[Hawkcrush]

What if IA ran NW's offense? If our defense remained the same from last year even we would be able to outscore most opponents. Probably won't happen given what we kno about KF, but what if, what if.

[hogeye]

Originally Posted by Foval21

well yea some personnel will change but we will be an i-form run 1st offense because that is what kf wants. the offense will have a few new wrinkles and maybe some changes to terminology. my hope is they use more packages and motions to dictate match ups that benefit us.

I hate to burst your bubble, but switching up packages and utilizing motions isn't required to gain match up advantages.

At the end of the day any coach will tell you the same thing on either side of the ball. It comes down to execution. The only fundamental difference between a pro style offense versus a spread is the type of reads the QB is making and the fact that the Spread typically utilizes more of the lateral space on the field.

[hoffahawk]

Originally Posted by kuhntz

There is no doubt that the "conservative offense=" is KF not KoK. However, KoK was the one calling plays and he was absolutely horrendous at that in extremely key situations. Situational playcalling has been the issue for years. That is what I hope to see fixed with a new OC calling plays within the same KF offense.

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I don't understand why people can't see this. whoever the new guy coming in is given KOK's exact playbook, he will call plays differently.

Than add in the sutle changes of adding other plays, formations, personnel groupings, route combos all of those don't take much extra time to teach.

Will it be a noticeable difference? not for the causal football fan or many on this board. But most Iowa fans will see a change in situational plays for sure.

[Dominate]

Originally Posted by Foval21

i have come up with 2 things i really want to see from the new oc. these are the 2 things i believe held us back the most. kok in my opinion was a good teacher, developer of talent, and gameplanner. but he was very pedestrian in is gameday play calling and personnel groupings. i believe better gameday playcalling (basically more consistent) and more personnel groups. the personnel groupings is my main one as i think the offense is fine. things like a speed personnel group that has your 4 fastest wrs in it even if that means you take out your top wr. or a personnel group where cjf is split out like a wr. since our formations and motions dont give a lot of match up problems lets use our personnel in different ways. we have a gronkowski type te. use him like such.

Good post! Improvement in 'gameday play calling' is what I'm primarily looking for.

[hogeye]

Originally Posted by hoffahawk

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I don't understand why people can't see this. whoever the new guy coming in is given KOK's exact playbook, he will call plays differently.

Than add in the sutle changes of adding other plays, formations, personnel groupings, route combos all of those don't take much extra time to teach.

Will it be a noticeable difference? not for the causal football fan or many on this board. But most Iowa fans will see a change in situational plays for sure.

Quite frankly I don't have a problem with this. It isn't the offense itself that is problematic. People that criticize personnel groupings, formations and any number of other factors are being disingenuous about the fact that this is the same damn offense we ran in the early 2000's.

People that think new playbooks or formations will mask the underlying problems are delusional.

New offensive twists don't mask recruiting problems and player development issues.

[hawkIhoops]

If we hire someone that can coach a 2 minute drill, clock management and understands on 3rd and 4 that routes need to be at least 4 + yards, we will be in better shape than we were. Hopefully KF has accepted that the only stats that really matter are how many points you give up and how many score.

[Bigtenchamp]

not sure how it could be much worse than bottom 3 12/13 years in the big ten.