Michigan in the pistol

Submitted by BJ0017 on

After watching Nevada against Cal a few weeks ago and then UCLA torching the longhorns this past weekend, i think the pistol could be a good alternative to our usual 3 and 4 wide shotgun sets. We have had trouble at times running the ball with our running backs consistently. The pistol provides the downhill running of lloyd carr era, but also would allow Denard the space he needs only being 5'11 to see over the line a bit better on passing plays. I think it would be interesting to see our personnel use it as a package from time to time.

StephenRKass

September 28th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^

My head spins with all the changes. It must be even more frustrating to be on the team, dealing with all the change. All we need is to continue to expand the playbook with the current setup. I believe that as Denard improves, and we add more receivers and secondary reads and slots to the available choices, we will be just fine. I think going to the Pistol would be a tragically BAD IDEA.

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September 28th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^

It is absolutely amazing how much people on this board freak out when someone makes a suggestion.  All the OP was bringing up is the idea of inserting a few plays out of a pistol package.  I don't see at any point where he has said the offense is terrible and needs to be completely remade.  He's not saying that Denard should have less carries.  He didn't say that the running backs suck.  He didn't say RR was an idiot and needed to be fired.  (All of these are things that have been attributed to the OP.)

 

The guy made a suggestion that wouldn't be hard for the team to implement as we know that they are in the playbook.  We also know that the RBs have had a lack of production against BCS opponents.  Why is it that pointing out some simple facts and giving an idea to fix it is so horrible?

 

Also, for those of you saying that it would be insane to take carries away from Denard, I simply don't understand you.  Would you rather be a Defensive Coordinator scheming to stop Denard, or a DC scheming to stop Denard and a couple of running backs who could go for a 1000 yards this season?  Personally, I think it would only improve Denard to have a more diverse running game.