Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:
Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Originally posted by Bay2Bay9erAllday:
Originally posted by NCommand:
I disagree to a point. Nothing about Kyle's player acquisition (until Trey) has demonstrated anything but the opposite. All 3 cone, short area quick and RAC receivers, receiving backs, run blockers, etc.
That doesn't mean he doesn't want to set up shot plays esp. if he happens to have a deep shot talent but he's much more conservative and controlled with them.
In addition, IIRC, it was Maiocco who asked him about that and he was pretty annoyed and went into what I noted above.
I'm sure if he had Tyreek Hill, Julio Jones or Jerry Rice, he'd use that skill set more. His predecessor did want that. Here? I'm not seeing it in actions in the personnel he's brought in after 7 years. Do you?
I get what your point. It does appear like Kyle acquire WR to get QB quick options. Which also helps out OL PP. especially now a days when pass rushing is relentless.
Also, reminds me of a conversation I seen on Twitter recently regarding WCO. I know Kyle has evolved from the bill Walsh early days, but I still believe he holds some of the same principles.
I thought I'd just throw in this funny video from Simms regarding his power throws lol
"It's not the f**king West Coast Offense." - Kyle Shanahan.
LMAO. Except all the terminology, plays and philosophy, it sure isn't. It is inverse though in that it's still more run to set up the pass vs. Walsh who was more pass to set up the run.
I mean how often do we see posters bring up plays from Walsh years to show parallels to the plays being ran now.
Of course, no one truly runs a west coast offense like Bill did. By now, It's all just variations of it. But they do keep some of the principles.
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Niners816 has his entire playbook. It's WCO. Sure he'll modify things and add things. But even the terminology is still WCO. But it's Kyle...so he probably wants it named after him because it's unique to him. Let's call it the West Cancun Offense and everyone is happy.
There are more or less only three terminology systems used widespread in the NFL: digit, Walsh, and Erhardt-Perkins. A terminology system is not an offensive scheme. When Mike Shanahan came to the 49ers, he changed his terminology to the WCO terminology, but kept most of the Bronco's/Raider's passing concepts (the only obvious change is a removal of shotgun because of Steve Young's preference), and kept the 49ers run offenes. Kyle cut his teeth on Jon Gruden's and Mike Shanahan's scheme. That is why Kyle's actual offense is really an amalgam of all the successful offensive concepts in NFL history. That's actually probably the real reason he said he doesn't run the West Coast Offense. Because he doesn't. He's taken elements from everything that works, and if there's anything that obviously lingers form previous offenses, it's Mike Shanahan's zone-run scheme.
Regardless, terminology does not determine what a scheme is. The West Coast Offense, the REAL West Coast Offense, utilizes balanced formations and short passes in place of the run to control the ball. Kyle's offense using unbalanced formations and the run and short passes to set up the DEEP pass. But every now and then you'll see an old Bill Walsh play ripped right from the 80s. Because Kyle doesn't run one offense. He runs them all, with, again, the only real exception is the zone-run scheme. But even that isn't gospel with him, as he'll throw in man-blocking and other key changes from time to time.
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Regarding those playbooks, some of those playbooks are available on the internet, or at least they used to be. Mike Holmgren's playbook (the ACTUAL WCO) is different from Kyle's. It's even different from Mike Shanahan's including terminology (for example, Mike Holmgren called a split back formation "Red" and Mike Shanahan called it "Split"; some where the same, such as "double wing")
That's perfectly fair. The dude is always evolving and has been an OC for 40 years. He doesn't have a Greg Roman hodge podge playbook. I just think the plays and terminology are grounded mostly in WCO foundation/principles.
But he can call it whatever he wants...or doesn't want.
Appreciate the discussion.
It's always a fun conversation. Here is some fun stuff:
1985 49ers:
https://www.footballxos.com/download/1985-san-francisco-49ers-west-coast-offense-bill-walsh-pdf/
2000 Seahawks:
https://www.footballxos.com/download/2000-seattle-seahawks-offense-pdf/
Notice that even 15 years later, for example, "Red" means split formation. In a Kyle's Falcon playbook I've had, "Red" was used for split, but for some other 2 back formations, instead of colors like Walsh and Holmgren, he just used the description of the formation. For example, instead of "Green" for I, Shanahan just used I-Right, Strong, Weak, etc.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1dQN43WO-xoyE0kWFE9ZwPZP4MrTDFUdQ
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But what I think is important here is that neither terminology nor playbooks define an offensive system. Mike Martz had the same terminology as the 1990s Cowboys, but the Rams were definitely running a different offense. Rather than I-form run to set up the deep pass that Norv Turner favored, this was a pass to set up the pass offense, with zone runs often from a single back set sprinkled in to finish games. You didn't see the same spread formations, motions, empty sets and third and long offense on first down with the Cowboys that you saw with the Rams.
Conversely, the 1990s Packers were definitely running the West Coast Offense. The major change they had was moving from a split back run game to an I-formation run game. But the 49ers also went to that with Steve Mariucci, so by the late 90s at least two teams were running the closest thing to a true WCO there had been since Bill Walsh.
But if you ask Steve Young, terminology, plays, even play-calling style wasn't what made the West Coast Offense. It was marrying the QB's footwork to the routes that really defined it. And I hate to say it, but that isn't really something you see today with so much of the passing game based on the shotgun.
https://a.espncdn.com/nfl/s/westcoast/defining.html
Originally posted by Steve Young:
The offense cannot be taught or run based solely on a playbook. If a coach has no history in the West Coast and wants to teach it based on a playbook, he wouldn't get it. Timing and choreography, not plays, are what make the West Coast offense.
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Two weeks ago I visited the Patriots and met with quarterback Tom Brady. When I asked him about his drops and his reads, he said everything is about finding space, zone routes, man-zone reads, short drops and timing. Brady's footwork tells him when to throw the ball. So, while offensive coordinator Charlie Weis has no West Coast history or ties to Walsh and the 49ers system in his coaching background, the Patriots essentially are running the West Coast offense.