🏈 Tide to see much more of the spread offense

[BAMANEWSBOT]

By Christopher Walsh Sports Writer

It?s the offense that revolutionized the Big 12, was executed by each side in last year?s national championship game, and led to both University of Alabama postseason losses, in the SEC Championship and Sugar Bowl.

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[LBS]

By Christopher Walsh Sports Writer

It?s the offense that revolutionized the Big 12, was executed by each side in last year?s national championship game, and led to both University of Alabama postseason losses, in the SEC Championship and Sugar Bowl.

Read More Here...

On the surface, this may seem like trouble. However, we can not rule out that this may work to our advantage. Here are three reasons why.

First, if our entire schedule ran the spread, then we would have practice against it for an entire year before facing Auburn. No team has that advantage. What is worst is facing twelve different Offenses.

Second, the Spread magnifies that advantages gained in one-on-one match ups. Isolate that one match up that works to your favor and you succeed because help is out of reach. As Bama continues to put superior players on the field, the Tide losing these match ups decreases in frequency (thus effectiveness). So what is an opponent to do with Bama matches them man-for-man or better? Change their Offense? Not likely, they dance with who brought them. This plays into Bama's hands for the reason stated in point number one - familiarity.

Third, if you are a high school kid not running the Spread, where do you go to college? A-L-A-B-A-M-A

 

[TerryP]

Solid thought process there LBS.

Personally...

When I consider what Coach Saban has as his goal with our team a few things come to mind.

First, he wants our team to out-execute the guys they face.

Secondly, he has a goal of having as much talent, superior talent, as he can on the sidelines.

If you take the first one alone you have a good chance of winning.

If you take the second, you have a good chance of winning.

If you can out-execute, then out-talent the teams you have you are going to have an overwhelming chance to win every game you play.

I'd much rather have that mindset—on offense and defense—than one where teams try to disguise lesser talent with using a spread type offense.

This is one of Walsh's better articles. He makes one point that is worth touching on a little more in depth—something we have briefly over the last few months.

In addition to having more defensive backs on the field, which has caused many programs to alter recruiting priorities (partly why the Crimson Tide has already landed prize prospects like DeMarcus Milliner, Nick Perry, Jarrick Williams and Deion Belue for next year), many have toyed with doing something like Saban’s Jack hybrid linebacker/end position. Alabama is also expected to move its linebackers around more, with players able to fill more than one role.

Right now, if I were to try to put a number on it, we will see about 15-17 starters on defense next season. A lot of it is going to depend on the scheme we come out with.

While it is our third year in Saban's scheme, that only applies to very few players: Dont'a as example. Last year he remained in the middle because grasping more than one position was too much to put on him. This season, we'll see him playing three different positions.

Another example is Jerrell Harris playing in a rabbit position which is as much of a cross between a linebacker and secondary players as the JACK is between linebacker and defensive lineman.

To say the least, facing the spread isn't something that draws a lot of concern from me. And, I haven't even broached the time the defensive staff has spent on multiple sets designed just for a spread offense.

 

[HIGHTIDES]

People are really over analyzing the effectiveness the spread has against us IMO. the SECCG was a great game and if anyone besides Tebow was playing qb, we would have won that game. He made some miracle throws and we were one or two mistakes from winning. They also field one of the top defenses in the country. With Utah, we were not ourselves in that game (not making excuses). If our offensive line was intact, you don't hear anything about the spread working against us IMO. Not to mention our defense played with no enthusiasm. They missed tackles they were making all year. Also, they scored 21 points in the 1st quarter and 10 the rest of the game. Our defense adapted. I

MO, we will be one of the most equipped teams in the country against the spread in due time. We are recruiting so much speed right now on defense and elite DBs. We also seem to have coaches that know how to teach tackling. The spread creates space, but the best thing to combat the spread is open field tackling. We will be fine. I like our offensive philosophy. Stay on the field as long as possible.

 

[TerryP]

People are really over analyzing the effectiveness the spread has against us IMO. the SECCG was a great game and if anyone besides Tebow was playing qb, we would have won that game. He made some miracle throws and we were one or two mistakes from winning. They also field one of the top defenses in the country. With Utah, we were not ourselves in that game (not making excuses). If our offensive line was intact, you don't hear anything about the spread working against us IMO. Not to mention our defense played with no enthusiasm. They missed tackles they were making all year. Also, they scored 21 points in the 1st quarter and 10 the rest of the game. Our defense adapted. I

MO, we will be one of the most equipped teams in the country against the spread in due time. We are recruiting so much speed right now on defense and elite DBs. We also seem to have coaches that know how to teach tackling. The spread creates space, but the best thing to combat the spread is open field tackling. We will be fine. I like our offensive philosophy. Stay on the field as long as possible.

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