We did this some earlier in the year (in the South Carolina game, in particular), and I thought it was a good idea.
Williams can go wide, but not inside. Scott can go inside, but not wide. Neither can go anywhere against a 8 or 9 man front. All we need is a QB that makes our receivers a dangerous threat and both runners will see their games get better. Williams was doing well running outside in the first half against Arkansas--50 yards or something. But he never saw the ball in the second half! I don't get it.
That's what happened to Scott in the second half of the UK game last year. I scratch my head at the coaching sometimes. :huh:
clearly. insane argument. williams is good but he has reggiebush-itis. its an incurable disease forcing the infected carrier to avoid any human contact. it is believed the carriers are not so much born with great speed as much as they greatly fear pain which leads to their running faster.
OK - here's something that's been bugging the crap out of me and this thread has hinted at it. LSU. Is. Too. Predictable. Holliday and Williams = sweeps, options or some kind of trickeration. Scott = off tackle, because he's not quick enough to burn around the end. All this talk about different backs with different stregnths makes sense. And RB by committee to save legs and have options makes sense. Until you become predictable late in the season and your personnel decisions telegraph what 3 or 4 plays you are likely to run. ESPECIALLY when you have a QB who more than likely is not going to be asked to throw the ball except when necessary. If KW weren't so Reggiebushish, he'd be perfect - he's big, he's fast, and if he didn't go all noodly every time a lineman grabbed his jersey, he'd probably be all-SEC at least. Murphy seems tough, but he's smallish, I think. Stevan Ridley seems like the next best hope for an all-purpose back who can surprise on many levels. Honestly? Ford next year may give us a hint of our next Addai. We'll have to wait and see. Back on the thread - Scott is clearly a better all-round back than Williams at this point.
Actually, I noticed quite a different trend the last few games of the season. For some unknown reason, they kept trying to run Scott outside, and it never worked one iota. And even more curiously, they were running Williams inside. I just about lost it every time they tried either antic. You have to play to a players strength. Scott simply doesn't have the speed/moves to run outside, and Williams doesn't have the courage to run up the middle. It was just another example of our playcalling getting entirely too 'cute' down the stretch. Fooling the other team means nothing if you aren't using the proper tools to execute. Yeah, they might not expect Scott to run around end, but they sure as hell can catch up to him and stop it.:angryfire
