Quote Originally Posted by PGHBulldogBG View Post
I think the offense will be improved if Leach continues to commit to the run more as he did in the last several games. Had we done that against Arkansas that would?ve been another win and the Kentucky game would?ve been a lot more interesting. The way we played against UGA, Ole Miss, Missouri and Tulsa to end the year was much improved. I?m still mad about that Arkansas game!
Leach's whole offense centers around the ability of the QB to read defenses. Mike Leach does not call pass or rush - he calls a formation with pre-set options. He puts the ball in the hands of the QB and says "if you read the D and you can run call the run, if you read and you can pass then pass". Look at it as the opposite of what Fitz did in the Moordread Offense - Fitz had the option on almost every play to call his number, pass or hand off. When he couldn't figure out what to do, he called his number because he trusted his running above all else. Last year Will started out pretty much passing because it was what he was comfortable doing. As he learned the system and reads, he started trusting his decisions enough to hand the ball off when it was there. It made all the difference in the world - and the offense clicked more because of it.