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Perhaps it is time and personnel fitting to deconstruct some of the playbook. How is it that a supposed VERY complicated scheme is being neutralized? Where are the multiple formations? Motion? Play action? 

Stanford appears to have simplified the playbook this year. By itself I think that has nothing to do with the success or lack of success of the offense. It's probably just a preference of the current coaches, but I suppose might reflect deeper problems.  

We're primarily being neutralized by opponents overwhelming our OL.  And having a pass offense designed to complement a now non-existent run game. 

I don't get the desperate plea for play action around these parts. It's not that big a foil to defenses, not credible when you have no run game, slows plays down, and makes blocking schemes more difficult (at least if you are really selling the play action). It can help freeze the safeties if they are playing read-react, but it doesn't create a pass game out of thin air.

[CTcard]

Perhaps it is time and personnel fitting to deconstruct some of the playbook. How is it that a supposed VERY complicated scheme is being neutralized? Where are the multiple formations? Motion? Play action? 

Stanford appears to have simplified the playbook this year. By itself I think that has nothing to do with the success or lack of success of the offense. It's probably just a preference of the current coaches, but I suppose might reflect deeper problems.  

We're primarily being neutralized by opponents overwhelming our OL.  And having a pass offense designed to complement a now non-existent run game. 

I don't get the desperate plea for play action around these parts. It's not that big a foil to defenses, not credible when you have no run game, slows plays down, and makes blocking schemes more difficult (at least if you are really selling the play action). It can help freeze the safeties if they are playing read-react, but it doesn't create a pass game out of thin air.