Originally posted by WildBill:Originally posted by D_Niner:Originally posted by andes14:Originally posted by D_Niner:Originally posted by andes14:
get the reputation as a guy that does nothing but run the ball? Gore averaged fewer carries per game with Singletary as HC in 09/10 than he did in 06/07/08 with Turner/Hostler/Martz running the offense...I never understood how there are all these articles talking about how all Sing did was run, run, run despite 8 and 9 men in the box. The stats just don't back that up.
Cause Sing's priority was to run the ball. When we got down by a couple of TD's we then had to switch to a passing attack to try and catchup. This balanced out the statistics; but, is more indicative of playing from behind instead of a HC's mentality...
For the 10th time, we had to play catch-up from '06-'08 as well...even moreso as we were better the last 2 years (7 wins per season) than the previous 3 (6.3 wins per season), yet we still passed more and ran less in '09/'10 than from '06-'08.
Let's scratch the surface on those stats just a bit...
06 Alex's first year as a starter. Forced to run the ball due to Alex's inexperience.
Runs 439, Pass attempts 444. Run% 49%
07 Alex gets injured, we start a total of 4 different QBs including an injured Alex. Forced to run the ball due to injuries and QB Carousel inexperience.
Runs 357, Pass attempts 513. Run% 41%
08 Alex is out for the Year and we have JTO and Hill as our QB's. They had a whopping combined 2 starts and a combined total of 5 games that they played in prior to the 2008 season. Forced to run the ball due to QB inexperience.
Runs 370, Pass attempts 508. Run% 42%
Now for Sing
09 A much more experienced Shaun Hill and Alex Smith are starters.
Runs 471, Pass attempts 528. Run% 41%
10 The Alex, Troy, and Carr show. 2 experienced QBs and one rookie.
Runs 400, Pass attempts 500. Run% 44%
So the highest % of runs was in 06 or Alex's first full year as a starter. Next was 2010 under Sing with an experienced group of QB's. The other 3 years are pretty close; but, the QB experience is very different. Sing chose to run more because it's his style while the other coaches had to run more than they wanted to due to inexperienced QB play.
So in summation... We ran more under Sing in 09-10 than we did in 07-08. 06 is the only year we really ran more than under Sing and that was due to an inexperienced Alex. Sing Chose to run wher other coaches needed to run due to inexperienced QB play.
what your stats shows is the total and not just Gore- the original poster was so fixated on just Gore.
Right, because we all know how much Gore is subbed out for other backs to have carries. Looking at overall runs is somewhat skewed because QB runs are actually meant to be passes, but not only do they not count for that, they DO count for runs, even though the intention was to pass. I also posted the passing attempts figures to show that we're also passed significantly more the past 2 years than the previous 3. And I pointed out how our passing attempt rankings were higher than our rushing attempt rankings each of the last 2 years. Hell, in '09 (where we went a respectable 8-8 and outscored our opponents by 3 ppg), only 2 teams ran the ball less often than we did.
[ Edited by andes14 on Jul 21, 2011 at 2:37 PM ]