get ready boys, we are about to go back to a pro-style offense... less and less of read-option/dual-threat....
i seriously doubt we will go to a pro style offense, the funny thing is, is that butch calls it that anyway.
Yeah, I've been wondering what
Butch's definition of "pro style" is, ever since he explicitly named it while introducing CMD.
At its root, "pro style" means nothing more or less than any offense mimicking those of professional teams (which themselves have quite a bit of variety). So that doesn't help much.
Wikipedia thinks pro-style "generally" means that the offense is more complex than most college offenses. Then it goes on to list such platitudes as "offensive lines that are adept at both pass and run blocking" (ok, so that's every offense in America from junior high to pro level, except Army)..."quarterbacks with good decision-making abilities" (duh)... and "running backs capable of running between the tackles" (= most of them, given some blocking). So that was very unhelpful.
Wikipedia also says that pro-style offenses often employ fullbacks more commonly than college or HS offenses. I'm not sure this is true, but am
positive it doesn't match Butch's definition (we don't even have a fullback on roster, not last year or this year).
Still trying to draw anything useful out of Wikipedia, one section notes that "the running game is primarily built off zone blocking or involves a power run scheme. The passing game as a result often employs play-action...."
Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Two elements of that description fit Tennessee's 2014 offense: zone blocking, and a passing game built primarily off play-action.
Which, paradoxically, would seem to indicate
less true drop-back pocket passing than you would normally expect from a "pro style" offense.
In conclusion, hell if I know what Butch means when he says we're a pro-style offense. I'm just gonna stick with thinking of us as a Butch-style offense and learn it as it continues to evolve. :good!: