The pistol...

mwcane31

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Was that the first time we saw the pistol from Miami???

I like the pistol formation and I hope they use more of it!
 
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I would love to see more of it incorporated into our scheme.
 
We ran the diamond last year from the pistol , 3 guys in the backfield with Morris
 
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We ran the diamond last year from the pistol , 3 guys in the backfield with Morris

I think the diamond with more playmakers on the field at the same time would do great things for this offense. Have Duke, Gus and Hagens all in the backfield at the same to create some serious matchups, or throw herb/coley/dorsett in on of on one of the wings and opens up the possibilities drastically.
 
Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.
 
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Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.
 
Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.

I don't think they purposely did it. I think that's the way the game worked out. Our OLine was getting worked, Morris looked shaky and our defense was keeping us in the game. This is what I'm telling myself: we didn't open it up because we apparently thought keeping it basic would give us the best chance to win that game...and we won.
 
Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.

I don't think they purposely did it. I think that's the way the game worked out. Our OLine was getting worked, Morris looked shaky and our defense was keeping us in the game. This is what I'm telling myself: we didn't open it up because we apparently thought keeping it basic would give us the best chance to win that game...and we won.


Didn't Al say exactly that? I swear I saw an interview where he talked about that.

On another note, apparently Fishbein is pretty cool with Coley. He went on record a while back (I think when he was first hired) saying that he expected Coley to run an uptempo offense and also that Coley really liked the pistol.
 
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I would love to see the pistol diamond formation. That is not an easy formation to stop at all. Especially if you start doing some read out of it. Like take, zone, triple option etc., makes you very versatile and fast.
 
Golden said they held back a lot of their offense against UF, not to hide if from the ACC opponents, but to keep from ******** it up against UF.
 
Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.

I don't think they purposely did it. I think that's the way the game worked out. Our OLine was getting worked, Morris looked shaky and our defense was keeping us in the game. This is what I'm telling myself: we didn't open it up because we apparently thought keeping it basic would give us the best chance to win that game...and we won.


Didn't Al say exactly that? I swear I saw an interview where he talked about that.

On another note, apparently Fishbein is pretty cool with Coley. He went on record a while back (I think when he was first hired) saying that he expected Coley to run an uptempo offense and also that Coley really liked the pistol.

Don't know if he said it for that game or another. He makes a lot of references to playing "the numbers," so to speak. If he were a baseball manager, he'd make almost all his substitution patterns based on the numbers. As I mentioned in another post, I guess that comes from his coaching roots (tree).
 
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Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.

I don't think they purposely did it. I think that's the way the game worked out. Our OLine was getting worked, Morris looked shaky and our defense was keeping us in the game. This is what I'm telling myself: we didn't open it up because we apparently thought keeping it basic would give us the best chance to win that game...and we won.

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Mentioned it while I was sitting there at the game. Kinda a curious time to bring it out. Like a "hey, Video Coordinator guy, put this on your log." There wasn't really any other reason to bring it out at that time and run what we ran out of it.

I keep telling myself that Coley has a whole bunch of **** in his bag that was supposed to come out vs UF, but was left in there in the hopes of conservatively slugging one out.

If those rumors are true that we held back our offense vs. UF so it wouldn't be on film for later opponents, wouldn't that imply that this staff placed more importance on the ACC schedule (FSU, specifically) more so than an OOC game against UF? That's possible but curious because of the recruiting impact that a win against UF could (will) have.

I don't think they purposely did it. I think that's the way the game worked out. Our OLine was getting worked, Morris looked shaky and our defense was keeping us in the game. This is what I'm telling myself: we didn't open it up because we apparently thought keeping it basic would give us the best chance to win that game...and we won.


Didn't Al say exactly that? I swear I saw an interview where he talked about that.

On another note, apparently Fishbein is pretty cool with Coley. He went on record a while back (I think when he was first hired) saying that he expected Coley to run an uptempo offense and also that Coley really liked the pistol.

Don't know if he said it for that game or another. He makes a lot of references to playing "the numbers," so to speak. If he were a baseball manager, he'd make almost all his substitution patterns based on the numbers. As I mentioned in another post, I guess that comes from his coaching roots (tree).


I'm going to see if I can find it. I'm almost certain it was after the UF game. Golden was praising Coley for buying into things and resisting the temptation to open things up. I think he even talked about possibly wanting to open things up but as the game went on and he saw how the defense was playing it was a bit easier to stay the course.
 
Interesting thread. Can anyone recall what part of the game we're talking about (to save me some time looking).
 
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