Who actually enjoys watching this offensive style?

How do you feel about the triple option offense?

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ee8384 said:
What's gotten frustrating is the feast or famine situation. Time was when a death march or quick strike score was occurring with fair regularity, even against reasonably stout defenses. Now you never know not only from game to game but series to series what you are going to see.

@ThisIsAtlanta - do you have any data that would confirm or deny this effect? Yards per possession, drives over 50 yards, percentage of possessions reaching the red zone, 3 and out percentage?
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Not on hand at the moment, I may be able to write a query for that if I get some time later.
 
Diseqc said:
Honestly, I'd rather run Tevin out there than JT at this point.
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I think he has a point. For the first time since JT has been running this offense, I had the feeling Saturday that he was tired of it.
 
I started watching GT when CPJ was hired. The triple option is fun to watch.
When it is clicking there is nothing better.

I grew up watching the wishbone and split back veer. To me, the spread is an abomination. It has completely taken over Texas High School football and has helped diminish Big 12 football.

The triple option will always be viable but CPJ must recruit better players for his system. You can't play Clemson. Miami and Georgia every year with 2 star talent upfront. The current crop of A backs are not in the same league as Orwin Smith or Godhigh. JT is great but Josh N is the prototype qb for the system IMO.

I have enjoyed watching GT these past 9 years and hope the Jackets can win 8 this year plus a bowl.
 
After watching Clemson and Louisville on Saturday night, we are clearly playing checkers.

CPJ should at least update it to include a credible short passing game with underneath routes and a scheme that lets the A-backs and receivers run coordinated routes.
 
Lion82 said:
The current crop of A backs are not in the same league as Orwin Smith or Godhigh. JT is great but Josh N is the prototype qb for the system IMO.
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I dunno, I'm finding these A backs pretty exciting to watch, especially Lynch and Green. If they get a little bit of running room, they can break tackles and do some pretty good things. Maybe they don't have the as much speed, since we're not seeing any rocket tosses, but I think they can be pretty good.

JRjr
 
The offense is a thing of beauty when working. The second half of 2008 against UGa was dynamic. The death marches are beautiful, especially to end games. Seeing the O kill a game with 6 min left in the 4th, beautiful.

But, when it isn't working it is ghastly. Guys getting killed in the backfield, OL fish flopping on the turf, and WR running sloppy routes into coverage is dreadful.

Any offense is bad to watch when sputtering. Watch the Tenn series at the goal line early in the UG game. 1st and goal from the two, they go shotgun and get nothing in 4 attempts. That was garbage football.
 
Hate it. I find it so boring, even in 2014. When it works, it is someone making a mistake rather than us doing something great. The star of the offense is CPJ, not a player. We will never have a star who can take over a game in this offense. Never have a Heisman candidate, never a QB throwing 400 yards or receiver making 10 catches. If a RB gets 200 yards, its the system not him. OL does not tranlate to the pros. Recruits hate it. Cannot run one-on-ones in practice. Give me Shuan Jones, Joe Hamilton or even Reggie Ball any day.
 
In the 2nd half our offense appeared to improve when we started calling audibles. We cannot run the counter when the box is loaded. If they have extra bodies on the line we should allow JT to call two or three predetermined plays like the rocket toss to AB, Pass to BB in the flat, roll out QB with the option to run/pass.
 
The style of play doesn't bother me. It's the results that matter most. Right now, style and execution aren't getting it done.
 
floridajacket said:
The enjoyable times of this offense:

- Dwyer against Miami and UGA in 2008 was the height of the offense for enjoyability.
- Nesbitt in 2009 FSU as well.
- The playaction pass to Waller against MSU in the Orange Bowl 2014.
- Shaq Mason in 2nd half against UGA 2014.

Last year, it was common for true freshmen to completely miss assignments or even run a play the wrong way. Well, any team that has that many injuries on offense isn't going to light the world on fire.

For example, I didn't watch the whole game, but how did LSU's offense look against Wisconsin? Was the LSU offense easier to watch because most drives were a three-and-out? Or it's better to look like you're playing Madden and the QB is hitting Y every play, even though most passes fail or most screen passes are anticipated by the DE?
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shaq mason and laskey uga 2014.. i still remember laskey breaking into the secondary and looking for someone to hit instead of looking for space to run in.. its like they were running away from him, lol
 
I love this offense. As someone once said, it gives GT a niche and an identity in college football. No one wants to play us.

When it is working, it is a thing of beauty. See 2009 and 2014, and to a lesser degree 2008 and 2012.

It is definitely high risk, high reward. When it is not working, nothing is more frustrating. See 2015.

I have faith CPJ will get this season turned around, other than the two fumbles, Miami couldn't stop us, even coming off a bye.
 
This offense is old man football. If you are old, you will probably love it. It takes you back to the days of going to the Starlite drive-in after your Friday night game in bum-&*% South Georgia and maybe getting a milkshake at the corner drugstore for a nickel.

Most coaches knew how to defend it a long time ago, forgot how to defend it cause they never played against it, and now have remembered how to defend it again. So it looks bad and boring now. Maybe in 30 years when no one has played this offense for a while, it will have success again.
 
H-town said:
This offense is old man football. If you are old, you will probably love it. It takes you back to the days of going to the Starlite drive-in after your Friday night game in bum-&*% South Georgia and maybe getting a milkshake at the corner drugstore for a nickel.

Most coaches knew how to defend it a long time ago, forgot how to defend it cause they never played against it, and now have remembered how to defend it again. So it looks bad and boring now. Maybe in 30 years when no one has played this offense for a while, it will have success again.
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you joined this site 15 years ago and youre calling other people old?
 
I'm surprised at the poll results....i thought more people would be negative. I still think its right for GT and I enjoy it. I think I have seen enough of the JT-brand of this offense though. We used to be dangerous in play-action but we simply haven't been in a while now. Part of it is lack of next-level talent at WR at the moment. Part of it is JT either can't see/find the open man or he has someone's 99 jersey tatooing him in the rear. He has the arm and accuracy but we can't hit the plays...and that is a staple of this offense. It is required to hit big plays in the passing game in order to be totally effective....and it adds a lot to the enjoyability of the offense from an aesthetic POV. It is also required that your QB can grind out 2-3 yards when needed and we certainly don't have that.

I would even trade the deep ball for a reliable short passing game, which I think is totally within the capability of the flexbone, if you have a tall-enough QB. Either way it would produce the same essential result: to slow down teams that want to light us up with aggressive blitz schemes. That is the real problem right now....they can send the house and not get hurt enough for it to matter. Wasn't that way with BayBay and friends.
 
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