Time to scrap the shotgun for the rest of the season

[hwk23]

Of the 14 sacks that opponents have against us, I think about all but 3 of them have been when CJ has been in the shotgun.

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It's been that way for about 5 years. I haven't looked up the stats but I remember JVB getting killed out of the shotgun. Kinda defeats the purpose.

 

[hwk23]

So would this read and react mentality be simple to replace and revert to running predetermined routes? The way we seem to struggle in the passing game, maybe we'd have better results if we simplified it so that everyone was on the same page. Just seems like we could possibly benefit by not having to think so much out there and just get the ball and the receiver into the same spot.

This has been a complaint against GD's offense for some time. Personally, I don't think it works, especially with Iowa's WR's. Chuck Long led the best passing game I've seen at Iowa. I don't think he had CJs arm but he was very much in sync with his WRs and he knew where to go based on the defense. I remember some of those routes were almost unstoppable even with slow WRs.

 

[SpiderRico]

This has been a complaint against GD's offense for some time. Personally, I don't think it works, especially with Iowa's WR's. Chuck Long led the best passing game I've seen at Iowa. I don't think he had CJs arm but he was very much in sync with his WRs and he knew where to go based on the defense. I remember some of those routes were almost unstoppable even with slow WRs.

Of course they were unstoppable because we had the greatest offensive mind in college football history as our OC...Bill Snyder. He plays chess while GD plays checkers...

 

[VTHawk]

I don't think CJ lacks pocket presence. His struggles come directly from KF telling him not to run or he'll get hurt and that hurts the team and the always better to take a sack rather than risk an interception. Kirk is so afraid of taking risks that he coaches fear football. Never take a risk on offense for fear of the big turnover and bend but don't break defense for fear of giving up a big play. Fear coaching strips the confidence of players and then they give up the big play anyway. Players are so concerned that they have to be where Kirk wants them it takes away their natural instincts.

In the middle of reading your post I thought of the 2009 Ohio State game with about a minute and a half left on the clock in the fourth quarter, we came back and tie the game with James Vandenberg playing the game of his life, and Iowa with all the momentum and what does Kirk do? He sits on the ball and lets us go to overtime. You know the rest.

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