an easy thing to do. I agree that we need to maintain our "core plays" but these might need to be based around passing which can be twicked and adjusted to attack differing opposing defenses from week to week.
If our "core" was based around the running attack we'll most likely run into trouble no matter how many variations of running plays we develop week to week due to our line's porous run blocking.
I agree with what you're saying but we need to be careful as to not "reinvent" ourselves every week like Borges had us do. We need to find a happy medium of adjusting a few things as to not overwhelm our players (especially the o-line) while basing our attack around more passing. Just because we pass more doesn't mean we'll be predictable.
Wouldn't mind seeing more of a passing oriented offense with 60-70% of the plays coming out of the shotgun. I seem to remember the time when Lloyd finally conceded that his team would benefit from a more passing oriented offense in his last year of his last game against Florida. We torched that team even though Florida's D was down that year, but it was a shoot out that we won. This was a complete 180 from the whole season of running on 1st and 2nd, then passing on 3rd every single freaking time.
This to me is a telling example of what happens when you adjust to your personnal like you were talking about. We have pieces that we can manipulate and use to be successful, the coaches (Hoke) may just have to swallow their pride and allow Nuss adjust to personnel. Hopefully Hoke learns this lesson faster than Carr did.
Sounds like the o line is terrible when it comes to run blocking and bad to decent in pass protection. I know the coaches want a ground and pound team with Nuss throwing in a deep pass here and there but with what I'm hearing this might not be the best way to win games.
Last year I was dying for some plays that make up for a bad offensive line: WR screens, roll outs, sprint outs, 3 step drops, etc, but they were few and far between. Hopefully Hoke/Nuss are more aware that their dreams of a run first pass second attack need to be changed to a creative pass first offense.
Before the start of fall camp I thought the starting line from left to right would be Mags, Bosch, Glasgow, Kalis and Cole. I know Cole seems to be a true LT but from what I saw from Braden in the spring (whiffing multiple times) and also some video of the michigan drill last week where he got HAD big time the two times he was shown in the drill. I thought Cole with his athletism might be moved over to right while keeping Mags at LT. While I think it is good news that coaches are saying Braden is doing well, I'll believe it when I see it since this was the same thing said last year about him up until game week when he was taken out of the starting line up. Seems like the coaches might be wishing he was great rather than actually being good. Miller at C is also a concern since last year I saw him engage at the line of scrimmage but get absolutely no push or worse yet get blown back into the back field. Let's hope he's gotten stronger over this past year because I do believe he has a good head on his shoulders but it the physical part I'll be interested to see. I really have no problem with Cole at LT since it sounds like he's a great athlete and is picking up the offense. Plus he has decent enough size to contend with weakside DEs rather than my previous thought of having him move larger strongside DEs at RT, plus it is extremely difficult to switch from LT to RT, moreso than some people think. And although few and far between, true freshman do start on the line from time to time. I can remember out here in LA when Winston Justice started at USC at LT as a true freshman and was great. Both have similar measurables and were highly recruited coming out of high schools with great coaches (Justice from Long Beach Poly). And lastly, too bad for Kalis, really like the kid and think he has loads of potential, I think eventually he puts it all together before his time is up here at UM.
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an easy thing to do. I agree that we need to maintain our "core plays" but these might need to be based around passing which can be twicked and adjusted to attack differing opposing defenses from week to week.
If our "core" was based around the running attack we'll most likely run into trouble no matter how many variations of running plays we develop week to week due to our line's porous run blocking.
I agree with what you're saying but we need to be careful as to not "reinvent" ourselves every week like Borges had us do. We need to find a happy medium of adjusting a few things as to not overwhelm our players (especially the o-line) while basing our attack around more passing. Just because we pass more doesn't mean we'll be predictable.
Wouldn't mind seeing more of a passing oriented offense with 60-70% of the plays coming out of the shotgun. I seem to remember the time when Lloyd finally conceded that his team would benefit from a more passing oriented offense in his last year of his last game against Florida. We torched that team even though Florida's D was down that year, but it was a shoot out that we won. This was a complete 180 from the whole season of running on 1st and 2nd, then passing on 3rd every single freaking time.
This to me is a telling example of what happens when you adjust to your personnal like you were talking about. We have pieces that we can manipulate and use to be successful, the coaches (Hoke) may just have to swallow their pride and allow Nuss adjust to personnel. Hopefully Hoke learns this lesson faster than Carr did.
Sounds like the o line is terrible when it comes to run blocking and bad to decent in pass protection. I know the coaches want a ground and pound team with Nuss throwing in a deep pass here and there but with what I'm hearing this might not be the best way to win games.
Last year I was dying for some plays that make up for a bad offensive line: WR screens, roll outs, sprint outs, 3 step drops, etc, but they were few and far between. Hopefully Hoke/Nuss are more aware that their dreams of a run first pass second attack need to be changed to a creative pass first offense.
wish we had jake Long here to settle this issue
HAHA! Will do for next time. Writing my thesis as we speak. The paragraphs are loooonnnngggg.
Before the start of fall camp I thought the starting line from left to right would be Mags, Bosch, Glasgow, Kalis and Cole. I know Cole seems to be a true LT but from what I saw from Braden in the spring (whiffing multiple times) and also some video of the michigan drill last week where he got HAD big time the two times he was shown in the drill. I thought Cole with his athletism might be moved over to right while keeping Mags at LT. While I think it is good news that coaches are saying Braden is doing well, I'll believe it when I see it since this was the same thing said last year about him up until game week when he was taken out of the starting line up. Seems like the coaches might be wishing he was great rather than actually being good. Miller at C is also a concern since last year I saw him engage at the line of scrimmage but get absolutely no push or worse yet get blown back into the back field. Let's hope he's gotten stronger over this past year because I do believe he has a good head on his shoulders but it the physical part I'll be interested to see. I really have no problem with Cole at LT since it sounds like he's a great athlete and is picking up the offense. Plus he has decent enough size to contend with weakside DEs rather than my previous thought of having him move larger strongside DEs at RT, plus it is extremely difficult to switch from LT to RT, moreso than some people think. And although few and far between, true freshman do start on the line from time to time. I can remember out here in LA when Winston Justice started at USC at LT as a true freshman and was great. Both have similar measurables and were highly recruited coming out of high schools with great coaches (Justice from Long Beach Poly). And lastly, too bad for Kalis, really like the kid and think he has loads of potential, I think eventually he puts it all together before his time is up here at UM.