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Offense and Defense

cockyferg

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Why do people here think you can't have a high tempo offense and a good defense? Sure, IF you go 3 and out, it will tire the defense, but you won't go 3 and out every time. To think that you can't have a high temp offense in the SEC is complete trash. Realistically, what you should say is, you can't have a high tempo offense in the SEC if you have a terrible defense. The best teams in the nation right now have high tempo offenses AND good defenses. Heck, we have one in our state. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive, nor are they contradictory. If you have a stud defense, you can run any offense you want (e.g. Clemson, as much as we hate to admit it). AND, just because you CAN run at a high tempo doesn't mean you HAVE to run at a high tempo the entire game. In fact, I would think it would be better to vary throughout the game to confuse the opposite defense. To not get an offense that is productive because of the possibility that it MIGHT tire out the defense is ludicrous, and foolish, because what you're really saying is that you don't think the offense will be able to score, so the defense will be tired. Well folks....that's exactly what's happened here this year, and we DON'T have a high tempo offense. If you're afraid to take risks to score, then why play the games? If you're too afraid to try and use tempo to score on the opposing defense, then you really shouldn't be playing football. You can't let fear and risk make your decisions for you, because if you do, you end up with an anemic/impotent offense like we had here this year. Thus, I say go out and get a guy who can run an offense as it needs to be run in the flow of the game. If we need tempo, run tempo, if we need to eat clock, then eat clock.
 
Why do people here think you can't have a high tempo offense and a good defense? Sure, IF you go 3 and out, it will tire the defense, but you won't go 3 and out every time. To think that you can't have a high temp offense in the SEC is complete trash. Realistically, what you should say is, you can't have a high tempo offense in the SEC if you have a terrible defense. The best teams in the nation right now have high tempo offenses AND good defenses. Heck, we have one in our state. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive, nor are they contradictory. If you have a stud defense, you can run any offense you want (e.g. Clemson, as much as we hate to admit it). AND, just because you CAN run at a high tempo doesn't mean you HAVE to run at a high tempo the entire game. In fact, I would think it would be better to vary throughout the game to confuse the opposite defense. To not get an offense that is productive because of the possibility that it MIGHT tire out the defense is ludicrous, and foolish, because what you're really saying is that you don't think the offense will be able to score, so the defense will be tired. Well folks....that's exactly what's happened here this year, and we DON'T have a high tempo offense. If you're afraid to take risks to score, then why play the games? If you're too afraid to try and use tempo to score on the opposing defense, then you really shouldn't be playing football. You can't let fear and risk make your decisions for you, because if you do, you end up with an anemic/impotent offense like we had here this year. Thus, I say go out and get a guy who can run an offense as it needs to be run in the flow of the game. If we need tempo, run tempo, if we need to eat clock, then eat clock.
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Why do people here think you can't have a high tempo offense and a good defense? Sure, IF you go 3 and out, it will tire the defense, but you won't go 3 and out every time. To think that you can't have a high temp offense in the SEC is complete trash. Realistically, what you should say is, you can't have a high tempo offense in the SEC if you have a terrible defense. The best teams in the nation right now have high tempo offenses AND good defenses. Heck, we have one in our state. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive, nor are they contradictory. If you have a stud defense, you can run any offense you want (e.g. Clemson, as much as we hate to admit it). AND, just because you CAN run at a high tempo doesn't mean you HAVE to run at a high tempo the entire game. In fact, I would think it would be better to vary throughout the game to confuse the opposite defense. To not get an offense that is productive because of the possibility that it MIGHT tire out the defense is ludicrous, and foolish, because what you're really saying is that you don't think the offense will be able to score, so the defense will be tired. Well folks....that's exactly what's happened here this year, and we DON'T have a high tempo offense. If you're afraid to take risks to score, then why play the games? If you're too afraid to try and use tempo to score on the opposing defense, then you really shouldn't be playing football. You can't let fear and risk make your decisions for you, because if you do, you end up with an anemic/impotent offense like we had here this year. Thus, I say go out and get a guy who can run an offense as it needs to be run in the flow of the game. If we need tempo, run tempo, if we need to eat clock, then eat clock.

Often thought this as well.
 
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