Many people have had questions, myself included. I have advocated for a offensive coordinator and maybe Russ Calloway will be--at least on paper. So, is BN a good playcaller? I have always been a fan of Shane Matthews, and Shane has NO ISSUES with Napier's playcalling. Still, some of us think the offense is too predictable. Is it? Look at this graph that I will post. The red indicates Florida's wr routes vs the national average, and you decide from the graph.
My complaint is that it's too busy and needs to be crisper in terms of execution. Way too much overreliance on motion, to the point that it's just corny and more often than not makes it harder on our team than the opposition. I'd rather dial some of that back (especially the double-wing stuff) and focus on getting to the line early and executing better. As far as playcalling, my biggest gripe is that we oftentimes have two receivers in the same place or very close together on routes. Not sure if that's an execution issue or part of the play.
His run game concepts are good. He needs a passing game coordinator and someone in his ear telling him to call against his tendencies on 3rd down and he would be fine. Find myself watching our receivers run curls and slants entirely to much in have to have it situations.
We will see this year but I have a suspicion that some of the motion wan implemented to compensate for the relatively weak OL the first two seasons. I don’t have a huge issue with a lot of motion as long as it doesn’t cause penalties. I think the passing issues of receivers too close may have been similar in that we didn’t have a passer or receivers who could stretch the field until last season. I could be wrong so let’s see how they play this season
100% agree. I like BN as a leader (except his coach-speak, right?) Play calling...not so much. If I can call his plays in advance from my couch (which I do) then he has a problem. Additionally: Sometimes you want to bully a team and sometime you want to go where they aren't. His decisions on that account are weak as his feel for the game means good plays at the wrong time. IMHO, his biggest weakness as a play-caller is that he doesn't set up his plays throughout a game, let alone throughout a season. SOS was brilliant at that. He was playing chess (Saban as well.)
Billy's play calling and staffing choices are highly questionable. That 4th and forever at Mizzou will be part of his Florida legacy. And like Mullen, he's too stubborn to allow others to help the team. Don't think he's outsmarting Kirby, Sark or even Elko in my lifetime.
Anthony Richardson Stretched the field as well as anyone. The route concepts were still high school level madness. Has nothing to do with the QB and everything to do with Billy’s scheme. It goes back to Louisiana and Clemson.
I think you hit on it with “tendencies”. You’d think the self-scouting would help with this. Other than that, time management. And I believe some of the slowness is by design given the young/thin defense early in his campaign. A way to shorten games. But I could be way off.
AR was a high school QB thanks to Mullen. Additionally, he was trying to pass behind a piss poor OL and just which of our speedy receivers was getting open downfield. His best plays were improvised based on his athletic ability
I lean to qb play as the biggest problem. Tom Brady was good no matter who called the plays and was for the most part a conservative offense. When a backup came in, the offense was immediately mediocre. We havent had a prolific passer except for Trask in a long time. Get a great wb and the playcalling will instantly be effective. Franks to Trask wasnt Mullens playcalling that got better, it was talent that made the jump. Mertz did as well as he was capable of doing in my opinion. AR is still Ar.
He had a first round pick at Receiver and the best offensive guard in the country. He wasn’t playing with West Florida talent. Obviously it wasn’t perfect, it’s still a bad passing scheme.
My opinion of CBN is that he is a very good recruiter and roster builder and does things with integrity. I also think the jury is still out on his game manager skills. I do think he is evolving but this year he has the offensive line, QB and skill players to dominate on that side of the ball. He has to improve his time management, particularly the two minute drill. I’m hoping this year we will see him start fast more often and go for the juggler when we have a team on the ropes.
I have at length. His passing scheme is to play action heavy and the spacing is high school level. Russ Callaway on staff knows everything about spacing from his time at Samford and it still hasn’t been implemented. The resources to get better are there for whatever reason Billy hasn’t done it.
No. There's been too many times where he was way too predictable and he doesnt adjust soon enough (or is too stubborn) when it's needed. He's had some trick plays that backfired badly.
