Must Read Article on Spread Offenses vs bad Defenses.

[Woody in Helvetia]

There are lots of good points in this article. And most of the offensive guru coaches disagree with them. And the defensive coaches agree.

There are two points that I think are best arguments. 1 - Offensive spread coaches use most of their scholarship numbers for offensive players. 2 - practice against spread teams by the defense causes teams to not develop the skills of getting off blocks and leverage.

Spread vs Defense.

 

[Buster68]

both points have merit. i also think an average spread offense can make an average defense look bad.

 

[TheRedSon]

Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Texas A&M...

The idea that spread teams can't play defense is absurd, and this article fails for multiple reasons, but chiefly because they focused on the wrong spread teams. All of them are either historically difficult to recruit to or early in the regime of their spread offense. Mike Gundy spent his first three years recruiting more heavily to offense too. A new coach in a rebuilding position has to do something to improve his team fast. Gundy, Leach, Holgorsen, Briles, Dykes, Rodriguez... All of them solidified their program and their jobs by building great offenses first (well, Rodriguez never god too comfortable).