QB Breakdown

Thank you very good response with great points!!!

IndiCoug wrote:
If you're looking for a stat here's one;

First half BYU Played two QB's and scored 14 points. Second half BYU played one QB and scored ZERO!!!!!

Put 8 men in the box and make Riley throw and what happens? Riley can't spread the defense and AF used it all second half.

Mark my words, if BYU plays Riley as the only QB for FSU or any game for that matter the same thing is going to happen.

So now even Riley's touchdowns are because of Heaps? Did the defense really not know which QB was in each drive?

If all it took was to put 8 in the box and dare Riley to throw it, why didn't the Huskies do that? I think Airforce was able to stop Riley because they had a better defense then the Huskies did. Air force had our recievers blanketed all game even putting 8 in the box which caused Riley to tuck and run quicker. I don't anticipate that being the case for most of the other defenses that we will face. I also think that was why they benched Jake to "protect" him, like Bronco said. The writing was on the wall that the passing game was going to be above the experience of our inexperienced QB's so they let the guy who had the ability to make something out of nothing take over the game, it didn't work. I don't think that putting Jake in and letting him wing it would have worked either. IN fact it may have harmed his progress if he had gone out and thrown a pick 6 or a couple more interceptions and we lost by a larger margin then we did.



Guys, Bronco has forgotten more about football then most of us on this board will ever know and he can see the strengths and weaknesses of our team and the QB's alot better then we can watching them on TV. I have seen enough of him to know that when the younger guy is more trustworthy with the ball then the older guy, the younger guy gets the ball. It will be that way with the QB's too. What Kitic has pointed out with the stats is why Riley is still playing and why he had the ball in the second half of the AF game.

Schmoe wrote:

If you're looking for a stat here's one;

First half BYU Played two QB's and scored 14 points. Second half BYU played one QB and scored ZERO!!!!!

This is clearly a huge oversimplification.

How is this a "huge oversimplification"? What changed from the first half to the second? Did anyone get hurt? Did it start to rain? Did it get windier? Maybe the sun was stronger in the afternoon? What changed????

Jake was the only change on offense, we damned the 2 QB system for some magical reason. The defense played the same from start to finish. Riley's fumble lead to a +7 by AF. Heaps interception lead to +0 for AF. It took 3 Riley possessions for AF to figure out what he was doing and what 6 plays Anea was running and adjust by daring Riley to throw by loading the box.

Riley first possession with a full field went for a TD

Riley’s second possession with half a field also went for a TD.

Riley’s Third possession had 4 downs and Riley fumbling.

Riley’s forth possession was a 3 and out.

Halftime!!! –

I could go all the way through the game but I’m focusing on what changed from 1st to 2nd half (besides nothing happened in the 2nd half ). Anyone got anything else for my “oversimplification”?

AF 21 points in the 1st half –7 extra points are from Riley’s fumble

AF 14 points in the 2nd half

Did the defense really play that much worse in the 2nd half of the game as the score doesn’t seem to indicate it and either do the stats.

What happened rests solely on our offense (if you want to call it that). It stagnated under Riley because he was unable to stretch the field and throw the ball. By tucking the ball after looking off the primary and hot receivers it affected not only the line but also the receivers (see thread on Chambers outburst).

By not bring in Heaps to change it up and stretch the field (major coaching error) we became an oversimplified ONE dimensional offense.

Here’s that STATS.

PASSING

CP/AT YDS TD INT

Nelson

8/19 73 0 0





RUSHING

ATT YDS TD LG

Di Luigi

7 103 1 43

Nelson

20 95 1 24



In closing at least Bronco is righting the ship and the QB system will be situational. That means Heaps will more than likely play the majority of the snaps. We may still lose but that's ok because at least Heaps is the future and the offense will be allowed to gel around one QB.

.........Moving forward, Mendenhall said his two-quarterback system will "probably move away from 'every other series mode' and reps might become more situational."



"We need to throw the ball more effectively than we currently are. If you look at the Air Force game, we ran the ball effectively but had very little success throwing the football. The Washington game was more representative of the balance I think we're hoping to get. In order to beat Florida State,.........

I agree 100%. Coaches will have their hands full deciding what to do in Talahassee. Perhaps we should support them 100%.



