Joe n Fess Article

[Captain Kangaroo]

Interesting read

[GP1]

Very good read and instructive for some, I hope. 

 

Some want Akron to run more. The type of offense they play has a run in it every time they line up. The defense dictates run or pass, not the offense. Running for the sake of running will fail when the defense is lined up to stop it. I suffered through the last years of Jim Grobe at Wake Forest and saw first hand how this running for the sake of running fails. The rest of the world moved to RPO and Grobe was still blasting the fullback into the line for one yard gains. It was insanity. They brought in an RPO coach, which attracted better QBs/WRs and have now won the second most games in the ACC since 2018 after a choppy start for Clawson. 

 

The Zips have a great offensive scheme. The problem is execution. If Akron can get the passing game in a better place by completing passes short, medium and long, the running game will open. If not, well......

[LoyalZIP]

10 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Interesting read

 

"He’ll become a play-calling coordinator here in a very short time, and I would suspect within 10 years, he’ll be a head coach somewhere.”

 

Joe still has the keys, but looking to turn them over soon. Thank you for sharing.

[catdaddyp]

1 hour ago, GP1 said:

Very good read and instructive for some, I hope. 

 

Some want Akron to run more. The type of offense they play has a run in it every time they line up. The defense dictates run or pass, not the offense. Running for the sake of running will fail when the defense is lined up to stop it. I suffered through the last years of Jim Grobe at Wake Forest and saw first hand how this running for the sake of running fails. The rest of the world moved to RPO and Grobe was still blasting the fullback into the line for one yard gains. It was insanity. They brought in an RPO coach, which attracted better QBs/WRs and have now won the second most games in the ACC since 2018 after a choppy start for Clawson. 

 

The Zips have a great offensive scheme. The problem is execution. If Akron can get the passing game in a better place by completing passes short, medium and long, the running game will open. If not, well......

While the offense does run a number of RPOs, not every play is an RPO. If it was, you would see some type of mesh between the QB and RB every play. 
 

To say the defense dictates the calls is somewhat true. Anytime the numbers are even, 5 vs 5 (it’s usually 5 vs 6) or 6 vs 6, a run is always an option. They just haven’t been called as much as they could (and probably should) have been. Lingard even had a 5+ yard run last game when the numbers weren’t in our favor. Coach has said himself that they need to run more, get the running backs more touches, and have the OL run block more efficiently.
 

No one is saying run the ball against a stacked box. Although, RBs should be expected to make one person miss, especially when running inside/outside zone. 
 

Also keep in mind most of the sports media is filled with people that never played or coached football, so how they present the information is in a view with limited background. 
 

 

[Sergeant Zip]

Both Sean Lewis and Joe are on the PSU OC list. 

 

SB Nation list

 

and mentioned in the Athletic 

 

"Lewis could be a candidate to replace Yurcich, but it surely is a lengthy list and one that should include a phone call to former Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead, the current head coach at Akron."