This is mainly related to college football, but maybe it applies to the NFL too.
But I sit game after game and watch OU(and other teams) play and sometimes just shake my head at the playcalling. The going completely away from what's been working, or your strengths.....then going to what has not and does not work, leading to turnovers, etc and it makes me wonder about the guys calling the plays.
Then I started thinking about it. It seems the only off. coordinators who consistently get major head coaching gigs are the guys who run the "explosive, high powered" show off offenses that score alot of points.
And thinking about it as I type this, but I don't even know who Alabama's offensive coordinator is. They don't put up monster passing numbers, announcers don't talk about him all game.....but they're a balanced run/pass offensive team and they win win win. I don't know who Stanford's O-coordinator is either......but they win & win alot and they go with what works/their strgnths
After the OU/TX game yesterday, our O-coord. said, "The passing game sets up the run game" and I just had to
Most of these o-coordinators out here are only concerned about getting lookd at for a major head and that doesnt always give the team the best chance to win. That might sound crazy but the way football is in 2013, a stat ledger of say, "250 yards rushing, 100yds passing" is probably not going to get an O-coord noticed for a major head coaching gig even if the team is winning.
Agree/disagree??
But I sit game after game and watch OU(and other teams) play and sometimes just shake my head at the playcalling. The going completely away from what's been working, or your strengths.....then going to what has not and does not work, leading to turnovers, etc and it makes me wonder about the guys calling the plays.
Then I started thinking about it. It seems the only off. coordinators who consistently get major head coaching gigs are the guys who run the "explosive, high powered" show off offenses that score alot of points.
And thinking about it as I type this, but I don't even know who Alabama's offensive coordinator is. They don't put up monster passing numbers, announcers don't talk about him all game.....but they're a balanced run/pass offensive team and they win win win. I don't know who Stanford's O-coordinator is either......but they win & win alot and they go with what works/their strgnthsAfter the OU/TX game yesterday, our O-coord. said, "The passing game sets up the run game" and I just had to
Most of these o-coordinators out here are only concerned about getting lookd at for a major head and that doesnt always give the team the best chance to win. That might sound crazy but the way football is in 2013, a stat ledger of say, "250 yards rushing, 100yds passing" is probably not going to get an O-coord noticed for a major head coaching gig even if the team is winning.
Agree/disagree??