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hawkwing wrote:

If you're looking for a stat here's one;

First half BYU Played two QB's and scored 14 points. Second half BYU played one QB and scored ZERO!!!!!

Put 8 men in the box and make Riley throw and what happens? Riley can't spread the defense and AF used it all second half.

Mark my words, if BYU plays Riley as the only QB for FSU or any game for that matter the same thing is going to happen.

So now even Riley's touchdowns are because of Heaps? Did the defense really not know which QB was in each drive?

Nope, Never said that but it was the first of the game when we scored all our points and BYU going back and forth QB's does keep defenses off balance. In the second half we made it easy on them because they didn't need to adjust to it anymore and they keyed into Riley by loading the box.

Hawkwing don't take my word for it just go watch the game again and see what AF did and when they started doing it.

kitic77 wrote:

I've been pretty consistent about my position on the QBs. Heaps is the most polished QB recruit we've ever had who is going to be an all-time great before he's done. I don't think that's going to be this year. I really wanted him to RS as I thought the Heaps of 2011-2014 would be better than the Heaps of 2010-2013. I've never thought that Riley couldn't get it done and never thought that he was as poor a thrower as he's been portrayed. Heaps is all fundamentals and mechanics. And until he gets up to speed of the D1 level, it's not going to be better than a playmaker like Nelson. I don't think Heaps would have mattered. He's yet to show any more accuracy with the downfield ball than Nelson. Sure he can get it down there, but an incompletion is still an incompletion. Eventually you have to start hitting them or the defense won't respect the long ball any more than they would with Riley who "can't throw it." I've never thought either QB was the difference between an 11-win season and 7-win one.

It's hard to say but I think you're probably correct. What would have changed is the experience factor for Heaps. He needs reps and if you have already thrown in the towel why not let Heaps in? Who knows? I don't but I expect coach to have some answers.

Go Cougars

I hate to say this but i think our coaches should learn from "the team up north" and how last year they handled the exact same situation we are facing. If our coaches are not ready to go with the guy of the future and want him to hold the clip board and pay his dues, then so be it. Wait halfway through the season until you are positive the more seasoned mobile guy with the weaker arm isn't getting it done. Then give your younger QB with the hand cannon his shot and let him learn.



The only problem is that it worked better for them because their offense was already built for a mobile QB, and ours never has been under this coaching staff.



Everyone knows the 2 QB system doesn't work, because it has never worked for anyone in the past. Its like the coaches were thinking the following, "this never works for anyone else, but maybe....., for us....., it just might?"

Greetings fellow Cougar fans. This is my first post on Cougar Corner but some of you may remember me from the old hang out.



After reading most all of the posts regarding the current unhappy situation that we find ourselves in, which thankfully we have not had to deal with for a good number of years, I began to notice some commonalities with the current football team and the movie "Hoosiers." When Gene Hackman becomes the new coach of the local basketball team one of the first things he does is lay down some rules of play, the big rule that miffs everyone is the requirement to pass the ball IIRC three times before shooting. To the fans it appears ineffective and slow paced. They become impatient and demand quick scoring. The prevailing argument is that you cannot score if you don't shoot the ball. When the frustrated players give in to the temptation to shoot, the fans are delighted but Gene Hackman is not pleased and draws boos from the crowed when he benches one of his best players for scoring without passing the ball first. He explains to his players that tho they may when a few games with that kind of play and that it may please the crowd, it won't when championships when they are up against better teams.



Okay, to get to my point. I believe that at this point in the season it is better for the team to come up short while refining their game than it is to repeatedly abandon their game for short term satisfaction (i.e., a couple of touchdowns). This post is not to fault Nelson, he is doing what he is sent in their to do, or so it seems from this limited vantage point. But what he is doing may account for some of the other lapses by players and coaches because Nelson, by necessity, is on his own page by himself. This results in a sort of Nelson show with everyone else, coaches included, playing guessing games and unable to figure out what will actually work and how to best do it.



If Bronco follows a "Hoosier" type of thinking, (it seems to me) that he will inevitably have to bench Nelson and let Heaps, the rest of the team and coaches work not only a game plan but a program plan. Until then the team is, as it were, retarded in its growth and cannot get better but only worse. Nelson might be a star player and might have great stats but it will take all eleven players to get the all important wins. Nelson is not leading the team, he is simply scoring. There is a difference. Heaps stats might be unimpressive for a while but the team will get better.



