It's not the players it the scheme

[Blackice12]

The issue is not the players. The issue is the style of offense and the style of defense.   Going 3 and out in a minute or less does not build any form of momentum on offense and provides no rest for the defense.  I can understand if the offense played fast after plays that gained positive yards or even first downs but this offense is akin to stomping on the accelerator when you are stuck in the mud.  You are not going anywhere just making matters worse.   With the offense quickly donating the football back to the opposing team the defense is back on the field with no rest.  The restless defense and the aggressive defensive scheme only open the door for big plays. Additionally, since the offense is not scoring the opposing offense is never under pressure to score therefore they can just run plays that will hammer the defense until the dam breaks.

The offense needs to slow down and expand the playbook. Only running up the middle and waiting for deep passes with a decent offense line will not win games for USF. The current offense is not too far different from OC SG's offense with the exception that the WRs are closer to the sidelines.  CAG should take a page out of CWT book when CWT changed the offense from the Stanford-styled West Coast offense to the Gulf Coast Offense.  USF must get the players out in space and allow them to run, whether it is through jet sweeps, screen passes, or running RBs to the outside.

Unlike CWT who had a year to remake offense, CAG only has weeks.  With the shifting landscape of college football and now with the commitment of an on-campus stadium, USF football must show progress this year by beating and truly competing with other winning programs. 

Go Bulls.

[Rocky Style]

They would argue that if the players would execute, then the tempo would be a good thing.  

[hm101]

I have mixed feelings 

I agree when CAG says he wants to build a program not a team

Do you sacrifice the long term scheme you want your players to learn in one year to get a few extra wins? I don't know. 

The scheme obviously works - see last year at USF and last few years of Tenn. There's just something about this year. 

[M50_BULL]

3 minutes ago, hm101 said:

I have mixed feelings 

I agree when CAG says he wants to build a program not a team

Do you sacrifice the long term scheme you want your players to learn in one year to get a few extra wins? I don't know. 

The scheme obviously works - see last year at USF and last few years of Tenn. There's just something about this year. 

Yes the difference is that we happened to play teams with a winning record. Offense seemed to have worked ok against a 1-3 SMiss and 0-5 BCU.

Gag needs to dump this basically a turnover offense as it takes 30 secs to go 3 and out. Go spread, use jet sweeps, encourage the QB to buy time by scrambling and not take off to run at first glance.

[El_Toro_86]

Defense allowed TDs on the first 2 Tulane drives…hardly fatigue from the hurry up offense

[00Bull]

TN is around 40th in speed of play and a top 5 offense. USF is top 5 in speed of play and around 90th in offense.

You can have speed or quality but you can’t have both. 

[Cat941]

1 hour ago, El_Toro_86 said:

Defense allowed TDs on the first 2 Tulane drives…hardly fatigue from the hurry up offense

Kind of related - did we ever hear why Rucker didn't play at Tulane?  He's been called out positively for his play on defense by CAG in prior games.  

[00Bull]

16 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

Kind of related - did we ever hear why Rucker didn't play at Tulane?  He's been called out positively for his play on defense by CAG in prior games.  

Was suspended for making noise while the team was on offense the previous week.

[Dave_Glaser]

I like the uptempo offense, for sure, but I don't think it needs to be your entire offense.

[belgianbull]

2 hours ago, hm101 said:

I have mixed feelings 

I agree when CAG says he wants to build a program not a team

Do you sacrifice the long term scheme you want your players to learn in one year to get a few extra wins? I don't know. 

The scheme obviously works - see last year at USF and last few years of Tenn. There's just something about this year. 

I think if it was a great scheme you would see more teams using it than just a few. Also I think you need depth and great conditioning in order  for it to be successful.

Also not convinced that the scheme brought great results last year since we were still blown out by UAB, FAU,WKU,UTSA. The games we won  were against Rice, Temple, UConn, Charlotte, Navy who were bottom teams in the country last year. Syracuse was a weird one and it sure fooled me since I really thought that that could have been a turning point.

No doubt we were much better than the year before and Golesh deserves credit, but I am not convinced we got those extra wins because of scheme or just because we out talented the other teams plus better coaching.

I am not saying Golesh should throw his plan in the garbage disposal, but he has to figure out how to get us competitive right away against the better teams in the AAC.