From the Perch: Rhett Lashlee (SMU vs Temple)

From the Perch: Rhett Lashlee (SMU vs Temple)

Roman Marciante

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Good stuff. Only thing I disagree w is at QB.
SMU QB seems way better / smarter than anyone on our roster. We have to add Costello or Newman through portal
 
Very exciting y'all. Now we need speeeeeeeed. I want to sign every single fast/quick/elusive WR/PR/RB out of Dade. Scare your opponent with overwhelming athleticism in space.
 
I love the tempo aspect of it, Miami is painfully slow and methodical offensively-- and just plain boring and ineffective.

Could you imagine UM running 80 plays in the South Florida humidity, what they could do to teams in the 4th quarter

Enos was giving Jarren about 10 seconds to huddle, call the play, and snap it. The ******* then blamed Jarren for not snapping it quick enough.
 
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First thing I noticed - he didn't come off his first read very often. Looks like the offence stresses the defence so much that it's obvious where the ball is to go if you're the QB.
I agree with this...which is why I think Kosi has the upper hand here (at a quick glance)....he’s got nice touch on the ball throws a decent deep ball and if he’s only asked to make one or two reads, he won’t have to think much (just get the ball out quickly)
 
Oh and ive wanted a spread tempo check with me offense for almost a decade now. So of I'm more excited this time around...😎 (orlovsky will be back on the orange bowl boys and he is raving about this hire)

I might be wrong but didn’t richt run a check with me tempo offense?
 
Fair. I was excited about enos. I was. However the from the perch enos piece I wrote... could the offense work here? Yes. Is it what I would have chose? No. I wrote about concerns with his tempo.(he was 4-8 at Arkansas and in the 100's nationally play wise)

So I will say I was really excited about the preview but we never got that spread cost tempo offense that we were sold on with bama.

And that was my mistake. I included bama game film.. that influenced me a bit and I was hoping it would be more that variety. It was more Arkansas with rpos mixed in


Exactly.

We could hire Vince freakin' Lombardi, and if he doesn't run his offense, then we didn't get what we hired.

F Enos for regressing back to his Arkansas days.
 
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Im going to really focus on what the QB is required to do in the next installment of FTP. This isn't a high level sophisticated read offense. Which is honestly one of the subtle brilliance of this style of offense.

Less exotic blitzes on a continual bases
Rpo pre snap reads are easy
Option routes aren't that complex post snap if you think of it open vs closed
And space and design is really allowing the 1v1 matchup to materialize easily

This system is a much more simpler than enos. That doesn't mean vanilla. Honestly accuracy is a premium in any offense. Arm strength needs to be prioritized a little bit more. And if you are insanely athletic qb.. this system puts you in numbers advantage in the run game in a hurry n
Great work Roman and appreciate the time you put into these. What are your thoughts on Lashlee’s running game schemes in general and as compared to Enos? Would love to see some of that highlighted in pt. 2.
 
So we finally did it. We finally got the offense I have been begging this university to run for over a decade. I honestly will start by saying that I think we nailed this hire. This was my number one pick this cycle and I have been answering with Rhett Lashlee anytime someone would ask me who would be my pick to replace Enos. (I did say Lincoln Riley's pen too) This will be 11 narrated clips from the FIRST HALF of the SMU Temple game. I decided to start the series with a common opponent for next year in Temple.



