Some quotes from Tommy: (he was tweeting guys last night about practice)
"I won't even recognize the offense."
"They are no huddle."
"They are trying to speed it up like Oregon."
We face TCU in our first game, we need to be ready for how fast they move. Plus Limey is all about diversity of looks and personnel. Lastly, the faster the O can move in practice, the more reps everyone gets.
My guess is the offense won't fundamentally change. We will probably still be a grind it out, smash mouth, time of possession offense. But my wish list for next season was seeing something like a 2 minute, or 1 minute drill, break into no huddle and be able to step on the gas when you have the opposing defense on their heels.
Maybe that is what this is. Grind it out for the majority of the game, but some drives might incorporate some hurry up. That mix of up tempo and power is what won tOSU the National Championship. This would give us a little room for error during a game if we have the ability to score quickly, whereas right now, our offense absolutely has to come away with some points every time they touch the ball to keep the game in hand.
My guess is the offense won't fundamentally change. We will probably still be a grind it out, smash mouth, time of possession offense. But my wish list for next season was seeing something like a 2 minute, or 1 minute drill, break into no huddle and be able to step on the gas when you have the opposing defense on their heels.
Maybe that is what this is. Grind it out for the majority of the game, but some drives might incorporate some hurry up. That mix of up tempo and power is what won tOSU the National Championship. This would give us a little room for error during a game if we have the ability to score quickly, whereas right now, our offense absolutely has to come away with some points every time they touch the ball to keep the game in hand.
They are doing it to take advantage of the running game. Get the line leaning on defense. Closer to what the did at NIU. They took in Auburn practices over the last couple years.
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When people keep saying 'fundamental change', what are you referring to? A fundamental shift would be something like moving to an air raid or true veer offense. We already have elements of the read option (though we do way more window dressing there than actually optioning) and sweeps and the like. That said, part of our offensive philosophy has been slowing the tempo, keeping things between the tackles, minimizing risk (ie potentially negative plays), and lessening the number of possessions in each game. It does constitute a fundamental change if we are now speeding things up and opening up the offense more. It is essentially saying that they're going to try to score more points. That sounds silly but actually scoring points wasn't the priority of the offense the last few years. The priority was taking care of the ball, winning the field position battle, not putting the D in bad spots, and then looking to score when opportunities (ie favorable field position) presented themselves. Placing a bigger emphasis on scoring is an acknowledgement that A- they feel they have better talent now, B- they're confident in their defense and C- (this is an assumption/guess) they realize you can only go so far playing that type of conservative game as its great when you're the less talented team but it doesn't really let you pull away from anyone
I suspect we will still be a pound and grind offense. However, I also think that the coaches believe we finally may have the playmakers on offense to switch that up when needed or when it gives us an advantage in-game. That is something they have not been willing to do in the past (see every in-game thread from last year for reference).
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Shoot - 18 posts and no one has made a snarky comment about Leidner not being able to handle a hurry-up offense. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Seriously - I think it's good to be able to throw different looks at a defense. The more predictable the offense, the easier it is to game-plan for. If nothing else, running some spread or hurry-up principles in the non-conf games will force the B1G teams to prepare for that scheme.
Snark, snark, snark, snarkety Leidner snark! J/K
Obviously he is going to have to improve to be able to have a more passing based offense. Time will tell if he has done that but there is no reason to think he won't improve this year. Will he improve enough? We'll see.
Even if they only get a functional "2 minute" style offense I'd be happy. The pace the team has moved at with limited time left has been frustrating. Not that they aren't chucking the bal 50 yards each play - I understand they haven't been that team and probably won't be under Coach Kill. But that they take SO MUCH time off the clock between plays. It's like they are trying to run out the clock!!
This is not leading to a more pass based offense. We will always be run based under Kill. It's basically to get better at the 2 minute drill and take advantage of matchups and plays that work well. Tommy O basically said that the O-line gets one signal for zone or man blocking and the WR's and QB's get another signal for the play. He talked about Auburn being able to run the same exact running play over and over again and making the right read.
It could be a, b, and c. We can run the exact same offense at a faster pace.
This could be a signal that Kill and Claeys believe the D will be improved and deeper. A faster paced offense could put more pressure on the D especially if the O struggles to move the sticks.
Do you know (or did tommy say it) that they changed the blocking scheme or that's what it's always been?