Does Zach Line Actually Hurt Us? (June)

[shadowman]

First of all, I am a huge Zach fan, he is a beast and has a heart the size of Texas and the talent just as close.

However, we totally misuse him, all he does is run draws from the pistol or the shot gun, he catches a few screens. Zach belongs in a pro style offense with a full back with some element of surpise, maybe something like UCF runs.

If you are going to be a run and shoot team, dammit...be a run and shoot team....your runningback should either be on the sideline because we have five wideouts, or he should be blocking...we should be passing every down, if we are going to commit to this disaster of an offense...5 wideouts, making reads.....controlled short passes that then open up the deep plays.

Zach, however, is such a good back, and our offense is so out of sync, that we have to rely on him. Yet, June won't adjust to the talent, we have cruddy receivers. DJ could get open in a prostyle offense, put Garrett under center, give him a full back, and let's pound the line and make the defense guess that we may back drop back for a pass. Hell, maybe we could even read a defense and do a kill play, instead of just June whispering something to Gilbert without even seeing the defense.

Bottom line, the run and shoot does not work when you run that much, you spread the field and fling it down the field. June is trying to half [deleted] his half assed offense, and it don't work against a mediocre to decent defense.

We all know June won't adapt, so I would just assume us try his scheme and pass it every down and try and hit some plays.

[mustang1108]

Would we have gotten where we did the last 2 years without Zach? Not a chance. If anything I thought the opposite. Look at Gilbert's individual game passing stats. In games against UTEP, A&M, Tulane, and Baylor he had 44, 49, 51, and 59 passing attempts, in which he completed less than 50% of his passes in all but one of those games. Not to mentioned he also threw 5 INT's in these 4 games. How many more times would you actually want to throw the ball with a qb that is putting up these terrible stats?

[shadowman]

Would we have gotten where we did the last 2 years without Zach? Not a chance. If anything I thought the opposite. Look at Gilbert's individual game passing stats. In games against UTEP, A&M, Tulane, and Baylor he had 44, 49, 51, and 59 passing attempts, in which he completed less than 50% of his passes in all but one of those games. Not to mentioned he also threw 5 INT's in these 4 games. How many more times would you actually want to throw the ball with a qb that is putting up these terrible stats?

A very valid point...however, I still have to stand by my original analysis, the run and shoot will never work with that many runs. June went his whole career without a 1000 yard rusher till he got to SMU.

If June is not willing to adapt to our talent, he needs to be true to his offense, the running back should be on the sideline half the time, and when he is in there, he should be blocking blitzers and maybe, AT THE MOST, run 10 surprise draws. June is bastardizing his offense with those many runs. The run and shoot is built upon throwing it every down, spreading the field. Believe me, I have doubts it will work, but maybe we should try it.

If you want to run the ball that much, then adapt the offense. That would be the best thing for SMU and give us the biggest chance for success...But June would never do that...so let's try the pure form of the run and shoot.

[soccermom]

Of course ZL doesn't hurt us!!!!!!!! It's June Jones, and his ridiculous play calling, that hurts us......along w/his I don't give a crap attitude. Thank goodness for Zach Line!!