Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
coach campbell,just got back from Demeo's clinic.excellent.learned a ton.got converted to Gun triple.was always an UC triple guy but he and his QB's convinced me.you are another guru who has i think done both over the years. am i crazy to switch it up? i want to run zone read triple and gun veer triple to mess with the DE.he won't know whether we are coming at him or going away from him.i'll call it from the line based on D line alignment.what do you think?thanks
Post by Coach J Campbell on Apr 29, 2008 20:31:54 GMT
Coach the gun option game is exciting and you can hide weaknesses. I run several different types of run schemes from the gun with both one and two back formations. I also like to cowboy the slots which means arcing them into pitch relation from a one back scheme. Coach great to hear from you, you're on the right track. Coach Campbell
i find good old american football coaches very helpful and sharing with info compared to what our canadian hockey coaches would be. they would be hiding all their pearls.you guys are great and i've learned a ton from sites like yours and hueys.i'll have my american friends to thank when i get arrested for scoring too much this year. congrads on a great site.
DOC
Welcome aboard coach Campbell's football forum. Always glad to have our northern neighbor's input and perspective. We have a long time poster who's "handle" here on the forum is BLACK FLY. His name is Scott and he is a head coach there in Canada. Are you a head coach? What offense do you run and what is your base defense? How long have you been coaching? Where in Canada do you coach? Tell us about yourself and feel free to jump right into the many discussions we have here on the forum. Again, welcome aboard. We will do all we can to help you with any facet of the game, just ask away.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
thanks tiger. really kind of you.i'm an orthopedic surgeon doubling as a hs fball head coach cause we don't have enough teachers at our school interested in coaching and they didn't have a program for many years.nice success story with back to back championships but now we move into A division next year with the BIG schools.i've always been an under center option QB and coach but got convinced at DEmeo's great clinic to go GUN.have learned a tremendous amount from my new American friends and can't wait to try this shit out at our upcoming spring camp. then i'll have some questions for the gurus like tiger and coach campbell.thanks again for all the hospitality.kind of like your second ammendment i have the right to run my option from the GUN!best wishes.
DOC
Canada has socialized medicine don't they, or something similar? A "bone guy" like yourself would be rich here in no time flat!!! My Orthopaedic surgeon for my pro minor league team is now the head of the medical staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. His name is Carlos Tanderon and he is a good doctor!
The option is great football, no doubt about it. But, fell in love with my 3 x 2 spread 20 years ago, long before most coaches of today ever heard of it, and have never looked back. I always did keep an option package in though, and we used it often.
Thanks for your informative reply.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
have tried to come south sev times. despite "free trade", green cards are almost impossible to come by.besides ortho is really a sideline to my coaching career.LOL.
Being rich is relative anyway isn't it?just give me some wins baby. sorry, just let me graduate a high percentage of my kids and have fun.
Tiger we have an extra guy,unlimited motion and a 65 yd wide field so i can run option out of 3 X 2 spread.what a great country eh?
DOC
HELP please.heading to spring camp this week all excited to look at marrying zone read option and veer out of two back gun set.intend to mess with the DE (coming at you or going away from you) and run option at two different gaps ie playside A with veer or backside B with zone read triple.BRILLIANT right?
GUESS NOT.senior mentor balking at zone read option saying that at the HS level( he's a retired university coach) he thinks we'll not get a lot of DE chasing and it will just be a give most of the time hence a zone type play away with no real numbers advantage. is he right and how do i solve this?using GT trey blocking to zone would be one way but he's not keen on pulling at HS level either.HELP PLEASE.I've been deflated like an old balloon.
DOC
What do you mean run the veer at the A gap? You run the veer at the B gap (ISV) with the brown spot of the guard as your aiming point on the strong side. Could you explain what you mean? Thanks for your time in advance.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
ALSO DOC, trey block is a block with the TE and the tackle. A deuce block is with the guard and tackle.
I also agree with your mentor because what he says is exactly what will happen, in my opinion. But, don't give up on your plans, work through them and get the kinks out. Just a suggestion as always.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
right tiger, we run veer at guard outside butt.Aplus gap.Demeo runs it a little tighter when its out of Gun.when i was talking counter GT trey blocking i was talking about pulling G and T to lead the zone.the duece and the trey double teams are on the side opposite where the pulls are coming from in my understanding. you think this GT counter option scheme would alleviate the concern with the "no numbers advantage" over there on the give read and work?i'm a little worried about run throughs.
DOC
FB crosses in front going left
HB gets into pitch relationship going right
G2 T2 pull to left (G2 kicks out and T2 turns corner and up) to lead
G1 T1 block down or some kind of combo double team with E on left
thanks tiger.that's really all i want to do is give it a go. how am i going to learn and evolve as a coach if i don't try shit. as long as i'm prepared and have sounded it off on other coaches like my new American friends on these websites.
TC
tried it today vs no D and scored a bunch.LOL. looked good. put in D tomorrow and we'll see.i like the numbers it gives us if we pull both and high school Oline love pulling.
DOC
The numbers is what it is all about Doc, let me know what it looks like against the D. Try to run it when they don't know it is coming to get a realistic point of view.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
had problems with kids not showing up today.piss me off.the JV kids are super keen but the veteran kids have jobs,girlfriends etc and think they can show up when they want.Canada isn't like the US that way. If this was triple A hockey they'd be all over it.
DOC
DOC remember you are the man, if you believe in the gun and what you can do out of it then go for it. It takes more than one day to convince others that something is worthwhile. Have good one.
i'm a lot more excited than they are about this new offence.need to move to the states where there are motivated kids.i'm trying though.the jet looks great. we don't even have to block the DE on jet sweep option. we run right by him.then threw jet sweep pass today to back doing a "slam slide" route on OLB and he was wide open.combing jet motion with zone or triple is a bit tricky with the steps.might stick with jet fake/ speed op away but still early and having fun tinkering if i can my boys to show up.
thanks for the encouragement men,
doc
much better today.even my senior mentor raised his eyebrows a few times and he's a conservative UC guy.my QB and sweeper are great.we even ran veer with a jet fake to that side. we did a slight jab step by the dive back so he isn't left holding his dickybird while we do a flash jet fake and it timed up pretty good.lots of stuff going on in the backfield and my blood pressure goes up but very cool stuff. thanks for all your help guys.they're going to arrest me next year for scoring too much.wait till i play action out of this tomorrow and throw the bubble to the jet with a slant over the top by #1.
TC