How Bodie Reeder plans to build 'winning offense' at North Texas

[MGNation92]

Good article on Reeder and his Offensive Philosophy:

https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2019/04/16/how-bodie-reeder-plans-to-build-winning-offense-at-north-texas?ref=article_preview_img

[Mean Green 93-98]

Very good read.  But this . . . 

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The highlight was a dominant 74-23 win over rival Portland State – does that name ring any bells, Mean Green fans?

. . . just took another little piece of my heart.

[NorthTexan95]

Great article. 

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In the back of his mind, Reeder has to know that succeeding in 2019 could have huge ramifications for his career.

“It meant a lot when [Littrell] hit me up because it’s almost like you’re getting on a train that’s moving real fast,” Reeder said.

Love this quote. 

Edited April 19, 2019 by NorthTexan95

[MeanGreenTexan]

I think "building" an offense here is already done.   Coach Reeder has been handed the keys to a Ferrari.   Don't wreck it.

[SilverEagle]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I think "building" an offense here is already done.   Coach Reeder has been handed the keys to a Ferrari.   Don't wreck it.

A Ferrari that can't get a first down in crucial situations and crucial games. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 minutes ago, SilverEagle said:

A Ferrari that can't get a first down in crucial situations and crucial games. 

The driver can stall it out if he's not very good with a stick shift going uphill.   The machine is still built & powerful as ever.

[97and03]

20 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

The driver can stall it out if he's not very good with a stick shift going uphill.   The machine is still built & powerful as ever.

Well that driver is Fine and I don’t think he failed to block on short yardage carries. 

The mere fact that a new approach is being adopted says to me that the problem was recognized and addressed by Reeder’s hiring. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

Well that driver is Fine and I don’t think he failed to block on short yardage carries. 

The mere fact that a new approach is being adopted says to me that the problem was recognized and addressed by Reeder’s hiring. 

The driver is Reeder... was Harrell.

[97and03]

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

The driver is Reeder... was Harrell.

Ah ok. I can see it from that view.

[UNTLifer]

Using the automobile analogy, this is my  take.  Reeder was given a 200 mph race car with a great driver in Fine.  His job is to tweak the car to get another 10 to 20 mph.  I would call Reeder the mechanic and Fine the driver.

Either way:

[UNTLifer]

[peanuts104]

Either way, analogies aside, our short yardage game needed to be reworked from the ground up and it sounds like he did that.  Using different personnel packages should help us.  If everything you do is 4 wide with one back or 5 wide, it's not hard for the defense to key in on what you were doing.  Harrell's, and largely air raid's, philosophy isn't to trick or disguise what you're going to run necessarily, but to out execute the opponent.  Getting more diverse with the formations and personnel should help keep the defense guessing. 

Another article had Fine mention that Reeder wants more pre-snap defense identification versus Harrell's progression based decision making.  This, theoretically, will be good for the evolution of Fine as a quarterback and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mason ends up calling his own plays to adjust for different defensive looks in this new version of the offense.  On paper, I am really excited about the Reeder hire.  We'll just have to see how it does on Saturdays.

[Wag Tag]

Did we ever make second half adjustments or just play not to loose with Harrell. Skip and La Tech has schooled us on second half adjustments! 

[meanrob]

Over the last nine games last year we scored over 31 points twice. With a quarterback like Fine, the way college football is today and a mediocre conference like CUSA, that isn't that good. Especially when our D gave up an average of 28 points a game during that stretch. Go look what Utah State averaged in the MWC, a conference most believe is better than CUSA. They scored over forty points seven out of their last ten games and many of those were over 50. I don't even know who the USU QB is and I live in Utah.

We averaged 28 points over the last nine games which is just about the NCAA average.  Not good when you have the best QB in the history of the program. I don't know if Harrell was the problem but I didn't watch this offense and think we were out scheming people. Reeder has to do better.

 

 

[UNTLifer]

I am a Graham Harrell fan, but I honestly believe we have upgraded this coaching position.

[SilverEagle]

21 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Using the automobile analogy, this is my  take.  Reeder was given a 200 mph race car with a great driver in Fine.  His job is to tweak the car to get another 10 to 20 mph.  I would call Reeder the mechanic and Fine the driver.

Either way:

If Reeder is the mechanic then it's his job to tinker with the fuel delivery system so as to make sure that his high performance vehicle doesn't develop (to use a term from my youth) vapor lock.

[MrStrange18]

"A season ago, North Texas struggled to put away games. All three regular season losses came after blowing double-digit leads, and the inability to get conversions on 3rd-and-short didn’t help. Reeder wants to rebuild the short-yardage game from scratch."

THIS! This is the thing I look forward to seeing turned around!