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Interesting Quote on Mullen By Rival Coach
Anonymous
"They're kind of boring schematically when you really watch them and break them down. They don't do a whole lot that concerns you. Mullen does a good job. it's just not particularly creative. You'd play (Steve) Spurrier back in the day and he'd see something he'd like in the NFL on Sunday and you'd see it with him the following weekend. With Mullen, he kind of has his things he likes and that's what he does. There's no newness there."
I actually agree with this, &, if I were Mullen, I'd take it as an insult. All great coaches are constantly evolving, adding, adjusting, etc.... Mullen is a really good coach, but he can't be a great coach until he figures this out.
Mullen's base offense is excellent & gives us a chance to score points most Saturday's, but, as the quote says, Spurrier would see something in an NFL game on Sunday & implement by the next Saturday. Mullen can take some advice from that.
Again, this isn't about changing the offense each week or anything like that. It's about adding in a wrinkle each week that the other team hasn't quite prepared for.
What this coach is saying is that, MSU is solid, but when they prepare for MSU, MSU gives them exactly what they prepared for in the game.
Last edited by ShotgunDawg; 08-02-2017 at 04:16 PM.
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Holloway up the middle wasn't working.
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My thoughts exactly, Starkvegas.
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Mullen calls a game like I did on PlayStation.
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It isn't like MDL to give a quote like that about another coach (anonymous or otherwise)...
however, the mention of Spurrier, the NFL and the extrapolated time frame makes me ponder...
"It is not courage to resist TUSK; It is courage to accept TUSK."
No.
Easy there buddy. Tusk is...well Tusk is Tusk. Tireddawg 12.20.17
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I'd like to see him use some of our personnel differently. Like Lee at H-Back, Gray in the slot where he belongs, and others have mentioned using more two tight end sets. That in and of itself would be more creative. And use Malik Dear like Florida used Percy Harvin when he gets healthy.
Dan was more creative when he first got here. Remember the wishbone on the goal line in 2009? Bring that back. It was awesome.
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Mullen has always coached with Adidas Tampons. This is nothing new. Some bells and whistles for show pre-snap but it's roughly the same 15-20 offensive plays every game and I have no problem with that if you get really good at those plays. I wish he would steal the hailmary bomb from Bama though. They score 1-2 TDs every single game on that play alone. Saban teaches it too not the other coaches I am totally convinced. That play has been there as long as he has.
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Originally Posted by
TUSK
It isn't like MDL to give a quote like that about another coach (anonymous or otherwise)...
however, the mention of Spurrier, the NFL and the extrapolated time frame makes me ponder...
Yes.
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Originally Posted by
Token Bammer
Yes.
Solid post.
+1
"It is not courage to resist TUSK; It is courage to accept TUSK."
No.
Easy there buddy. Tusk is...well Tusk is Tusk. Tireddawg 12.20.17
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I mean, we evolved from and run-oriented team to an Air Raid and back (?) in the last few years.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Mullen has always coached with Adidas Tampons. This is nothing new. Some bells and whistles for show pre-snap but it's roughly the same 15-20 offensive plays every game and I have no problem with that if you get really good at those plays. I wish he would steal the hailmary bomb from Bama though. They score 1-2 TDs every single game on that play alone. Saban teaches it too not the other coaches I am totally convinced. That play has been there as long as he has.
You have to have wide receivers and ol to do that.
Death penalty or bust!!!***
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And yet the NFL scouts and coaches were impressed with how much Dak knew about progressions and running an offense. Jason Garrett said Dak acclimated to the Cowboys offense so well because it was so similar to the offense he ran at State.
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Originally Posted by
Reason2succeed
You have to have wide receivers and ol to do that.
Definitely agree on the WRs. Bama has had elite WRs the entire time Saban has been there. I think our OL is serviceable enough to allow for the play to be run 3-4 times a game though.
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Mullen's system is fundamentally sound enough that it doesn't need tricks and gimmicks. Spread 'em out, take what the defense gives us, or go with our best matchup. We don't have to confuse a defense.
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Originally Posted by
PassInterference
Mullen's system is fundamentally sound enough that it doesn't need tricks and gimmicks. Spread 'em out, take what the defense gives us, or go with our best matchup. We don't have to confuse a defense.
You forgot the **. Either that or you forget our performance against solid defenses.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Mullen has always coached with Adidas Tampons. This is nothing new. Some bells and whistles for show pre-snap but it's roughly the same 15-20 offensive plays every game and I have no problem with that if you get really good at those plays. I wish he would steal the hailmary bomb from Bama though. They score 1-2 TDs every single game on that play alone. Saban teaches it too not the other coaches I am totally convinced. That play has been there as long as he has.
Perhaps the best offense I've ever been around really used only about 15-20 plays. Now they ran those plays out of about 10 different formations each and had about 3-5 motion packages for each.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
And yet the NFL scouts and coaches were impressed with how much Dak knew about progressions and running an offense. Jason Garrett said Dak acclimated to the Cowboys offense so well because it was so similar to the offense he ran at State.
Yep
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Originally Posted by
Liverpooldawg
Perhaps the best offense I've ever been around really used only about 15-20 plays. Now they ran those plays out of about 10 different formations each and had about 3-5 motion packages for each.
A lot of it has to do with the talent and experience of the players. Give me Julio Jones and Derrick Henry and I can beat at least 6 teams a year with only using 5 plays a game.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
And yet the NFL scouts and coaches were impressed with how much Dak knew about progressions and running an offense. Jason Garrett said Dak acclimated to the Cowboys offense so well because it was so similar to the offense he ran at State.
You completely missed the point of the thread.
Mullen's base offense is excellent. No doubt about it.
All I'm saying is that adding a wrinkle here and there on a week to week basis may help us win a few more games.
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