Posted by Silverfire
on 2/19/2009, 5:55 am, in reply to "Re: STUDENT FROM SJSU CALLS MALLEY BIG MISTAKE! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"
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Phalanx: Look, you are one cool dude but you guys are limiting Terry Malley. He was a VERY fine coach at Santa Clara. He is not just an 8 man coach.
He is VERY smart and he is a great hire.
--Previous Message--
: I don't agree with this post, but it is fair
: comment. The poster relies on football fact
: and stats, and it seems clear he is
: interested in the success of Spartan
: football. So I can't get too bent out of
: shape about it. He's entitled to his
: opinion, he's expressed it. Fair enough.
: There is an interesting comment to the post,
: though, which is along the lines of
: something I was thinking. Malley is used to
: running an offense in a 50-yard box. What
: would happen if he tried to run the same
: 50-yard box offense against the 100-yard box
: defense of USC? Could we catch them
: off-balance, out of position, or set our own
: tempo? Would it give us more
: yards-after-a-catch, or perhaps slow down
: their pass rush? And if, at halftime, the
: USC coaches adjusted their defense to defend
: a 50-yard box, and we were then to switch to
: running plays based on a 100-yard box, what
: would happen then? Veeerrrrry interesting.
: Veeeeeerrrry interesting indeed. What do you
: all think?
: --Previous Message--
: He is projecting that Malley will continue
: the
: pass happy arena-type football. I don't
: think so.
: I think he(Malley wants balance) and he'll
: call
: plays to get the edge on the def. whether it
: is
: a run or pass.We shall see.Remember he
: played
: at Santa Clara and later coached there
: success-
: fully.
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: http://spartandailysports.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/new-spartan-quarterback-coach-a-mistake/#comment-34
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: "New Spartan quarterback coach a
: mistake
: Last year, the Spartans’ offense struggled
: from a lack of balance. SJSU could not run
: the ball, ranking 115th in rushing offense.
: It seemed like the Spartan offense stopped
: trying to run the ball toward the end of the
: season, making offense worse.
: Since Marcus Arroyo started calling plays in
: 2007, the run game has disappeared. Now that
: Arroyo is gone, I was hoping the Spartans
: would go back to the balanced offense that
: was in place during the 2006 season that led
: us to a New Mexico Bowl victory.
:
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: In 2006, the Spartans ran the ball 490 times
: and the team averaged 356.8 yards of total
: offense per game. Last year, the Spartans
: ran the ball 386 times and averaged 282.2
: yards of total offense per game.
: I was happy when Arroyo left to coach at
: Wyoming because the offense was so bad under
: his guidance.
:
: When four-star running back Lamon Muldrow
: signed with the Spartans, it was a step in
: the right direction, because it was the
: first step in rebuilding the run game.
:
: Now, I hear that the Spartans have hired
: Terry Malley, the former offensive
: coordinator for the San Jose Sabercats, as
: Arroyo’s replacement.
:
: Malley comes from the pass-heavy Arena
: Football League, and I don’t think he will
: emphasize the running game as much as is
: needed.
:
: I see Malley as a move to keep the same
: style of offense that did not work last
: year, and it will not work this year.
: There are teams, like last year’s Texas
: Tech and the 2007 Hawaii squad, that have
: had success abandoning the run game. But in
: big games, they got killed.
:
: I think hiring Malley is a bad move. Last
: year, the Spartans were ranked 112th in the
: nation in total offense, and I don’t think
: it will be much better this year.
:
: If the Spartans’ offense is going to
: improve, they will have to run the ball.
: Until that happens, they will not make it to
: another bowl game."
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