Matt Flynn did it himself in the 2007 Championship game. He watched the linebackers and made a call at the line himself. The difference is personnel particularly at the quarterback position. Crowton mentioned this in the post game interview after the win. Flynn studied film on the OSU defense and made the calls himself. With that said, I can't stand seeing the calls made from the sideline. Run your offense, we are letting the defense dictate playcalling. Too much information processing for a quarterback that can't process information.
I think it causes the Qb to do too much thinking. Call a play and run it. If you trust your Qb, give him the option to audible. Make it simple. Raising up on every play makes a game boring and should be called an "Illegal Procedure". Just my thoughts:insane:
THIS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING SINCE THE GAME ENDED!!! When we come out of the huddle with the play we drive down the field and get points!! When we call plays from the sideline we have WRs run blocking on a DAMN PASS PLAY!
Agreed. See "Coke, New" for an example. I liked Punt Ugly. I HATE this sideline stuff, for all of the reasons others have mentioned in this thread. Punt Ugly was/is scary, but it actually works. This? Not so much.
Reason it should work: They do it because it gives the coaches a chance to see what the Defense is lined up in. They dont trust JJ to do it himself. Reason it isnt working: throws the Offensive Rhythm off, its not as easy for everyone to get the play as it is when it is taxied into the hudddle. clock management suffers, leadership is undermined. In Mile's interview I am not sure if you can read between the lines that he isnt fond of this either. I think of Miles as old fashioned huddle up, line up in the I and pound it at you.
I immediately thought about Punt Ugly when I saw the title of this thread. I don't have any philosophical objection to the "check with me" play calling, but it does seem to take some of the rhythm out of the offense. And you can't argue with the results of breaking the huddle, getting to the line and running the ball, as pointed out in the Advocate's article. But if "check with me" has to be used, why not something like this? Huddle, break, get to the line, check with the sideline (but the sideline is actually calling the next play), run play, no huddle, get to line, run play (might catch the D napping), huddle, break, get to the line, run play, huddle, break, get to line, check with sideline (maybe get somebody to jump offsides?), run play, no huddle, check with sideline for play, rinse, repeat. I think something like that keeps the D off balance, not knowing whether the O is going to check with the sidelines or just run a freaking play. :geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige
Somewhere with this play calling is a breakdown. When this scheme is in effect Jefferson and the WRs are the ones getting the plays sent to them. Jefferson gets the play barks it out to the linemen and RBs...the WRs get the play and get into their stance. This is where the problem occurs someone is not understanding the play being sent in. One play Saturday night showed and the replay confirmed. Jefferson dropped back to pass and 3 of our recievers ran 5 to 10 yards and BLOCKED their man. The reciever that was lined up on the LSU side of the ball ran straight down the sideline. So now either Jefferson got the play wrong and it was suppose to be a run. OR the 3 WRs got the play wrong. But either way there is a failure in the communication or the comprehension!
It can be an effective way to call plays, if done correctly. It can help a young QB from having to think of the proper audible to attack a particular defense, and it can stop the defense from substituting too often. But we don't seem to be running it correctly at all, and part of that is on the coaches. In this case, the man calling the plays - his name is Crowton, not Miles. Crowton should be able to spot the defense and call a play within 3-5 seconds. Either he is not doing it that quickly, or our communication time from him to the offense is tooooooooooo long. After this many games, it appears to me that it won't be corrected/perfected this year. I would prefer to see it go, and do something our offense can handle. They need rhythm and confidence, and this doesn't seem to give it to them
