re: Ensminger says the whole offense couldn’t handle audibles

Damn, j. You're gonna be on the soap box all summer aren't you?

I'm still mad as hell at Orgeron and Ensminger. I was so excited about finally having a badass offense, an OFFENSIVE offense, and those 2 peckerheads absolutely screwed us. I'll probably shake it off a little bit by summer though.

I hope so. Might be a long summer if not. Let's see what he does in year 2.

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Maybe I should take up elk hunting

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Save me some sausage and roast. I'll cook.

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I think the majority of us, even in this thread, will say that the OC was only part of the issue this year. We know the o line was shite. However that shouldn't give Ensminger a pass. I think that's where the frustrations are. People are trying to excuse the entire offensive production because of the O line which is not the whole story either. The truth is both the OC and o line were not great this year. It's up for debate how much of the blame to put where though.

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One of a coordinator’s primary roles is to maximize the strengths and hide the weaknesses of his personnel. Ensminger obviously struggled with this all season, sometimes for entire games.

It’s kind of ironic that Ensminger did so much better of a job of utilizing the talent on the 2016 offense than Cam Cameron did. I guess we now see how low a bar that was. And I guess it also tells that anyone can call plays with Forunette and/or Guice behind a good OL and look competent.

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Interesting comment from Steve Ensminger re: letting Joe Burrow audible at the LOS: "He’s done a good job with that, but can the whole offense handle it? He can. Some of the other positions couldn’t, so we wouldn’t always do it every game."

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Sure, just throw players under the bus, Steve. Not like it's the coaches job to get players ready to play or anything.

People defend this offense, which is fine. I'm 90% certain they'll be out of excuses next year.

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Lol no way you believe this and no way you’re that stupid. That’s 100% false and so ignorant it hurt my eyes reading it

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This entire thread is an abortion. You've actually got guys in here that think that they know more than the coaches on offense, personnel etc.

It's so pathetic that it's hilarious. You keep shaking your head thinking that they can't sink any lower then they cheerfully drag themselves and others further down with them. It's straight comedy. Be thankful that you are here witnessing it.

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Lol no way you believe this and no way you’re that stupid. That’s 100% false and so ignorant it hurt my eyes reading it.

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Pundit-types ofter refer approvingly to who has the most 'complex' offense and how the game of football continually becomes more 'complex.' Not only does this overstate football's schematic possibilities, it also has not proven to correlate to succes. This is particularly the case in college football, where practice time is limited. In this vein, Chris Brown has a fantastic piece detailing how Dana Holgerson and his 'Air Raid' cohorts install their entire offense in three days

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Just exit the thread, please.

It's a shame that someone like me, who brings facts to the conversation, gets banned when someone like you is allowed to spew ignorance unfettered.

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Chris Brown has a fantastic piece detailing how Dana Holgerson and his 'Air Raid' cohorts install their entire offense in three days

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A final thought on motions, shifts and so forth: I don’t show them in the above as I don’t see them as properly part of the initial installation of an offense. I think the first three days and maybe even all of, say, a spring practice, can go without motion. Such motions and shifts come in later, to add the apparent complexity to an offense that isn’t actually there for the players. That stuff is easily taught once the players are taught their assignments


So they're not actually installing the entire offense in 3 days or even 3 weeks. They're simply installing a base offense without motions. The article is somewhat misleading as it is actually next to impossible to install an offense in 3 days. Theres another part that I didn't link that bothered me as well.