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Canada's Run Game
Posted on 7/30/17 at 11:58 am
Posted on 7/30/17 at 11:58 am
Watching the Pitt offense from last year, I could see us playing with 3 rb's a lot with Guice as the sweep man and DW/Brossette being used interchangeably at RB for dives and in the FB slot for misdirection opposite of sweep action especially at the goal line.
One negative is the number of negative plays that Pitt generated off the jet sweep either by having it blown up or by the qb dumping off backwards passes to the sweep man after play action. Another recurring negative was holding penalties with all of the action.
This is not a downhill running game, I'm curious to see if O steers Canada into becoming more direct as the season wears on because there will inevitably be some early season frustration I'm afraid. We have better players than Pitt but this offense will require our players to have a lot of discipline and faith in the unorthodox scheme.
One negative is the number of negative plays that Pitt generated off the jet sweep either by having it blown up or by the qb dumping off backwards passes to the sweep man after play action. Another recurring negative was holding penalties with all of the action.
This is not a downhill running game, I'm curious to see if O steers Canada into becoming more direct as the season wears on because there will inevitably be some early season frustration I'm afraid. We have better players than Pitt but this offense will require our players to have a lot of discipline and faith in the unorthodox scheme.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:03 pm to white beans
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a lot of discipline and faith in the unorthodox scheme
They'll get it figured out, and they'll love it. Then, so will we...
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:03 pm to white beans
One thing that does give me relief in the transition-
Canada could call our old offense with his eyes closed and it would be an effortless fallback in the possession game.
Canada could call our old offense with his eyes closed and it would be an effortless fallback in the possession game.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:08 pm to white beans
Guice will get 95% of the carries
Posted on 7/30/17 at 12:33 pm to white beans
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We have better players than Pitt but this offense will require our players to have a lot of discipline and faith in the unorthodox scheme.
I think it's important to remember that Canada doesn't really have a "system" per se. He has always tailored his offenses to what personnel he has to work with
Posted on 7/30/17 at 2:02 pm to white beans
There are lots of games where you see the sweep get blown up but it still consistently pulls Linebackers out of position for the between the tackles stuff.
Not all plays work. Also we had a lot of success running sweeps in the past and running things off of sweeps.
I like it. Plus the sweep motion man opens up a lot of swing passes.
Not all plays work. Also we had a lot of success running sweeps in the past and running things off of sweeps.
I like it. Plus the sweep motion man opens up a lot of swing passes.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 2:59 pm to white beans
We have to take what you saw that pitt offense do with a grain of salt. We have more talented personel and a much bigger stronger o line. Any coach that can run up the middle get first downs at will, score touch downs, and grind clock is going to do that. I dont care who it is. So there will be a heavy blend of that with what you saw at pitt and his other stops. He will add a lot of motion and timing to the run heavy as well i think that should increase its effectiveness.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 3:27 pm to white beans
Canada ran plenty downhill with Conner. The sweep had success but when it was bottled up it opened up huge plays down the middle. It's not unorthodox at all. Similar shifts go way back. It's a simple offense that forces defenses to cover sideline to sideline all the time.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 3:31 pm to white beans
Seems to me that some posters are ignoring the difference in talent at the WR position. We should be able to open it up a bit more downfield than Pitt did with the talent we have out there.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 4:48 pm to white beans
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One negative is the number of negative plays that Pitt generated off the jet sweep
It's a con you accept for the pro of slowing down the defense's reaction time.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 8:02 am to white beans
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This is not a downhill running game,
he will use vertical plays to open up horizontal plays and vice versa.
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