boulder3m wrote:I don't think our OL is strong enough to block them. Their D line lived in our backfield all day. My frustration is that we don't know how to make the adjustments to stop the defensive plan. Lang has always had that problem, IMO. It looks to me as if their plan was to use their defensive ends to hold position and not chase. Since we couldn't block them successfully, I think the remedy was to run the option deeper to allow the read. That also would set up other misdirection off the option.
Actually, at one time WL was great at making adjustments, but hasn't been able to do that for the last decade or so.
MM does a better job of running the pure option, but for the last two years, many of us have made the same argument for giving Joe Newman more playing time. Does JN have a nagging injury or has our offensive scheme changed when he is in the game. We all know that JN is a playmaker and can make the option work. Defenses may be keying on JN, but wouldn't they run the same defense when MM is on the field.
I expected possible difficulties with a new defensive staff, but on offense, almost all the coaches returned ... with one glaring exception. But this year's offense at times seems uninspired. Defenses are overpersuing but we rarely run counters or reverses. It's already November but we still seem to be running our early season plain vanilla offense.
