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Post by King_Gamecock on Aug 2, 2022 20:20:52 GMT -6
Coach Rod’s comments regarding the offensive and defensive practice performance supports the preseason all conference picks. We had 4 on defense and zero offensive selections.
It is interesting to see that TUNA had the most players selected with 7 being selected. They must have depth issues or something as they are picked to finish last in the conference in spite of having the most all conference players.
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Post by Cleburneslim on Aug 3, 2022 4:39:01 GMT -6
Preseason polls are useless
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Post by King_Gamecock on Aug 3, 2022 5:16:47 GMT -6
Preseason polls are useless Not true! They give us something to discuss in the preseason! |
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Post by pubdaze on Aug 3, 2022 7:31:40 GMT -6
Coach Rod’s comments regarding the offensive and defensive practice performance supports the preseason all conference picks. We had 4 on defense and zero offensive selections. It is interesting to see that TUNA had the most players selected with 7 being selected. They must have depth issues or something as they are picked to finish last in the conference in spite of having the most all conference players. Sounds like the defense is getting that "hard edge". The offense, not so much. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2022 9:48:19 GMT -6
I truthfully believe Grass's playbook was less than 15 plays. It's probably going to take a CV while for the players that stayed to learn a real playbook.
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Post by yourfavoritebackupqb on Aug 5, 2022 10:45:40 GMT -6
I truthfully believe Grass's playbook was less than 15 plays. It's probably going to take a CV while for the players that stayed to learn a real playbook. I can attest that this is false, but not entirely false. I'll give some inside scoop: Grass's offense was originally based off tempo and the goal was to hit 90 plays a game. In order to be able to execute at the speed we did, the playbook needed to be simplified yet diverse. We had a bunch of plays in the stable but since we were tempo-based we only game-planned a handful of those plays based on weaknesses of the opponent. Some weeks we would be Wide Zone and Inside Zone based and other weeks we would be power/counter based. Some weeks we relied heavily on playaction/deep shots while other weeks we used the short quick game. The issues with Grass's offense over the last couple years was due to slowing down the tempo while keeping the playbook simplified. This made defenses more fresh and we became more predictable. We needed to keep the tempo! The tempo is what kept teams off-balanced. |
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Post by Whup Em All on Aug 5, 2022 12:40:45 GMT -6
I truthfully believe Grass's playbook was less than 15 plays. It's probably going to take a CV while for the players that stayed to learn a real playbook. I can attest that this is false, but not entirely false. I'll give some inside scoop: Grass's offense was originally based off tempo and the goal was to hit 90 plays a game. In order to be able to execute at the speed we did, the playbook needed to be simplified yet diverse. We had a bunch of plays in the stable but since we were tempo-based we only game-planned a handful of those plays based on weaknesses of the opponent. Some weeks we would be Wide Zone and Inside Zone based and other weeks we would be power/counter based. Some weeks we relied heavily on playaction/deep shots while other weeks we used the short quick game. The issues with Grass's offense over the last couple years was due to slowing down the tempo while keeping the playbook simplified. This made defenses more fresh and we became more predictable. We needed to keep the tempo! The tempo is what kept teams off-balanced. This is exactly what I noticed from the confines of my comfy chair. For that one year under CBC, tempo was king. We still ran tempo for a few years afterwards, but it seemed to slow more and more each season. I was never sure WHY we were slowing down. It was just obvious we were. |
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Post by Cleburneslim on Aug 5, 2022 17:19:32 GMT -6
Some of the slow down was from the general trend of college football to allow defenses to slow it down. With multiple injures/cramps every other play.
But our backup Qb has enlightened me as to why we were so predictable from the 1st to 4th quarter. Especially our seeming inability to adapt our play calling for the 2nd half.
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Post by pubdaze on Aug 8, 2022 7:13:04 GMT -6
I truthfully believe Grass's playbook was less than 15 plays. It's probably going to take a CV while for the players that stayed to learn a real playbook. I can attest that this is false, but not entirely false. I'll give some inside scoop: Grass's offense was originally based off tempo and the goal was to hit 90 plays a game. In order to be able to execute at the speed we did, the playbook needed to be simplified yet diverse. We had a bunch of plays in the stable but since we were tempo-based we only game-planned a handful of those plays based on weaknesses of the opponent. Some weeks we would be Wide Zone and Inside Zone based and other weeks we would be power/counter based. Some weeks we relied heavily on playaction/deep shots while other weeks we used the short quick game. The issues with Grass's offense over the last couple years was due to slowing down the tempo while keeping the playbook simplified. This made defenses more fresh and we became more predictable. We needed to keep the tempo! The tempo is what kept teams off-balanced. Thanks, perfect summation on what was going on. Essentially we were running the "Tempo-No Tempo" offense! "Defenses more fresh and we became more predictable", ouch that says it all. |
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Post by King_Gamecock on Aug 8, 2022 12:10:18 GMT -6
I can attest that this is false, but not entirely false. I'll give some inside scoop: Grass's offense was originally based off tempo and the goal was to hit 90 plays a game. In order to be able to execute at the speed we did, the playbook needed to be simplified yet diverse. We had a bunch of plays in the stable but since we were tempo-based we only game-planned a handful of those plays based on weaknesses of the opponent. Some weeks we would be Wide Zone and Inside Zone based and other weeks we would be power/counter based. Some weeks we relied heavily on playaction/deep shots while other weeks we used the short quick game. The issues with Grass's offense over the last couple years was due to slowing down the tempo while keeping the playbook simplified. This made defenses more fresh and we became more predictable. We needed to keep the tempo! The tempo is what kept teams off-balanced. Thanks, perfect summation on what was going on. Essentially we were running the "Tempo-No Tempo" offense! "Defenses more fresh and we became more predictable", ouch that says it all. A number of us made observations about this very thing. We noticed that the tempo had slowed down and speculated that it was part of the issue with our offense becoming feast or famine. |
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Post by JSUSoutherner on Aug 8, 2022 14:49:28 GMT -6
Thanks, perfect summation on what was going on. Essentially we were running the "Tempo-No Tempo" offense! "Defenses more fresh and we became more predictable", ouch that says it all. A number of us made observations about this very thing. We noticed that the tempo had slowed down and speculated that it was part of the issue with our offense becoming feast or famine. Its painfully obvious if you go back and watch Eli and Pope run the option we aren't spending time in a huddle. We aren't spending time looking for cue cards on the sideline. It's snap, read, run, get to the line, and run it again. And then just when the defense gets a second to think we threw play action at them. Our scoring drive average in 2015 was like 2:15 or something ludicrously dumb. The Chattanooga games were shining examples of this. The problem is by 2019 and 2020 our drives were still taking 2:15, but they were three and outs. |
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