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What made Homer Smith's Alabama offenses so effective?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:05 am
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:05 am
89 Alabama could move the football almost at will. 1994 Alabama could score more effectively than any 90's Alabama. Homer Smith was a quarterback and offensive guru, but what made his offenses so effective?
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Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:13 am to BCBAMA
Bama board
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:14 am to BCBAMA
They moved the chains very easily and took advantage of redzone opportunities
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:43 am to BCBAMA
Spread the ball and threw short effective passes. The SEC was not use to that style at that time.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:58 am to BCBAMA
Defense.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:33 am to BCBAMA
Newsflash: no one gives a frick
Posted on 6/25/16 at 6:10 am to BCBAMA
Homer emphasized plus yardage on first downs. Averaged 7 plus per first down with Hollingsworth QBing.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:56 am to BCBAMA
Similar to McElwains at Bama. Short passes, took advantage of team speed on the outside which opened up the running game.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:59 am to stomp
wasnt this what was called the west coast offense?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 10:00 am to mrbroker
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wasnt this what was called the west coast offense?
Sort of, but not in our case. The WCO was a lot more finesse than anything we could have ran just based off the QBs at the time. Hollingsworth & Barker, while effective, weren't quite top tier. We also ran to setup the pass a lot more than a traditional WCO
Posted on 6/25/16 at 10:04 am to stomp
that guy was a damned genius ... can't remember if david smith was allsec, but he had a helluva year for a walk-on, left handed string bean (think he played for smith)...
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Posted on 6/25/16 at 11:00 am to BCBAMA
Homer used all his talent.. Lamond Russel was nearly unstoppable at TE under him.. Having backs like Siran Stacy and Kevin Turner (RIP) that could catch the ball out of the backfield helps..
Posted on 6/25/16 at 11:04 am to BCBAMA
probably the same thing that makes any offense good, still today...superior players talent wise
Posted on 6/25/16 at 11:05 am to Samso
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Newsflash: no one gives a frick
Yet you opened the thread and replied. Seems YOU care
Posted on 6/25/16 at 11:41 am to Samso
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Newsflash: no one gives a frick
If you dont give a frick about sports discussion then why are you on a sports message board?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 11:54 am to ThaKaptin
honestly, one thing that made him effective was that he wasnt obsessed with balance. A lot of coordinators have this idea that balance is the most important thing to make sure you keep. If a team had no answer to a toss sweep to Lassic to the right side, he'd run that fricker 5 times in a row and shove it down their throat. I remember specifically he would run that toss sweep repeatedly to whichever side of their D-Line was the weakest if it was working exceptionally well. We'd line up, the defense would know exactly where we were going with the ball because we went there the last 3 plays in a row, and they couldnt do a damn thing to stop it.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:17 pm to tiderider
Hollingsworth was 1st team all-sec. Tall, lanky and slow. One of the funnier practice stories was Curry walked over to the offense practice and yelled at Gary to run full speed. In the huddle Gary looked at Smith and said, "he doesn't know that was full speed?" 
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:56 pm to nc14
know hollingsworth was but he was recruited by some big schools ... david smith wasn't ...
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:04 pm to tiderider
David Smith was being lightly recruited but broke his leg in the 2nd game of his senior year at Southside Gadsden high. He was left to walk on at a D1 school. He walked on at Bama and beat out high school all American vince Sutton from Lagrange ga immediately. He was way underrated by the scouts of the day.
As far as Hollingsworth he was a victim of circumstance. The top 3 high school qbs in 86 were billy ray of Dunwoody ga, Jeff George of Indianapolis and Jeff Dunn of Greensboro nc. Bama got both Dunn and Ray while George ended up at Purdue. Hollingsworth was signed just because but actually was the best passer. Ray transferred to duke, Dunn suffered a knee injury against Kentucky in 89 and Hollingsworth came in and broke every Bama record there was and never let Dunn play again. Dunn graduated and never played again. Ray had a decent 2 years under spurrier at duke but like Smith, Hollingsworth was vastly underrated as a passer. Dunn, as a freshman, had a couple memorable moments in 87. He beat top 5 Tennessee in his first start and an LSU team that went 10-1-1 in tiger stadium but was not good in other games.
As far as Hollingsworth he was a victim of circumstance. The top 3 high school qbs in 86 were billy ray of Dunwoody ga, Jeff George of Indianapolis and Jeff Dunn of Greensboro nc. Bama got both Dunn and Ray while George ended up at Purdue. Hollingsworth was signed just because but actually was the best passer. Ray transferred to duke, Dunn suffered a knee injury against Kentucky in 89 and Hollingsworth came in and broke every Bama record there was and never let Dunn play again. Dunn graduated and never played again. Ray had a decent 2 years under spurrier at duke but like Smith, Hollingsworth was vastly underrated as a passer. Dunn, as a freshman, had a couple memorable moments in 87. He beat top 5 Tennessee in his first start and an LSU team that went 10-1-1 in tiger stadium but was not good in other games.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:07 pm to TouchdownTony
yeah, i remember those guys ... ray made a joke after he transferred that his hands were a little more sore due to the extra writing he had to do at duke ... dunn wasn't afraid to take a hit, i remember, not that it improved anything about his qb skills ...
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