. None of our thoughts are going into anyone's playbook for any future games.</p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, as a fan and an armchair QB (like most of us on here) my opinion remains that until we find an effective passing threat, we will not be effective against the better teams on our schedule. We weren't in 2010-3, and we won't be in 2015 unless we remedy that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MWBATL, post: 181588, member: 944"] I respect your comments and Skeptics and AE87's before that....you all may well be correct, I don't know. I will try to repeat what I think was the main point of my post.....when we have performed well offensively, we had an effective passing threat. That was true last year with Smelter and Waller, and that was true in 2008/9 with Thomas. I am not necessarily urging that we trash the system. In some respects my point is very simplistic...ANY offense become such easier to defense when it is one dimensional. Ours has been record breaking when it was TWO dimensional, not one dimensional. In my humble opinion, the dimension that is missing is effective passing. It is simply very VERY hard to run into a stacked box. You have to be much better with your blocking and running for that to work. The argument that w need to stay the course because we have been effective in the past misunderstands my thrust, I think. "The course" that we had last year, and in 2008/9 was a very effective dual threat offense. We would ALL love to see that again. I am NOT suggesting we abandon the triple option of get rid of our coach or any such things. I AM suggesting that simply blocking better (while always helpful, no doubt) will NOT get you there against the better defenses. It didn't last year (we had a passing threat) and it won't this year (without a passing threat). I think those points are fairly simple. What is less simple is that we (I thunk) would all agree that our efforts to pass thus far have been rather futile, and it appears to me to be driven by the fact that so many of our routes are long-developing routes requiring 5 to 7 step drops with the blocking to support that. In other words, our passing is designed to strike based off of an effective running game that has lulled the defense to sleep. We just don't seem to have a passing attack that is designed to complete some very quick three step drop type passes, which might have the desired effect of loosening the box. I take the point that I am not paid $3MM a year to coach football or strategize about it. None of us are. We are simply a bunch of fans who all love GT football and are all discussing amongst ourselves what would help our beloved team the most. None of our thoughts are going into anyone's playbook for any future games. Nevertheless, as a fan and an armchair QB (like most of us on here) my opinion remains that until we find an effective passing threat, we will not be effective against the better teams on our schedule. We weren't in 2010-3, and we won't be in 2015 unless we remedy that. [/QUOTE]
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