Where is the Offensive Creativity?

Wesley

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Maybe we should hire Ken O'Keefe?

Throwing in a random flea-flicker, wildcat, reverse, etc. is NOT creative. Anybody can do it. To be really creative, you need to mess with your blocking schemes, routes, etc. Hardly anybody on this board, including me, will know if we're really being creative or not.
Something needs to change. We will become a doormat in the B12 if the offense continues to discombubulate.
 

scyclonekid

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I'm telling you start the defense on offense and the offense on defense!! Be in punt formation, but have the QB back there or play the throw the ball into the air and yell how many points you get if you catch it, is it called 500?
 

BigCojones

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Something needs to change. We will become a doormat in the B12 if the offense continues to discombubulate.

Be prepared for a long year then. Unless Mess learns to ride a bike quick we are in deep crap. PR's gamble to make him the OC appears to be a HUGE bust.
 

tyler24

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I was very interested in how Coach Mess handled that split back formation. It was obvious we were going to run out of it every time. He needed to through it a play action with that set to keep them honest. When you have success with a play during a drive is when you keep with the play. The coaches cannot get in there and adjust for that, but the next offensive series they can. Thats when you mess with it a little to keep them honest. Another thing I noticed is Jantz truly doesn't even try to read a defense. On that pick when threw it right at a defender he was looking left then just turned and threw it expecting to have a guy over there to go up and get it. Jantz rotates this offense around him when it needs to rotate around smart, quick decisions that can lead to big plays. I understand we want an offense that can generate big plays but that doesnt wear down a defense, the short stuff does and then when you have them tired is when you go for the kill shot.