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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1424575, member: 652"] West Coast offense doesn't work in college football as well pro football. In pro football the speed of the game is basically the same. The gap between the fastest NFL team and slowest NFL team are miniscule. In college football speed is not equal a lot of the time. What works in college is spreading defenses out and getting the ball in the space and having you speed players turn 5 yard plays into 20+ yard plays with YAC and breaking 1 tackle. Also, QBs have to be able to be dual-threats a lot more in college football. You don't need speed QBs, but with defenses spread typically defenses play a lot of dime coverage and that means fewer LBs on the field. As long as Syracuse breaks in speed at the WR/RB/LB/DB positions you have a nice foundation. I can break down the west coast offense but will just break it downa at a very macro style it is a combination of three step, five step drops, seven step drops. It is not all short passes. The concept is to have predetermined spots for the QB to know where to go to throw depending on the rush. In Bill Walsh's original offense as I read his book with Brian Billick the QB throws to spots typically the RB goes to where the umpire used to be on the field, the TE tucked behind him in the middle, and the WRs wherever their route takes them. The West Coast works with an accurate pro QB in college it is not as successful because the QBs aren't as accurate as pro QBs and incomplete passes/negative plays are a lot harder to overcome in college football than in pro football. I want as little NFL style offense ran as possible by our coaches. Marrone didn't realize the NFL stuff didn't work till 2012. I have read up on Tim Lester since the other thread and the more I read the less impressed I am. I want him to succeed, but thinking and hoping aren't the same thing. [/QUOTE]

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