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AppHoops wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:15 am
Drink isn't calling the plays himself next season?
Drink is calling plays at Mizzou. Still hiring an offensive coordinator though.
Maybe the Tiger fans will have a chance to witness the offensive genius more so than we did
I don't know that he is an offensive genius. I really don't like that term because it doesn't exist. There are some guys who are ahead of the curve for their age, like Lincoln Riley and probably Drinkwitz. Hoping the Riley - Football connection is real.
A Mizzou message board did a breakdown of Drinks play calling along with play diagrams. The more I look at it, the more it looks like Drink took his plays from NCAA 14. I've run each one of the plays that they go over ad nauseum in that game and throughout the years in Madden. It isn't some difficult concept to understand from a coaching and play development standpoint. The hard part is getting a QB who can execute, an offensive line who can sustain blocks, and a wide receivers corp who will work on their route development until their legs fall off.
Otherwise, it's almost exactly like playing a game. He runs the same patterns but flips the play based on down and situation. Will flip the play as an audible where receivers change their routes and depth. It's nothing genius or earth shattering. Just effective game planning and execution. That's why the players aren't concerned that he left. His play book is generic.
Take a gander
Film Room: Drinkquitz
If it was that easy, why aren't you making $4 mil a year? Sure, we've all ran those plays in video games. But knowing when, how, the tempo, the variations, etc is the hard part.
I mean hell, I've won a couple championships in NCAAF 14, so I wonder why Alabama hasn't called me yet.
As I stated, the hard part is on coaching the plays to make them work. I guess you glossed over that part?
My point was to say that he isn't some offensive genius. Genius, in my mind, implies originality. There is nothing original in his play calling, game planning, or development of a program. He may be a quality coach and ahead of the curve, as far as his age is concerned, but he's simply running pro concepts in the passing game.
Saying it's simple and where the plays can be found isn't diminishing the aspects of tempo and coaching the players into executing the correct plays. The use of "tempo" isn't a difficult concept either: Sudden change. Whether it's a chunk play or a turnover, you go up tempo, shock and fury. There is no magic formula. Sort of like when Drink when be running and calling an efficient game with Zac in rhythm then randomly call an ave formation reverse to the slot back then go right back to the shotgun. To me, it defeats the purpose to run "trick plays" out of formations that you only use for trick plays. Run trick plays out of your base formations for obvious reasons.
Another thing Drink seems to like is advanced analytics. He talks about average possessions per game, has measurements for plays that gain specific yardage and their impact on efficiency, etc. How you implement what you gain in knowledge from data is as important as the data itself.
Regardless, my comments were not a slight about Drinks ability to coach. Obviously that takes what I explained to another level. But he isn't some Lincoln Riley type who will design an original offense tailored to whomever he has on hand.