Learning the playbook
It seemed like the first 12-18 months of RR's coaching, he spent some of it justifying the inability of his offense to not knowing the plays. Denard Robinson, himself claimed that his freshman year was awash with not knowing the plays. (Probably because he didn't enroll early...) Now I know RR had very little experience and talent on the offense but I wonder if that was a smokescreen to protect the players from their suckiness or if we can expect BH's offense to suffer from "not knowing the plays" and Hoke make the same excuses.
What say you?
January 24th, 2011 at 9:29 PM ^
Hoke seems like the kind of guy who WILL NOT take the field on Saturday unless his players know the playbook front to back, left to right, up to down, etc..
he'll have our team prepared no worrry.
January 24th, 2011 at 9:44 PM ^
just a gut feeling and all
January 25th, 2011 at 8:45 AM ^
do it with a lighter touch. Crikey!
January 25th, 2011 at 10:00 AM ^
I feel like I should frame it or something.
January 24th, 2011 at 9:36 PM ^
As you noted, Denard had what, three or four weeks of practice before the first game. It showed - amazing what a difference a year made.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
HAVE HIS TEAM READY TO TAKE THE FIELD!!!!
January 24th, 2011 at 10:12 PM ^
TREMENDOUS!
January 24th, 2011 at 10:40 PM ^
Based on the results on Rich's vaunted offense against OSU and Mississippi State knowing or not knowing the playbook didnt seem to make a whole heck of a lot of difference in the outcome.
Did our placekickers have a playbook? If so it would seem they didnt know the plays much either.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:51 PM ^
How did GERG's playbook look?
January 24th, 2011 at 11:04 PM ^
He had a playbook?
January 24th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
Page 1: Stuffed Beaver
January 24th, 2011 at 10:51 PM ^
Hey, if the team comes out for the first game and can use a snap count instead of clapping before every snap Hoke will have significantly improved on Rodriguez's first game. Ugh, the clapping killed me.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:09 PM ^
There will be a time to adapt, no doubt. The more they practice something the better they should be at it.
Part of what made the adaptation so difficult for Robinson as a freshman probably was limited time with the playbook and the complexity of reads he was being asked to make. Going from HS to college as a QB you're asked to make more reads than you've made previously. When you factor in the importance of these reads on this offense (the zone read, bubble screens, QB Iso Play action, etc) then it could definitely be overwhelming for a true freshman.
Normally a QB will have a year or two in the system to learn the playbook and then will be asked to play, that wasn't the case.
Now, the more a player has played he might start to make reads and understand things better than he did as a freshman, so while there still will be a learning curve with a new offense (there always will be, even on the pro level), a junior Denard is probably much better equipped to handle that transition than a freshman Denard.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:12 PM ^
Can someone with better knowledge into the NCAA rules and our specific probation restrictions, give some insight into the following related topics.
1. When can Hoke distribute play books, and have individual player meetings?
2. When and how often can captains have "walk-thru's" ?
3. How much would either of the previous two really contribute to fast tracking the offensive and defensive schemes?
January 24th, 2011 at 11:34 PM ^
Is there any rule as to how often a player can come to a coach and request said coaches time? Its been 20 years since I played D1 ball and I dont remember there being any rules about initiating a meeting with the coach to ask questions or clarify portions of the playbook etc.