I'd love to know what Pete or D$ are hearing from inside

[PCBcanefan]

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

And you know this how?

Just listen to his media interviews. Each one he puts the blame on execution. Which I tend to agree with him some, but still think he needs a OC.

 

[AUcane]

Dare I say...kayaa is a greentree all American?

 

[Awsi Dooger]

Wouldn't mind seeing Herndon,fb and njoku,te wrt play action out of I form

Yes. We were talking about that in my area last night. Herndon should be a fullback and used in a variety of ways. For example, it looked so unfair to the opponent when Cleveland Gary used to shift from tailback to the slot just before the snap. Likewise when Shockey lined up at fullback against Nebraska in the Rose Bowl, and they had absolutely no idea how to deal with it.

If we used wrinkles like that simultaneous to a clever pass catching tight end in Ojoku not far away, our permutations toward success explode.

San Diego State has been underachieving in football for as long as I can remember. They finally turned it around recently via commitment to a power rushing attack out of the I formation, and gorgeous extensions from that formation. It looks so simple, and kind of amusing, when opponents are seemingly clueless how to defend old style formations.

 

[tcgrad1014]

CMR's play calling has been vanilla, stale and predictable. On the other hand, it must not be easy to come up with a strategy to beat reasonably athletic defenses with zero offensive tackles on your active roster and a statue for a QB.

 

[SBAMACANE]

Lack of OT is killing the Canes!

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Do the offensive coaches share or understand our concerns after the last 2 weeks? Any chance things will change?

See, more coaches would have success if they just listened to the fans. I'm glad someone finally came out and said this. Our offensive staff probably thinks everything is fine. You think maybe you could call them up over at Hecht and tell them what everyone here is saying?

 

[D_Canes]

A pop warner coach wouldn't run RPO offense with a slow foot pocket passer. Richt has been trash as a play caller.

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

The Run/Pass Option (RPO) involves the RB, not the QB in the run. It's a give-or-throw option Richt is running. I do see a few zone read plays where your point is valid. Kaaya refuses to keep the ball.

 

[MovingZen]

A pop warner coach wouldn't run RPO offense with a slow foot pocket passer. Richt has been trash as a play caller.

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

The Run/Pass Option (RPO) involves the RB, not the QB in the run. It's a give-or-throw option Richt is running. I do see a few zone read plays where your point is valid. Kaaya refuses to keep the ball.

Can you repeat this a couple more times? There are a **** ton of people on this board who aren't grasping the difference between RPO and read option. If people could understand those plays aren't designed for Kayaa to run the ball...that'd be great!

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

A pop warner coach wouldn't run RPO offense with a slow foot pocket passer. Richt has been trash as a play caller.

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

The Run/Pass Option (RPO) involves the RB, not the QB in the run. It's a give-or-throw option Richt is running. I do see a few zone read plays where your point is valid. Kaaya refuses to keep the ball.

Can you repeat this a couple more times? There are a **** ton of people on this board who aren't grasping the difference between RPO and read option. If people could understand those plays aren't designed for Kayaa to run the ball...that'd be great!

The thing that confuses people is when Kayaa takes off running after a handoff, as though any defense on earth is fooled by it. The defenders know he's not keeping it. This causes the marginal fan to believe that Kayaa has the "option" of handing it off or taking it himself.

Honestly (and I get the RPO-read option difference), the first time he actually fakes the hand off and takes off running he will gain 30 yards because the defense and every fan and camera man will be absolutely stunned.

 

[AllAboutTheU]

Tom Brady has about the same speed as Brad Kaaya, but is a master of moving in the pocket to avoid rushers. I don't know if it's feel, anticipation, peripheral vision, but Kaaya has been horrible with this aspect of the QB position.

Definitely feel. Brady buys time with slight movements.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Tom Brady has about the same speed as Brad Kaaya, but is a master of moving in the pocket to avoid rushers. I don't know if it's feel, anticipation, peripheral vision, but Kaaya has been horrible with this aspect of the QB position.

Definitely feel. Brady buys time with slight movements.

Heck, even Dan Marino was that way. Guy couldn't scramble to save his life, but he had pocket presence.

 

[Brooklyndee]

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

And you know this how?

Because he continues to handoff up the middle in stacked boxes, gets stopped and goes back to it as opposed to taking what the defense is giving him. He's determined to force the game his way...that's how.

I'm just curious here. But do most of yall understand the majority of these handoffs up the middle as you call them are actually rpo & it's Kaaya pretty snap reads that have him handing the ball off...

 

[Brooklyndee]

The reason the O looked good in Camp is bc Kaaya wasn't allowed to be touched.

Not true at all. Plenty of camp he was live & regardless of that the rest of the time is simple touch & he's sacked. Offense looked nothing like this throughout camp. His pocket presence is abysmal & he has happy feet.

