(05-21-2023 12:22 PM)AusTxPony Wrote: I have a question for Navy fans: Will you be running the Triple Option this season or installing a new offense?
I think the party line is "evolution of the Triple Option."
Newberry hired the Kenesaw State OC, Grant Chesnut. Chesnut comes from the Paul Johnson coaching tree, so the foundation is still the same, but it will be somewhat different. From the OC hire, we were saying that the TO is the core of our success and we can't win without it, and we're not going away from it, just updating it. Spring camp statements talked about it being a new install and 2/3 new -- so from the get-go, 1/3 still the same. There will be more shotgun, but probably still at least 50% from under center.
The focus will be on different ways to get the ball outside with a numbers advantage. Maybe with formations and misdirection, maybe with quick passes. We are now fully adopting Tight Ends as part of the offense...but we already started that last year, like actually calling players TEs instead of just moving our tall receivers in on tight formations.
Navy fans would always have said 10-12 pass attempts per game is "right" -- and we frequently had really high yards per attempt numbers. Keep the defense honest, but we always liked big gains on the wheel route or A-back Pop. Chesnut's KSU offense averaged like 17 passes per game, so more, but not Mumme-esque.
Even the under center vs shotgun -- we were already moving that way. Sometimes to really mix it up for an Army or Air Force game, sometimes just to play to the strengths of Malcolm Perry or Xavier Arline (or to a lesser extent Tai Lavatai).
Other changes are a reflection that the new blocking rules for backs/receivers force the change -- let's just do it intentionally instead of reactively in-game.