OT: Bud foster retiring at end of season. Takes lunchbox with him

[steelcurtain55.]

When I say influential, I mean his stuff had been copied over and over again. Every few years he'd reinvent something that people would clone to stop what he stopped.

He was a masterful technician.

But, he'd be the 1st to tell you that if they didn't own the tidewater (757), they'd never reach the promise land. When they did, they had a great squad.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Bud Foster was one of the first to adjust from the two back to single back era and also maintained good defenses across several decades. Excellent coach, their main deficiency has always been their passing game.

 

[upj87]

He can be respectable, and is a great coordintor. Not everyone can win a NC. But he defied what typically happens with coordinators bouncing around the country.
He has produced solid players.

uh, ya I know...but I think we agree he is not one of the 5 most influential coached in the last 30 years which was my original response...

 

[steelcurtain55.]

uh, ya I know...but I think we agree he is not one of the 5 most influential coached in the last 30 years which was my original response...

Its all subjective for sure but who would you put in that ranking?

For me -

• Mike Leach/Hal Mumme - air raid
• Rich Rodriguez - zone read
• Gary Patterson - 4-2-5
• Bud Foster - 4-2-5
• Jeff Casteel - 3-3-5

 

[PittFanDan17]

Its all subjective for sure but who would you put in that ranking?

For me -

• Mike Leach/Hal Mumme - air raid
• Rich Rodriguez - zone read
• Gary Patterson - 4-2-5
• Bud Foster - 4-2-5
• Jeff Casteel - 3-3-5

Urban Meyer most influential by far - Spread offense

 

[steelcurtain55.]

Urban Meyer most influential by far - Spread offense

Urban for sure, but the spread had been around way before urban. His qb run game and is basic philosophy of play calling is outstanding.

I think malzahn is way more influential and he basically took the wing t into the spread.

Chris Ault is way up there.

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Urban for sure, but the spread had been around way before urban. His qb run game and is basic philosophy of play calling is outstanding.

I think malzahn is way more influential and he basically took the wing t into the spread.

Chris Ault is way up there.

Yeah Urban was the great aggregation machine. He went around the country and learned from others to combine things into that spread. Biggest influence might have been Alex Gibbs when they went to zone blocking at Florida. But he also talked with Paul Johnson and Joe Tiller.

All the names in that paragraph would be good for the list too. Tiller was probably the first "modern spread" guy in terms of using Drew Brees to just throw bubble screens to stop the Michigans from the world from beating them by just putting their bigger, stronger players up on the line of scrimmage. I know there were spread offenses going back to the 1930s or beyond, but they didn't have a pass-first constraint play built in. That and then the accidental discovery of the zone read by Rich Rod were huge moments for the now fairly standard college spread.