Mailbag question: Coach Rod exploiting certain match-ups
Long time reader of your blog. Great work.
My question has to do with the offense and Coach Rod trying to exploit certain match-ups. It appears that the zone read doesn't take into consideration personnel on the defensive side of the ball.
Under Coach Carr's offense, weaknesses were sought out and more of a pro style offense would exploit those weaknesses. I'm not seeing that with this spread type offense. There might be instances where a CB may be grossly mismatched, then sure try to exploit, but does the game plan entail exploiting weaknesses or is it just execute no matter who is playing defense? Thank you
Chad A. From Wheeling, WV
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Thanks for the question and comments.
At the Michigan spring clinics given by the current Michigan football staff they have always emphasized certain things the offense relies on to be successful.
Specifically for the UM spread to be successful, needed are superior execution, keeping things very simple to allow the offense to play fast, making the defense defend the entire field, and taking advantage of defensive mistakes. The coaches believe their system will force other teams into mistakes that will lead to breaking big scoring plays.
The Michigan offense is more about creating mismatches and forcing the defense into mistakes then it is about exploiting weaknesses. They will also use tempo and pace to wear down the defense and get an advantage. They believe their scheme is better than what the defense can do to defend it.
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1 comment:
I couldn't disagree more with the letter. He asserts:
"Under Coach Carr's offense, weaknesses were sought out and more of a pro style offense would exploit those weaknesses."
Nothing could be further from the truth. If there was one weakness of Carr it was his determination to "run or die trying" and do it in such a way that made it darn near impossible to be successful. We all remember the Orange Bowl and the Braylon game with fondness as games where we came out of nowhere to win. But the reason those comebacks were necessary is because Carr refused to exploit the obvious mismatches that were there from the start of the game.
Carr was a great coach, he was a horrible play caller. Rich Rod is worlds better in that respect
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