As I see it, it is the only way. Sorry for the long post.

IndiCoug wrote:

I've been pretty consistent about my position on the QBs. Heaps is the most polished QB recruit we've ever had who is going to be an all-time great before he's done. I don't think that's going to be this year. I really wanted him to RS as I thought the Heaps of 2011-2014 would be better than the Heaps of 2010-2013. I've never thought that Riley couldn't get it done and never thought that he was as poor a thrower as he's been portrayed. Heaps is all fundamentals and mechanics. And until he gets up to speed of the D1 level, it's not going to be better than a playmaker like Nelson. I don't think Heaps would have mattered. He's yet to show any more accuracy with the downfield ball than Nelson. Sure he can get it down there, but an incompletion is still an incompletion. Eventually you have to start hitting them or the defense won't respect the long ball any more than they would with Riley who "can't throw it." I've never thought either QB was the difference between an 11-win season and 7-win one.

It's hard to say but I think you're probably correct. What would have changed is the experience factor for Heaps. He needs reps and if you have already thrown in the towel why not let Heaps in? Who knows? I don't but I expect coach to have some answers.

Go Cougars

Wait, so you are harping on other posters who say "It wasn't Riley's fault that we didn't score in the second half, and it wouldn't have really made a difference had Heaps been in" but then you say that another poster is "probably correct" about the same assertion. Are you three sheets to the wind tonight or what?

frdbtr wrote:

I went back through the PBP and came up with these "facts."

Season stats:

Heaps: 15-29-1-146, 0 TDs 87.12 rating. 51.7% complete, 0 TD drives, 2 FG drives.

Nelson: 19-36-0-204, 2 TDs, 118.71 rating, 52.8% complete, 4 TD drives, 0 FG drives.



I also broke it down by drive. Through halftime of the AF game,

Heaps: 9 drives, 17 first downs, 3 three-and-outs, 4 punts, 2 Turnovers.



Through the AF game:

Nelson: 16 drives, 24 first downs, 4 three-and-outs, 8 punts, 1 Turnover. (of note, in the 2nd half of the AF game, Riley had 5 drives, got all of 5 first downs, had 2 three-and-outs and 5 punts).



Make of it what you will. It does seem Riley was more effective before being the only QB to play, but Jake has yet to really be truly effective.

k, you just put on paper what my gut was telling me when I was watching the games. I was starting to doubt myself because I come here and everyone is talking about how bad Riley looked and how Jake was doing much better and needed to start. All I knew was that when Riley was in the game, the offense seemed to move down the field and when Jake was in the game, it appeared that it would go 3 and out most of the time. I still think that Jake's reads have been slow and he has thrown into coverage trusting on his arm strength. I still think he is going to start in the FSU game but I think there will be a short leash before Riley comes in. I am hoping that if he starts, he doesn't get yanked because the main reason I was against him starting this year is because I didn't want a freshman to start just to struggle, get yanked and lose his confidence.

Uh, did you watch thw whole second half of the air force game when only riley was playing?????? I almost want riley to just straight up get the job so you can see how easy he is to stop when its only him. Defenses don't have to respect him arm. He is not using our receivers. Mccjay didn't have one reception. It was the riley nelson show. He would tuck and run because he knew he couldn't make the throws. The stats aee skewed by the two qb system. How do you expect the passing qb to get in a rythm with the receivers when he is splitting reps?? You don't. What you get is dropped balls.



Riley's non byu option offense is not dependant on timing with the qbs. Riley benefits when jake is in because ds must respect jakes arm. Without jake coming in and out air forced wrote the book on hwo to shut riley down.



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IndiCoug wrote:

IndiCoug wrote:
If you're looking for a stat here's one;

First half BYU Played two QB's and scored 14 points. Second half BYU played one QB and scored ZERO!!!!!

This is clearly a huge oversimplification.

How is this a "huge oversimplification"? What changed from the first half to the second? Did anyone get hurt? Did it start to rain? Did it get windier? Maybe the sun was stronger in the afternoon? What changed????

Oh wait, you're totally right. In games where the same players play in the second half that played in the first, both halves go exactly the same, the offense scores the same amount of points, the defense gets the same amount of stops, etc. You're downright retarded if you don't see how you are oversimplifying here.



