I agree with your take on this Brian. To me the 2003 offense is the ideal offense for us to run. To me offense is all about 1. Not letting the defense have any clue as to what it is you're about to do. 2. Blocking the crap out of them once they realize what's coming at them. A lot of that means having a lot of plays that (appear) to be the same as something they saw on film, but actually has many different variations and options out of that same play. With the one constant being that on every single pass play the QB can tuck it and run.hammb wrote:I'm with you on this, but it does put a heavy burden on a QB to make the right reads in the running & passing game. It also requires a QB capable of being a legitimate rushing threat.BGSUFootballFan wrote:Falconfreak90 wrote:Indeed....congrats to Coach McCall. He did a very good job for us and I wish him nothing but the best.
I think Coach B should call the plays himself...he's an offensive guru.
Coach Bird is another possibilty due to his work at WVU, as others have said.
If Coach B (as in the main guy) calls his own plays, do we see a return to more of the J5 type offense?
This will be a very interesting off season...and Signing Day is only a month away!
GO FALCONS!!!
The J5 offense is not only my favorite offense to watch, but in my opinion the most difficult to defend. It spreads the field. It gets the ball in the hands of the playmakers. It finds mismatches (ie the 4th WR on a LB that can't cover his grandma). The plays feed off of each other (ie you can fake something one time, but go right back to it later). It works against both zone & man to man. It works against all out blitzing (ie NIU game). The QB has the CHOICE of whether to tuck & run himself on pretty much EVERY SINGLE PLAY. This pretty much means there are almost no "bad" plays assuming the QB can always scramble or throw the ball away. I could go on and on, but all I have to say is I'd LOVE to see us go back to this type of offense!
Tyler is mobile and can get some yards when a play breaks down, but I'm not sure he's the true rushing threat that you'd need to really play that style of offense. The way we played with J5 was so effective because both he & Pope were equal threats with the ball. Every run play was an option of some sort and the defense could never know ahead of time which was going to receive the ball.
I don't think Tyler can be that QB. He can be very effective if you're only asking him to pass, however. So that begs the question of whether you stick with the '07 system and Tyler or do you bench a young starter and go forward with Glaud/Brown if trying to get to a more '03ish offense.
I'm with you in that I would MUCH, MUCH rather have the added dimension of the '03 offense. What I'm not certain of, however, is whether either of our dual threat QBs is ready to be the trigger man in that sort of system.
Tyler is certainly the best QB on our team and probably even in the top half in the nation. That being said I'd be willing to give up on him in order to run the 2003 offense. There is nothing wrong with Tyler he is just not in the mold of the QB needed to run that type of system. Are Glaud/Brown in that type of mold? I have no idea, I haven't seen them play enough. My guess is they would have the running threat part down, but could they handle the decision making play after play? That I don't know. If they honestly can't then I suppose you go to something else, because I absolutely hated the 2007 offense.
It really only worked against Minnesota and that is because they were expecting us to come out in the pistol and run the ball like we did in 2006. I dont know if anyone else noticed, but almost all of our pass plays that worked this year, were because of a WR breaking off of their original route or Tyler holding onto the ball forever until a defender came up and he dinked it over their head. To me that is not football.
The gameplans against TSUN and Kent were better in terms of balance and execution, but that is where I draw the line. I really don't think those gameplans were really dynamic like some of the 2003 offense. Also the plays never really flowed together or fed off of each other, which is my guess as to why we weren't consistent throughout the course of the season.
I guess my ideal situation is that Glaud or Brown is the next J5. Brandon gets to call the plays again and we get back to the 2003 offense. However, its unlikely that all that happens, so what do we run with Tyler? Hopefully something with more balance and that uses the scrambling ability that he does have! Please no more short crossing routes over the middle while the defense drops 8.. UGH!
