i keep seeing this on here when Kelly is discussed and people say everyone runs it now so its easier to defend and that isn't true at all. there are many different versions of the read option offenses out their and they are very different. while you may just see the qb read part looking the same the way it is done is different and the surrounding parts are different.
rich rod founded the concept but people took it in a lot of different directions. look at the teams that run it and tell me why some have wildly successful offenses with less talent than we do. to me their are about 5 to 6 main versions of how it is ran and blocked.
1. Chip Kelly at Oregon - what he did at Oregon is not what we do. Chip is an oline guy and his teams block it differently to start off with. chip also uses various formations with multiple tailbacks or a tailback fullback, or a single back. his te's general can split out wide so he doesn't have to change personnel. he runs various types of options including the triple option which not many read option teams employ because it isn't easy and requires practice. that said it also creates cut back lanes because linebackers hesitate due to reads. he also involves screen passes and an option in the triple option. the passing game is about making quick reads and has a lot of simplified passing schemes not like what we do. the simplify it and then learn to do it really fast without making mistakes until the defense makes a big mistake. that is another difference. tempo we claim to be a hurry up but we don't do it well at all. we are not fast and we make mistakes. Kelly commits to going fast as a style of play. its simply he is betting his team that practices that way everyday will make less mistakes than yours that don't
2. ohio state/auburn - they are spread option teams that use lead blockers more and use a more powere type although don't do it the same way and at different paces. but because its the "read option" people think we run the same offense as malzahn which isn't true. malzahn is almost like a modified wing t type offense.
3. Baylor offense (art briles) - they hit you in the mouth in their option game. they go really fast and play a numbers game. they spread their wrs to the boundry and make you choose where to put your safety. qb reads the numbers in the box and they create a mismatch in the running game and use numbers to hurt you. if you load the box they throw deep until you stop.
4. true spread option - these are offenses that combine the air raid passing attack with the read option run game. teams like tcu, Oklahoma, and Clemson (Clemson is a combination of a lot of things). they spread you out with air raid concepts and keep you out of the box and then hit the read option for big gains. usually they have very wide splits in the oline to help create space in the running game and lanes to throw it through.
5. pro spread - we fall into this category it attempts to mate west coast style passing and read option running generally you see this when a pro style team adds the read option to their playbook like Alabama did. the problem is that it is our entire running game and we don't have the pro style running game to go with it like other teams due. that is why our offense isn't explosive like you see in Oregon, Baylor, tcu, Oklahoma, etc etc. its because it isn't even close to the same offense and our offensive scheme is extremely limited because of it.
rich rod founded the concept but people took it in a lot of different directions. look at the teams that run it and tell me why some have wildly successful offenses with less talent than we do. to me their are about 5 to 6 main versions of how it is ran and blocked.
1. Chip Kelly at Oregon - what he did at Oregon is not what we do. Chip is an oline guy and his teams block it differently to start off with. chip also uses various formations with multiple tailbacks or a tailback fullback, or a single back. his te's general can split out wide so he doesn't have to change personnel. he runs various types of options including the triple option which not many read option teams employ because it isn't easy and requires practice. that said it also creates cut back lanes because linebackers hesitate due to reads. he also involves screen passes and an option in the triple option. the passing game is about making quick reads and has a lot of simplified passing schemes not like what we do. the simplify it and then learn to do it really fast without making mistakes until the defense makes a big mistake. that is another difference. tempo we claim to be a hurry up but we don't do it well at all. we are not fast and we make mistakes. Kelly commits to going fast as a style of play. its simply he is betting his team that practices that way everyday will make less mistakes than yours that don't
2. ohio state/auburn - they are spread option teams that use lead blockers more and use a more powere type although don't do it the same way and at different paces. but because its the "read option" people think we run the same offense as malzahn which isn't true. malzahn is almost like a modified wing t type offense.
3. Baylor offense (art briles) - they hit you in the mouth in their option game. they go really fast and play a numbers game. they spread their wrs to the boundry and make you choose where to put your safety. qb reads the numbers in the box and they create a mismatch in the running game and use numbers to hurt you. if you load the box they throw deep until you stop.
4. true spread option - these are offenses that combine the air raid passing attack with the read option run game. teams like tcu, Oklahoma, and Clemson (Clemson is a combination of a lot of things). they spread you out with air raid concepts and keep you out of the box and then hit the read option for big gains. usually they have very wide splits in the oline to help create space in the running game and lanes to throw it through.
5. pro spread - we fall into this category it attempts to mate west coast style passing and read option running generally you see this when a pro style team adds the read option to their playbook like Alabama did. the problem is that it is our entire running game and we don't have the pro style running game to go with it like other teams due. that is why our offense isn't explosive like you see in Oregon, Baylor, tcu, Oklahoma, etc etc. its because it isn't even close to the same offense and our offensive scheme is extremely limited because of it.
