Originally posted by andes14:
So are you trying to say the last 2 years Gore was far less efficient running the ball than before? Because he wasn't. So if by your definition he was inefficient the last couple years, then he also was before, and so it cancels out.
No, I'm not saying that the last 2 years Gore was less efficient than before. I'm saying that our running game during 07-10 was inefficient, period. The reason I brought up efficiency was to show you why we ranked so low in rushing attempts. From 07-10, the 49ers finished 25th, 27th twice, and 30th in the league in rushing attempts. We didn't/couldn't run more often because we WERE NOT efficient...which is why we ranked in the bottom third of the league each of those years.
It doesn't matter if he was more/less efficient because the bottom line is that he wasn't effective in any of those seasons. So yes...they should cancel out in terms of arguing the ratio of runs to passes. But I never argued that point anyways. You brought up the fact that the 49ers finished almost last in rushing attempts, so I used efficiency to explain why that was the case. I never used efficiency to argue the RATIO of runs to passes.
Originally posted by andes14:
Frank Gore is Frank Gore. With the exception of '06, all his years are relatively similar. So if we weren't efficient in '09/'10, then we also weren't efficient in '07/'08. So it cancels out. We're talking about the same dude here. But we ran him less under Sing than beforehand.
Wow, I don't know why I didn't do this in the beginning. I calculated the stats myself. This is what the stats show...
(All of the following stats are based on the link you provided)
SEASONS-----GP-----ATT-----CARRIES PER GAME
07-08------------29------500----------17.2
09-10------------24------431----------18.0 (The 2010 Vikings game was removed because Gore only played 1 snap due to injury)
Gore ran MORE under Singletary compared to previous seasons.
"Well, thats ridiculous! You can't just look at Gore's carries per game. You have to look at the entire team and the ratio of runs to passes."
SEASONS-----RUN PLAYS----TOTAL PLAYS-----% OF RUNS
07-08--------------754-------------1776-------------------42%
09-10--------------772-------------1800-------------------43%
The team ran MORE under Singletary compared to previous seasons.
"Well, thats ridiculous! If you look at the ratio of runs to passes, you shouldn't include QB runs. QB runs should count as pass attempts."
SEASONS-----RUN PLAYS (not including QB rushes)----TOTAL PLAYS-----% OF RUNS
07-08-----------------------------665-------------------------------------1776----------------37%
09-10-----------------------------699-------------------------------------1800----------------39%
The team ran MORE under Singletary (counting QB runs as pass attempts) compared to previous seasons.
"Well, it doesn't matter. That's the bottom line. Period."
Anything else?
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Not to mention, we were down big way more often from '06-'08 than we were in '09/'10.
