If none of the quarterbacks have shown the ability to carry a
game with their passing and things are desperate why not play
an offense that is based on the teams strengths. Two of our
quarterbacks are good runners and the backs are also good so
option football seems like a better choice for this team right now.
If you Google the phrase " eleven warriors Navy option football"
the article makes this choice seem pretty attractive.
UTSA and Georgia Southern give other teams fits with the option as well.
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Dear rudy711,
I think it is too late to change into a scheme like that, when we are going into our fourth game of the season. Maybe devise a play or two with the option, but the team has been working for a month before the season started, and is now close to completing the second month of the season with a particular scheme. I just don't think it would be beneficial at this time to change to an option format.
Well, true triple option, such as the service academies or the old Houston veer or the wishbone, takes a full-program commitment and a lot of time and effort to implement. Most modern coaches at the college level don't really know the option offense inside and out the way you need to to run it. Most defensive coordinators have zero idea on how to stop the option because they see it so sporadically these days.
Why don't more schools use it, you ask? The fans don't like it. Most football fans, including college donors want to see the ball in the air. The triple option offense takes so much time and effort on the reads that there's precious little time to work on much else, which is the reason you see the god-awful throwing motions on triple option QBs. They don't work it and their coaches don't really know how to coach it and would rather work the mesh during that time anyway. So, an option offense tends to be pretty ugly in the early stages, and it's not as effective when coming from behind. Everyone remembers the great Oklahoma, Texas, and Nebraska option offenses, but remember when Ohio U ran the flexbone about 10 years ago? Ugh. Most Bobcat fans waited to see the band perform, then headed to the bar.
You can't just jump into it for a few plays and then do something else. That's the appeal of the spread-to-run type offense that Rich Rodriguez had at WVU or the pistol offense they use at Nevada. It's not as hard to learn and you're still multiple enough to give different looks.
I think EMU might be a place where the option offense could work, because I think it requires some aggressive, outside-the-box thinking to succeed there. But, you guys have been patient for a long time. It might be a hard sell to say: "We're going with a totally different offense, but don't expect us to score north of 20 for about 3 years."