Falcons53;961878 wrote:I love it. I never ran it as a player and then had to coach against it and struggled the first few times I faced it. Then I went to a school that ran it and ran it well. I learned so much of the little, subtle things that change what you are doing. If I was to return to coaching, I would blend the option game with some wing-t schemes. I always wonder why schools that are traditionally weaker teams keep running what everyone else runs, knowing they lose the recruiting battle every year. All they do is set themselves up to stay at the bottom. I would love to go to a school that is at the bottom, install the offense and recruit the heck out of the 5'8-5'11 RBs that everyone says are too small, but have quicks. Make one the QB and the others would be the HB/WB spots. Get a FB that can run and is tough. You could make a school like Indiana relevant again. The last "good" team they had? Randle-el was running the show.
There is def a hell of a lot more to the option than meets the eyes. Nebraska used to wreck shit running the option. My HS ran it (they still do), and they have been pretty successful with it, however the the offense can also be frustrating.
Pros:
-Great ball controlling offense. If the the option is working, you can wear the defense out, run the clock, and keep the other offense off the field. I have seen defenses just give up, because they are so tired from 3.5 qtrs of the option.
-Great way to overcome lack of athletes.
-Difficult for the defense to read.
Cons
-Lack of balance/passing game. I know my HS hardly passes, which is why they never can beat the likes of Elder, St X, etc in the playoffs, because there is no balance. If they do pass, it is always a roll out pass, which takes away half of the field.
-Very difficult to come back from behind with this offense. Scoring with the option takes a big chunk out of the clock, especially when the drive begins deep in your own territory.
