I believe the bigger question during the off season is "Is UCFast a good enough offense for UCF to win?" rather than just talking about the perceived lack of talent on the team. The changes on defense have proved themselves worthy. But what is lacking with UCFast?
1. The refs can't keep up with the pace the offense wants to run and keep slowing the game down. How do you get past this one?
2. The defenses we played never seemed to be overwhelmed by our attempts at playing fast. If going fast isn't an advantage what does this offense buy us?
3. There were times in the past where we would use more beef on the OL through blocking TEs when other teams were overwhelming our OL. Are blocking TEs out of the question with this offense? Can we use bigger OL players (we have them on our team)?
4. There seemed to be only two running plays used by our offense this past game. Are there more running plays then the end around and the off tackle run to the right?
5. The short passing game was focused on throwing the ball to either sideline. Aren't there other short pass routes that we can run (WR slants/TE hooks/crossing patterns, etc.)?
6. The QBs practice throwing the ball on the run. Is this meant only for when you're running for your life or does this offense use roll outs and other running pass plays?
Personnel discussions will abound during the off season but this is a bigger issue. Certainly, by the end of the season we should have seen most of the playbook being used on the field. If we did, then I'm very concerned about our new offense.
1. The refs can't keep up with the pace the offense wants to run and keep slowing the game down. How do you get past this one?
2. The defenses we played never seemed to be overwhelmed by our attempts at playing fast. If going fast isn't an advantage what does this offense buy us?
3. There were times in the past where we would use more beef on the OL through blocking TEs when other teams were overwhelming our OL. Are blocking TEs out of the question with this offense? Can we use bigger OL players (we have them on our team)?
4. There seemed to be only two running plays used by our offense this past game. Are there more running plays then the end around and the off tackle run to the right?
5. The short passing game was focused on throwing the ball to either sideline. Aren't there other short pass routes that we can run (WR slants/TE hooks/crossing patterns, etc.)?
6. The QBs practice throwing the ball on the run. Is this meant only for when you're running for your life or does this offense use roll outs and other running pass plays?
Personnel discussions will abound during the off season but this is a bigger issue. Certainly, by the end of the season we should have seen most of the playbook being used on the field. If we did, then I'm very concerned about our new offense.