Harbaugh Pistol Offense

Submitted by Tate on

So I found this last night on a deep plunge into the internet. I'm not sure if this is news to all, but it was certainly surprising to me.

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Sauce Castillo

April 2nd, 2015 at 7:46 AM ^

I'm pretty sure pistol has been in some of the clips from spring practice and I feel like I seen where coaches have mentioned running it.  Not too shocked, more excited.

alanmfrench

April 2nd, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^

Maybe he's just having fun. I'm sure he's made enough money by now that he can afford to take some time off and maybe even take a few temp jobs now and then to keep things interesting. Just wait until he tries his hand at being a sandwhich artist. Dude will kill it. 

evenyoubrutus

April 2nd, 2015 at 8:05 AM ^

You may want to sit out and observe for a while before starting a thread.  Seriously, this board will eat you alive if you try to start one and don't know what you're doing.

And if you want to start a thread because you have some kind of inside information to report, I'm telling you right now that nobody will believe a poster whose account is a day old.

FreddieMercuryHayes

April 2nd, 2015 at 7:55 AM ^

Man, Harbaugh really does like those tight formations.  If they're going to run a lot of that diamond type stuff I can see why they grabbed half the defense to try out there (well really just Winovich and Poggi I guess).  Still, I like it.  Combine basic and old-school concepts with modern tweaks.  I think it will make a lot of people happy.

BrownJuggernaut

April 2nd, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^

Yup and you have to factor in his predilection for mobile QBs. Or QBs with the ability to run. We're not going to be Ohio State, but our QBs will be asked to pick up yards here and there, move out of the pocket, create passing opportunities by moving around. Harbaugh's use of different formations and his incorporation of new concepts with traditional techniques is going to be fun to watch.

Tate

April 2nd, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^

I guess I should clarify. I know he's ran pistol, but I wasn't expecting to see the Full House formation. And I thought some people would appreciate (even if it's only one image) a shot that isn't zoomed in on the qb-center exchange.

Magnus

April 2nd, 2015 at 8:30 AM ^

That doesn't surprise me. It's been a big part of some running offenses, and it makes sense with the RB talent we have. We probably have three guys who could feasibly start (Isaac, Green, Smith) at tailback, plus a pretty decent fullback or two. Also, he ran some back-heavy stuff at Michigan, so this is just a variation on what he ran in college.