Here's one for you: On drives where Riley was QB, we scored, and on drives where Jake was QB, we didn't. What else changed from one drive to the other? Did anyone get hurt? Did it start to rain? Did it get windier? Maybe the sun was stronger during some drives? What changed??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (I put a whole lot of question marks to emphasize how annoying I am, in case you didn't notice, because you never would have known that it was a question had I put just a single one... :roll: )

Let me also say that I was okay with Riley running 8 times against Washington. But his 20 rushes against AF is entirely too much. In some regards this comes back to the coaches that are 1) calling plays where a tuck-and-run is an option and 2) not pulling him aside and correcting it.



I agree that BYU is a passing team and while there is room for a running QB, the running needs to be a tertiary option - with the first two options being primary read and check down.

IndiCoug wrote:

IndiCoug wrote:
If you're looking for a stat here's one;

First half BYU Played two QB's and scored 14 points. Second half BYU played one QB and scored ZERO!!!!!

This is clearly a huge oversimplification.

How is this a "huge oversimplification"? What changed from the first half to the second? Did anyone get hurt? Did it start to rain? Did it get windier? Maybe the sun was stronger in the afternoon? What changed????

Jake was the only change on offense, we damned the 2 QB system for some magical reason. The defense played the same from start to finish. Riley's fumble lead to a +7 by AF. Heaps interception lead to +0 for AF. It took 3 Riley possessions for AF to figure out what he was doing and what 6 plays Anea was running and adjust by daring Riley to throw by loading the box.

Riley first possession with a full field went for a TD

Riley’s second possession with half a field also went for a TD.

Riley’s Third possession had 4 downs and Riley fumbling.

Riley’s forth possession was a 3 and out.

Halftime!!! –

I could go all the way through the game but I’m focusing on what changed from 1st to 2nd half (besides nothing happened in the 2nd half ). Anyone got anything else for my “oversimplification”?

AF 21 points in the 1st half –7 extra points are from Riley’s fumble

AF 14 points in the 2nd half

Did the defense really play that much worse in the 2nd half of the game as the score doesn’t seem to indicate it and either do the stats.

What happened rests solely on our offense (if you want to call it that). It stagnated under Riley because he was unable to stretch the field and throw the ball. By tucking the ball after looking off the primary and hot receivers it affected not only the line but also the receivers (see thread on Chambers outburst).

By not bring in Heaps to change it up and stretch the field (major coaching error) we became an oversimplified ONE dimensional offense.

Here’s that STATS.

PASSING

CP/AT YDS TD INT

Nelson

8/19 73 0 0





RUSHING

ATT YDS TD LG

Di Luigi

7 103 1 43

Nelson

20 95 1 24



In closing at least Bronco is righting the ship and the QB system will be situational. That means Heaps will more than likely play the majority of the snaps. We may still lose but that's ok because at least Heaps is the future and the offense will be allowed to gel around one QB.

.........Moving forward, Mendenhall said his two-quarterback system will "probably move away from 'every other series mode' and reps might become more situational."



"We need to throw the ball more effectively than we currently are. If you look at the Air Force game, we ran the ball effectively but had very little success throwing the football. The Washington game was more representative of the balance I think we're hoping to get. In order to beat Florida State,.........

You are making me laugh here, I guess you are saying if Heaps played even one series in the second half BYU would have scored at least one touch down becuase that's what happened in the first half? Because Nelson was unable to score in the second half, it is because he is a complete football moron and not worthy to strap on a helmet?



According to your analysis above it seems AF already "figured out" Nelson with his last 2 drives in the first half because they were able to stop him. Here is just an observation, I don't think BYU really fooled AF with a 2 QB system, I think their coaching staff is smart enough to know when someone wearing #13 is under center you will stack the box and when someone wearing #9 is in you drop more into coverage. I really don't think after the BYU offense came off the field the AF coaches were wondering which QB was running the offense at that time! I don't know....call me naive.



In addition what if Heaps took over in the second half? According to your logic BYU wouldn't have scored either and still would have lost the game, but that IS okay with you because now they are playing the RIGHT guy.

