SI Triple Option Article (Willie Fritz is the Future)

[DaDodd]

Good read. In my opinion if CPJ goes we need to get Fritz.

https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/27/triple-option-offense-army-georgia-tech

 

[Diseqc]

Yeah, let’s get the guy who has never won more than 5 games at Tulane. That’ll go over real well.

 

[TypicalTechFan]

Why must we continue to run the TO after the CPJ era? We didn’t run it before he got here.

 

[beej67]

This is great.

 

[DaDodd]

Why must we continue to run the TO after the CPJ era? We didn’t run it before he got here.

It would be an easy transition to open up more passing.

 

[ThisIsAtlanta]

This is great.

Fisher deberry's sub tree is bugging me.

 

[beej67]

This is a great article btw. Everyone should read it. Lots of great quotes from a lot of different coaches.

For purists on the other hand, even slight variations on the old theme tarnish the essence of the option for some. There's no hiding which side Cella falls on. “Shotgun triple option is pure communism,” he says. “The more boring you are, the more yards you’ll accumulate.”

 

[beej67]

However, the path forward for traditional option offenses is surrounded on all sides by threats, including in the NCAA rulebook. A new rule this year has put the system's foundational blocking method on a path toward complete elimination.

Cut blocks (blocks below the waist from the defender's front side) are no longer allowed outside of five yards from the line of scrimmage, a change that was made this spring in the interest of player safety, according to Todd Berry, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. The NCAA did not publish data that backed up those safety concerns, but it did release a survey of FBS coaches that found a split in their opinions on blocks below the waist 10 yards from the line of scrimmage.

The cut block is an essential weapon for all triple option teams, a method of quickly removing a defender from a play by slicing his feet from underneath him. “There is no data to support that [eliminating] it makes the game safer,” Monken says. “It’s a way for other coaches to try to eliminate this offense.”

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[GTlee]

It would be an easy transition to open up more losing.

 

[Diseqc]

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I believe that it was a chickenshit move by other coaches who were tired of playing against the offense and want to legislate it away. Much like Saban tried to do with linemen downfieldto eliminate the pop up pass that Auburn was having success with.

I also don’t care because I don’t like the offense and just want it to go away. The enemy of my enemy and all.

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

https://stingtalk.com/board/threads/si-article-on-the-triple-option.98309/

 

[BainbridgeJacket]

Paul Johnson is part of the Bear Bryant coaching tree.

 

[ramblinwreck24]

I honestly wish everyone would realize that the offense itself isn't the problem. It makes us unique, if we move on from CPJ, a younger coach with more enthusiasm is all we need. Monken would be the best hire. I know most of you don't agree but a lot of coaches at other schools are hoping we drop the offense with a new hire. They know it gives us an advantage.

 

[GTlee]

I honestly wish everyone would realize that the offense itself isn't the problem. It makes us unique, if we move on from CPJ, a younger coach with more enthusiasm is all we need. Monken would be the best hire. I know most of you don't agree but a lot of coaches at other schools are hoping we drop the offense with a new hire. They know it gives us an advantage.

Yes! We have been absolutely dominating CFB since 2015!

 

[Diseqc]

I honestly wish everyone would realize that the offense itself isn't the problem. It makes us unique, if we move on from CPJ, a younger coach with more enthusiasm is all we need. Monken would be the best hire. I know most of you don't agree but a lot of coaches at other schools are hoping we drop the offense with a new hire. They know it gives us an advantage.

What coaches are hoping we drop the offense?

Not Dabo.
Not Cutcliffe.
Not Richt.

Maybe Fuente. But he sucks anyways.

 

[ramblinwreck24]

What coaches are hoping we drop the offense?

Not Dabo.
Not Cutcliffe.
Not Richt.

Maybe Fuente. But he sucks anyways.

Like literally every college coach I have been around and talked football with has said that they hope we drop the offense when Johnson is gone. Yeah those coaches regularly beat us but they will be the first to honestly tell you it's not the offense.

 

[00Burdell]

Its not about the offense.

 

[rsmith88]

As much as I’m tired of CPJ, I think the option is our best way to compete with the schools who get the top recruits as long as we get better recruits than what we have now.

 

[gtg970g]

As much as I’m tired of CPJ, I think the option is our best way to compete with the schools who get the top recruits as long as we get better recruits than what we have now.

I don't think the recruits are the issue we have now, it's player development. A 4/5th year player should not perform at the level we've seen the past several years.

 

[Akinji07]

As much as I’m tired of CPJ, I think the option is our best way to compete with the schools who get the top recruits as long as we get better recruits than what we have now.

If we could get top 30 classes we would be looking at 8 or 9 wins a year. The problem is we get 50-60th class every year. And we need a speedy gonzales or a bruiser at quarterback who can also read the option well and make some throws. Everything else falls in place.

Recruiting needs to get better better better.