Brandon Warren practicing at FB

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Yeah...that makes plenty of sense..

Let's bench the one guy who was a truly pleasant surprise against UCLA(Cooper) and put Warren...a guy who could create insane matchup problems at TE...in his place

I guess I just need to trust the coaches know what they're doing...but that's just not as easy as it once was

Instead of trying to do all of these fancy things why don't we just stick to a few things and do them really well?

Does anyone think we're making it to complicated on offense and should just get back to a more simple approach?
 
#2
#2
They've did that for years now. Its nothing new. Sounds like they still want to mix it up inside of going run heavy. Thats all it tells me.
 
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Leave him at TE.....He earned Freshman All-American honors for a reason, and it wasn't for playing FB.
 
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#5
Another one of our brilliant moves by the coaching staff. I really question whether our coaches have the ability to evaluate talent.
 
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#6
Hes not being transformed into a fb... hes taking reps. He would prolly create more matchup problems catching out of the backfield in addition to at TE.
 
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#7
Source?

If he's taking reps at FB then it's not cause he's taking Copper's position but probably just to have a special package for him.
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#8
#8
I don't have a problem with it as long as it is productive. Hearing about his talent, anytime we can get the ball to him is a plus reglardless of where he lines up. I doubt he is in there to lead block for the RB.
 
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govols182 said:
Source?

If he's taking reps at FB then it's not cause he's taking Copper's position but probably just to have a special package for him.
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I heard it on the Sports Animal, Sports Ticker this morning...with Will West

My main issue with this move is that we seem to be further complicating an offense that nobody...including the coordinator....seems to underestand to begin with...

Anyone who watched UCLA could have seen that we have no identity on O but instead of simplifying we are apparently throwing another wrench into it...

Why don't we just figure out a few things we do really well and stick to them instead of doing a whole bunch of things mediocre?
 
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blamie, why would a package with Warren out of the backfield isolated on LB's or S's complicate things... especially if they really are thinking of rolling Crompton out more.

If you are going to cut the field in half then having a guy like Warren to dump it to is ideal.
 
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blamie said:
I heard it on the Sports Animal, Sports Ticker this morning...with Will West

My main issue with this move is that we seem to be further complicating an offense that nobody...including the coordinator....seems to underestand to begin with...

Anyone who watched UCLA could have seen that we have no identity on O but instead of simplifying we are apparently throwing another wrench into it...

Why don't we just figure out a few things we do really well and stick to them instead of doing a whole bunch of things mediocre?
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Based on what the coaches have said I am now feeling more comfortable with the game plan against UCLA. They had a veteran defensive front and a young secondary which is why we were pass heavy. Not because of an identity problem. Of course the coaches should've adjusted second half but they observed things that you and I didn't.

Why don't you let the guys that make the $$$ coach and you just sit back and watch.

Having an big athletic TE that would be an H-back in another system should know how to play out of the backfield. Nothing wrong with options.
 
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i think it isn't a bad idea to use warren at differnt positions. the dude is a monster. why not let him play some there against UAB. they could put me at RB and we'll win that game.
 
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#14
H-back similar to last season, probably will line up at either Fullback or TE depending on the play.
 
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TennesseeT said:
Based on what the coaches have said I am now feeling more comfortable with the game plan against UCLA. They had a veteran defensive front and a young secondary which is why we were pass heavy. Not because of an identity problem. Of course the coaches should've adjusted second half but they observed things that you and I didn't.

Why don't you let the guys that make the $$$ coach and you just sit back and watch.

Having an big athletic TE that would be an H-back in another system should know how to play out of the backfield. Nothing wrong with options.
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Well...I guess I don't have a choice...but the last time I just sat back and watched I saw us lose to a team we should have beat by 3 TD's....because of coaching
 
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Brewerw said:
Hes not being transformed into a fb... hes taking reps. He would prolly create more matchup problems catching out of the backfield in addition to at TE.
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The biggest match up problem we had against UCLA was our running game... and we didn't take advantage of that...
 
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sjt18 said:
blamie, why would a package with Warren out of the backfield isolated on LB's or S's complicate things... especially if they really are thinking of rolling Crompton out more.

If you are going to cut the field in half then having a guy like Warren to dump it to is ideal.
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My problem with this whole thing is that I think we all saw how out of whack our offense was and now we're looking at adding a new wrinkle to it

And this new wrinkle will inevitably take away snaps from a guy who was very effective at doing his job against UCLA

I guess I don't understand this offense well enough to know why we can't get Warren opportnuities at TE...why do we have to further complicate his responsibilities and put him in a position that he's never played instead of just figuring out how to get him more touches from his natural position...

What it all comes down to is that after UCLA I don't have much faith that this offensive staff knows what they want to do....

I think they are capable and thats why they're paid to do it...but its not ability that worries me....it was the feeling that they don't know at this point how they want to utilize the skill they have on offense...

And in that case it would seem that simplifying things instead of further complicating them would be a better course of action
 
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#19
I think it is a great idea using Warren at FB too. Who cares how we do it, as long as we get the ball in his hands. I don't think he will be blocking like FB at all. They have probably just created some packages for him to catch the ball out of the backfield. He only got 1 catch against UCLA, so if he can get the ball more this way, then I say we do it.
 
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blamie said:
I heard it on the Sports Animal, Sports Ticker this morning...with Will West

My main issue with this move is that we seem to be further complicating an offense that nobody...including the coordinator....seems to underestand to begin with...

Anyone who watched UCLA could have seen that we have no identity on O but instead of simplifying we are apparently throwing another wrench into it...

Why don't we just figure out a few things we do really well and stick to them instead of doing a whole bunch of things mediocre?
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I've been asking that question for three years now.
 
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I agree with using him there if it is not all the time...He is a darn good TE and that is what he needs to be used as...Roll Crompton out and use Warren up the seam and beat the crap out of defenders...Just win!
 
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how many "packages" is Clawson going to create, he might be making the offense too complicated
 
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#25
Line up in the I-formation, turn around, hand the ball off to foster or Hardesty.

If not, run play action, or throw Warren and other receivers the ball on shorter routes in space.
 
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