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re: Questions for Aubs on Malzahn's true offensive system
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to FourThreeForty
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to FourThreeForty
Gus tailors his offense to fit his strengths and the talent on the team. You saw us run so much last year because Nick Marshall had less than a month on campus before the season to learn te offense, work on chemistry with his receivers, and work on his passing. Once it became obvious that our run game was dominant and nobody was stopping it then why open up the playbook and give other teams film when we don't have to? Especially when Marshall was still so inconsistent throwing the ball.
You'll see Gus open up the playbook and the passing game more this year now that Marshall has a year in the system and two All-SEC type talents to work with at WR.
You'll see Gus open up the playbook and the passing game more this year now that Marshall has a year in the system and two All-SEC type talents to work with at WR.
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:45 am to BowlJackson
Gus likes run first. If you cant stop it, he will keep doing it and going faster.
However, as has been said in other posts, he tailors his offense to his talent and their experience. The AU team in September was not the one in January.
As of now, Gus has most of his full playbook installed. I would look for AU to be much more multiple this year.
However, as has been said in other posts, he tailors his offense to his talent and their experience. The AU team in September was not the one in January.
As of now, Gus has most of his full playbook installed. I would look for AU to be much more multiple this year.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:47 am to BowlJackson
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Once it became obvious that our run game was dominant and nobody was stopping it then why open up the playbook and give other teams film when we don't have to?
I don't even think it was that. The old saying goes...there are 3 things that can happen when you pass the ball, and only 1 of them is good. If you can completely control the game running the ball, the only need to pass is to keep the defense honest, and even still we didn't really have to do that in a few games.
As has been said, Malzahn is as good as it gets in tailoring his offense around what he has to work with, specifically what type of QB he has. He doesn't try to force a square peg into a round hole. That's one of the beautiful things about his offense and how flexible it is. He can go to a place like Tulsa and put up huge passing #'s, then come to Auburn and put up huge running #'s.
I think the run/pass balance will move more toward pass this year, but we'll still probably be in the 60/40 run/pass range. We were in the 70/30 range last year.
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