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Interesting stat on our running game

252cane said:
Even with the slow pace the attempts were ridiculous. Deejay averaged only 11 carries a game.
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I don’t remember us having a ridiculous amount of pass attempts most games either. We don’t run enough plays and haven’t for awhile.

We play like Dean Smith with his 4 corners stall. Dean held Michael Jordan to about 15 ppg by taking the air out of the ball. We do the same thing with our offensive weapons.
 
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All the best Dade-County high school teams of recent past, ran the ball well, or could run when they needed to. There's some teams sprinkled in that had an amazing passing game, but mostly, a good running game and defense is what made Dade teams so great. If you look at all of the Miami Hurricanes championship teams, we were able to run the ball effectively and efficiently when needed. Whether we're running pro or spread, I dont think we can ever field a top 30 offense unless we can get back to running the ball effectively.
 
The Franchise said:
I don’t remember us having a ridiculous amount of pass attempts most games either. We don’t run enough plays and haven’t for awhile.

We play like Dean Smith with his 4 corners stall. Dean held Michael Jordan to about 15 ppg by taking the air out of the ball. We do the same thing with our offensive weapons.
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This is why I was excited for Mark Richt initially. Thought he was going to bring his fast pace offense that he originally ran at FSU, to Miami. SEC forced him to slow his offense down but ACC would've allowed it. Idk wtf he ran at Miami but it was not the same offensive plays and calls he ran at FSU, minus some of the QB draws he made Rosier run.
 
Astcloud11 said:
This is why I was excited for Mark Richt initially. Thought he was going to bring his fast pace offense that he originally ran at FSU, to Miami. SEC forced him to slow his offense down but ACC would've allowed it. Idk wtf he ran at Miami but it was not the same offensive plays and calls he ran at FSU, minus some of the QB draws he made Rosier run.
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This year we ran plays at even a slower pace than richt did his 3 years at Miami which is crazy
 
skeeter said:
Explosive, but not efficient...We break off big runs, but against most defenses don't run it from down to down with any kinda success rate. We did get it going against the weaker defenses, but even then he got away from it and refused to win games against FIU and GT when it was apparent the pass game was struggling.
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Great post. I also would like to see how the stats are further broken down in the following:

VS opponent
in Short yardage
In Red Zone
In the Wildcat Formation
Removing screens/laterals/backwards passes
 
bacane said:
Stats don't always tell the full story. Would love to see something showing yards after contact or an indicator of how much yardage was due to RB effort vs. solid line play.
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Agree. Probably skewed by the fact that we ran less and were able to occasionally break big plays. Seemed to be very inconsistent, though.
 
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DMoney said:


Looks like, as expected, our rushing numbers were skewed heavily by sacks. The rushing game was actually quite explosive when given an opportunity.

It is perplexing that Enos refused to run the ball. We ranked 110th in rushing percentage. Help your young OL and inconsistent QB by handing off to your excellent backs.
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He should have been fired at halftime of FIU for his game plan when we were getting 9 ypc but throwing 95% of the time.
 
DMoney said:
If the backs are doing most of the work (and I agree they are), that is all the more reason to get the ball in their hands with a simple handoff.

We aren't '95 Nebraska in the run game. But when you can't pass protect and your QBs are unreliable, you can't be one of the most pass-heavy teams in the nation.
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Agree, but I think you'd have to look at number of runs that gained 0-3 yds, then 3-6, etc. instead of just looking at the mean. The mean is probably unreliable because they were able to occasionally break some big runs, which isn't necessarily a good reason to run the ball more. Richt ran the ball a lot more, right? Better designed runs w/ better OLine play
 
bacane said:
Stats don't always tell the full story. Would love to see something showing yards after contact or an indicator of how much yardage was due to RB effort vs. solid line play.
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The best metric for a run blocking line is how they do on third or fourth and 2 or less when everyone in the stadium expects run.

unsurprisingly, our OL finished dead last in the nation See football outsiders OL stats.

our pass stats are uniformly bottom15
 
We the Boss said:
The best metric for a run blocking line is how they do on third or fourth and 2 or less when everyone in the stadium expects run.

unsurprisingly, our OL finished dead last in the nation See football outsiders OL stats.

our pass stats are uniformly bottom15
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That’s an “impose your will” run game, which we’ve never really had. We are eons away from that.
 
The Franchise said:
That’s an “impose your will” run game, which we’ve never really had. We are eons away from that.
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We've really never had that. The 350lb road grading OL have never been a feature here.

I remember sitting in JRS watching Miami get pushed backwards multiple times from the 1 against USF somewhere in the early 2010s. Couldn't move them an inch time after time and lost a game because of it. And it's happened 300 times since.

But, knowing that, you'd think the smart thing to do would be to try it over and over and over again, ad nauseum. You never want to adapt, spread the field, get creative, run play-action, get to the edges, give your QB a run/pass option....never that. Just line up with an 8 man line and run into a brick wall. It's never worked before no matter who the personnel or coaches were, but by god, we're gonna keep trying it over and over.
 
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Why is clemson a consistent top running team without 325 pound nfl monsters?

Solve that riddle and you will understand penos couldn’t get it up and why manure is an idiot for not cutting him off like Lorena Bobbit.
 
eos is a trend setter
hes trying to show that play action without the threat of a run can be effective
 
The play calling was rhythm killing.

Momentum is of the most importance in developing the confidence and efficiency of a young team.

Enos was multiple for the sake of being multiple and way too random. He called plays to a personal philosophy as opposed to game planning for where his team really was. This is one difference between good and bad coordinators.

Good ones game plan for exactly where their team is at, lean on their strengths, and grow confidence with success. One momentum is attained, they slowly build on it.

Humility is so important. We relied on under center deep, slow play action when we should have relied on shotgun quick, short play action. We relied on slow, outside zone when quick, inside zone was what got us the chunk plays.

We hardly ever took the easy money the defense gave us.

Just no feel for the game and personnel.
 
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