Let me see if I can make some sense for you guys. In baseball, many times when a relatively unknown hitter comes up from the minors pitchers will try different pitches to see how he reacts. Over time they develop a pitching scheme for him. For example Travis Hafner used to cream everything. Then pitchers learned he was suseptable to the ball going down and away (and to the fastball in the face :angry: ). He had to try to adjust but still falls for it much of the time. Same thing with new pitchers. Batters flail at a lot of pitches as they try to adjust to what the pitcher brings to the game. And every team from then on has learned the tendancies of the hitter or the pitcher. That is what has happened in the AF game. Now every team has learned that Riley can't beat you through the air so you need to stack the box and put pressure because he will tuck and run after only a couple of seconds. They have discovered a glaring weakness and one that I don't see him overcoming. After all how do you suddenly get an above or even average thowing arm in one week? Arm transplant?

I personally have never stated and I don't think others have said they expect Heaps to suddenly be a world beater. What we advocate for is that he get the majority of reps because we expect with experience he will become a world beater and that playing Riley will not produce much but will retard Heaps development. I hope this was clear enough to understand. This is 101 sports. It is called advanced scouting and every team from HS on up does it. And probably some pee wee leagues too!

Schmoe wrote:

kitic77 wrote:

I've been pretty consistent about my position on the QBs. Heaps is the most polished QB recruit we've ever had who is going to be an all-time great before he's done. I don't think that's going to be this year. I really wanted him to RS as I thought the Heaps of 2011-2014 would be better than the Heaps of 2010-2013. I've never thought that Riley couldn't get it done and never thought that he was as poor a thrower as he's been portrayed. Heaps is all fundamentals and mechanics. And until he gets up to speed of the D1 level, it's not going to be better than a playmaker like Nelson. I don't think Heaps would have mattered. He's yet to show any more accuracy with the downfield ball than Nelson. Sure he can get it down there, but an incompletion is still an incompletion. Eventually you have to start hitting them or the defense won't respect the long ball any more than they would with Riley who "can't throw it." I've never thought either QB was the difference between an 11-win season and 7-win one.

It's hard to say but I think you're probably correct. What would have changed is the experience factor for Heaps. He needs reps and if you have already thrown in the towel why not let Heaps in? Who knows? I don't but I expect coach to have some answers.

Go Cougars

Wait, so you are harping on other posters who say "It wasn't Riley's fault that we didn't score in the second half, and it wouldn't have really made a difference had Heaps been in" but then you say that another poster is "probably correct" about the same assertion. Are you three sheets to the wind tonight or what?

Schmoe – I see your point. Going back, AF Defense was already keying in on Riley at the end of the first half. More than anything I guess I'm harping on the coaches for making the decision to play Riley through the entire second half when it was obvious it wasn't working and he was tucking the ball to much.

I do think Kitic had a valad point, I think we score in the second half with Heaps sharing reps but I don't think it would have changed the outcome of the game.

Anyway, I'll wait for the FSU game. I think Heaps gets the majority of the reps. Riley will come in and be effective as a situational QB.

tww wrote:
Greetings fellow Cougar fans. This is my first post on Cougar Corner but some of you may remember me from the old hang out.



After reading most all of the posts regarding the current unhappy situation that we find ourselves in, which thankfully we have not had to deal with for a good number of years, I began to notice some commonalities with the current football team and the movie "Hoosiers." When Gene Hackman becomes the new coach of the local basketball team one of the first things he does is lay down some rules of play, the big rule that miffs everyone is the requirement to pass the ball IIRC three times before shooting. To the fans it appears ineffective and slow paced. They become impatient and demand quick scoring. The prevailing argument is that you cannot score if you don't shoot the ball. When the frustrated players give in to the temptation to shoot, the fans are delighted but Gene Hackman is not pleased and draws boos from the crowed when he benches one of his best players for scoring without passing the ball first. He explains to his players that tho they may when a few games with that kind of play and that it may please the crowd, it won't when championships when they are up against better teams.



Okay, to get to my point. I believe that at this point in the season it is better for the team to come up short while refining their game than it is to repeatedly abandon their game for short term satisfaction (i.e., a couple of touchdowns). This post is not to fault Nelson, he is doing what he is sent in their to do, or so it seems from this limited vantage point. But what he is doing may account for some of the other lapses by players and coaches because Nelson, by necessity, is on his own page by himself. This results in a sort of Nelson show with everyone else, coaches included, playing guessing games and unable to figure out what will actually work and how to best do it.



