Good profile on Chaney. For the people that fear we will move to a full on spread, this stood out to me...
The offense became known as "basketball on grass" because of its ability to score easily, reaching its peak in 2000 when Purdue won the Big Ten, propelled by quarterback Drew Brees, who led the offense to 31.8 points per game.
But as time passed, Chaney said he got bored with the offense. Despite his success, his team's lack of physicality stuck in his mind.
"It's a mentality of physical play that's lacking when you wing it all the time and your linemen are backing up all the time in pass protection," Chaney said.
Without that physicality, Chaney came to the realization that his teams couldn't win situational football and thus couldn't consistently compete for championships.
Chaney affirmed those beliefs when he moved from Purdue in 2006 to spend two years in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams as an offensive line and tight ends coach.
"I learned what I already knew," Chaney said. "It reinforced that, to win at any college level, the highest levels of football, to win championships - not to win six or seven or eight games - you've got to win situational offense: third and one, first and goal at the one-yard line, four-minute offense when you're trying to run the clock out so the other team can't get the ball back."
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The offense became known as "basketball on grass" because of its ability to score easily, reaching its peak in 2000 when Purdue won the Big Ten, propelled by quarterback Drew Brees, who led the offense to 31.8 points per game.
But as time passed, Chaney said he got bored with the offense. Despite his success, his team's lack of physicality stuck in his mind.
"It's a mentality of physical play that's lacking when you wing it all the time and your linemen are backing up all the time in pass protection," Chaney said.
Without that physicality, Chaney came to the realization that his teams couldn't win situational football and thus couldn't consistently compete for championships.
Chaney affirmed those beliefs when he moved from Purdue in 2006 to spend two years in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams as an offensive line and tight ends coach.
"I learned what I already knew," Chaney said. "It reinforced that, to win at any college level, the highest levels of football, to win championships - not to win six or seven or eight games - you've got to win situational offense: third and one, first and goal at the one-yard line, four-minute offense when you're trying to run the clock out so the other team can't get the ball back."
http://www.pittnews.com/sports/article_d091dcae-dd8f-11e4-8a33-5f26bb2363fd.html#.VSWXHgQ2Zqc.twitter
