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showrunner
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Yes. That is the beauty of Campus Visits. :)
2/10/2007 12:03 PM
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with a horrible D-fence what formation works? 4-3? 3-4? what
2/10/2007 3:30 PM
showrunner
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Quote: Originally Posted By falconguy on 2/10/2007
with a horrible D-fence what formation works? 4-3? 3-4? what
Not to be a smart ***, but you need to be more specific. If your D is truely horrible nothing is going "work". The question is where do you want to go with your Defense and what is the best way to get there? With that said you have to decide how long you plan on staying where you are and how long it will take to build on that side of the ball. Other things to consider.....How good is your offense? Can it control a game? Are you going to win games or are this season a wash?
2/10/2007 9:09 PM
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I am low on d-linemen but thick in db's and line backers my offense wont hold and i guess on this season i'll stink like a skunk. I pretty much need to use 3-4 and hope not many d-linemen are ingured.
2/11/2007 3:39 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By falconguy on 2/11/2007
I am low on d-linemen but thick in db's and line backers my offense wont hold and i guess on this season i'll stink like a skunk. I pretty much need to use 3-4 and hope not many d-linemen are ingured.
YOU GOT MAIL!!!
2/11/2007 6:38 AM
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Can anyone tell me how setting your running and p***ing plays on either conservative or aggressive affects the actual play thats run? For instance, Im facing a team in exhibition with a decent d line but horrible lb's and db's. I want to p*** alot to take advatage, but if the other coach is smart, he'll figure that out and defend accordingly.
Any way that I can set it so my rb's look to break it outside to take advantage of his poor lb's? Same question for p***ing - does conservative mean that your QB will tend to look for the short routes and aggressive will be down field?
Any help would be great. Thanks
2/12/2007 6:03 PM
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pbarnet, that's basically correct. P***ing conservative is more dump off p***es (RB's and TE's tend to get lots of catches), aggressive is more down the field p***es. The theory is that conservative leads to a better completion % and less turnovers, but fewer big plays, and vice versa. Running is almost the same, conservative is pounding between the tackles, aggressive is more on the edges, including end arounds, etc. If you have any follow up questions, feel free to ask here or sitemail me.
2/13/2007 7:58 AM
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Thanks carpe, I'm going back to look at my settings and see what I might change...
2/13/2007 10:11 AM
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I picked up a team that last season was running nothing but I-Formation it seems, and I want to get away from that.
How much does it hurt gameplay if you make such an abrupt change in practice-planning? Should I ease into a new game-plan or since this team isn't so great, just jump right into it.
3/2/2007 9:33 PM
showrunner
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I would suggest jumping right in. Other coaches have various thoughts on this topic, but when I take over, I always implement my system immediately.
3/4/2007 4:52 AM
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I agree with Show. It takes a while for the team to run a new offense or defense at full effectiveness, but the sooner you try to implement your offense at full minutes in practice the sooner they will be fully effective at it...
3/4/2007 5:10 AM
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building on this topic...what's the downside of changing into a new offensive (or defensive) formation the following season...i may consider changing to a new offensive formation based on the skill of my players, but i was worried about the downside since i have been running the same formations for about five seasons...do you build up skills by running the same system over time, or do you start from ground zero each season?
3/4/2007 12:05 PM
chetty1963
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thanks, scoob!
3/20/2007 6:41 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By scoobybud on 3/18/2007
Quote: Originally posted by chetty1963 on 3/04/2007 <DIV>building on this topic...what's the downside of changing into a new offensive (or defensive) formation the following season...i may consider changing to a new offensive formation based on the skill of my players, but i was worried about the downside since i have been running the same formations for about five seasons...do you build up skills by running the same system over time, or do you start from ground zero each season?

You do build up an IQ of sorts from running the same offensive or defensive formations, that being said I've taken over programs and ran entirely new formations than the previous coach and had very good success right off the bat. In a dev chat Jconte daid he wouldn't run a formation that he hadn't practiced at least 3 or 4 times. Just practice in exhibition and you will be fine. i see people run formations with no practice at all on occasions and have success.
I agree, you can win immediately with a new set, but only if you have a good size talent gap. I feel it takes at least a full season of practice to make a team decent in a new set, so changing all of your sets at once is probably not the best of ideas.
3/21/2007 5:24 AM
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What does "effective" and "distribution" mean on advanced depth chart options? New to the game and I forgot what it means from the tour.
12/24/2007 5:41 AM
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