[2008 National Champ]

They ran RPO schemes under Ludwig.,,

The overall playbook will be the same for Beck. Where there will be a difference is in the sequencing of calls and hopefully a “dumbing down” of the reads to allow the new QB the ability to take advantage of his athleticism. I’d also like to see a lot less predictability between personnel packages, formations and play calls.

As for the blocking, Utah has been running Power, Zone & Slice concepts for years. Beck isn’t going to reinvent the wheel. My hope is that he does a better job of identifying what his guys do well and leverage it instead of what we saw the last 2 years.

[2008 National Champ]

Then I look forward to all of these new plays Beck has in his arsenal that no other offensive coordinator in the history of football has thought of before.

[2008 National Champ]

Why do you think Beck will have a different playbooK? Ludwig claimed to have over 1,000 plays in his book. And with the availability of film on every team, I don’t really think that there is a whole lot of “new” to be found.

I’m of the opinion that all coordinators are drawing from the same well. Each coordinator has different ways of dressing it up but an A gap run is always going to be an A gap run. So no, I don’t believe that Beck is going to come in with a playbook full of stuff that Ludwig has never thought of.

As far as Beck having full freedom, that’s the real question. Every OC Whitt has brought in has ended up calling a risk averse game by the end of their tenure, which leads to Whitt declaring that they need more from the offense, with the fan base hoping that the next guy will have the full freedom to call their own game. Beck will probably start with a lot of latitude but we’ll see how long that lasts if Dampier can’t complete 60% of his passes and has a 1:1 TD/Int ratio. That full freedom goes away in a hurry when Whitt has to play from behind.

[2008 National Champ]

After Bryson Barnes made him run to his mommy and cry, I think your #1 has been accomplished in perpetuity.

[2008 National Champ]

I think the problem hasn’t been the players not stepping up but the people in charge of letting them play. In my opinion, WR and RB are the two positions that are the most transferable from HS to college in terms of being ready to play immediately. And these were also the two positions where we continually heard that kids weren’t ready because they didn’t understand the playbook.

Again it’s just my opinion, but this is the same reason there needed to be a complete makeover of the offensive staff. Because what we saw was highly regarded recruits come in and be stuck at the bottom of the depth chart. So there had to be a disconnect between the abilities the coaches were recruiting that somehow disappeared when those same coaches got the kids on campus.

There couldn’t be a more glaring example of this than the 2023 class of RB’s. You go out and get yourself three 4*’s in one class and none of them can beat out a former walk-on? And all three have washed out and moved on in less than two years? Freshman RB’s make immediate impacts across the country but suddenly Utah has become a place where it takes 3-4 years to develop.,,

[2008 National Champ]

Moving to the MAC next year. Don’t know if that will be an easier schedule than they’ve had as an Independent.

If healthy by next fall camp, Rose should have a pretty good chance at QB1. I don’t know what the expected recovery is for Lisfranc since I believe it’s dependent on which or how many of the bones were broken. Barton was able to recover well enough so as long as he can get in there and learn the system.,, The NFL will find you if you can show it on the field. They don’t really care where you played your college ball. But you’ve got to get on the field somewhere for them to find you.

[2008 National Champ]

By rule, the Winter portion of the portal is closed to new entries. The exceptions to the rule are:

1) Kids who have reached graduate status can enter at any time
2) Kids whose season has not ended yet have 5 days after their team has played its last game
3) When a Head Coach takes a new job or is fired, kids have 15 days to enter their name in the portal

Kids in the portal can sign at any time they find someone willing to take them on. So there is limited movement throughout the year with big pushes during the December and April windows for new entrants.

[2008 National Champ]

the problems of 2023 & 2024 were because the coaching staff wasn’t motivated? or just normally motivated but not highly motivated?

[2008 National Champ]

Lie is a bit strong. I think it’s natural for a kid who’s waited 3 years to get his chance to downplay his pain level, especially if he’s been given medication or anti inflammatories (sic?). Adrenaline, just played a good half, natural instinct for an athlete to not want to admit you can’t go.,,

The medical staff needs to be allowed to look past what the kid wants and be able to do x-ray’s if necessary before the kid is let back in the game. But if it’s up to the kid, you’re going to get situations like Rose & Rising where they will say that can go and the Doc’s / Coaching Staff don’t investigate further. I still wouldn’t call it lying since how many of us go into the Doctor and accurately describe our symptoms unless it’s something obvious like a bone break?

[2008 National Champ]

It’s hard to have faith in a kicker until they prove it in games.

Becker was supposed to fix the problems with FG and kickoffs, got hurt 4 games in, and both were a problem for two more seasons. Matt Gay didn’t win the job out of fall camp in 2017 and then made 30 of 34 after Chayden Johnston missed the first try of the season.

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