"Trick" plays and the RR spread (where did they go?)
So somehting that has been nagging at me for the past two years that I need your guys' opinion on is RR's lack of trick plays in the spread. I know that LC was known for his conservative play, but it seemed like after a bunch of 4-yard rushes he would suddenly pull out a reverse, flea flicker, or even a more vanilla end around. Is it just me, or does Rich Rodriguez not really use trick plays very often? It seems as if he's actually playing the more conservative brand of football, by staying strictly within his spread philosophy and not using any gimmicky plays or anything of that sort. Thoughts?
when you are having trouble executing the basics, it doesn't inspire confidence in running something more complex with a much higher probability of failure.
As for Carr running some kind of trick play after 'a bunch of 4-yard runs', I would agree with you if by a 'bunch' you mean close to 9 or 10 games worth of plays. I love me some Lloyd, but I don't think trick plays were any kind of staple in his offensive schemes.