Michigan to integrate RPO concepts
but offenses are a lot tougher.
This makes more sense than the reasons actally given.
if the QBs can't even make single reads, not sure what adding a third WR would do to help, let alone a fourth. Maybe a decoy the defense will just wave at on their way to murderating the QB?
Harbaugh made mistakes, but much of what he did throughout the season that fans hated were to mitigate those mistakes. He ran plays he felt he had to run, not so much the ones he wanted to run. After Black went down we only had one serviceable receiver, so running two wasn't all that great as things were.
March 21st, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
Adding receivers, varying formations, and complex shifting is EXACTLY what you should do if your QB can't make progression reads... it gives the defense more perceived offensive options on a play, when in fact there is only one or two.
March 21st, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
was the oline was sieve when it came to pass protection. If you're running 4 wr's out there with a QB and a running back, you're pretty much leaving your oline on island all by themselves with pass blocking.
I agree, and in addition to the reasons I gave above, JH is too comitteed to a fullback and tight end to do too much of that.
First of all, that did not fit Speight's skillset unless it was a quick-release, West Coast offense set. It would have made some sense from a couple different angles, but Black went down, then Speight went down, and the offense turned into a shit show against good teams given the weakness of the oline.
I personally think it would have been somewhat different if Peters had been given the reigns from the get go, but Harbaugh evidently did not trust his leadership abilities.
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March 22nd, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^
The ignorance flows deep here. RPO is not read option.
Coaches just laugh histerically inside when some idiot journalist asks if they are going to integrate "RPO" into the offense. Run Pass Options in some forme or another have been in use since the 80s, but just because Collinsworth says it 40x during a broadcast then Graham Couch et al decide they need to ask it any chance they get.
They can't say "yes" because it is an asinine question, but if they say "no" then they will be presented as out of touch. So you get the answer "we'll have some of that in our offense". Stupid question, nondescript answer. Welcome to sports journalism.
RPO is college football today. While I'm sure a lot of fans and/or coaches might not love it, they need to embrace it. Having a QB who sits in the pocket on every passing play is way too easy for the defense. For every stationary player (QBs included) = 1 more defensemen in coverage.
that Peters himself wasn't bad at mobility; and that the difference between him and Shae was a matter of degree? Not true?
It is true that Shae has better broken play ability. But from what I've seen he's not Vince Young or Denard.
March 21st, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
We don't even know if Shae is eligible yet and the QB Competition hasn't taken place.
People still have no idea what RPO means. Shea isn't going to be running the lead option like Eric Crouch at Nebraska.
IT gets the people going!
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So yeah that's awesome thank you super bowl 50 whatever number it was for bringing Oprah to Ann arbor. All the students will get a 1992 geo metro and protein bars. Randomness.
Some of you are complaining that Harbaugh hasn't been rolling with the changes, but until he gets some better personnel, particularly at QB, he'll just have to be riding the storm out.