Not only is he running it, he's running it well...his stats are very good. Kind of makes you wonder why the QBs we've had for the last 5 years all took 3 years to look comfortable? Anyway, it'll likely be 3 years for Cate too...for one reason or another (senior year in HS + RSF/RSS).1
And another thing to add to this "Tebow saga" is that Alex Cate will be a MIDTERM GRADUATE (he graduates high school THIS December) and will enroll at LSU in the spring while Tebow is STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. Cate will already have signed his LOI and will be taking snaps in practice while Tebow is still deciding on where he wants to go. Miles' plan is to only sign one QB this class. Cate will be enrolled after the Christmas break. Tebow won't be coming here.
There was one thing that bothered me a little in the Alex Cate article on Rivals and that is where he said that him and his dad sit there and call our plays before the play based on how the formation is set up. If they can do that then maybe the opposing defenses can do that. What if there are flaws that other teams are catching in our formations that are giving away our plays. And it doesnt take a genius to see when steltz starts cheating to a side with that hop he does that it is a running play. It sure does look predictable to me sometimes and opposing coaches get paid to see these things.
That's not what I read..to me he was saying he and his son try to read the defense as it's setting up, and then when the play is over he asks Alex if the QB made the right read, check/audible. Regardless, every team has plays that are telegraphed, you simply cannot make a defense guess on every play. I cannot understand why this seems to be an issue, I would have thought most people realized disgusing plays is not a 100% endeavor. We know what the other team is going to run on many downs...hell, we knew AU was going to run that toss sweep on just about every running play, it doesn't mean we stuffed it heh. For years teams have known what play we're going to run in certain formations and situations...they haven't stopped us. That's why you recruit the best athletes...man for man, if both teams are well drilled, the better athlete will win the matchup.
I think Jimbo Fisher is a good Offensive Co-ordinator but i do think he has become a little too predictable in his playcalling. Other teams are picking up tendancies from him in watching film. That is one thing playcallers have to be on top of is always using the same plays in certain situations.
That's not unique to Jimbo. Why do you think coaches study game tapes? Do you suggest that LSU change up their offensive scheme every game in order to "fool" opposing coaches? It's all about execution. If blocking assignments are executed and everyone does what he is supposed to, the play should work. Of course, there are 11 guys on the other side who want to stop you.
Is it our offensive system? Yes. Is it specifically the plays we run, and the exact formations we run them? Probably not. No one gives out their specifics.
The same people who were complaining a couple of months ago about Jimbo's system is too hard for most QB's to master are some of the same ones now complaining that the plays are too easy to predict and that we aren't mixing it up enough. How could the defense know what is coming on every play but our QB doesn't? :hihi: Last week my buddy who says the same crap watched the game with me. I kept a chart of his guesses in the first half as he told me he knew what play we were going to run 80% of the time from the formation and down and distance. After missing on 90% of them through the first qtr and a half he gave up.
I remember watching a Bill Walsh interview where he said that he always goes back and looks at what plays he called in certain situations to make sure he was not calling the same one in the same situation all the time. And at the same time that he didnt always run a play out of a new formation and have that be the only play used out of the formation. It sure does seem like people have been jumping our bubble screens more than they used too and i am curious if maybe we have shown that we only get in this formation when we run it. I am probably wrong but just thought i would mention it. And yes knowing what is coming and being able to stop it are directly tied to execution. The old Nebraska days should prove that. It was no secret what was coming Option left option right. Not many could stop it.
