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I'm curious what most would call the style of offense that Mark Richt ran here?
Richt's offense sure looked like a RPO based pro spread offense to me.
What makes Alabama or Clemson's offense a spread and not UGA? They all line up in shotgun or pistol majority of the time in similar formations, so are they really that different? From an alignment standpoint our offense sure looked similar to these under Richt (and I do mean alignment only, we know the stats).
Bottom line the person calling the plays matter first and foremost regardless of what we choose to call an offense. The word "Spread" does not equal Top 20 offense the OC behind calling said Spread or said offense does.
Calling an offense Spread, Multiple, or Pro is just semantics for the most part as most of the time they all run similar things over half of the time. Obviously all teams may not line up in the I-formation, but even Ohio State has line up with Fields under center several times this year to run a play in a none short yardage situation and everyone will say they run spread.
We can all agree that Enos is not the answer for OC, but he actually may have a point regarding what makes an offense a Spread Offense. Most people don't have a clue and just name what ever team is winning and line up in the Shotgun/Pistol most of the time a spread offense to fit the narrative. People are just out here saying "Spread" like it's the new Fad term and the answer to every question.
Do I think Enos is running a spread offense? No, does he use some spread elements and concepts in his offense sometimes? Yes
If most are not being short sighted Enos biggest problems are his feel or rhythm with play calling (which he has none), knowing how to use tempo (which he can't even when we need to run a 2 minute offense) and not calling specific plays to get playmakers touches (He obviously did not learn the touch counter that Mike Locksley was using at Bama for his play makers).
Richt's offense sure looked like a RPO based pro spread offense to me.
What makes Alabama or Clemson's offense a spread and not UGA? They all line up in shotgun or pistol majority of the time in similar formations, so are they really that different? From an alignment standpoint our offense sure looked similar to these under Richt (and I do mean alignment only, we know the stats).
Bottom line the person calling the plays matter first and foremost regardless of what we choose to call an offense. The word "Spread" does not equal Top 20 offense the OC behind calling said Spread or said offense does.
Calling an offense Spread, Multiple, or Pro is just semantics for the most part as most of the time they all run similar things over half of the time. Obviously all teams may not line up in the I-formation, but even Ohio State has line up with Fields under center several times this year to run a play in a none short yardage situation and everyone will say they run spread.
We can all agree that Enos is not the answer for OC, but he actually may have a point regarding what makes an offense a Spread Offense. Most people don't have a clue and just name what ever team is winning and line up in the Shotgun/Pistol most of the time a spread offense to fit the narrative. People are just out here saying "Spread" like it's the new Fad term and the answer to every question.
Do I think Enos is running a spread offense? No, does he use some spread elements and concepts in his offense sometimes? Yes
If most are not being short sighted Enos biggest problems are his feel or rhythm with play calling (which he has none), knowing how to use tempo (which he can't even when we need to run a 2 minute offense) and not calling specific plays to get playmakers touches (He obviously did not learn the touch counter that Mike Locksley was using at Bama for his play makers).
