Post by chris5ft2 on Jun 1, 2007 10:29:13 GMT -6
I was just wondering what ideas people had for getting their offences to match the players they've recruited. What do you do in situations where you've spent the majority of the off season planning an offence, only to then find that you don't have the personnel to run it? For Example: you draw up a power running system, only to find that you weren't able to recruit enough "big" linemen, and have smaller quicker guys instead, or you decide to go with pass orientated offence, but don't recruit any decent recievers.
In my league, (British collegiate league) we play over the winter, which means we get about 1 to 2 months between recruitment at the start of the year, and the first game. because of this, it would seem to be nearly impossible to wait and see how recruitment goes before selecting an offensive direction. About a 3rd to half of our team each year is made up of rookies, and returners aren't always a guarantee because of their studies.
Have any of you guys been in these kinds of situations? And if so, what did you do? Stick with the offence you designed regardless? adapt it to suit the players you have? change it to something completely different on the spot? or could you design 2 or 3 entirely different offences and go with whichever one suits your players once you see what you've got?
Looking forward to some feedback!
In my league, (British collegiate league) we play over the winter, which means we get about 1 to 2 months between recruitment at the start of the year, and the first game. because of this, it would seem to be nearly impossible to wait and see how recruitment goes before selecting an offensive direction. About a 3rd to half of our team each year is made up of rookies, and returners aren't always a guarantee because of their studies.
Have any of you guys been in these kinds of situations? And if so, what did you do? Stick with the offence you designed regardless? adapt it to suit the players you have? change it to something completely different on the spot? or could you design 2 or 3 entirely different offences and go with whichever one suits your players once you see what you've got?
Looking forward to some feedback!
