Boy, this is short and sweet.
If you prefer a longer answer…
… Because the majority of our players here have a skill-set, especially the skill guys, that you can utilize doing something. We just have to figure out what that is and where we can get them in those positions. Then you spend the offseason, heading into spring, of evaluating what other people are doing, trying to stay on the cutting edge of what people are doing offensively, and trying to utilize our personnel, which I thought we did a really good job of. But at the end of the day the teams that are really good on offense do the same things, and do them better than they do it. And they tweak some, but they constantly are looking for ways to improve. But they have a philosophy of what they do and they try to do it better than they do it. So you’re right, them having the film of what we do and how we do it, it’s up to us to mirror our plays up so they can look the same but appear different to the defense, and put them in run-pass conflicts with different ways that you’re able to do that.
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I hope what he means by cutting edge is having a QB that can throw the football into the same general area as the receivers that are running free in the secondary. Do that and attack the scoreboard with extreme prejudice.
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Actually I hope he means we have a QB who can see the open receivers. Bennett’s accuracy wasn’t as big a problem as him not seeing open receivers.
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A smart guy told me once “There are two ways to be great. One is to do what everyone else does better than anyone else. The other is to do something nobody else can do.”
I think most great teams tend to follow plan A, but they have at least one or two guys who are plan B. Monken seems to have a clear idea of what he wants, he’s had a year to familiarize himself with the players and communicate his vision for them. We have talent, depth, and versatility. I have to say, the Kool Aid is delicious.
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Monken is mad I tell ya, he’s a friggin’ MadMan…with a tool box full of fun ideas, schemes and ill intent for the opposition…
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I think the winning combination is following plan A with players that are plan B. Get a good TEAM with one or two or more individual players that are better than anyone else and off you go.
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All I ask for is an offense like the one in 2012 and 2013 (before Kneeland). The defense is going to be good enough to hold everyone (except possibly Clemson) during the regular season under 30 (and many under 20).
I think Monken will make that happen.
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Sounds great. I think. This is coach speak word soup. Not that I want him to tell us what he is going to do.
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At the beginning of last season we started seeing a lot more open receivers…that was my first clue that Monken was a different kind of OC. Now with a returning starting QB, I expect the offense to gel and produce at a much more consistent level and score more…we’re in good hands.
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Music to my ears! Monken talks like he knows strategy and last year’s open receivers proves he knows tactics. If the O-Line works and Kirby lets them attack for 60 minutes, we’ll be hell on wheels.
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I like Monken. He’s a dramatic improvement over Coley, and his attitude indicates that he should be better than Chaney. It fits well with Kirby’s policy of aggressively seeking improvement at all times.
That said, I hope he’s better at explaining himself in practice, to players, than he is at speaking to journalists. My god, these transcripts are pronoun poison. “…they have a philosophy of what they do and they try to do it better than they do it” uh, what? Sure, context clues and all that; it’s not incomprehensible, but it ain’t easy either. Hope he’s good with a dry erase board!
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It helps to listen/watch the presser. It’s how I kind of knew what he meant.
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Time will tell.
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