I'm going to state something very obvious. Arizona offense will go as far as RR can call good games. Arizona has some nice weapons (JJ Taylor and Wood) that should be utilized. I'm more opportunistic about Taylor than Woods. The whole quick plays (and multiple options) leave little room for TEs in the passing game, and thats a shame. But i expect every team to play man to man run (crash line without a second thought) defense. If RR doesn't make teams pay for it, than the O-line will crumble, RBS will get pounded, and QB will likely be injured.
O-Cat- RR calls the games for the most part but there are a lot of plays where the QB determines the flow and the call of ground or air via Zone Read Option. I think the ZRO has been the life and inevitable death of RR and his tenure. It's THE biggest double-edged sword in CFB. It debilitates QBs decisions, passing momentum, and most importantly, tires out your own defense. Timing is very important but if you're doing 3 things as a QB before you even gaze into your passing lanes, your timing really doesn't matter because you are completely behind the 8 ball. Another problem is with QBs like Tate and Dawkins where the easiest thing to do is just take off and run. That's not always the best decision and it puts the QBs in unnecessarily harmful situations way more than it's beneficial.
I think practice is a good thing but if you don't have a defense to go against, you aren't practicing the way you play. The decline of QBs is the system and part of the reason of why he cannot recruit good QBs.[/quote]
I think your reasoning is skewed Chief. Using your logic no one can be successful in that system but Scott, Denker and Solomon were all successful. The difference is they had for the most part healthy running backs. For one thing last year, we obviously didn't have enough quarterbacks. All three got hurt and for at least one week we were using a converted position player. Solomon was never the same and kept aggravating his injuries, Dawkins was gun shy and started running and Tate was never close to being ready to play. On top of that Our two top running backs were hurt and the third got arrested. That's a lot of pressure on a quarterback. On top of that I remember several of our receivers being injured. Most teams limit full contact in practice these days anyway. I know you hate everything RichRod but come on. I will say I won't be patient with another season full of injuries. One year is fluky and happens. Two years in a row makes you raise an eyebrow. Three is a real problem.[/quote]
I'm dead on with the ZRO. I've studied it and talked with a lot of coaches and players whom I respect who have taught it and know it. RR dumbed it down for Scott and Denker. Anu just rolled right and threw 70% of the time. He very rarely did what RR wanted him to do. I don't hate everything RR.[/quote]
I looked up the stats on this site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ariz ... NLV_Rebels" target="_blank. Look under game summaries. When Nick Wilson was healthy, Solomon threw fifty percent of the time or less. When Nick wasn't there and a lesser running back was, he had to throw a lot more. I think that bears out what I'm saying, you need a healthy running back. I think Denker had no talent at all but he was probably one of the brightest QBs we have had here since Tom Tunnicliff. I doubt if the system was dumbed down for him. If they did and he was still successful, what does that say about your logic? Again, Denker and Scott had a tremendous running back that didn't get hurt.
