Honest tactical question here…

[Travis]

This is an honest question from a guy who isn’t paid big bucks to coach football but does coach other sports that require true tactics to be successful with a mixed match team.  

So if you know you have a bad defense, wouldnt it be tactically sound to do whatever you can to make sure your defense is off the field as much as possible?  Wouldn’t it behoove you to not play hurry up ball and instead eat up as much clock as possible with each drive you have?
 

Am I the only one that thinks we have a HC that enjoys shooting himself on the foot with these tactics? 

[FirefightnRick]

5 minutes ago, Travis said:

This is an honest question from a guy who isn’t paid big bucks to coach football but does coach other sports that require true tactics to be successful with a mixed match team.  

So if you know you have a bad defense, wouldnt it be tactically sound to do whatever you can to make sure your defense is off the field as much as possible?  Wouldn’t it behoove you to not play hurry up ball and instead eat up as much clock as possible with each drive you have?
 

Am I the only one that thinks we have a HC that enjoys shooting himself on the foot with these tactics? 

Yes.

 

Rick

[Travis]

1 minute ago, FirefightnRick said:

Yes.

 

Rick

Yes that we shouldn’t play hurry offense?

or yes that I am the only one who thinks that (and thus is likely wrong)? 😂 

[FirefightnRick]

1 hour ago, Travis said:

Yes that we shouldn’t play hurry offense?

or yes that I am the only one who thinks that (and thus is likely wrong)? 😂 

No I’m in complete agreement.

 

Rick

[C Rod]

9 hours ago, Travis said:

Wouldn’t it behoove you to not play hurry up ball and instead eat up as much clock as possible with each drive you have?

100% yes. This is the Achilles’ heel of the air raid system.

To win consistently with the air raid, a deep defensive bench is needed to keep fresh legs on the field. Otherwise while the offense is high flying, the defense is absolutely gassed come the 3rd and 4th quarters.
 

No disrespect to Mike Leach but I’m over the air raid system. I want to see us run the ball, dominate the line of scrimmage, control the clock, and allow our defense time to rest so they can in turn make stops. This is complimentary football. 

[3_n_out]

EM preaches of complimentary football, but never really practices it.