Are you excited about the offense???

I'm pretty stoked. It'll be interesting to see how these unknown grad transfer WRs translate to the SEC. And hopefully he can design some plays that allow KJ to use his legs without needing to pretend he's Mike Alstott and take three SEC linebackers head on. KJ was just never going to stay fully healthy an entire year with that sort of offensive game plan.

There were a few folks out there:

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Claimed by who

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multiple national talking heads said it before the season started....

Well RJ was spot on last season

Honestly expect a bit of regression overall. Replacing 3 on OL and new recievers. Plus, Enos' offenses have most commonly been middle of the pack.

Completely agree about having something different. Just not sure it'll be as effective. Enos seems like a good dude and qb coach. Just have reservations about his overall planning and play calling.

2nd.

We’ll run through Enos’s history, but he doesn’t have a single “system” and instead adapts his offense to fit his personnel. He is a very good playcaller and tends to make life very easy for his quarterback.

A few things are consistent with Enos at every stop:

Lots of quick rhythm passes. Enos QBs tend to have very high completion percentages because Enos gives them a lot of simple reads on early downs to soften up the defense. These tend to be horizontal (in a West Coast style) to force the defense so stretch sideline-to-sideline, opening up the run and deep passing game.
Pass sets up the run. If you’ve misremembered Enos’s first stint as OC and are worried that Arkansas is reverting to a smashmouth “three yards and a cloud of dust” scheme… then don’t. Enos offenses tend to be about 55-45 run-pass, compared to 63-37 run-pass for Arkansas in 2022. Enos will use his West Coast background to dial up those horizontal passes to spread the defense and create running lanes. The Hogs will not be trying to pound the ball straight into loaded boxes.
Deep throws off play-action. A combination of horizontal passing and downhill running will eventually force opposing safeties to start peeking into the backfield or the flats. Enos loves old-school play-action throws down the field to create big plays.
Heavy use of the tight end. Enos likes all-around tight ends who can block and also catch passes. At least one tight end will always be on the field, and the position will serve as a checkdown or a complement to the other parts of the offense.
Receivers as blockers. Enos has used different run schemes in different places, but he does seem to love using receivers as blockers, especially when receivers line up near to the formation. Arkansas’ 2015 team in particular created a lot of long runs because receivers set up great downfield blocking. That comes up a lot in watching Maryland as well.
All of these were part of Enos’s first Arkansas stint and have been part of all of his offenses since. However, he has changed some things.

Arkansas, 2015-2017
Any Hog fan excited about the Enos hire is thinking of Arkansas’ 2015 offense, which was amazing. The Hogs averaged 465.5 yards per game and 35.9 points per game, which is about the same yardage and three more points per game than this year’s team. (For what it’s worth, three more points per game would turn Arkansas’ record from 7-6 to 10-2-1.) Brandon Allen threw for 3,440 yards (9.3 per attempt) and 30 touchdowns while Alex Collins rushed for 1,554 yards and 20 scores. That team lost 1,000-yard rusher Jonathan Williams before the season and then returning receiving leader Keon Hatcher in the second game, which makes their season that much more impressive.

Scheme-wise, that Arkansas team always had a tight end on the field and often used a fullback as well. In fact, Arkansas ran a lot of 22 personnel (2TE, 2RB, 1WR). It was mostly under-center, particularly on standard downs. Again, that wasn’t really Enos’ required system, it was more of what Bret Bielema wanted him to run. In fact, in terms of playcalling, it was much more wide-open than the smashmouth look indicated. Brandon Allen took a monster step forward as a passer, as Enos’s playcalling gave him simple reads and forced the defense to always respect the run, which opened up opportunities through the air.

The Arkansas run game mostly featured Bielema’s preferred power runs, but Enos did a nice job of tailoring the run game to Alex Collins’ skillset. The Hogs used a ton of sprint draws, and even the power runs had this slow timing that really allowed Collins to hit the hole in stride:

And play-action off those sprint draws was really devastating for the opposing defense, particularly the linebackers:

Enos did a nice job of continuing to confuse the defense with sequential playcalls. I don’t think Kendal Briles ever quite mastered this. Most of his most brilliant playcalls were independent of each other.

Here’s an example. In the 2015 Ole Miss game, Arkansas hits this play-action flag route for a nice gain:

What changes has Enos made since leaving Fayetteville?
Since leaving Arkansas, Enos has added some RPOs to his scheme. Not nearly as much as Briles, but you will see some. And his under-center days are over: Maryland was pretty much exclusively shotgun or pistol this year. You’ll see almost exclusively base 11 personnel, compared to his first Arkansas stint, when the Hogs were only 11 personnel in passing situations.

Other than that, it’s the same basic offense.

TO see the plays they are speaking of, all of their thoughts, It is a well written article, here is the link!

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I've seen all of the message board analysis. The simple fact is that his offenses have largely been average. The stats are readily available. Lots of folks are nostalgic for his 2015 offense and fail to acknowledge that it's an outlier in his career.

You don't have concerns about his time in Miami and Maryland?

Miami has been a graveyard for coaches since Butch Davis left. If I was him then I would have chosen a different program.