[lex24]

IIRC, West missed a lot of deep balls.  I don't think that's something that can be cured in a week, and without that deep threat, teams will stack the box against Jones/Peat.

Shawvita need to get together and figure out a fast-track playbook progression that allows the QBs to call a situationally diverse subset of plays that doesn't require the QBs to derive each and every single play from first principles.  Just give them the formulas and don't make them derive them from scratch.

But also...both guys have had all summer to read the playbook...right?  How haven't they gotten this under their belts?

“Shawvita need to get together and figure out a fast-track playbook progression that allows the QBs to call a situationally diverse subset of plays that doesn't require the QBs to derive each and every single play from first principles.  Just give them the formulas and don't make them derive them from scratch.”

I have no idea what you mean here. Can you explain?  Thanks.

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Sure was interesting hearing Fowler talk about Stanford's complex offense being hard for QBs to learn. Most people were probably wondering how this is the case and why, if the offense doesn't produce much.

Just another reminder of the absurdity of making a generally low yield offense difficult to learn, so it makes your most important player - the QB - wait longer to get on the field. McKee is so clearly more talented than West, that it is comical West is the one that gets to play because he knows the offense.

I guarantee you the offense McKee ran at Centennial would be easier to learn and more productive than whatever Stanford is doing on that side of the ball.

Agree on the complexity. 

 As for QB if Mills is out - if, as it appears, there is a major talent gap, go with McKee and shorten the playbook considerably so he gets reps running what they will do vs Colorado.

[lex24]

IIRC, West missed a lot of deep balls.  I don't think that's something that can be cured in a week, and without that deep threat, teams will stack the box against Jones/Peat.

Shawvita need to get together and figure out a fast-track playbook progression that allows the QBs to call a situationally diverse subset of plays that doesn't require the QBs to derive each and every single play from first principles.  Just give them the formulas and don't make them derive them from scratch.

But also...both guys have had all summer to read the playbook...right?  How haven't they gotten this under their belts?

“Shawvita need to get together and figure out a fast-track playbook progression that allows the QBs to call a situationally diverse subset of plays that doesn't require the QBs to derive each and every single play from first principles.  Just give them the formulas and don't make them derive them from scratch.”

I have no idea what you mean here. Can you explain?  Thanks.

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Sure was interesting hearing Fowler talk about Stanford's complex offense being hard for QBs to learn. Most people were probably wondering how this is the case and why, if the offense doesn't produce much.

Just another reminder of the absurdity of making a generally low yield offense difficult to learn, so it makes your most important player - the QB - wait longer to get on the field. McKee is so clearly more talented than West, that it is comical West is the one that gets to play because he knows the offense.

I guarantee you the offense McKee ran at Centennial would be easier to learn and more productive than whatever Stanford is doing on that side of the ball.

Agree on the complexity. 

 As for QB if Mills is out - if, as it appears, there is a major talent gap, go with McKee and shorten the playbook considerably so he gets reps running what they will do vs Colorado.