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A few notes from Council of Chiefs - terry - 09-17-2010

I attended Council of Chiefs today. A few notes --

Jim Rutter, the host, gave some good background about Wake Forest (formerly known as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute). One thing I thought was interesting -- Stanford has played home-and-home series against two other North Carolina schools, Duke (1971-72) and North Carolina (1997-98). Both times, Stanford lost the first game and won the second. I hope that pattern holds again.

Coach Randy Hart and Coach Ron Lynn talked about the Wake Forest offense, and we saw some film. Wake runs a no-huddle offense. They will come to the line of scrimmage (always in the shotgun, at least so far this year), then they all look over to the sideline to get the play. Wake tries to get the defense to line up and show what it is doing. The Wake coaches will take a look at the defense, then signal in the play.

The Wake running game, as we saw last year, involves a lot of plays that start out going side-to-side. They try to stretch the field laterally. They\'re not necessarily trying to get to the corner; rather, they\'re looking for lanes to cut upfield. They don\'t actually block many of the defenders -- they try to stretch the defenders out and find gaps. They\'re good at cutting upfield immediately when they see a chance. They want to force the defense to make plays in space. The key for the Stanford defense will be good open-field tackling.

Wake\'s freshman QB was described as an explosive player who can hurt you with his legs or his arm. The defense will make it a priority to contain the QB\'s running.

Wake will run some reverses and trick plays. Last week they ran a double-reverse with a pass on the end of it for a TD.

Coach Hart compared Wake\'s approach to the approach at Boise State and the service academies. They don\'t get superior athletes across the field (though they do have some very good skill position athletes). Rather, they have a system that allows them to compete against better athletes, they know what kind of players they need, and they do a really good job of coaching those players to run the system.

The other guest this morning was former Stanford player John Olenchalk, who posts here as johnnyo53. It was fun to hear from him. I won\'t try to describe what he said, as he\'s around these parts and I\'ve noticed that he\'s not shy about making his views known.   :)

Nice job by Jim as the host, and thanks to johnnyo53 also.

Re: A few notes from Council of Chiefs - Spiny_Norman - 09-17-2010

This is a great summary, Terry.  Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the proceedings.  Someday I hope to make it to Stanford early enough on a Friday to attend a Council of Chiefs.