If Bronco follows a "Hoosier" type of thinking, (it seems to me) that he will inevitably have to bench Nelson and let Heaps, the rest of the team and coaches work not only a game plan but a program plan. Until then the team is, as it were, retarded in its growth and cannot get better but only worse. Nelson might be a star player and might have great stats but it will take all eleven players to get the all important wins. Nelson is not leading the team, he is simply scoring. There is a difference. Heaps stats might be unimpressive for a while but the team will get better.



As I see it, it is the only way. Sorry for the long post.

Very nice first post. I agree with the last sentence the most. In the long run going with jake is the best option. once he gets the timing down with his receivers and continues to be better at reading defenses he gives us the best chance of winning.



while the jury is still out on riley i tend to believe that he is too easy to gameplan for and that he is not capable of forcing teams to respect his arm. Riley could have thrown more against air force but he didnt' feel comfortable doing it. receivers were open. he just didn't find them and then ran. after watching him in that game i just don't think he has what it takes to be byu's qb. i realize that is my opinion but if we are going to go with someone that needs time to develop and learn why would we pick nelson over heaps?

I mentioned this in another post, but I think comparing touchdown drives, turnovers, and completion percentages do not really synthesize the essence of the quarterback issue. A few considerations:



#1 - Comparing the two while alternating possessions can be viewed as being THE problem, so comparing what happens as they alternate is almost of no value. The problem is, we don't know who is better when they get the majority of reps in practice and snaps in games.

#2 - Comparing turnovers on drives is not a fair comparison point for the two quarterbacks. I do not fault Heaps for DiLuigi's fumble. Nor do I fault Nelson for the defender dropping a sure interception against Washington. In terms of turnovers, I think it is fair to say that it is one to one.

#3 - Am I the only one who feels like Heaps was ripped off in fall camp and in the Washington game by dropped passes?

#4 - I feel like the run game is more effective with Heaps because the defense cannot overload the box. Any sense as to what the average yard per carry is when Heaps is playing versus Nelson for our RBs?



J

Man you guys are too funny. Stats taken out of context, stuff made up. I think we are arguing conjectures here, or terminology, if you will.



Nobody is saying that we would have won if BYU had Heaps in. I think what they are trying to say is that if we had a passing attack, or a passing threat (Heaps or Nelson) then we would have had a chance. This is the important stat to me offensively. Most are failing to recognize the fact that Air Force transitioned to a 4-3 with Riley in the game towards the end of the half. They were first playing a 3-4 conservative, then switched to a 3-4 "Solid" or "Stacked" (With one lb playing a standing or crouching lineman position, and the linebackers taking 3 steps closer to the line). They eventually moved to a standard 4-3, and still stacked the box.



So Riley before the 4-3 (when they were still were looking for a pass; either because Jake was in the game rotating, or because Riley was actually looking to pass for more than 1 second) = The results of the first half



Just Riley and not Jake (after they switched to a 4-3 and stacked the box) = the results of the second half.



And to the poster that said that only Air Force can do this and not other teams you are grossly mistaken. The only receiver we have that can get a release is Jacobson, or possibly Hoffman (if he plays). Chambers has not gotten behind ANY defenders in his entire tenure here at BYU. He is a good athlete (ie catching the ball, jumping for catches, etc) but has absolutely no release. McKay does, but we need to get the ball to him, and in an all out blitz you have like 2 seconds to get the ball out. McKay can't get that separation.





THE UNDERLYING FACTOR IN ALL OF THIS, IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCOMPETENT OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. Riley has been more effective passing, not because he is a better passer, but because they actually RUN the ball when he is in. Jake comes out, and has 3 passing plays in a row, that is completely predictable. I don't know how he doesn't see this. There is a reason that JJ breaks out and runs better when Heaps is in, the field is spread out. Anae needs to step his game up and make smarter decisions, or we will lose at least 3 more conference games (TCU, Utah, and probably CSU or maybe a SDSU surpriser). Our conference is better, and not every team we play is a walk through anymore. I think this season he will be exposed for what he is. An amateur game caller, who was been bolstered up with NFL talent (Beck, Collie, Hall, Pitta, great O-line, healthy Unga, etc.) to bail out his unbalanced, B-league play calling.

Excellent post.