I've wondered for a long time what Shaw really meant when harping on execution, and then he gave us a clue when he made a comment (sometime in the last few weeks) that "we are not a scheme team, we are an execution team."
I presume by an "execution team" he means he wants to run certain plays so perfectly that they will work even when the defense expects them, and since our offense can practice those plays far more often than any defense can practice against them, we should have the advantage.
By a "scheme team" I presume he means a style of offense that is sufficiently different or unusual that the defenses we play against cannot adjust to the scheme, or are taken by surprise, or have their specific weaknesses exposed.
Do I have that distinction right? Any of the rest of you familiar with those terms?
If I do have it right, then I think it is a false dichotomy, and quite surprising from a man who considers himself a Walsh protege.
I presume by an "execution team" he means he wants to run certain plays so perfectly that they will work even when the defense expects them, and since our offense can practice those plays far more often than any defense can practice against them, we should have the advantage.
By a "scheme team" I presume he means a style of offense that is sufficiently different or unusual that the defenses we play against cannot adjust to the scheme, or are taken by surprise, or have their specific weaknesses exposed.
Do I have that distinction right? Any of the rest of you familiar with those terms?
If I do have it right, then I think it is a false dichotomy, and quite surprising from a man who considers himself a Walsh protege.