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As has been posted by others, the key to Fu's offense is consistently making the routine plays. Being able to make all the throws is great but if the QB can make the easy throws, I think the O will be good to very good.
I remember one early video clip from spring ball where Fu was chastising a QB for missing on maybe a 10 yard crossing route. Basically said the QB should make that throw every time and that if he does, the receiver will run forever. I love it when the coach has those kinds of expectations.
what aspect of our existing personnel puts us at the biggest disadvantage
just going out on a limb here...I'd say QB. Too much is unknown at this point. We have known quantities at every other offensive position. QB is the wildcard. We don't know if Evans is going to be a superstar or not. We don't know if he's even going to convincingly take the starting job over Motley.
Just from what I've seen of Evans' JUCO highlights, he's definitely a gifted runner. As French has mentioned, he really sells his fakes well in the option game and has a great deal of elusiveness/speed. As far as his throws, I think he typically makes quick reads, has a pretty quick release, and has some good velocity on his throws. The biggest issue, to me, is his accuracy - especially with longer throws. A lot of those big passes in the Hudl film show him underthrowing the receiver and making him adjust to the ball. Even the big TD pass in the Spring Game required Bradshaw to make a play on an underthrown ball. That's my biggest concern with Evans. I still think he will start just because Motley seems to still be somewhat tentative and hesitant with his reads. He waits too long to throw the ball, and that has caused him to throw picks in the past and will continue to do so.
Great article French! Thank you! In your opinion, what aspect of our existing personnel puts us at the biggest disadvantage with Fuente's system?
Thank you
This article is timely during the lull. Thanks. I feel like I'm being prepared to play against Fuente's team. Now what do you base your analysis of Evans on versus Lynch? We've all seen Motley in action. Are you using the little that was allowed with snapchats and the spring game as a basis or does that also take into account his film from his two JUCO years. Are you saying he can never be as good as Lynch in Fuente's system? This is not a critique, I just don't know. He looks pretty darn good with his throws in his Hudl highlights - which is what they are, highlights. And from what I've seen of TCU/Memphis film, as good as Lynch and Dalton were running the ball, Evans will be better. And that leads me to ask, how do our top receivers rate against what Lynch had? If there is some talent differential on the upside overall, won't that be of benefit to whoever QB's? I could ask a bazillion more questions. I'd wager you've got a lot more than me super excited now.
There will be no Marcus Davis types on the field this year.
However, minus the ever present chop blocks that come with PJ and GT. It is a scheme based on repetition with subtle change ups that influence the defender to not be ready for an upcoming play.
yes
per French's review, I say we see the same formation and movement every play from offense. Only we only run the same play each snap and rely on our talent to overcome early on. Then, if their defense adjusts to stop us, we still keep running that play and let our defense preserve the win. That way Tennessee sees nothing but one formation and one play. Then when we play UT at bristol, we run different plays out of the same formation and they won't know what bit them. profit.
Yeah - that's much better....
Try this one:
well, it looks pretty sweet. But it's just a still so don't get into too much of a tizzy over it
How many Quarterbacks do you think we will see against Liberty? Also how much of our actual offense for this season will be on display?
Same for me
Bleacher report and Vick have been showing clips the past few days of this documentary coming up and Beamer was on there talking. I am kind of getting excited for this and Vick seems really behind it as well.
Looks excellent!
Awww; Lane Stadium, tailgating, new regime, old friends, enter sandman, how good is that!!!!
If by similarities you mean the defense has no effing idea what play you'll run based on your formation, then I can get on board with this. If you mean, well, pretty much anything else, then you should just go away.
I know which clip you're referring to. I get that Fuente tries to drill the "make the routine plays on a consistent basis" angle and I like that approach.
My point, however, is that right now the QB is the biggest question mark so I think it could be argued that the biggest disadvantage offensively is the QB spot. It's easy for us to say that all the QB has to do is make the routine plays on a consistent basis but the QBs job isn't that simple. There are lots of reads in the running game and the QB has to not only make the right read but must also execute hand-offs and ball fakes at a high level in order for this offense to work. The QB must be able to pair good footwork with quick reads and decision making in order to be successful in the running game. Hokies know all too well how bad an offense looks when it becomes one dimensional. If our QB can't execute in the running game it won't matter how good they are at passing. If they can't pass, it won't matter how good they are in the run game. Right now we really don't know what we have in Evans. His JUCO highlights don't show us the whole picture. Motley had some highlights too. If you ignore all of Motley's lowlights and focus on what he did well in limited time you'd think he would be a Heisman candidate. I'm optimistic that Evans will turn out to be a serviceable QB in Fuente's offense but I'm not expecting him to be some superstar. We just don't know. If he's a dud we could be in a world of hurt. If he's a stud we could be putting other teams in a world of hurt. It's a critical position and right now we really don't know what we have there.