Shai McKenzie

Nashville Jacket said:
Good A-backs probably won't have a future in the NFL. Good B-backs will have a better shot.
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Conceivably if we keep opening up the offense more that could change.

If a guy with NFL size (or at least closer to it) was getting the targets Godhigh was getting this year, he'd have some good film to show to NFL scouts. And we'd probably throw even more to a bigger A-back who could catch.

I could very easily see the right kind of A-back in this offense getting a look at being a slot receiver type in the NFL.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
Good A-backs probably won't have a future in the NFL. Good B-backs will have a better shot.
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I think the biggest issue is that it's not clear how it translates to the nfl. The nfl seems to prefer specialty guys over hybrids, but I suppose that could change.

We need orwin and godhigh to really make a name for themselves.
 
QuadF said:
I think the biggest issue is that it's not clear how it translates to the nfl. The nfl seems to prefer specialty guys over hybrids, but I suppose that could change.

We need orwin and godhigh to really make a name for themselves.
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I honestly wonder if just doing something as little as changing position names from B-back/A-back to tail back/slot back would help perception. It seems silly, but I don't think it would hurt.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
Exactly! CPJ spreads the ball around so much that no one player typically dominates every game. The top notch RBs and WRs want the ball a lot.
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I'd argue that when we've had top-notch RBs and WRs (Dywer, Allen, Thomas), they did get the ball a lot. Heck, look at Godhigh the last few games this year. My memory could just be hazy, but I don't remember any other A-back have so many plays designed around him getting the ball.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
Exactly! CPJ spreads the ball around so much that no one player typically dominates every game. The top notch RBs and WRs want the ball a lot.
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If you're good, you get the ball. Dwyer and Allen had 200+ carries in 2009 and 2010 respectively, but no one has stood out enough to give that much of a workload since. Sims has had 130-150 a year.

I think it's more of a function of not having a dominat back since Allen left
 
Deke said:
I honestly wonder if just doing something as little as changing position names from B-back/A-back to tail back/slot back would help perception. It seems silly, but I don't think it would hurt.
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It's not the plays we run. A lot of it is the manner in which we run them.

Our A-backs get more of yard running back and forth relaying plays. Why we don't run a faster tempo, I will never know.
 
WaCoJacket said:
It's not the plays we run. A lot of it is the manner in which we run them.

Our A-backs get more of yard running back and forth relaying plays. Why we don't run a faster tempo, I will never know.
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because it's a matter of opinion whether running up-tempo hurts/helps your team.

If running up-tempo at all times was the best way to run an offense, everyone would do it. Everyone doesn't see it that way.

When you're a team/program with depth issues on the defensive side of the ball, holding onto the ball for long sustained drives makes a lot of sense. Why you don't see that as a perfectly logical reason for running at a slower tempo, I will never know.
 
WaCoJacket said:
It's not the plays we run. A lot of it is the manner in which we run them.

Our A-backs get more of yard running back and forth relaying plays. Why we don't run a faster tempo, I will never know.
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I think CPJ prefers to slow the game down to keep the opposing offense off the field. That helps the D a lot.
 
Teams that run up-tempo style offenses typically don't have very good defenses because in order to be good at running an up-tempo offense you have to do it in practice all the time. That creates a problem for their defense at practice because the D coaches don't have enough time to make adjustments and teach technique.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
I think CPJ prefers to slow the game down to keep the opposing offense off the field. That helps the D a lot.
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The rules changes might have made this strategy void. We need to jump on teams and score every possession. Fast or slow. Keep the pressure on. Until the rules change, this is who it will work.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
Exactly! CPJ spreads the ball around so much that no one player typically dominates every game. The top notch RBs and WRs want the ball a lot.
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I'm sure we can show potential A-backs Godhigh's film. We'd basically say that look how much of an impact this guy had, and he was a 5'6" walkon. He just came onto campus, worked as hard as anyone, and earned a ton of touches. And that we'd have loved to throw the ball to Godhigh even more, but given his size we were limited somewhat.

A taller A-back with similar hands and moves, and maybe even more speed, could easily get enough touches in a similar role.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
Good A-backs probably won't have a future in the NFL. Good B-backs will have a better shot.
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If we had a Gio Bernard or CJ Spiller at AB, I think they'd get a lot of carries and go on to success in the NFL. CPJ's offense is designed to succeed without having those kinds of players available, but I think they would do just as well as they do in an NFL-style offense.
 
Nashville Jacket said:
I think CPJ prefers to slow the game down to keep the opposing offense off the field. That helps the D a lot.
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Not sure I agree. We sure didn't seem to be taking our time vs UGa (plenty of other examples as well). I don't think CPJ cares about the speed of the game as much as he cares about scoring on every possession - if he sees a TD play that is open, he's not going to not call it because he wants to grind out another 4 first downs first.

I think our offensive speed is 99% in response to the other D and not the other O.
 
jacket67 said:
If we had a Gio Bernard or CJ Spiller at AB, I think they'd get a lot of carries and go on to success in the NFL. CPJ's offense is designed to succeed without having those kinds of players available, but I think they would do just as well as they do in an NFL-style offense.
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I've been wondering about this as well. A guy like CJ Spiller would be a tremendous threat both in the running and passing game. We haven't had anybody remotely close to that type of player yet.
 
johncu said:
I've been wondering about this as well. A guy like CJ Spiller would be a tremendous threat both in the running and passing game. We haven't had anybody remotely close to that type of player yet.
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Players of that caliber probably won't settle for less than 10 touches a game. CPJ needs to show that special players will get the ball.
 
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