Comments on: CBS’ Danielson Backs Saban’s Comments About Hurry-Up Offenses “100%”

By: AllTideUp

AllTideUp — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:43:23 +0000

@BonzaiB I think something like that could be done actually. The up-tempo neutralizes the big hogs up front so if the big hogs up front are no longer usable then do away with them. Stacking your defensive line with Ends rather than Tackles could level the playing field a bit. And since most up-tempo attacks rely on a strong passing game, you have to dedicate yourself to punishing the QB. Slow the QB down and you slow the attack down. Harsh, but it’s a physical game. If the Offense doesn’t have any real tangible benefit in playing up-tempo then they will be forced to come up with another strategy.

By: AllTideUp

AllTideUp — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:36:32 +0000

@BonzaiB Hey, don’t knock the leather

By: MitchOwen

MitchOwen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:14:25 +0000

@alamoaggie08 The truth is, Saban had 20+ lineman to most teams 12… so subbing helps him more than others. He can keep his all americans healthy and rested for the important downs, plus play different strengths given the play situation. Up Tempo takes that away from him.. so it is whining a bit. I remember back in the 1990s.. Clemson would play William Perry every other down.. he was unstoppable as long as he was ready to go.. but he didn’t have the ability to play every down because of his size and weight… He would be diminished in an up tempo game.

As for the idea of a rule.. it would weaken the game.. Last thing football needs to be like is baseball..

By: alamoaggie08

alamoaggie08 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:54:38 +0000

I never came away with the opinion that Sabam doesn’t like up-tempo because he thinks it will hurt his team’s bruising defense, but like I said before and Mr. SEC kind of hit the point too: what do you do to prevent it? There’s already two clocks to worry about, so do you add a third one and say perhaps 20 sec has to pass after the play is dead and before the 35 sec snap clock starts so defenses can “recover”? If that’s the case do you have to stop the regular clock between every play?
Again, this leads to back to Mr. SEC’s point that this would just make games even longer, and for that matter it would make all teams the same and the game very boring with no evolution. The only rule I can think of that would be logical enough is that the defense can sub and the offense can’t snap until they’re ready anytime, not just when the offense subs.
I personally see nothing unsafe about uptempo offenses other than it seems to be a cause for more cramps among the defense. The solution? Better conditioning and more hydration.

By: MitchOwen

MitchOwen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:40:20 +0000

His comments demonstrate this. For example, Bobby Bowden was one of the first coaches to institute smaller, faster players and a passing attack instead of the slow, big, running approach of 5 yards of dust. It didn’t diminish what Bryant did at Bama, but it lead to an evolution in the game. To say that new approaches are tricky would be to say the offenses of today (ones even Saban runs) are tricky too.. if based on the 1960s and 70s. So, yes.. His comments show no understanding of the history of the game. Do I think he understanding the history.. maybe.. he should given his career… maybe he just forgot what it was like when he played back in the 70s….

I would also add.. Offenses like the one run at schools like Clemson who average 90 plays a game.. are hard to cover for tv men who are use to filling the pauses between plays. In some ways, maybe Danielson was whining a bit about how hard it is for him. “I don’t know who is out there…” I stand by my comment though. Would love to hear Gary respond.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:25:35 +0000

@MitchOwen

Just to be clear, you’re saying Gary Danielson shows “no understanding of the history of the game?”

Big statement.

Thanks for reading the site,
John

By: MitchOwen

MitchOwen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:04:32 +0000

Tempo has always been a part of the game and used for one teams advantage over another. Saban is right that defenses can be put on the spot since they may have less time to rest, but for others to discount the use of tempo as being tricky is to show no understanding of the history of the game.

By: BonzaiB

BonzaiB — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:27:16 +0000

@MoKelly1 Nah, Saban wants a rule change. Easier to do that than figure out how to build a defense that can cope with those offenses. Pretty soon we’ll see proposals to go back to leather helmets…….

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:17:23 +0000

I have to admire the coaches who came up with the hurry-up offense. These coaches knew their offenses didn’t have the ability to play traditional offensive line blocking, run football. So, they developed an offense that negated big defensive lines and maximized their own strenghts. These coaches did it all perfectly in accordance with the rules. They used their talent to the max and negated the opposition talent. That is just good coaching. Not so good coaching is to try to outlaw via some sort of change in rules what you do not like to compete against.

By: BonzaiB

BonzaiB — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:59:05 +0000

There is an easy fix Saban, use your genious to create a hurry up defense.