JJ's understanding of the playbook comes down to him, and him alone. You can't blame coaching on that. I'm not coming down on JJ though, because I don't think many true freshman can do better.
Attitudes like this are why people are wanting to fire the coaches. It shows a complete lack of understanding of the complexity of football. People, they've been saying he wasn't ready all season...
I think its safe to say that some redshirt freshman qb can't do better ether. Just being fair here...
Im not coming down on him either because he has done well considering what he's been thrown into. However, if he only knows 5 plays then why not run those 5 plays from 2 or 3 different formations? That would give us 10-15 different looks but we arent doing that either. This is where I see Crowton out geniusing himself sometimes. You got inexperienced QB's who arent ready, dumb that offense down so it at least looks different from play to play even if its not. That would improve our chances for success and certainly help confuse the defense even if its just a little.
I totally disagree with your post here. I was either watching a college or pro football game a week or two ago. Probably college and they were talking about the success the qb was having because they simplified the playbook. I will almost bet $50 it was an NFL game. In certain circumstances you have to change your gameplans to fit a player.
NFL offensive coordinators and head coaches make far more money and work many more hours than do college coaches. Also, players practice far more hours per week in the pros. Besides, your anecdote is fairly worthless without details. Just say that you disagree and that will be good.
I don't think Arkansas' DCs are quite this dumb. I'm sure we did try mixing up the formation and running different plays with it. It just didn't work... If you know an offense is only going to run one of five plays, it is not hard to defend regardless of the formation.
I believe the number 5 is a bit of an exagerration. But the playbooks in Gary Crowton's offense probably tend to be a bit thicker than they are at Destrehan. So this kid who has only been around for a few month's now is struggling to learn it. This is nothing unusual for a true freshman. I'm guessing that Lee's ole man being a coach helped him in grasping the play book better. Plus Lee was in this system all of last year as well.
It doesnt take an NFL coach or college coach to learn what to do with inexperienced QB's. I go to 4 or 5 coaching clinics a year and have for almost 20 years. Its a basic premise for all coaches regarding QB's and playbooks. What we are witnessing is signs of a stubborn offensive coordinator who wants to do it his way instead of a way that works for the players at hand. Its a basic flaw in all offensive coaches and one that is preached at many clinics.
