In the last couple of games, we've concentrated on short, quick passes and getting the ball out of Cutter's hands quicker rather than plays designed to go way down the field, (paraphrasing from an article on another UK site), and it looks to me like it's a very prudent change. I guess we'll see over the next couple of games as we face much better defenses than TN's.
But, after the complete disaster of last year's offense and the complete disaster of the offense the first several games where we continually tried to force long pass plays, why did it take him so long to change what we're doing on offense? We should've made this change after the SC game LAST year. We didn't have an OL who could hold blocks long enough for the long route trees to develop but we never seemed to change scheme or the play calling. I'm guessing it was his decision to make these changes this year (maybe Stoops told him to quit throwing bombs), but how many games can your offense be completely impotent before you decide to try something different? Heck, Calzada may have been a lot better with quick reads and getting the ball out early in the season instead of hanging in the pocket and letting the rush get to him.
Between playing some of the younger WRs who have stepped up and working the short and intermediate routes heavily, I can almost become convinced that the offense is far from hopeless. Again, I want to see production against AU and FL's stouter defenses before I'm completely convinced. But, geez, 100+ posters on the UK fan sites have been screaming through their keyboard to make these exact changes for over a year now. How stupid/hard headed/incompetent do you have to be to keep banging your head against the wall and wondering why you have a headache?
But, after the complete disaster of last year's offense and the complete disaster of the offense the first several games where we continually tried to force long pass plays, why did it take him so long to change what we're doing on offense? We should've made this change after the SC game LAST year. We didn't have an OL who could hold blocks long enough for the long route trees to develop but we never seemed to change scheme or the play calling. I'm guessing it was his decision to make these changes this year (maybe Stoops told him to quit throwing bombs), but how many games can your offense be completely impotent before you decide to try something different? Heck, Calzada may have been a lot better with quick reads and getting the ball out early in the season instead of hanging in the pocket and letting the rush get to him.
Between playing some of the younger WRs who have stepped up and working the short and intermediate routes heavily, I can almost become convinced that the offense is far from hopeless. Again, I want to see production against AU and FL's stouter defenses before I'm completely convinced. But, geez, 100+ posters on the UK fan sites have been screaming through their keyboard to make these exact changes for over a year now. How stupid/hard headed/incompetent do you have to be to keep banging your head against the wall and wondering why you have a headache?
Comment