 

[Canedog]

Kaaya is shell shocked at dis point cause dem big p***ies up front on da Oline getting him killed. Don't care how tough you are it gonna get to you. What happened against VTech? Oline got him shelled first thing. Dude is tough but c'om on man.

 

[2Focusd804]

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

And you know this how?

Because he continues to handoff up the middle in stacked boxes, gets stopped and goes back to it as opposed to taking what the defense is giving him. He's determined to force the game his way...that's how.

I'm just curious here. But do most of yall understand the majority of these handoffs up the middle as you call them are actually rpo & it's Kaaya pretty snap reads that have him handing the ball off...

People were complaining in the FSU game that Kayaa was pulling it and throwing it too much and the RB's weren't getting enough touches. The problem isn't the RPO, everybody runs it. RPO's are based off defense alignment. if 7 people are in the box, he hands it off, if 8 or more he pulls it and throws a quick screen. the problem is teams stop our run with 7 so the read says to hand it off but we're still losing at the point of attack.

Their are wrinkles you can put in the help the oline.

Trap blocks and TE wham blocks are one way. Wider oline splits helps create better angles as well (see the Wake Forest game a few years ago)

Spreading the offense out with multiple WRs/ TE's also makes it easier on the oline in both run blocking and pass pro as defenses can't disguise blitzes as easy and there are less people in the box.

I don't see why we don't come out in with a base offense of Coley, Richards, Herndon, Njoku, and Walton/Yearby.

You can still run your power run game with 2 TE's and you can spread the defense out by aligning Nkoku and Herndon in the slot. This also helps by making the opposing offense most likely stay in a base defense so when Herndon and Njoku are in the slot either LB's have to walk out on them (advantage Miami) or safetys have to come down and cover them (advantage miami) when the defense realizes this doesn't work, they will go zone (which should help our WR's since it looks like they struggle with man press) or they go nickel which SHOULD allow us to be able to run the ball more effectively.

Then we get real creative and line up Richards and Coley in the slot with Herdon and Njoku out wide. If the CB's go in the slot, its man. If they stay outside its zone and Coley and Richards would feast on LB's/Safeties trying to match up in zone.

 

[nystateofmind]

A pop warner coach wouldn't run RPO offense with a slow foot pocket passer. Richt has been trash as a play caller.

I'm afraid that Richt views his Offense the same way Alf views his Defense - it's not the scheme, it's the players. This doesn't bode well for us.

The Run/Pass Option (RPO) involves the RB, not the QB in the run. It's a give-or-throw option Richt is running. I do see a few zone read plays where your point is valid. Kaaya refuses to keep the ball.

Can you repeat this a couple more times? There are a **** ton of people on this board who aren't grasping the difference between RPO and read option. If people could understand those plays aren't designed for Kayaa to run the ball...that'd be great!

The thing that confuses people is when Kayaa takes off running after a handoff, as though any defense on earth is fooled by it. The defenders know he's not keeping it. This causes the marginal fan to believe that Kayaa has the "option" of handing it off or taking it himself.

Honestly (and I get the RPO-read option difference), the first time he actually fakes the hand off and takes off running he will gain 30 yards because the defense and every fan and camera man will be absolutely stunned.

He did take off and he gained 2 yards. Not 30.

 

[2Focusd804]

and where are the dang crossing routes Richt is supposed to be famous for? 3rd in 6 against man and we don't have any rub routes? no double crossing routes making a slot corner have to run all the way across the field with Coley? or a LB have to chase Njoku? Teams do this to us all day. VA tech would have scored on one in the redzone but the QB missed the throw

 

[Deleted member 14110]

Amen

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

Richt is fast approaching Patrick Nix levels as a play caller. It's the most horribly conceived offensive scheme I've witnessed in over 30+ years of watching football.

The idiot, reactionary thing to say is that the O-line sucks and Kaaya is playing horribly...I would argue those are symptoms, not the disease.

Down and distance is being ignored. Everything is a running play or 4 verticals. Some of the people on this board, and they always come out at the BEGINNING of every coaching tenure, simply crack me up.

 

[iLoveTDs]

and where are the dang crossing routes Richt is supposed to be famous for? 3rd in 6 against man and we don't have any rub routes? no double crossing routes making a slot corner have to run all the way across the field with Coley? or a LB have to chase Njoku? Teams do this to us all day. VA tech would have scored on one in the redzone but the QB missed the throw

This frustrates me more than anything else offensively.

I get that we need new players (OL, QB, RBs)... but Richt isn't even showing me signs of competent play calling/play design.

Go watch any UGA game and you'll see pretty much the same **** we're running now. Dude is obsessed with 4 verts on 3rd down. He hardly ever uses the middle of the field, on and on.

Matthew stafford as a freshman at UGA had 6 TDs and 12 INTs going into their final game.

Stats like that don't even exist anymore for bad QBs, let alone stafford type kids (5 star out of HS).

Offenses have evolved in the last couple decades, but Richt hasn't. Depressing man.