meshing offensive and defensive philosophies

[coachchad]

Coaches,

I am looking to get some opinions on what you guys believe in on this topic. I know there is always some middle ground, but if you were to lean in one direction or the other, which would it be and why.

o.k. here goes

If you know that you feature a very solid defense that isn't going to give up many points at all, would you prefer to have more of a grind it out offense that limits the number of times the other off. has to score or would you like a no huddle type that takes a lot of shots and tries to get a lot of posessions for your offense?

I can see arguments for both:
If you only give the opposing team 6-8 possessions a game, their odds of scoring aren't as good, but you are also limiting the number of times your "not as stellar" offense has to score.

If you speed up the game, you will give the other team more chances on offense, but if your def. is really good, the odds might be in your favor that the extra possessions would favor your offense, because your defense isn't going to give up much regardless.

what are your thoughts?

sorry about the length and anything that is unclear

[eagled]

I would go with whatever suited my personnel. If I had the kids that could open it up and score I would do it. But if I had a group that needed field position to score I would do that and make sure we could run the ball and utilize clock.

[groundchuck]

If you know you have a great defense you could still play keep away and give the other team fewer opportunities to score as well. You can however take more shots downfield using play action and going for it on 4th down if you feel your defense will hold them. But you need to do what you know best and what your team is best suited for.

[blb]

Personnel definitiely is a consideration. So is "playing the percentages" during a game.

I think another consideration is the coach's personality. Some guys are more power, grind-it-out and conservative, don't put the defense in bad position, for example.

By nature I am an aggressive, big play kinda guy, so my offense and defense reflect that.

[saintrad]

typical though process for this would be:

If i have a dynamic high scoring offense, then i want a tough as nails defense to create more scoring opportunities

If i have a dynamic high scoring defense, I will tend to be more balanced to somewhat conservative becasue I know my defense will give me the ball

[Deleted]

We play a squad that goes 5-wide no huddle. Sometimes they have 45 second drives, sometimes they have 25 second 3-and-outs. When we played them they were coming off a 56-48 win and we were coming off a 63-7 win. Their speedy series killed them and so did our speedy team.

If you run an offense like this, you're going to give the other team a lot of turns with the ball, so you'd better be able to stop them.

[tedseay]

Chad: I have tried to design an offense that allows me to control the ball, both on the ground and with the passing game, as well as employ the vertical ball when I want and/or need to.

That way, I can be as aggressive or conservative as circumstances call for on any given game day:

savefile.com/files/7446243

...and I'm equally schizophrenic on defense.



I employ the 5-5-1 "2-Level" defense, where I can apply pressure with up to 10 defenders, yet prevent the cheap touchdown run or pass with a 28-yard-deep safety:

savefile.com/files/8350098