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(06-30-2020 05:47 AM)84Monarch Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 10:27 AM)CalODUFan Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 10:01 AM)FTW ODU Wrote:  

(06-29-2020 08:44 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  People do not understand the nuicances of calling 85 plays over the course of a football game. Not every play is designed to score a touchdown and some plays can be called to either set up other plays or keep defenses honest. I doubt there is a team in college football that does not call WR screens....and there is a reason for that.

While i've never called a play before, I'm very sure it is bad football to purposely call an offensive play that nearly always results in negative yardage. That is dumb play calling if you do that and Wilder did that consistently. At least get a nuanced play that goes forward not backwards.

The BW and Brian Scott offense was predictable, simple and unimaginative. Defenses knew exactly what was coming. They were completely out-coached by the Lane Kiffin's of C-USA. Giles seems to have a blind spot as an apologist for the old offensive scheme and coaches.

Incredibly accurate.

Predictable is an understatement. It was an oddity if we didn't use either the step back WR screen play or the inside zone run (which also should be banned). There was a complete lack of play calling creativity on offense during the BW years. TH made his living on quick WR slant throws and broken plays with ODU and BW never adapted after TH left. It was maddening to see the middle of the field consistently wide open but no plays were called to exploit it via slant routes or TE streaks.