Here are some random first look take away points from the first half
  • This is a multiple based uptempo spread offense
  • In the first half alone I charted 61 plays
  • Miami ran 64 plays a game in 2019 (Now you know why I did this video in parts)
  • Initial impression is that Lashlee will not put the stress on the offensive line that Enos did
  • There is a consorted effort to get rid of the ball quickly
  • SMU allowed only 17 sacks on the year (34 less than Miami's 51)
  • One of my biggest criticisms of last year's offense was the refusal to audible when necessary
  • Rhett Lashlee and SMU will check with me at the line of scrimmage
  • Run game this first half was not overly complicated and utilized both zone and man blocking
  • Zone read will be featured much more in this style of offense
  • I strongly disagree if you think SMU's offensive line is better than Miami's
  • SMU's offensive line was not dominant and hardly created any push
  • They don't seem to be a very powerful or overly athletic offensive line
  • Once again the quarterback is getting rid of the ball very quickly not requiring to block long
  • Air raid components are apparent with option routes based off look
  • RPO friendly formations that are easily read identifiable for quarterbacks
  • SMU quarterback would be the #4 quarterback here. (I mean #3 if Tate was on vacation again)
  • This system will not be overly complicated to assimilate as far as a QB is concerned (Pre snap reads are much simpler to find)
  • SMU WR's had their way with Temple DB's
  • Lashlee manufactured some big plays by design
  • Favorite play was watching 12 set personnel act as blocking decoys when in fact it was a stop and go (I will attach clip)
  • That play showed the ability to use personnel to gain an advantage
  • SMU went under center very sparingly and were a predominate shotgun based team
  • 11 set heavy but also showed 10 and 12 set personnel

Thank you for supporting the YouTube page and it was an absolute pleasure to become a student of this offense. There will be many more games I look to tackle this off season but no place like the present. Also look forward to Lance Roffer's breakdown as he will definitely be utilizing his technical aptitude and bring his unique talents to the table. You know we assemble around these things like a kick *** x/o forming Voltron. I'LL FORM THE HEAD.


Great work Roman!

It's looking like a strong possibility that JONATHAN BREWER (Offensive Analyst) will be joining the staff as well.

I don't know much about him except that he's coached with Lashlee before at UConn.

Here's the link from the SMU website about him https://smumustangs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jonathan-brewer/5329
 
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@Roman Marciante here's another play where they used deception with the screen game to try to get an easy downfield completion to the TE. Not the same kind of personnel tendency breaker but a similar concept. TCU chucked the TE and the safety didn't bite on the screen look or widen much so it didn't work.
 
Well, worst case, I can say that whenever I saw an SMU game on this year I wanted to stop and watch cause it was just fun to watch them play on offense. So, at least we’ll be a lot more fun to watch next year, even if the program is still run by a bunch of unqualified morons with little commitment to winning.
 
I might be wrong but didn’t richt run a check with me tempo offense?

No. He specifically said he didn't want a "check with me" offense where QBs would look to the sideline for a better play/adjustment.
 
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Im going to really focus on what the QB is required to do in the next installment of FTP. This isn't a high level sophisticated read offense. Which is honestly one of the subtle brilliance of this style of offense.

Less exotic blitzes on a continual bases
Rpo pre snap reads are easy
Option routes aren't that complex post snap if you think of it open vs closed
And space and design is really allowing the 1v1 matchup to materialize easily

This system is a much more simpler than enos. That doesn't mean vanilla. Honestly accuracy is a premium in any offense. Arm strength needs to be prioritized a little bit more. And if you are insanely athletic qb.. this system puts you in numbers advantage in the run game in a hurry n
Which is why I think Perry could do well.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see his numbers improve dramatically under this system. It’s amazing how many college QBs have improved from one year to the next by simply installing a better system.
I hope and pray that is the case this year with whichever QB wins the starting job.
 
Good stuff. Only thing I disagree w is at QB.
SMU QB seems way better / smarter than anyone on our roster. We have to add Costello or Newman through portal
Outside of that WR. The system make those dude look decent. Newman ain’t coming here. Costello is like Alex Hornibrook.
 
Which is why I think Perry could do well.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see his numbers improve dramatically under this system. It’s amazing how many college QBs have improved from one year to the next by simply installing a better system.
I hope and pray that is the case this year with whichever QB wins the starting job.

ie joe burrow
He went from likely udfa to first pick
Imagine this turns Perry into a nfl pick
He would prolly take that nfl money and make his own **** studio
 
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