So what do we know about Tommy Rees?

Rees hasnt heen great and they are 56th in total offense. ND is typically a boring team, and Kelly gives very little rope to his OCs from what I've seen.

From what I’ve noticed, ND tries to play very complimentary football. Doesn’t put their defense in tough spots, doesn’t turn it over, and typically a little more ball control. Does that change with the caliber of athlete Kelly will be dealing with here? I think so, I think we move more towards a power run spread. It will work well with the type of O-Lineman Kelly can bring in, there’s no doubt he knows how to build the trenches.

He’s better than Jake Peetz

Kelly’s offenses are about 55-45% run-favored spread.

Offensive coordinators since 2013:
- Chuck Martin (HC Miami-OH)
- Mike Denbrock (OC Cincy)
- Mike Sanford Jr (OC Minnesota)
- Chip Long (OC Tulane)
- Tommy Rees

Most OC’s lasted about 2-3 years.

Ranks:
2013: 54th overall. 71st passing. 38th rushing. (Martin)

2014: 67th overall. 39th passing. 80th rushing. (Denbrock)

2015: 32nd overall. 18th passing. 68th rushing. (Sanford)

2016: 27th overall. 35th passing. 28th rushing. (Sanford)

2017: 62nd overall. 48th passing. 80th rushing. (Long)

2018: 27th overall. 102nd passing. 7th rushing. (Long)

2019: 32nd overall. 36th passing. 51st rushing. (Long)

2020: 27th overall. 58th passing. 27th rushing. (Rees)

2021: 57th overall. 75th passing. 33rd rushing. (Rees)

Another way to look at it (for Kelly):

2013: 33 passes, 33 runs (27.8 pts)
2014: 35 passes, 37 runs (32.8 pts)
2015: 29 passes, 37 runs (34.2 pts)
2016: 32 passes, 36 runs (30.9 pts)
2017: 27 passes, 43 runs (34.2 pts)
2018: 32 passes, 37 runs (31.2 pts)
2019: 32 passes, 36 runs (36.8 pts)
2020: 28 passes, 38 runs (33.6 pts)
2021: 32 passes, 36 runs (35.3 pts)

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Kelly ran a more uptempo offense at Cincy but more pro style at ND. Anyone know why his offensive philosophy changed? Was he just adapting to personnel? What can we expect next year offensively?

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From what I read, he’s flexible. He builds his offenses around the personnel and talent he has to utilize their talents in the best way. I’m excited for what he can do for this team. I’d love a power spread and a killer play action RPO offense. It’ll leave a bunch of 1 on 1 matchups with our freak wideouts.

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From what I’ve noticed, ND tries to play very complimentary football. Doesn’t put their defense in tough spots, doesn’t turn it over, and typically a little more ball control. Does that change with the caliber of athlete Kelly will be dealing with here? I think so, I think we move more towards a power run spread. It will work well with the type of O-Lineman Kelly can bring in, there’s no doubt he knows how to build the trenches.

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BINGO, he plays with the cards he has been dealt and knows what's in the deck.

Now he has moved to a new table, one where he can recruit athletes on both sides of the ball who can consistently win 1v1 matchups (at any position) and make explosive plays that can swing the momentum of games.

IMO he needs a young OC to run our offensive attack. It will be interesting to see who he retains, other than Raymond and Faulk. Lot of work to be done still in the coming days.