Yeah, I become a condescending asshole on tater island. Mainly because I just can't take some of the stupid. Because some of it is so bad, you can't explain any sense to them because of preconceived notions that are completely wrong, or just too stupid to get it if it's spelled out in front of them.
In terms of Frost's offense, IMO, it can and eventually will be a good offense in the B1G. The elements are there to stress defenses. But yeah, it's going to take time. When your OL is sub-par, which after the OSU game I was fully on board thinking okay, the OL/DL looks to be better. Now, It's head scratcher as why they've regressed so much after looking like they did vs OSU. But when your OL is like that, it sucks and doesn't matter what you run.
I am biased towards Frost's Offense. I like the concepts, I know the concepts pretty IMO. And when you've got dudes to run it, it's good shit. Personal Opinion, 4 verts is the best play in football. It has every answer in the book on how to beat coverages with the adjustments within it. Hell, 4 verts is damn near a system in itself, especially with the variety that Frost has. 3 verts is another, and realistically, it's the exact same as 4 verts without a numbers vert. They have mesh and drive in their repertoire. Their run game is pretty diverse, mixing in gap and zone running game, and there are RPOs built in to damn near every run, and they can read damn near every defender on the field. They've ran your typical EMOL reads, they've ran midline reads, box LBs reads, apex LB reads, and 3rd level $ reads. That's a ton of fucking shit to do. And maybe be an indicator on why they're struggling some.
I can't remember which game it was, wasn't Ohio State, probably NW, but We ran a shit ton of the stick concept with a backside concept. I'm pretty much a huge proponent of D. Gonzalez in the passing game, and he has a principle called RAM - which is "Read Away from Mike" and is usually paired with stick. If the Mike goes to the Stick, read the backside combo, Mike doesn't go to the Stick concept. There was at least 3 instances Wan'Dale was the backside #2 slanting to the Mike window. Mike went to the Stick, and he was wide open. Never went to him once. Given, I have no idea how they teach their progression, but that's how it works in my brain.
With Martinez they run a lot more 3 and 4 verts too, I think I saw 4 verts once w/ McCaff and he damn near threw a pick vs PSU & missed Wan'Dale breaking open on the hash.
I always enjoy talking football, hell I'm always trying to learn more. I'm way better than I was when I first started 16 years ago, but I still have a ton to learn.
