This will be music to everyone's ears

[MontanaHawk05]

 

[strohmin]

Now this is what I was hoping to hear. Even if it is just training camp, it feels like actual game planning is going on.

 

[IndyHawk]

Don't anyone try to feed me any bullshit that the Grubb UW offense cannot
work in the NFL,it can be tweaked in so many ways to fit.
The nightmare with Waldron is over!

 

[Jerhawk]

I'm all for an innovative, creative, fun offense to get our players in the best position to succeed. Looking forward to seeing it.

This may take a bit for the players to all get on the same page, but once the players have adapted, we should see some good football.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

What I appreciated was that things served a schematic purpose. There are teams that just throw in wrinkles to "throw the other side off" or use motion just to use it, etc, and they eventually get figured out.

 

[LeveeBreak]

It's all preaseason hype. </sarcasm>

 

[JayhawkMike]

**** waits quietly for PC to swoop in as a consultant and screw things up ****

 

[onanygivensunday]

It's all preaseason hype. </sarcasm>

I feast on preseason hype.

 

[Torc]

Geno has been saying good things too.

""In the past two weeks, I've seen plays that I have never seen before, and that's something to say for a 12-year veteran," Smith told Rome. "Coach Grubb, he's come right in, and like coach (Mike) Macdonald, he's laid it out for us. He's set the tone. He's got high expectations. We got high standards. The guy, he's got some plays. I can't wait to get out there and show the world, but not too soon. Not too soon, but when the time is right, we'll be able to unleash this offense."

And:

Seahawks tight end Pharaoh Brown, who played for four different teams over six seasons before signing with Seattle this spring, echoed a similar sentiment.

“It’s completely different,” Brown said of Grubb’s scheme after one of Seattle’s OTA practices last week. “Mostly in the NFL, people come off the Bill Parcells tree and all these different (coaching) trees, so the foundation of the offenses in the NFL across the league is fairly similar and it’s just different verbiage. This is like a whole new animal.”

Clearly the proof is in the pudding, and there is likely to be some growing pains. But over and over I'm hearing Grubb talk about tailoring the offense to the talent you have, and that he's looked at Geno's tape all the way back to his college days. I really think this offense is going to very intentionally take advantage of each player's skillset, rather than expecting them to adapt to it. The cool thing about that is that as players come and go, Grubb will adapt to new players better than we have in the past. I hope.

 

[WmHBonney]

Finally, a coach that seems like he will quit trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

 

[JayhawkMike]

I just want to win a playoff game or two and be a legit threat to make the Super Bowl. Whatever gets us there even if I think a different path is better.

 

[flv2]

I'm sure they didn't hire new people just to do the same old things. Being more explosive and unpredictable will help but they need to focus on 3rd down conversions. 10 of the top 12 in this category made the playoffs.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I'm sure they didn't hire new people just to do the same old things. Being more explosive and unpredictable will help but they need to focus on 3rd down conversions. 10 of the top 12 in this category made the playoffs.

But a lot of 3rd down conversions are done off-script. So it's still going to come down to improvisation to some extent.

I've heard of teams that try all-new offenses and it turns out to be nothing, easily outschemed or tough to execute or whatever. So this could go either way for me. In the end, it's all down to execution.

 

[flv2]

But a lot of 3rd down conversions are done off-script. So it's still going to come down to improvisation to some extent.

I've heard of teams that try all-new offenses and it turns out to be nothing, easily outschemed or tough to execute or whatever. So this could go either way for me. In the end, it's all down to execution.

I hope the new coaches can improve the situation. I thought Waldron did ok with the running game given the personnel available. The passing game looked a bit stale on 1st & 2nd down. There were too many long incomplete passes on 3rd & short(ish) and too many short passes on 3rd and medium. Scheme, QB decision-making, execution, and blocking all contributed to conversion issues. There wasn't a huge difference between the Seahawks conversion rate and the teams in the top 10. However, with fewer plays and drives per game than 15 years ago the misses become more critical. More player talent and cap cash has been assigned to the defense this year so depth will be an issue. If the new staff can force opponents into errors then so much the better.

 

[Ozzy]

I’m pumped for Grubb. Hopefully he has the right guys for his offense and they take off out of the gate.

 

[JayhawkMike]

I'm sure they didn't hire new people just to do the same old things. Being more explosive and unpredictable will help but they need to focus on 3rd down conversions. 10 of the top 12 in this category made the playoffs.

I am thinking that being dead last in time of possession last year and 2nd to last the year before should be the highest priority though that encompasses everything else.

 

[Mistashoesta]

The nightmare with Waldron is over!

Until he's poached by another team next year to be their HC.

 

[flv2]

I am thinking that being dead last in time of possession last year and 2nd to last the year before should be the highest priority though that encompasses everything else.

2023 Offense:
3rd down conversion %: #23
3rd down total conversions: #28
2023 Defense:
3rd down conversion %: #31
3rd down total conversions: #31

2022 Offense:
3rd down conversion %: #20
3rd down total conversions: #26
2022 Defense:
3rd down conversion %: #27-T
3rd down total conversions: #26

Cause and effect.

 

[MyrtleHawk]

Until he's poached by another team next year to be their HC.

This is exactly what I'm afraid of; and if the offense is as potent as I think it will be (as long as the team is disciplined and picks it up well), we might end up seeing a new OC this time next year. I hope Grubb stays loyal to the team for at least a few years before moving up, but that just sounds so selfish and I wouldn't blame him at all if he did accept a HC job after this year.

 

[chris98251]

Well I hope we make a impact much like the Bills did with the K Gun and Houston was able to with the Run and Shoot with Moon. It took years for the rest of the league to figure out a way to defend them, they were hard to copy as well due to their inventors knowing how to call a game using them and what players could make them work.