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Greg Davis simplifies the offense
Posted by HenryJames on October 2nd, 2007 under Football
So we’re going to scrap some of our more mundane plays that don’t work?
Nope.
So we’re going to change up our pre-snap audibles that allow a defense to force us into doing what they want?
Nope.
According to the Statesman Davis is going to simplify some of the checks and reads that McCoy does at the line, and McCoy won’t be allowed to ‘freelance’ as much with the receivers assignments and routes.
“You want to give your players as many options as you can at the line of scrimmage and post snap,” Davis said. “But at the same time, sometimes you’re better off everybody knowing exactly what you’re doing, even if you’re running into a stacked deck, so to speak.”
It’s important that both Colt and Jermichael Finley know that Finley is running the 5 yard curl.
The defense already does.
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Mack Tripper said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
This is actually getting laughable.
BrickHorn said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 am
Next week, Davis will announce that, because hand signals are too complicated, the plays will be called using giant cue cards.
Nordberg said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:47 am
Not to state the obvious, but I really really really really don’t think the answer here is to make our offense more simple.
I mean, really. Stoops just took that quote into the bathroom with him.
utstudboy said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 am
Sir Henry –
Bill Little says that the OU game will be decided by turnovers and the kicking game. What do you think about that?
I know what I think.
RomaVicta said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am
For awhile, I was delighted to see your name on the internet again, Henry. Now you bring me something that moves my inner soul to kill the messenger slowly and with acute attention to infliction of pain.
I can’t imagine a more absurd observation than this one by Davis. Simplify an offense that only runs about six different plays and whose assignments are better understood by opposing defenses than our own offense.
Does he really look at his players and say, “The problem is, we’re making it too hard for you. So, come get a hug and we’ll simplify the offense and start cutting your meat for you at dinner.”
Yikes.
Longhorn_Steve said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
We can only pray that this is all part of the master plan to lull Stoops into a false sense of security.
We can pray, but God will laugh at us.
Levander Williams said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:33 am
Now it’s Colt’s fault because he’s not smart enough to know how/when to check off.
Transfer of blame. Beautiful.
How ugly is this trainwreck going to get? I ask that about both this Saturday’s game AND the remainder of this season.
Levander Williams said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 am
Then again, maybe Mack & Greg should be given credit for recognizing that, after sustaining three concussions in his last eight games, Colt needs a simpler game plan and fewer options. The dizziness, confusion and blurred vision that he’s grappling with now are making it much harder to sort through the pre-snap reads.
In seriousness, I’m getting legitimately concerned here about Colt’s health. I question whether this staff places the proper value on the question of whether he’s risking serious neurological injuries by playing.
I sense desperation on Mack’s part, and I would not put it past him to send Colt onto the field in a vain attempt salve his bruised ego. I pray that I’m wrong.
Mack Tripper said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:50 am
How do you simply a playbook that’s small enough to fit in a text message? Rather than the “everyone go deep” play that is the staple of sandlot football, GD will employ the “everyone go wide” offense.
kchorn04 said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 am
No more 2 yard outs, we are going to simply it and only make the receivers go out 1 yard. They don’t want to make it look like Sweed is taking any plays off that way.
Macanudo said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Is Sally responsible for the juice boxes and snacks at halftime or does this rotate with each coach’s wife?
Sally Brown said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:33 pm
I’m on orange slice duty this weekend guys. Mrs. Akina is bringing the Capri Sun.
Mack has decided to show the team the Women’s World Cup third place game involving our ladies soccer team to show the boys how to bounce back from a tough loss.
Coach Stoops likes to take his team to dog fights before the RRS but Mack won’t have his boys around anything that untoward.
I don’t even know why they keep score in these games. Haven’t we evolved beyond that? These games are about learning respect for your opponent and good sportsmanship not wins or losses.
Macanudo said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Nice.
mileslong said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:58 pm
sally, is it true that greg davis gives mack better head than you do?
Woody Bombay said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm
“Sometimes you’re better off everybody knowing exactly what you’re doing.”
I’d like to have that embroidered on a pillow and then use that pillow to smother Greg Davis to death.
utstudboy said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Lighted up Francises
utstudboy said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Sorry – Lighten up Francises
SizzleChest said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Lighten up, Francis Crick.
SizzleChest said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Sorry – Lighten up, Frances Farmer.
SizzleChest said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Ok, really, seriously – Lighten up Francis Ford Coppola.
SizzleChest said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:50 pm
You too, Dennis Franchione.
Henry Scipio said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Fran Fran the secret man
BrickHorn said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Light it up, Ramonce!
MIA said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
sometimes you’re better off everybody knowing exactly what you’re doing,
This quote makes babies cry.
Lowery said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
This isn’t 2003, it’s 1997.
jimmyjazz said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Sally is married to Mack.
Therefore, Sally does not give Mack head.
Jesus. How hard is this to comprehend?
KilgoreTrout said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:03 pm
I think the main reason you only scored 7 points at home against my Ags last year was that your offense was simple enough for our defense to figure out. Note that we didn’t shut anybody down last year (although we were better than the year before). That coupled with Colt being injured – why Mack didn’t play Snead still is a mystery.
HornsN04 said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
At this point, all i can really do is laugh. I’ll be drunk before kickoff on Saturday. That way it won’t hurt as much.
Macanudo said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:25 pm
“your offense was simple enough for our defense to figure out.”
Captain Obvious, to the rescue!
Mars said:
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
punctuation not required.
McLovin said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:04 am
I spent a summer in Kilgore, and every jackass I met was an aggy fan.
Man that brings back some bad memories.
But there was this one little white trash aggy hottie whose Daddy had just bought her a new Camaro for her birthday …
Jose Lothario said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:36 am
Do tell more….
Back Mrown said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:36 am
Well, clap clap clappity clap, don’t we have a bunch of fucking know it alls on the intertoob? Quick question, all you armchair quarterbacks…if our offense isn’t awesome, how’d we score all ‘em points against rice?
ShocktheNation said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I actually miss the Tony Jeffrey reverse.
I wonder what play OU will rape us with that we will put in our offense and run against Iowa State this year. Dave Lapham wants to know too.
KilgoreTrout said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Kilgore Trout – is a literary character from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. As far as I know, he never visited Kilgore, Tx, or got it on with a hottie with a Camaro. Kurt is now dead, so it goes.
BrickHorn said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
“I spent a summer in Kilgore, and every jackass I met was an aggy fan.”
That rule applies pretty consistently even outside of Kilgore.
SizzleChest said:
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Rangerettes get jock itch on their mons. All that flailin’ of legs n’ shit.