I'm actually hoping this new offensive system will be far simpler than the last. I guess I've been led to believe it would be.
Will we really ever know?
I mean, if these guys are great coaches, then an even more difficult scheme could end up looking very simple and basic all because the players execute it at a high level.
Maybe Becks system wasn't overly complicated, they just couldn't coach it worth a damn.
I truly don't know. Maybe they find a balance of both. By that I mean the coaches simplifying the system to ensure the players make it look simple. It sounds to me like this is the new staffs approach right from the get go. Get good at a few things instead of average or horrible at many things. Now this staff knows this coming in.......the last staff took about six or seven years to figure that part out, and even at the end it came to light that they never truly did it.
I don't know as 'simpler' would be the right thing for the offense. But it certainly is different. Parts of Beck's tended to fall almost into backyard football, like the very loose WR routes. Where we might get simpler is from it being an actual coherent scheme. Beck had a tendency to add a bit of everything in, and not have much in the way of bread and butter plays. He seemed to see a play he liked somewhere, and just add it in, regardless if it really fit or had any ties to the rest of the offense. I think this offense is going to be more technique focused, and certainly will ask a bit more from the QB from a decision making standpoint. But it won't need a record setting RB and a freak athlete at QB to function.
