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What is the resistance to simplifying the playbook to get the best players playing and contributing ASAP?

"Simplifying the playbook" would mean installing an offense that is dependent on the QB making a single key to determine the play (like a read option).  WE have some plays like that, but our offense is based on reading the entire defense.  The number of plays, while impressive, is really not as dramatic as it sounds, since we run the same play from multiple formations.

The complexity comes from reading the defense, recognizing the alignment and adjusting the call at the line of scrimmage to the play that gives us the best chance to succeed.  When you have a QB who can do it well, it works spectacularly (as in 2010, 2011, and 2015).  When you don't have a QB who can execute it well, we struggle offensively (2012, 2014, 2016).

But if you have an offense based on reading keys for an inexperienced QB, you can't just switch to a pro style offense the next year.

BC

[BostonCard]

What is the resistance to simplifying the playbook to get the best players playing and contributing ASAP?

"Simplifying the playbook" would mean installing an offense that is dependent on the QB making a single key to determine the play (like a read option).  WE have some plays like that, but our offense is based on reading the entire defense.  The number of plays, while impressive, is really not as dramatic as it sounds, since we run the same play from multiple formations.

The complexity comes from reading the defense, recognizing the alignment and adjusting the call at the line of scrimmage to the play that gives us the best chance to succeed.  When you have a QB who can do it well, it works spectacularly (as in 2010, 2011, and 2015).  When you don't have a QB who can execute it well, we struggle offensively (2012, 2014, 2016).

But if you have an offense based on reading keys for an inexperienced QB, you can't just switch to a pro style offense the next year.

BC