Why is Sark fucking changing the offense in year 4

puppylove_sugarsteel

Just watched Saban talk of his philosophy. A similar one Sark used to run at USC. Instead of coming to Washington with a plan, a disciplined running offense with play action and the TE.

Sark instead doesn't have a plan, doesn't know if he'll run or pass and uses the best TE in America as a slot receiver, with cutesy little 5-yard curls and bubble screens. David Shaw HAS a philosophy. One that made Washington great. Now we just Dink and dunk with little lobs and change-of-pace hand offs to Sankey (who does EVERYTHING on his own.)

puppylove_sugarsteel

oops, I meant year 5. I Lambo just confused what year we are in. Its like one long 7-6 year. OK all you semantics police, who never bring anything to the table, feel free to ignore the content, instead make fun of my accidental typing error.

PurpleJ

He saw how well it worked out for Romar last year.

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Old news is so exciting!

CheersWestDawg

Because Sark is a fucking fraud. That's the answer. He's just copying Chip Kelly.

The guy isn't innovative at all. Seriously, there is nothing in his offense that is unique. The thing I hear over and over again about Sark's offense is that he runs a lot of the same plays out of multiple formations and uses shifts, motions, and other bullshit to trick defenses into coverages that he wants to run those plays against. I could name plenty of D3 teams that do that shit. Hell, decent high school coaches do that.

Guys like Bill Walsh, Don James, Chip Kelly - those guys off the top of my head - are innovators. Guys like Sark are fucking copycats and are a dime a fucking dozen.

MikeDamone

puppylove_sugarsteel said:

oops, I meant year 5. I Lambo just confused what year we are in. Its like one long 7-6 year. OK all you semantics police, who never bring anything to the table, feel free to ignore the content, instead make fun of my accidental typing error.

You do know there is an edit function don't you? That's what I thought.

RaceBannon

OK all you semantics police, who never bring anything to the table, feel free to ignore the content, instead make fun of my accidental typing error.

tracker

Seriously, what would Sark say if he had to talk about his coaching philosophy?

He seems like a pretty nice guy but he's not going to take the program to the next level. He's a people-pleaser who wants to be liked by everyone. That's not usually a concern of strong, innovative leaders. He just doesn't have that leadership "it" factor.

RoadDawg55

CheersWestDawg said:

Because Sark is a fucking fraud. That's the answer. He's just copying Chip Kelly.

The guy isn't innovative at all. Seriously, there is nothing in his offense that is unique. The thing I hear over and over again about Sark's offense is that he runs a lot of the same plays out of multiple formations and uses shifts, motions, and other bullshit to trick defenses into coverages that he wants to run those plays against. I could name plenty of D3 teams that do that shit. Hell, decent high school coaches do that.

Guys like Bill Walsh, Don James, Chip Kelly - those guys off the top of my head - are innovators. Guys like Sark are fucking copycats and are a dime a fucking dozen.

Not that I disagree with your post, but he doesn't even need to be an innovator to be a good coach. He needs a philosophy and a clear message that the players understand. It will never happen though.

CheersWestDawg

RoadDawg55 said:

CheersWestDawg said:

Because Sark is a fucking fraud. That's the answer. He's just copying Chip Kelly.

The guy isn't innovative at all. Seriously, there is nothing in his offense that is unique. The thing I hear over and over again about Sark's offense is that he runs a lot of the same plays out of multiple formations and uses shifts, motions, and other bullshit to trick defenses into coverages that he wants to run those plays against. I could name plenty of D3 teams that do that shit. Hell, decent high school coaches do that.

Guys like Bill Walsh, Don James, Chip Kelly - those guys off the top of my head - are innovators. Guys like Sark are fucking copycats and are a dime a fucking dozen.

Not that I disagree with your post, but he doesn't even need to be an innovator to be a good coach. He needs a philosophy and a clear message that the players understand. It will never happen though.

True. There are ton of coaches who copycat schemes out there that win championships.

But the topic is why Sark is changing the offense in year 5. I'll even submit to you that he's NOT changing the offense. He's only changing the pace at which it's run. And there's even good reasons for it. The opposing defense can't get set, can't substitute as much as they want, they run more base fronts and basic coverages. This enables a hurry up offense to run more basic plays (that even dumber-than-a-rock QBs can audible into), offensive linemen don't have to be as dominating, and gaps in defenses start to get wider.

The shit isn't rocket surgery. If you've been to a coaching clinic the last couple of years, this is what's talked about and it's all the rage. And Chip Kelly is the guy who innovated and perfected it. Sark is just copying what his butt buddy Chip built. Sark tried to copy Pete's fucking "Always Compete" mantra, now he's copying Chip. Wake me when he comes up with an original idea.

MikeDamone

Don James had lambright copy the 46 attack defense from Buddy Ryan.

HTH