Analytics on GW 2-minute drives
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There's a big difference between 34 second urgency and 2:00 urgency. Patti had 3 plays. In a true 2 minute drill, you can throw the ball away a few times
Correct. It's this simple. Same with the last two minutes of a hockey game.
Also, people only remember when teams win. They don't remember all the times they lose.
Scoring in 34 seconds will happen 1 out of 50 or 100 times. You simply forget about all the others.
And there is a big difference between doing that for 2 minutes at the end of a game, and doing that in the first quarter. At the end of the game, the entire field is 4-down territory. That is urgency. Find a coach who plays that way in the first quarter, and you will find a coach who is no longer employed.
you asked questions as if you haven't. There are many teams who don't huddle and run tempo all game long. It's been around for probably 10 years.
Prince Naseem was probably one of the riskiest boxers in the past 20 years. He did some really flashy things that were definitely risky. He's now known as a flash in the pan. Floyd Mayweather is considered by many to be the greatest boxer of all time. He is also one of the most conservative fighters too.
Loyola Marymount - ultra run and gun offense. Great stats, zero hardware.
UNLV - awesome team, got a NC running a wide open crazy pace offense. The following year Coach K was ready for it. Went home empty handed.
Show me a MLB pitcher who lives in the middle of the strike zone no matter how hard they throw. If you do and they have consistent success, I'd like to see it.
Pace is a weapon and it's tough to stop but with each year, teams aren't catching the top dogs off guard with it like they were 4-5 years ago.
Loyola Marymount - ultra run and gun offense. Great stats, zero hardware.
UNLV - awesome team, got a NC running a wide open crazy pace offense. The following year Coach K was ready for it. Went home empty handed.
Show me a MLB pitcher who lives in the middle of the strike zone no matter how hard they throw. If you do and they have consistent success, I'd like to see it.
Pace is a weapon and it's tough to stop but with each year, teams aren't catching the top dogs off guard with it like they were 4-5 years ago.
I prefer a mix of tempo and an offense that is multiple. If Pitt would mix some tempo in I'd be happy with what we have. Not crazy tempo, but a change up once and while like Whip did.
This past year?
Indiana
SMU
Ole Miss
Georgia State
Okie State
Tennessee
CMU
Texas Tech
Georgia Southern
Ball State
AF used a tempo offense when I was there. Granted, it was a weird option driven thing but the philosophy was that you could really burn out a defense. Especially at altitude. In truth, it didn't really work that way. I liked to huddle and we could talk quickly about things between plays. Especially if the defense was showing some tendencies.
we ran a tempo flexbone one year with good success until we had some injuries and young guys had to take the field. The older guys knew the system well enough to do it. The younger guys panic due to inexperience and end up making too many mental errors.
The Dolphins did nothing for 4 quarters but when they needed to 50 yards to get 3 points, they did.
Because those risks are more likely to make you fall behind.
That's why good poker players don't shove all-in early in a tournament when the blinds are low. The rewards are less and the risks are great.
You can't win a football game in the first quarter... but you can lose it.
IMO Tomlin and the Steelers overdo it with the early game conservatism, sometimes you should open a game as if you need a TD in 2 minutes, if for no other reason as to just catch them off guard, it's almost like they purposely play for a close game rather than try to build a multi-score lead.
They went 36 yards in 8 plays, in 2:43, and the biggest play was a 15-yard penalty on the Jets. So the Miami offense generated 21 yards, in 8 plays. They had 5 drives during the game that produced as much or more, so those "nothing" drives were better than the drive that you are touting.
