I was listening to Gus speak about the K State game when talking about the upcoming Baylor game and he said something to the effect: "Bottom line is, for us to be effective we’ve gotta be effective running the football. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we’re a run/passing team." Listening ,this and what he said before, two things became clear to me. One, Gus really doesn't like to pass. He will but seemingly reluctantly. He is a run first coach and pass if I have to second. So, my questions are: what happens when you discover in practice, or in a game, you, for whatever reason, aren't effective running the football? Or, let's say, your star running backs are banged up? What do you do, just try to keep running it? Or do you have to have an equally effective passing game and not dislike using it? Seems to me I've heard "the pass sets up the run as does the run set up the pass." I am beginning to think that one of our greatest problems may be we are not very adaptable to the talent we have or, in a game, what the opposing team throws at us. You always coaches and players say, "they threw something new at us" or "we saw something we were't expecting." Of course they did. Isn't that part of a good game plan? The same is true with players. Shouldn't you play to their strengths, or should you just stick with what you like or created a long time ago whether you have the players or not? I think I like the military concept better: "Improvise, adapt, overcome!" Maybe we need to be more adaptable and improvise more so that we have a better chance at overcoming. Sorry, just the ramblings of a tired old man.
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