Originally posted by bzborow1:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Originally posted by susweel:
Originally posted by thl408:
I don't think the coaches know either. They said they were going to evaluate each player on an individual basis, then tailor the offense to the strength of the roster. My guess is that it will involve establishing the run first, then using playaction to get simpler reads downfield off of that. I think it was Tomsula who said that the coaches were not going to bring playbooks to their first meetings. Just look at the players first, then work together to determine what kind of offense best suits their abilities. Sounds great, but lots of ideas sound great at first. We'll just have to wait and see.
Honestly that sounds like a terrible plan or lack of one. Coaches should have a clear cut vision of what they wonna run and get players to fit that vision. Of course you may have to do some tinkering based on personnel but at least have a vision.
Nothing wrong with being flexible and confidence in their coaching ability to implement something that will fit their changing personnel.
I know what sus means here (or at least I think I do). I'm the same way: philosophy/vision > scheme > coaches within both > proper personnel > execution
My guess is that we're making more of a transition to a more pure WCO from now on. That will be our foundation...now, will it be run to set up play action passing or more controlled passing to set up running in the second halfs of games? Either way, the WCO foundation is flexible enough for either although I'd prefer the latter.
Everyone likes to throw that WCO term around like it's going out of style. Every team in the NFL now incorporates and builds on WCO concepts. Referencing Jed York's comments on last years squad not sticking to the teams core competencies, it leads me to believe that senior managements vision is one which focuses on power running, stretch passes, etc.
I'm assuming you guys want a good offensive scheme for longevity in the NFL. Ones that you can use for 5-10 years that defense won't be able to 'figure' out. Plug in another player and don't miss a beat and keep on humming. That's all good, but it only last as long as your core guys like qb, rb, and wr are together in their career. At some point you have to be flexible in your offense to accommodate difference in talent added to the offense.
The Patriots is the a good example. The one constant is Tom Brady through the years, but they were flexible enough to accommodate different types of RB, WR for Brady. Last year they didn't have your typical NFL receivers. Bunch of second tier receivers and went and won the SB. Little annoying receivers that catches short passes in front of you, sometimes make you miss tackled giving up big gains. That's flexibility in coaching to your personnel.
