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There’s something strange going on with this team. Not only are they suffering from a QB dilemma but also it appears there is a defensive coaching dilemma. The loss to AFA leads me to believe that we just witnessed some serious growing pains from an inexperienced DC that quite possibly was in over his head. Jaime Hill must have been exclusively prepping the D and calling the plays.
The offensive philosophy of a triple option team is simple. Put outside defenders on an island and force them to make a decision. By the time the defensive player makes a decision the ball will be 4 or more yards down the field. What’s more, the AFA O coordinator got especially nasty with his offense. Not only did his veteran QB have BYU’s outside defenders floating about like farts in a whirlwind, after not blocking them on the triple option, they threw the lead option at them, from a variety of formations, forcing them to fight off the block. The result was 400 plus yards offensive output on the way to a good o’l fashioned triple option butt whoop’n.
The only way to stop the option is good coaching. You prep your team to play assignment football — to be disciplined and to trust their teammates. If a player’s job is to commit to the QB, regardless of whether he is fighting off a blocker, then he has to commit to the QB trusting that his teammate who is responsible for the pitch, even if fighting off a blocker, will get to the pitch. As a defensive DC if one of your players fails to fulfill his assignment then you replace him. Of course if no one fills his respective assignment, well, then, the defense simply was not well coached. It wouldn’t matter if you had Ray Lewis out there, because Ray Lewis would be out there on an island twisting like a fart in a whirlwind.
All of the above leads me to the conclusion that not only is this is a rebuilding year for the team with young and inexperienced players but a building year for the coaches. Bronco seems to be saying now’s the time to really step back and be a Lavell style head coach. This coaching staff and players are currently on an island. Let’s hope Bronco can lead them off the island and that the staff and these young players will grow together faster than was evident in the AFA game.
Go Cougs … beat FSU!
The offensive philosophy of a triple option team is simple. Put outside defenders on an island and force them to make a decision. By the time the defensive player makes a decision the ball will be 4 or more yards down the field. What’s more, the AFA O coordinator got especially nasty with his offense. Not only did his veteran QB have BYU’s outside defenders floating about like farts in a whirlwind, after not blocking them on the triple option, they threw the lead option at them, from a variety of formations, forcing them to fight off the block. The result was 400 plus yards offensive output on the way to a good o’l fashioned triple option butt whoop’n.
The only way to stop the option is good coaching. You prep your team to play assignment football — to be disciplined and to trust their teammates. If a player’s job is to commit to the QB, regardless of whether he is fighting off a blocker, then he has to commit to the QB trusting that his teammate who is responsible for the pitch, even if fighting off a blocker, will get to the pitch. As a defensive DC if one of your players fails to fulfill his assignment then you replace him. Of course if no one fills his respective assignment, well, then, the defense simply was not well coached. It wouldn’t matter if you had Ray Lewis out there, because Ray Lewis would be out there on an island twisting like a fart in a whirlwind.
All of the above leads me to the conclusion that not only is this is a rebuilding year for the team with young and inexperienced players but a building year for the coaches. Bronco seems to be saying now’s the time to really step back and be a Lavell style head coach. This coaching staff and players are currently on an island. Let’s hope Bronco can lead them off the island and that the staff and these young players will grow together faster than was evident in the AFA game.
Go Cougs … beat FSU!
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