re: Simple adjustments that anyone watching the tv broadcast can see. Add your own.

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Harris either doesnt want to run, or the coaches have asked him to limit it as much as possible. He's extremely hesitant.

Why else would they never run the read option, or why he would launch that last INT when he had 10 yards in front of him.

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Just the entire offense is frustrating. Why the frick are we recruiting dual threat qbs and not running them? Is it because we dont have a viable backup?
Whats the damn point of having a running qb if there is no threat to run. Im getting pissed now just thinking about the simple things that could make our offense more productive.

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Just the entire offense is frustrating. Why the frick are we recruiting dual threat qbs and not running them? Is it because we dont have a viable backup?
Whats the damn point of having a running qb if there is no threat to run. Im getting pissed now just thinking about the simple things that could make our offense more productive.

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Step 1- Identify defensive weaknesses
Step 2- take advantage of said weaknesses

Don't give 2 shits about playcalling, system, HUNH, spread. We have superior athletes. As long as they are attacking weaknesses, it is the correct play/system.

Guy named Belichik has made a career on that. Why do the Pats throw 50 times in one game and run the ball +30 times another game. Because that's what the D is giving them.

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You just don't have access to the All-22 film. Sorry, yat.

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Ive actually bought some all 22 film little guy.

Bless your heart. OP is actually pretty good.

But. Miles'approach to football won't allow it.

Frankly, I think the man doesn't understand risk or how to assess it.

He seems to think winning football games is primarily about reducing the risk of negative things happening.

And, honestly, there is some merit to that but he's taken it to the holy frick extreme.

I think that to Les, the worst thing that can happen to an offense is to throw an INT. Hence, his strategy is at least as focused on not throwing an int as it is on fricking moving the ball.

Apply this thinking to the other things you mentioned and suddenly, why he does what he does makes perverse sense.

He doesn't seem to understand that causing a moderately bad thing frequently to avoid a really bad thing that is much rarer is NOT logical!!!!!

Miles has taken countless high risk gambles in the past. I just don't understand why he's so afraid to throw anything but deep sideline routs and a swing pass here and there.

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True. Where was the offense we used against Texas Tech? I was pissed to not see the zone read.

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He seems to think winning football games is primarily about reducing the risk of negative things happening.

And, honestly, there is some merit to that but he's taken it to the holy frick extreme.

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I think that to Les, the worst thing that can happen to an offense is to throw an INT. Hence, his strategy is at least as focused on not throwing an int as it is on fricking moving the ball.

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correct again. after 2008 this is why the corssing routes and dig routes to the intermediate middle have went the way of the dodo bird limiting the offense. sure, we threw between the hashes with mett but those were deep seam routes in 2013. miles mainly like to keep it outside the hashmarks. It made us very predictable in 2012 where we threw a ton of curls, and comebacks. we did throw some quick slants then also but they were very quick as to not have the receiver to far across the field when ball was released. if he had leverage on the Db you throw it quickly.

we do try some vertical throws. the wheel route was nice to LF against whiskey. problem is like the bama gae last year he refused to match up against those big LB's in space. he refused to throw in between the safties and LB's to force safties to move up. he refused to run or pass with horizontal stretches(bubble screens, toss sweeps, jet sweeps) that cause the LB's to fan out opening up middle or causing cover 2 safties to move up opening up deeper routes over the top AND intermediate/deep middle.



That big bama DL has gotten worn out with an uptempo offense that used the whole field. see auburn and Ohio state and even ole miss.

funny thing is we did some of those things against TAMU in 2014 but then we get away from it. same with TTU in bowl game. mind boggling.

How about some in game adjustments...like simply blocking or chipping with a man in motion the weakside defender on ISO run play to the right side ..which seems to be the offense favorite play

Here is another...TEMPO

Miles lives by the old Woddy Hayes statement that when you pass the ball ,3 things can happen and two of them are bad.....

this thread is funny considering you argued for 45 pages just last week that Les Miles was a good gameday coach :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: