Mark Whipple.
- Thread starter Doc Holiday
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Doc, I get where you're coming from as an ex player who is entirely invested in there program but Whipple was told by the HC to move from a run heavy offense to a pass happy offense. Whipple did not make this decision alone therefore lets hope HCSF decides to go at the very minimum balanced. I just don't think in modern football you can survive with three yards and a cloud of dust.
Who specifically did the former players want - the guy at Army? To make the offense more run heavy is understandable. I am more worried about fit with the rest of the staff and ability to get whatever the offense is executed properly. That has been lacking under Frost - some of that was flat getting beat at the LOS - but play calling was also an issue. At least this is someone that has seen really good defense like Clemson recently and knows what it takes to move the ball and score. If this was not a one and done situation for Frost.......a run heavy OC might make sense......but we have to win games in 2022 (by scoring more points).
I remember the first time I heard that the only way to win titles was with a pass first offense. 1989, Andre Ware at Houston.
Then again in the mid 90s with Steve Spurrier and his fun-n-gun.
Meanwhile, we won 3 titles in 5 years and should have won a 4th by pounding the crap out of our opponent with a devastating run game. People act like times have changed but they haven't, they just see flashy things and think they need the same thing.
Then again in the mid 90s with Steve Spurrier and his fun-n-gun.
Meanwhile, we won 3 titles in 5 years and should have won a 4th by pounding the crap out of our opponent with a devastating run game. People act like times have changed but they haven't, they just see flashy things and think they need the same thing.
Que highlights of MNF game Patriots vs Bills where the Sweaty only called 3 passing plays........ Patriots' three passing attempts are NFL's lowest since 1974 Bills-Jets debacle
I'm not sure what people are talking about when they say Pitt passed on almost every down. According to what I found, they averaged 77 plays per game, 40 of which were passes, 37 runs. So, they passed 52% of the time and ran the ball 48% of the time. That seems rather balanced to me. The fact that Pitt happened to have a Heisman candidate who threw for a ton of yards in his 40 attempts per game shouldn't cloud our thinking. Pitt/Whipple DID mix up.
In my opinion balanced means you have the ability to adjust to the defense depending on what they are presenting.
Every time I've heard a coach talk about having a "balanced" attack, he was talking pass/run plays, not the results of those plays.
What you define as balanced I'd refer to as flexibility through pre-planning. Every contest goes awry until you adjust your plan. You lay the groundwork before game 1. There is little room in this field for being reactive 'next week'. Throw everything at them from the beginning, and see what sticks. That is what you have game 1. Build steadily until the season over. You may not use wrinkles this year, but it may be foundation to go another similar direction come crunch time.
Pitt's offensive stats and play selection looks very similar to Alabama and Ohio State. Both are a little pass heavy. Like it or not you can't argue with success. It looks like winning football to me.
I think it's not possible to be efficient at passing the ball if you are not equally effective at running the ball
Alabama is the gold standard in CFB and they threw the ball about the same percentage as Pitt this year.
At the end of the day, I don’t care how we win, I just want to win
GBR
2021 Football Cumulative Statistics - University of Alabama Athletics
Interesting read but we really aren't going to know anything until Spring Game at the earliest but more so after one or two games are played.
