Kimble

[Hoov50]

If Edouard shows up in January, I say we just bring back Deleone and be done with it.

At this point I might be only half joking.

Say what you want about DeLeone but there is no denying he had a system and stuck to it!

 

[SyracuseMiami]

We probably should have went after Kevin Olsen who just transferred from The U to Towson. He left after figuring out he was going to be stuck behind Kayya. He's a good QB, just had bad timing with a suspension for a minor issue but opened the door for Brad to turn heads and keep the job.

 

[SmilinBob]

After watching the Chattanooga vs New Hampshire game there is no doubt in my mind Kimble will excel at that level if this is the direction he wants to go. I wouldn't be surprised if in a couple of years some fans will be saying why did we let him go?

 

[RMH44]

After watching the Chattanooga vs New Hampshire game there is no doubt in my mind Kimble will excel at that level if this is the direction he wants to go. I wouldn't be surprised if in a couple of years some fans will be saying why did we let him go?

If healthy, he may have excelled here. I think his chronic back injury is holding him back more than his athletic ability.

I hope he is very successful wherever goes, even if he doesn't play football. After all, he is a GREAT student and will continue to excel in the classroom.

 

[GoSU96]

I understand and agree with most of what you are saying but I think that's a bit of an over simplification. Part of the reason those Air Raid or Spread teams are so successful is they have a system and they stay the with it. That's how you get the "practicing over and over". Ga Tech runs the damn flex bone veer but they do it over and over. We are on our what, 4th or 5th system in 8 years?

We have to keep recruiting different QB's for a system but the system leaves. Austin Wilson is a terrible fit for the read zone. I am worried Edouard and Long will be bad fits for Lester's offense. We keep chasing our freaking tails here. It's silly. You look at Wisconsin "meathead" football but they keep finding backs and linemen that fit their system. They crank out 1500 yard rushers year over year. We've gone from Crow-hop to pistol to bubble screen to pro style to hurry up shotgun to GMac's Frankenstein to this.

And we wonder why our QB's aren't producing?

Bang

 

[Crusty]

I don't buy that for a second. Coaches want to win 1st. Worrying about how they get there has got to be a lower priority. The fact the systems like N Zone exist proves the opposite - coaches want to win and will buy the hype to install something that purported to work.

Lester himself said that some people call what he does "the spread" - which given what we know about 12 personnel - would mean flexing your TE out as a WR (without switching personnel).

Which is my point: Air Raid and Spread principles are everywhere and incorporated all over college football. It's not new and flashy - it's another tool in the arsenal.

Coaches know more about how to defend it (Shafer v Holgerson x3). For it to be your primary look, you need great players - just like any offense.

I like the ideas behind Lesters offense - a mix of spread and 9 guys in tight.

What mix of spread? All I saw was 2 x 2 every now and then.

 

[TheCusian]

What mix of spread? All I saw was 2 x 2 every now and then.

2x2?

Watched two Elmhurst games last night. They will put a TE in the slot and have 3 WR in. They run and pass out of it. But their base is 12 personnel. They ran a lot of interesting motion and got open guys down field pretty easily. Def not a 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense.

Lester did a lot of dictating coverage with how they lined up. Sometimes in tight, 8 in the box - sometimes flex everyone out, play wide - spread the d out. The seamed to run/pass based on numbers in the box.

Really weird to see your TE line up alongside the QB and act as a fullback or actually get the ball. Not sure I'm a fan of that look (though they always got positive yards).