If so, what was it? It certainly wasn't run to set up the pass.
Was it a spread offense? If so, what is a comparable offense you would cite?
Saban apparently called Kelly one of the last true "tacticians" of the game a few weeks ago.
That may be, but it seems all those adjustments kept Kelly's teams from finding a groove. I never knew what team would show up.
The remaining games will go a long way in establishing an identity, I hope.
Of course, that may change next year, but I'm hopeful Rees doesn't grab bag or overthink things the rest of the year.
From my understanding of an offensive playbook...
In a true spread attack, a QB will typically make 2 reads, at the most, unless he's certain he has more time to make that 3rd or 4th read. After those 2, if nothing is open and if he feels pressure, then he either takes off running, or dumps to the safety valve if he's still trying to gain positive yards. Otherwise, he'll simply throw it away.
It's supposed to be an easy, simple system that can be rapidly implemented at the high school or collegiate level, and that it can help equalize things when it comes to a difference in athleticism.
The Brian Kelly / Tommy Rees offense is more of a hybrid. The base is still the spread, but it also had some pro-style elements in it that closely resembles the K-Gun offense that Jim Kelly QB'ed in Buffalo during their Super Bowl runs.
In a nutshell, this offense focuses mostly on the short passing game to set up the run and the downfield passing, but it's definitely not a simple offense.
From what others have told me, the playbook is very hefty, and more complex than the scaled back Erhardt-Perkins playbook that Charlie Weis used here (which worked very well).
I understand that complex offenses can be quite effective, if you have a veteran group who has the experience. This is why full-fledged pro-style offenses in the NFL work very well, because these guys have been at it for years, practicing with the same guys for a while, etc.
At the college level, you don't have that kind of luxury for the most part. You're going to be lucky to get 2-3 years of starting time out of your players, and the team chemistry doesn't have enough time to develop for that kind of complexity.
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The Q.B. was supposed to make a pre-snap, no-matter-what check into another play based on the number of defenders in the box. It's why we frequently got down to 1 second left on the play clock, because defenses could shift around and screw with the Q.B.
We ran some, but other than Long's playback, it was always the basic zone out of the shotgun. Very little variety or command to it.
It had all the drawbacks of a spread without many of the benefits.
that neither did Kelly.
This is also why we still struggle. Because Rees doesn't really have an identity either. The last three games it's been run but that's because we played weak D's.
38 times in a monsoon. He could never help himself. The problem with his offenses is that it's so dependent on everyone being perfect especially at the QB position. I do see some of that with Rees though he has definitely made a more concerted effort to run the ball more since he's been OC. I've always felt the ND identify on offense should be a pounding run game considering the high quality and numbers of offensive lineman that ND has sent to the NFL, and these dudes just aren't on rosters, they start. To make the Kelly offense go, it definitely needs a very good QB. He currently has Daniels at LSU. The guy had very good statistics at Arizona St. Even watching him play seems like this is what Tommy needs as well. Kelly had some decent QB's at ND, but he never had any studs and some of the ones that were pretty good one year, seemed to regress the next. Book was solid. If he would have been able to throw down field much more productively, ND could have maybe won a NC or come much closer than they did. My biggest gripe about the Kelly offense at ND was that in the playoffs or on the big stage in general, they couldn't even muster 20 points. I get that you have to give some credit to the other team's defense but the teams winning the NC are typically extremely prolific on offense. So was the issue Kelly, scheme, QB, WR or a combination of all? I think mostly Kelly was set in his ways, but also not having a true stud QB didn't help. I will give kudos to Book for his time at ND. He won a lot of games.
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gives u isn’t your strength. Hence all the inconsistencies.
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