Chargers will fire Norv Turner and A.J. Smith at the end of the season.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Wow, 4 WCO guys. That's kinda rare to see so many all applying for a former non WCO place. Pretty cool IMO

I don't think gruden will be wco when he comes back to coaching.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't think gruden will be wco when he comes back to coaching.

You really think he's going to change his philosophies, change terminology, and possibly switch blocking schemes?

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

You really think he's going to change his philosophies, change terminology, and possibly switch blocking schemes?

He has been studying chip Kelly's offense like crazy. It either means he's intent on going NCAA or he's going to nfl with a more spread oriented offense.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

He has been studying chip Kelly's offense like crazy. It either means he's intent on going NCAA or he's going to nfl with a more spread oriented offense.

You do realize that means he's going to incorporate aspects of it into his offense?

All the terminology is going to be West Coast. Thus, he'll be running a WCO with possibly zone-read and 1-word hurry up calls, with possibly more zone blocking plays.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

You do realize that means he's going to incorporate aspects of it into his offense?

All the terminology is going to be West Coast. Thus, he'll be running a WCO with possibly zone-read and 1-word hurry up calls, with possibly more zone blocking plays.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindduc...the_almos.html

When I got fired from football, I wanted to learn about football, and it started with Oregon,'' Gruden said. "I wanted to learn the spread option, and Chip Kelly was nice enough to come down (to Florida) and spend a week with me.''

This is an article about a man who clearly knows offenses are gravitating to the spread and really studied up on it. Again, I think people are wrong if people think he will traditional west coast or that he will run a hurry up wco. He sounds like he is very intrigued by the spread and I'm really intrigued by what kind of offense that will lead to.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindduc...the_almos.html


This is an article about a man who clearly knows offenses are gravitating to the spread and really studied up on it. Again, I think people are wrong if people think he will traditional west coast or that he will run a hurry up wco. He sounds like he is very intrigued by the spread and I'm really intrigued by what kind of offense that will lead to.

GB runs a WCO SPREAD!!!! You can run a spread, WCO. While the WCO has some staples typically in a power run game and a short, horizontal passing philosophy, a WCO is called differentiated primarily now due to the terminology.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Sorter

GB runs a WCO SPREAD!!!! You can run a spread, WCO. While the WCO has some staples typically in a power run game and a short, horizontal passing philosophy, a WCO is called differentiated primarily now due to the terminology.

Did you read the article? Gruden has been studying high school and college offenses, primarily the Oregon offense which is a spread option. He spent a week with Kelly doing a deep dive on the scheme and almost agreed to even coordinate the Oregon offense, an offense that I can guarantee you would not use Gruden's WCO terminology. He spoke about how the game is changing and seems to understand that this is becoming an increasingly QB driven league.

Unlike a lot of NFL coaches, Gruden had time to study up on a different offensive approach and many speculate that he was really trying to learn a more college-oriented offense in an effort to coach at the NCAA level. Maybe he still plans to.

Again, I don't think anybody can guarantee what offense he's going to run. He sounds very intrigued by a more college style spread option offense and wouldn't be surprised if he borrowed not just lightly but heavily from a college-oriented scheme.