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. 

[untcampbell]

Making a 3rd and 1, a 4th and 1 and/or a 4th and 2 would have eaten up some clock.

But punting on both of those fourth downs would have turned the field over so at least it would, allegedly, eat more time on the clock before ECU scored again.

 

GMG

[aztecskin]

Yeah the classic Air Raid was about scoring more and zagging when everyone else was zigging. Now that teams are ready for spread, up-tempo, etc, there is a ton of value in controlling the clock. I don't think that necessarily means doing an Army and running it every play but I do think that keeping the defense off balance includes slowing it down and maybe doing a huddle.

I don't know that THIS defense has tired legs. I think they are just small and weak compared to what they need to be. When Morris was talking about "we are not strong enough, not big enough" he was talking about the defense (and a little bit of the offensive line). It is absolutely imperative that we get three or four very good defensive lineman for next year or it will be more of the same. 

[Matt from A700]

I agree, although it seemed we slowed it down a bit yesterday.

That third touchdown drive that lasted 13 plays and 6:59 without a fourth down conversion needed may have been our best drive all season.

[3_n_out]

1 hour ago, aztecskin said:

Yeah the classic Air Raid was about scoring more and zagging when everyone else was zigging. Now that teams are ready for spread, up-tempo, etc, there is a ton of value in controlling the clock. I don't think that necessarily means doing an Army and running it every play but I do think that keeping the defense off balance includes slowing it down and maybe doing a huddle.

I don't know that THIS defense has tired legs. I think they are just small and weak compared to what they need to be. When Morris was talking about "we are not strong enough, not big enough" he was talking about the defense (and a little bit of the offensive line). It is absolutely imperative that we get three or four very good defensive lineman for next year or it will be more of the same. 

I think the type of OL they’re recruiting is based on his uptempo style. He’s probably not going after bigger and heavier guys due to the pace they play…or wouldn’t be ideal. It’s unfortunate coz that’s a huge reason they aren’t successful on short yardage situations.