Posted by bk41129 on 12/8/2016 8:26:00 PM (view original):
I just took over a bad San Diego State team and was wondering whether or not I should switch up the Off and Def. I took a look at the most common offenses and defenses at the D1 level across several worlds and Man/motion was the clear favorite. Flex/man and triangle/man were in second but it was very close. The other combinations were pretty low in numbers. I was thinking about man/motion. I also read something about running press to try and make big time programs go into their bench when they can really only go 8 or 9 deep. Any thoughts?
What offenses and defenses are your favorites at each or any level?
As a mid-major DI school, what do you guys think I should do?
hmm, my old answer would be, anything but man (offense barely matters - except fb). can't beat the big boys at their own game, not with all their built in advantages. but i have no idea in new HD if the big boys have built in advantages anymore? hell maybe the sd st team you took is an a+ elite in their own right. well, you did say mid major... my guess is still, you are better off going press or zone, press and focusing on depth, which would let you make more of the players you can get, or zone, where you can go for those studs who like zone against higher prestige teams, focus your money (or whatever its called now) on fewer players AND be able to better tolerate it when the RNG goes against you on winning a player - because you can run 8 men and still field a full team, if its the right 8.
in short, i'm sure the rationale behind playing press/zone and how you play them has changed at least slightly - but probably not enough to change the overall answer.