Does HCMC need a OC to call plays?
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An. Offensive starts with a vowel sound.
I really like Ben, guy knows his FB, but the offense clicked because they put in a QB that had great arm, can run, and really made great ball fakes. Suddenly OSU had to defend against all of the things that ISU has faced the last 3 weeks. Got guys guessing, thinking, slowing down a little, added a guy to the box to stop the QB run.
We've been up and down all season. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State we're good games. Iowa and TCU we're plain bad. Bad games don't erase good games and vise versa. Can't do anything about them now but move on.
I think we'll improve as a unit but still look ugly at times with a tFr QB. Team needs to rally around Brock Purdy and elevate their own level of play
I think we'll improve as a unit but still look ugly at times with a tFr QB. Team needs to rally around Brock Purdy and elevate their own level of play
Yeah CMC had his hands in the play calling last year just like he had this year. Gasser and Manning had their hands in it last year and it's Gasser and somebody this year, I believe Gordon
OK. Thanks for the clarification. "Called the plays" earlier in the year vs. "Hands in the play calling" now.
Honestly I always thought I said Gasser helped both years too but my apologies if I didn't
I hope it was one of those two that dialed up that Montgomery pass late in the game. That was a great design and call. The problem is it needed to be used earlier and then you needed to build off that action. That happens a lot with these guys. They have this great play that's hard to defend that will make a defense do a bunch of things that they don't want to do but it's never used as leverage later.
Unless an outside guy had/has MAJOR connections with CMC and this staff there WILL NOT be an outside hire for the OC position.
There are many legitimate and real benefits of having a dedicated OC beyond simply play calling, thus why 99% of teams have one. While I love CMC and what he has/is/will do for us, we need a true OC to continue to take the next step, no question in my mind.
So which is it...Did Campbell call the plays last year or was it Manning/Gasser with input from Campbell?
Campbell, Manning, Gasser and Gordon call the plays.
My point was Campbell's hands in the play calling were the same last year with Manning as the OC as they were this year with no OC
This is spot on. OC is more than just calling plays. Formations, motions in those formations, just creativity for pre-snap. We do all of those things, but they tend to wear out in the season and that's when teams get predictable. Having someone fully dedicated to do that makes a difference, and also makes us much harder to prepare for.
