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Post by caseyd123 on Nov 16, 2008 10:21:57 GMT -6
Coaches,
For those of you who go the modular approach in your offense, when you first set it up what are the common football prototypical players that you made sure you had a place for? I have been thinking of breaking it down like this:
Is my QB a Running QB or Slow/Pocket QB? (will we pair our run game with the QB i.e. Singlewing or Option)
Do I have a true Tailback? (will help dictate if I will base out of empty, 1 back or 2 back)
Do I have a true Fullback? (same as above)
Are my receivers tight ends or split ends? (if I'm 2 back, will i be 2 back double tight or will i be 2 back 3WR?...etc., etc.)
Again, for the coach who sets up a modular system, what "ifs" are you sure to have covered in the big-picture system/playbook?
Thanks for your input
-CD
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Post by goldenbear76 on Nov 16, 2008 18:42:58 GMT -6
You lost me at "modular" ..did you forget we are football coaches? hahah.
I guess on the offensive side of the ball we almost always stick with the philosophy of putting our best athlete at QB. If you have 2 athletes...pick the one that throws a better ball. When you lack an athlete that can play QB for you...you better hope you got some good receivers and line play.
Now..in the past we had speedy tailbacks and we probably relied on Toss sweep to complement our Veer, ISO. Now we have a more power back, and we are more ISO/Counter/Power Oriented. We still run Veer though because like I said before..our best athlete is our QB.
For Fullback...our thought is ..pick a kid that is an athlete but maybe a little slow for tailback. Or a speedy kid that is small/bulky works too(these are great veer fullbacks). Basically a kid you can develop to block well and can run trap/veer dive..(for us anyway). I'm not sure at High School there is such a thing as a prototypical fullback. It probably depends more on your offensive philosophy more than anything. This year..our starting tailback was our starting fullback last year.
As for Tight ends..we have had both big good blocking TEs, and smaller speedy TEs. Obviously if you have a good blocking TE...your running game will take off. Last year ..we had a kid that could block well and caught well. He's one of the reasons we won a state title. This year..we have a TE that is more of a slot receiver than a TE..(what i'm saying is..the kid can't block...guh). But when we run playaction..he's deadly because he is almost always being covered by a linebacker or free safety.
As I think about it, our offense hasn't changed at all..for the last 5 years we have run the same things with different types of kids and still had success. You just have to learn your team..what they can do and play to your strengths imho.
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Post by theprez98 on Nov 16, 2008 19:14:49 GMT -6
I think by "modular" he means a system that is adaptable to the talent you have. So you might have a larger playbook, but only use portions of it specific to the talent you have.
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Post by tog on Nov 16, 2008 19:15:50 GMT -6
to me
being modular is having a system that is flexible to enough to take advantage of the talent that you have
with this you have to have basic principles to base on and these need to be grounded in simplicity
the rest of it--plays, tags, motions, sets, run/pass ratio
all that is smoke and mirrors to maximize the effectiveness of where you have taken the offense that year
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