Will CLM Change the Playcalling Procedure for the Offense?

About calling the play at the line of scrimmage (from LSU BEAT)...

"I think there's some things that we can do better in communication," Miles said. "Maybe we need to go to the line of scrimmage with the right play. Then all (Jefferson) has to do is execute it."

I know "coachspeak" about playing Sheppard hasn't come to fruition, but the Tiger Offensive has obviously struggled with calling in the plays. I know it works with other schools, but I'm a strong believer with our struggling quarterback and offensive line and the lack of the number of offensive plays, I think we just need to call a play and run it.

Do you believe CLM will change to more of a direct play call or do you think its just coachspeak?

 

The worste idea for a poll since.......your last poll question about the clueless defense. Do you work for Rasmussen?

 

Ya I know, nobody cares if Miles corrects what he admits is a problem. I mean calling the plays from the sidelines isn't really a topic anyone cares to talk about in this forum. And trying to quantify the feelings of fans is pretty absurd.

 

I am fairly certain he never admitted that it was a problem calling the plays from the sideline.
Your point is understood, and I agree with to some (small) extent. However, your poll questions are (as previously stated) absurd.
The problem is not that they are callling them from the sideline, though I dont really care for it, it's the actual plays they are calling that need the help.

 

which brings us to the obvious:

If you as an OC are going to call the wrong plays any way, why not just let the QB call them and avoid the communication issues altogether? You have a 50/50 chance of doing as well and maybe even better since you eliminate ONE PROBLEM AS IT IS :rolleye33:

I submit to you that calling the play from the sideline IS the problem, if you cant call a play from the sideline when you have a peek at the defense then why do it at all? One more thing to screw up. :insane:

 

I watched a bunch of college games last weekend and it seems that a whole bunch of college teams use it to some extent but I noticed that they seemed to have a lot more than the 1 to 3 seconds we always seems to have on the clock on the snap. It's like it may be an OK idea but we just can't seem to run it right. I don't see why they can't just call a couple of plays in the huddle and depending on what JJ sees when he comes up he runs it or calls the audible. I also notice that the NFL doesn't run the look see offense and those defenses are tougher than the NFL. I'm thinking something like JJ comes up to the line and the play is handoff to CS. He looks up and sees 8 in the box so he checks off to some pass play. If he can't recognize 8 in the box, young or not, then we are doomed.

 

The NFL use a radio in the qb's helmet so they don't need the qb to check the sideline. They communicate directly to the qb without all those assistants doing funky hand signals.

 

I understand your point, but you've missed mine completely. The quote to me admits the COMMUNICATION is the problem. The poll was to address whether or not fans believe the guy we pay millions of dollars to run our football program will address a procedural problem that he admits is a problem. As you see from the quote "I think there's some things that we can do better in communication" addressing JJ's inability to efficiently run the offense, changing the plays at the line of scrimmage and its effect on the number of plays (or lack there of). Now whether its because the play callers are struggling to give the play to JJ with enough time or whether it's JJ's inability or inexperience to get the play change to the offense in a reasonable time before the play clock runs down is up to debate and discussion.

I believe that a lot of fans are don't believe that this staff has made adjustments during and between games that offer us a better chance to win. Such was the case at the beginning of the season with Sheppard supposedly getting X number of snaps or his absence during the FLA game. Like that situation, this situation, which from my reading the quote meant that he admitted a problem with the efficiency of the protocol in which the plays were getting to the quarterback is a problem, and whether or not they will make adjustments like calling the play at the beginning, sticking to it, and somewhat tuning down the meerkat offense.

Thus the poll was to see the percentage of fans that believe he will make this adjustment that he admits could make this offense better.

 

If you want to get down to it, it's a combination of the execution and the calling, if you audible correctly (coach and player) then execute, no issue. MANY teams are doing this now, and are VERY effective still. I personally dont like it, but I am not going to kid myself and act like that is THE reason our offense is not performing great. It is way more than that.