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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

jwinslow
OHSportsFan said:
I think this assumptiom is the potential flaw. We know this is a very sound, solid defense. No doubt. But what happens if other teams get more cracks at it? Do you throw in another busted run? An Iggy PI? Do they get worn down from their base, not many subsitute defense? Does an OC figure something out?

I have pretty good faith they’d be okay. And who knows the flip side is - what if an aggressive, tempo offense does score and we let the defense play with a lead?

At this point, all the “resting” goes out the window. It’s time to go all out now - so if the offense needs to hit the gas pedal, I think Day goes for it now.

At the very least, maybe we need more Endzone shots from the 30-40 range if short fields are an issue. Easier said than done.
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It's also more sound than it is disruptive. They don't pile up sacks and turnovers, particularly not against a top 2 QB who will be the first QB drafted next spring.

Sat in a group chat recently with much smarter football minds than myself, and while they dislike the tight end extravaganza too, they didn't think the play calling should be the target. Julian was just way off his game, and not usually because he was facing pressure.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

Jaxbuck
OregonBuckeye said:
You needlessly operate on razor thin margins with that philosophy. We have the best D in the country while our O has major redzone and kicking issues. Limiting our possessions harms us more than helps.
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The margins are not razor thin. You are confusing the, one recent, result with the process.

Day has built a machine that puts his NFL system and NFL skill players against college defenses that can't handle the scheme or talent gap. He has a huge per play margin, not a razor thin one.

When you have a skill margin, you suppress the luck piece and the opponent has the worst possible odds of success. You are advocating increasing your opponents lifeline (luck).
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

OregonBuckeye
Jaxbuck said:
The risk in football is when the other team has the ball.

The only way you suppress that risk is to have the ball yourself longer.

You cannot do that by playing up tempo. You do it by possessing the ball longer AND efficiently using that time to score.

Empty trips is the issue, not tempo.
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You needlessly operate on razor thin margins with that philosophy. We have the best D in the country while our O has major redzone and kicking issues. Limiting our possessions harms us more than helps.
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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

Jaxbuck
Ahiacitian said:
I could see them making a run at Brandon Lowe knowing he would be a one year rental at a reasonable salary. Maybe you would give up a Rhett Lowder in that situation. But Chase Burns better be off the table unless you get a certified all-star in return considering how many years Burns is still under team control. The Reds couldn’t possibly bungle that, could they???:lol:
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Krall says "hold my white claw"
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

Jaxbuck
RugbyBuck said:
You can also have more time of possession by having more possessions. That's what's a little maddening to me. If we had a slightly above average defense, ok, I can see trying to extend the time of each drive. We don't have that. We have one of the, if not the, best defenses we've had. I would crank up the offensive tempo, try to score more often, trust the defense to get us the ball back on downs, and then score some more. I don't trust our ability to be efficient with a minimal number of drives against above-average teams. We don't have the luxury of slowing things down before we're three scores up, in the playoff.
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Every play has an outcome. That outcome is skill + luck.

If you have more skill, you want to suppress opponents luck. You give them fewer plays, not more. You don't want to play Russian roulette (pure luck, no skill) with more bullets, you want fewer.

What you don't trust, especially hard to do after a loss, is our skill gap as we get deeper into the playoffs.

The correct strategy is to do better, not do more. We just saw a failure of execution, not of design.
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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

brodybuck21
Ahiacitian said:
I could see them making a run at Brandon Lowe knowing he would be a one year rental at a reasonable salary. Maybe you would give up a Rhett Lowder in that situation. But Chase Burns better be off the table unless you get a certified all-star in return considering how many years Burns is still under team control. The Reds couldn’t possibly bungle that, could they???:lol:
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challenge accepted!
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