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Post by coachd5085 on Dec 8, 2007 19:44:56 GMT -6
As offseason starts to enclose on us all..this is the time of year where changes start to happen. This is usually the part of the year when you start to see the "I want to run the ____________ next year, tell me how" type of posts.
Just want to remind those coaches on here, both old and young...that the "WHY" drives the what and how on these changes.
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Post by coach79 on Dec 8, 2007 19:57:03 GMT -6
I want to keep running the pistol next year, but I want to add in some aspects of the "Fly", and I also want to learn more on the veer, midline, traps, option, IZ, and OZ.
Could use some help if anyone wants to.
-Brett
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Post by morris on Dec 8, 2007 22:03:28 GMT -6
Fun thing is just responded to one of those posts and posted one myself. In my post I stated why we were looking to change and could go even more in depth. Our "why" is to take better advantage of our talent and we our currnetly in part in search of the what and how.
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Post by kcbazooka on Dec 9, 2007 10:40:28 GMT -6
Guess I don't understand the original post -- WHY - cuz I want to learn something either we are interested in putting in or interested in stopping something that an opponent does.
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Post by coachd5085 on Dec 9, 2007 11:06:55 GMT -6
bazooka...the intent was to remind those who post the "I wanna run the ___________ next year", that without knowing the WHY, the answers and help the board can provide is limited
For example, If i say "I want to buy a new house next year, what kind should I buy...." Without knowing WHY I want to buy a house, all of the solutions are useless. Do i want a new house because my current one is too big, too small, and I having more kids, did the kids move out, is it old, is the neighborhood bad, is the insurance too high, it costs to much to heat and cool, I have a new job..... etc.
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Post by coachorr on Dec 9, 2007 11:56:21 GMT -6
Great philisophical point. This year we began to run more spread stuff since we graduated 24 solid players last year. We got away from running the wing-t. We implemented the wing-t over ten years ago, because we believed that our traditionally smaller players would have a better chance through angle blocks, mis-direction, and a system of plays and formations that are designed to keep bigger faster defenses at bay.
Moreover, we went away from our split back veer package, because everyone had seen that and absolutely no one was running the wing-t in this area. Well, still today no one runs the wing-t, however, they have all seen the Skyline version of it and have figured out ways to be more effective against it.
Long story short, we were smaller and more inexperienced this year, so we thought that we could not run the wing-t. I liked the shot-gun stuff we did, it allowed the Qb one or two more seconds and it helped against those teams who had a good bead on us. What was funny, is we pulled out the old buck sweep during a game(a play we spent a lot of time on in the off season and during the season) and racked off over 200 yards rushing.
So the why for runnning both the gun-spread and the wing-t were similar, but I find it odd that we strayed away from what was good.
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Post by coachorr on Dec 9, 2007 11:58:31 GMT -6
I would even go as far as to say this. "Why are we practicing this play right now in practice?"
Will we run it in a game? If so on what down and distance and how many times?
Sometimes I think practice time can just be used to run plays and the most important question has no plausible answer "Why?".
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Post by brophy on Dec 9, 2007 12:23:34 GMT -6
coachd5058 makes a great point that really shouldn't need to be made.
He speaks from years of experience (not on switching schemes, but practical knowledge) to save debates in absolutisms and wasted / frustrating practices / seasons.
Here is a typical example.
We have some kids that aren't that physical, so we want to run "spread" next year.....can someone give me a decent playbook for "spread"?
Spread in and of itself won't do anything different on the field than what you're doing now.
WHAT are you looking to get out of it and WHY?
If you were to say,
"We are in a run-heavy league and face a lot of 50 & 60 front defenses, making it difficult to run with our personnel. "[WHY]
"We feel that we can gain some significant matchups with our "Z" out of trips and doubles looks, so we are looking for two-man concepts out of 3-step game (we can't protect 5 or 7) and the installation timeline for it"" [WHAT]
coachd5058 also has made a point early on about whether or not SCHEME changes have made dramatic swings in fortune for programs...........or because coaches actually were more involved (in teaching) that made the difference.
The most important thing in ANY offense (or defense) is having fundamental answers and concise ways to get those concepts across to every player.
When we change schemes, we generally make dramatic alterations in how we do things......the intensity is kicked up a few notches (which, in and of itself, could be the difference).
The question could really be......HOW CAN WE GET OUR (current) STUFF TO ADJUST TO OUR NEEDS?
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Post by coachjoe3 on Dec 10, 2007 17:48:53 GMT -6
WHY - cuz I want to learn something either we are interested in putting in or interested in stopping something that an opponent does. This should be good enough, shouldn't it? |
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