What kind of offense does Freeze run?

bleuwolfe · Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:31 pm

Listening to today's presser Q&A I'm assuming some kind of spread. Anyone have details? And do we have the personnel on the current team who can thrive in it? I know we have some WO's who will be very happy and good in a spread, but can any of our current QB's. Jeff Scott will prob love it. All I heard today was fast, fast and fast and that it is a problem for the Sec defenses (guess Lsu didn't get the memo, sorry ducks).

ON D he said they fly to the ball. Well great, but that doesn't tell me anything. He did allude to asu ability to stop the run - God knows we couldn't the pass 2 years so maybe we'll learn how to do that.

Any info appreciated,

joe_t25 · Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:40 pm

It is his version of the spread more like Mike Leach.

Watch for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iO0NGr6hl0

Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:53 pm

The offense jumped a mile after he took over - and do you realize the guy is 30-7 as a HC?

I just noticed that - usually your first year in at a school you have to eat some losses on your record before you can turn things around...

Hmmm...

Later,
RushB

carl winslow · Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:56 pm

Seems to be a great motivator, and that is something we desperately need right now.

bleuwolfe · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:17 pm

players are tweeting happy stuff - the O side anyway

so that's a good start

ReservoirReb · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:40 pm

I just thought of this. I wonder if this means the names are coming off the back of the jerseys now? There were no names on the backs of the A State players' jerseys.

rebangel · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:45 pm

Who really cares if the players have names on their jerseys.....it is a team (Rebel) sport...not an I sport....

ReservoirReb · Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:56 pm

rebangel wrote:Who really cares if the players have names on their jerseys.....it is a team (Rebel) sport...not an I sport....

I don't care. It is just an observation and a question.

bleuwolfe · Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:12 pm

ReservoirReb wrote:I just thought of this. I wonder if this means the names are coming off the back of the jerseys now? There were no names on the backs of the A State players' jerseys.

Good observation. I liked the no name jerseys of a few years ago. Maybe no name and navy/gray camo unis red numbers and gray hats/Ole Miss in red. Now that would be the way to start the new journey. Dress for success. 8)

drester77 · Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:17 pm

It's not a mike leach spread it's more like OK state. My brother is a GA working with the oline and film break down

proud2breb · Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:20 am

I've been watching Freeze's post game press conferences in YouTube from this past season, and I'm really starting to like him. One of the media guys was asking him about a 2 point conversion that they went for (successfully) after the first TD of the past 2 games. Freeze responded:

That's not an automatic play. We practice it every week, and depending on the look the defense gives us after any TD, we take the extra (meaning 2 instead of 1) point when they lay it out there.

Another reporter asked him about his QB punting on 4th down. The specific question was "has he ever punted before this year.". Freeze responded:

I don't really know his past experience punting. Again, that's not an automatic thing. It depends on what is seen with the defense what play is run. Anybody can kick a football! You have a huge advantage when no one is ready to field it (punt). It only has to get over the D-line's head.

Sounds to me like Freeze believes in actually having more than one play that can be used depending on the look the defense gives you. Not that this is really profound, but it sure beats Nutts philosophy of one freakin play, and if the defense looks ready for it he called time out until they were gone (by the end of the 1st & 3rd quarters), then he just ran the play anyway... knowing they were ready for it.

I'm really starting to like Freeze! Check him out in YouTube.

asuato · Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:39 am

ASU fan here. As for the jerseys...we had names on all but these. The material the black jerseys were made from didnt allow letters to be stitched. The offense you will like...very fast no huddle....Oregon is a very good example of what you will see. Multiple sets, varied formations out of the same sets. Very hard to defend...why we scored so much in games. Its a very fan friendly offense because the pace is so fast. He conducts practices that way also...very face paced and coordinated...he likes for the players, especially those new to his system, to get used to the up tempo pace of everything. Watch ASU play NIU in the GoDaddy bowl on Jan. 8 to see what Ole Miss will be running next year.

JustBlues · Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:23 am

asuato wrote:ASU fan here. As for the jerseys...we had names on all but these. The material the black jerseys were made from didnt allow letters to be stitched. The offense you will like...very fast no huddle....Oregon is a very good example of what you will see. Multiple sets, varied formations out of the same sets. Very hard to defend...why we scored so much in games. Its a very fan friendly offense because the pace is so fast. He conducts practices that way also...very face paced and coordinated...he likes for the players, especially those new to his system, to get used to the up tempo pace of everything. Watch ASU play NIU in the GoDaddy bowl on Jan. 8 to see what Ole Miss will be running next year.

that makes it sound like our defense is going to spend a lot of time on the field.

ReservoirReb · Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:17 am

asuato wrote:ASU fan here. As for the jerseys...we had names on all but these. The material the black jerseys were made from didnt allow letters to be stitched. The offense you will like...very fast no huddle....Oregon is a very good example of what you will see. Multiple sets, varied formations out of the same sets. Very hard to defend...why we scored so much in games. Its a very fan friendly offense because the pace is so fast. He conducts practices that way also...very face paced and coordinated...he likes for the players, especially those new to his system, to get used to the up tempo pace of everything. Watch ASU play NIU in the GoDaddy bowl on Jan. 8 to see what Ole Miss will be running next year.

Thanks for the clarification.

CMB · Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:22 pm

JustBlues wrote:
asuato wrote:ASU fan here. As for the jerseys...we had names on all but these. The material the black jerseys were made from didnt allow letters to be stitched. The offense you will like...very fast no huddle....Oregon is a very good example of what you will see. Multiple sets, varied formations out of the same sets. Very hard to defend...why we scored so much in games. Its a very fan friendly offense because the pace is so fast. He conducts practices that way also...very face paced and coordinated...he likes for the players, especially those new to his system, to get used to the up tempo pace of everything. Watch ASU play NIU in the GoDaddy bowl on Jan. 8 to see what Ole Miss will be running next year.
that makes it sound like our defense is going to spend a lot of time on the field.

....which scares me. Not because our defense will be that bad but just getting worn out. Whether we score fast or go 3 and out, the only difference is the points on the board. Just seems like a recipe for big halftime leads that get blown in the 2nd half....in the SEC anyway