OttoinGrotto
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This post isn't meant to defend Nassib from criticism or excuse his shortcomings, I'm just curious what exactly it is that Marrone envisions his QB should do that Nassib can't, if that is what holds the offense back from being what it should.
People say he's not a dual threat QB - ok. He's not a great runner, but he has shown flashes of being able to gain yards on the ground. A lot of people have posted that Nassib is actually instructed to not do that.
CIL had a good post about how the original plan for the offense was to look like Northwestern's. Here are some snippets from something he posted a little while back. "As a premium tidbit, part of the "binder" included a hurry up/no huddle offense that had the ability to be more of a "balanced" spread if that makes some sense to you all. I would think that Northwestern's offense would come to mind. One that can speed up tempo, has a bit of the read option involved, but can also line up under center as well. That was the blueprint from what I was told... However, I have no idea what happened to that offense. I really don't. I know we worked on it last spring and this spring, only to see none of it during the season. Dave Rhame I think would back me up on this if he could publically do so, although I'm not sure if he can, and I understand that."
I'm just stumped. Is it the read option that Nassib can't do? If so, why does that mean we still can't approximate the offensive vision more by speeding up tempo? If it makes the offense better, why can't we do some no huddle? Why can't we see a "balanced" spread? How exactly does Nassib's shortcomings, whatever they may be, make it so that we can play to the pace of our offensive vision, or using spread formations. I just don't understand.
I guess the real issue I have is that I don't think we're running everything from the vision of the offense that we could, and I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that Nassib is that far from what they want that they would practice something that they wouldn't put in play.
People say he's not a dual threat QB - ok. He's not a great runner, but he has shown flashes of being able to gain yards on the ground. A lot of people have posted that Nassib is actually instructed to not do that.
CIL had a good post about how the original plan for the offense was to look like Northwestern's. Here are some snippets from something he posted a little while back. "As a premium tidbit, part of the "binder" included a hurry up/no huddle offense that had the ability to be more of a "balanced" spread if that makes some sense to you all. I would think that Northwestern's offense would come to mind. One that can speed up tempo, has a bit of the read option involved, but can also line up under center as well. That was the blueprint from what I was told... However, I have no idea what happened to that offense. I really don't. I know we worked on it last spring and this spring, only to see none of it during the season. Dave Rhame I think would back me up on this if he could publically do so, although I'm not sure if he can, and I understand that."
I'm just stumped. Is it the read option that Nassib can't do? If so, why does that mean we still can't approximate the offensive vision more by speeding up tempo? If it makes the offense better, why can't we do some no huddle? Why can't we see a "balanced" spread? How exactly does Nassib's shortcomings, whatever they may be, make it so that we can play to the pace of our offensive vision, or using spread formations. I just don't understand.
I guess the real issue I have is that I don't think we're running everything from the vision of the offense that we could, and I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that Nassib is that far from what they want that they would practice something that they wouldn't put in play.