The person that likes it that way is Dave Plati. He is the ultimate control freak and a nasty SOB to-boot. CU should have terminated him many years ago.
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The person that likes it that way is Dave Plati. He is the ultimate control freak and a nasty SOB to-boot. CU should have terminated him many years ago.
I get the advantage of it. I didn't say to take it away, completely. I wouldn't make it a focal point, though. I mentioned a couple of reasons why I didn't think they should. I don't know what our offense is gonna look like, really?
The more interesting dynamic is that the Air Raid concepts are the hottest thing in football. See Oklahoma, their top QBs, Arizona Cardinal hiring a fired CFB coach to be it's head coach...
Chev was "this close" to being the next guy. Now he's not an OC, and he's not in that offense. Meanwhile, guys like Harrell (now OC at USC) keep moving up.
Seems that all the Leach Tree guys who've had success are former QBs.
Chev was "this close" to being the next guy. Now he's not an OC, and he's not in that offense. Meanwhile, guys like Harrell (now OC at USC) keep moving up.
Seems that all the Leach Tree guys who've had success are former QBs.
As a WR coach I think he’s fine and he’s one of the better recruiters on staff (as far as we know). I do agree that he is probably not long at CU, unless he embraces the Johnson offense and Tucker wants him to keep him around.
Perhaps, seems it's more than just him, though. I used to want the coach to do more stuff, open more practices, give more interviews, etc, but it would never happen. So CU football just barely exists for more than half of the year. They either like it that way or don't get that they could try to turn CU football into something bigger. Or the interest just isn't there, shrug
I think I'd go with the latter on that. I don't get why, considering CU could be a money making machine, quickly. Other than some peckerwoods being lazy and enjoying what they already have.
Medford M.
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Give it a rest, bro.
I hope he listens. As far as how he feels, idk the guy, so I wouldn't know. Last time I checked, he isn't the head man.
Hope I'm right. Get the impression that when HCMT says something like this it isn't a gentle suggestion. Looks like we have a guy in charge who is truly in charge.
Don't say that, they'll probably do it.Mods, please change Luke’s avatar to the following:
That's a stoned peckerwood, thanks for having faith in me.Mods, please change Luke’s avatar to the following:
lvbuff
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The buttsex metaphor is mesmerizing.Mods, please change Luke’s avatar to the following:
If I'm Chev with his career goals of being an OC again, then I love that I am getting a chance to learn another offensive system instead of being just an Air Raid guy.
What I find interesting is that the new offense seems similar to the offense that Chev thrived in at CU as a player.
do we really know if we are "abandoning" air raid concepts? all i have read is that we're going to see more power running, more qb under center, and more use of the TE. i read that to mean we aren't a full grass basketball offense anymore, but i don't think we know for sure what the offense is going to try to do, including the go-fast air raid stuff...
I think we'll see it, but it will be used like we saw in the Super Bowl when the Pats sped things up and spread things out for the game winning drive when they needed it. We saw that sort of thing from UGA the past couple years, too. It's definitely a good wrinkle if you can go to that at times.
The funny this is, I wasn’t aware of the other thread when I posted here. Makes you wonder.
BuffStampede
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Johnson's offenses were known for running the ball but also spreading it out, and also having the QB run some.
Louisiana Cajun summary
Minnesota (1 year) Gophers averaged their third highest point total – 29.3 – on offense in 70 seasons (his bio on cubuffs.com)
2016 stats:
RUSHING YARDAGE 2387
Yards gained rushing 2686
Yards lost rushing 299
Rushing Attempts 558
Average Per Rush 4.3
Average Per Game 183.6
TDs Rushing 34
PASSING YARDAGE 2257
C o m p - A t t - I n t 181-328-12
Average Per Pass 6.9
Average Per Catch 12.5
Average Per Game 173.6
TDs Passing 9
TOTAL OFFENSE 4644
Total Plays 886
Average Per Play 5.2
Average Per Game 357.2
I honestly think we have our best OC and OL coaches in years if not decades.
On offense, those were our two biggest weak links. Our QB coach last year (Roper) was great, but I'm not sure he was comfy in the Chev offense.
On offense, those were our two biggest weak links. Our QB coach last year (Roper) was great, but I'm not sure he was comfy in the Chev offense.
Doesn't Johnson's offense feature a decent amount of Pistol schemes? Seems like we may be a third under center, a third in Pistol, and a third in Shotgun. I just hope we do not let the other stupid P12 Teams figure us out by midseason, like last year.
yes. a lot of pistol, at least historically. That lets you do a lot of funky play action stuff. That should be great for our QBs, especially montez. Get him rolling out and good things happen. He's got the arm to do some crazy stuff running right.
You don't have the sustained offensive success with mediocre talent that Johnson has had without being able to understand how to counter adjust as the season goes on. Chev understood a playbook. The evidence tells us Johnson understands the playbook is just about implementing your strategy. Entirely different way of approaching the game. While the offense will undoubtedly have its struggles, I am confident they will not be the same as last year.
the collapse last year bugs me on multiple levels.
i agree that other teams figured out how to beat the scheme and we didn't adjust very well. but, i think there was more to it than that-- once we got into the meat of the conf schedule, we had neither the depth nor the across the board talent to win 1:1s. the offense worked great against inferior opponents and when we had more of the starters going (laviska getting hurt probably single handedly cost us a bowl game). and, last, there was the mental aspect of it-- the team couldn't find a way to turn it around.
i like the early emphasis on getting bigger and tougher. i don't really have a strong opinion on an offense we haven't seen yet, but i do know our best teams historically have been able to run the ball and have been tough upfront. i hope we still see a lot of hurry up and go-fast stuff-- i think it gives us an advantage at altitude.
i agree that other teams figured out how to beat the scheme and we didn't adjust very well. but, i think there was more to it than that-- once we got into the meat of the conf schedule, we had neither the depth nor the across the board talent to win 1:1s. the offense worked great against inferior opponents and when we had more of the starters going (laviska getting hurt probably single handedly cost us a bowl game). and, last, there was the mental aspect of it-- the team couldn't find a way to turn it around.
i like the early emphasis on getting bigger and tougher. i don't really have a strong opinion on an offense we haven't seen yet, but i do know our best teams historically have been able to run the ball and have been tough upfront. i hope we still see a lot of hurry up and go-fast stuff-- i think it gives us an advantage at altitude.
Montez has NEVER run zone read. We've shown zone read, but it isn't zone read if your QB never pulls it. Everyone and their brother knew 98% of time we were going to give it to the back. That's not zone read. Just sayin'...
He ran it for a TD last season and a lot more when he subbed for Sefo the year previous