More “Pie In the Sky”….. However, this may be easy.
It would be helpful to have a way of quickly determining how well or how poorly our teams should perform in common, key areas of the game. There could be another page created under the “Office” or “Rankings” menu which could be dedicated to this concept.
One way to accomplish this would be to give a letter grade in those areas of the game.
These grades should be comparable across all teams, in all divisions. For example, a very good tackling LB for D-IA Ohio State might have a tackling grade of A. While a very good tackling LB for DIII Mount Union College night have a tackling grade of C+. This shows the difference in ability between D-IA and DIII. There could also be a category which takes into account the team’s offensive line and running backs and produces a grade for the team’s ability to run the ball “inside” and a grade for the team’s ability to run the ball “outside”. There could many categories to assign grades to for a given school (see below).
I’m sure various attributes are used along with perhaps some sort of multiplier (i.e. ATH) to arrive at some sort of value used in the game for each one of the common, key areas. By using these grades, you’re not giving too much away. We don’t know what the formula is which uses the player’s attributes to ultimately generate a grade.
This will give new and veteran coaches a real indication of their team’s strength and weakness versus other schools. This will allow them to make coaching decisions (i.e. PLAYERS ROLE in my previous post) to either exploit their opponents weakness or help mitigate their own weaknesses.
I would like to see the analysis shown for my team and also have a second table showing the results from a drop down box which would include all schools (DIII through D-IA).
Below is a list of several of the categories and common, key areas of the game. These should be split by position to the extent possible.
Defensive Categories might include;
1. Tackling
2. Zone Coverage
3. Man-to-Man Coverage
4. Blitz
5. Pass Rush
6. Team Inside Rush Defense
7. Team Outside Rush Defense
Offensive Categories might include;
1. QB Deep pass ability
2. QB Short pass ability
2. HB Inside Rushing
3. HB Outside Rushing
4. RB Pass Block
5. FB Run Blocking
6. TE Run Blocking
7. WR Pass Catch
8. TE Pass Catch
9. RB Pass Catch
10. OL Run Blocking
11. OL Pass Blocking