🏈 What changes do we see under Locksley?

[JoshB]

What (if any) changes are we going to see under Locksley?

 

[TerryP]

There was an article I read the other day covering a recruit that had visited and some of his impressions. One of the things he commented on was how much he liked the changes on offense--going as far as to say "new offense." I can't remember how to spell the kids name--2020 QB recruit named Uiagalelei? (That's a stab in the dark.)

There are two things that stuck out to me when I read the interview. One I know, one I'm guessing on. The guess has to do with the addition of Josh Gattis. When he was hired and I did some reading on him I came away with the impression he had a lot of input in Moorhead's spread concepts--sideline to sideline, if you will.

(We'll see on that one. While I'm not a big fan of a full spread, four wide offensive scheme I can see how it would work and work well.)

From what I've learned what he (Uiagalelei) was referring to had to do with playmakers being featured. We've been discussing the TE's. I can see a guy like Kendrick James having some big time plays (along with Forristall and Irv Smith.) What really is an eye-opener comes from thinking about how guys like Waddle (will be on the field quickly,) Jeudy, Najee, Damien, Jacobs, Smith, Ruggs, and others will bring to the field. Each and every one of them can accurately be called "Game-breakers." The "wrinkles," so to speak, has to do with featuring these guys. It's almost in the same sense we saw Kiffin use one guy (like Coop in '14) but now we're talking about these guys all over the field.

All that said, I'm still of the opinion this starts with running the ball.

Now, imagine that...we're seeing the offense start with the pro-style running attack and then we're seeing a full spread concept in an uptempo fashion. Are we looking at the best offense we've seen in the Saban era? I believe so. I also believe we'll say the same this time next year about the '19 squad.

 

[TerryP]

@BamaBoyJosh,

I ran across this surfing around on Twitter yesterday. Here's an example of what I'm calling the "full spread attack."



(Even Jalen can hit that one. :devil: )

 

[alagator]

(Even Jalen can hit that one. :devil: )

Or this.

 

[TUSKtimes]

You can't change humans without changing tendencies, so change is coming. Overall I expect to be a lot more balanced this year. Play action will make a bigger impact in our offense. The biggest indictment for a number of years has been the inability to convert on 3rd down. You can't wear their butts out when their defense is getting off the field. Locksley needs to make time of possession and 3rd down conversion a part of Alabama's MO again.

 

[JoshB]

I've watched some of Maryland's games during that 2012-2015 span and Locksley's offense looked a lot closer to Kiffin's offense than I expected @TerryP One thing I was unaware of was how balanced his offenses were despite all the spread concepts. I think one year they had 3,500 passing yards and over 2,000 rushing yards.

I definitely want to see Ruggs used in a variety of ways, the guy is just too athletic to not be a feature. Another interesting thing would be Jalen playing in a multitude of roles. It obviously would come down to his willingness to accept a role of kind of a "slash" type player, so who knows. I mean just imagine Jalen and Tua both lined up in the backfield in a shotgun formation and the way it will cause DC's to pull their hair out. Jalen moving around from running back to tailback to slot could be very interesting.

 

[TerryP]

@BamaBoyJosh, pull some video

 

[JoshB]

@BamaBoyJosh, pull some video