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On today’s podcast, we pull from almost two years of some of the brightest offensive minds sharing their thoughts on game planning. Coaches from high school through the NFL give the details and insight to what helps them create a successful game plan. Part I focuses on are which create the foundation for the game planning process.

Show Notes:

1:20 Concepts and philosophy drive – game plan creation

1:43 Andy Kotelnicki – Distortion of the defense

3:20 Joe Moorhead – Blending RPO and West Coast

4:26 Alan Stanfield – Concept philosophy simple and tempo

5:46 Brent Dearmon – Auburn run game with RPO

8:04 Ian Shoemaker – Flexibility and TE’s in GP

9:52 Jason Lewis Systems based on personnel and procedures

12:40 Joe Osovet RPO concept – GP basing in QB ability

13:49 Jordan Neal concept – Tempo in GP

17:20 Kelley Lee – Importance of a System

19:36 Geoff Dart – Players, formations, plays

21:17 Jason Candle – Get the best players the ball

23:58 Simple teaching allows you to do more in a game plan

25:03 Buddy Blevins – Simple formations for learning

26:28 Craig Yeast GP – Do what we do

28:21 Mike Emendorfer – Bread and butter plays to simplify

29:45 Mike Emendorfer – Base concepts passing

30:07 Joe Moorhead – Teaching and terminology

30:54 Bobby Acosta – Keep it very simple and keeping it to 26 plays

32:14 Lucas Lueders – Keep it to a few fundamental schemes to build from

34:11 Total staff buy-in

34:40 Mike Denbrock – Total team GP

35:52 Noel Mazzone on staff ownership of GP

39:06 Tony Franklin – Total team GP

40:37 Tony Franklin – Perspective gained

40:39 Mike Denbrock – Team perspective

42:47 Mike Denbrock – Culture alignment

44:27 Parameters for how much to carry in a game plan

44:59 Mike Sirianni – How much in GP pass

46:40 Andrew Coverdale – How much and contrarians

50:23 Dan Gonzalez – How much in GP

54:30 Tom Lombardo – Less is more

56:10 Noel Mazzone – 25 plays

1:00:43 Bobby Acosta – Process of planning 26 plays

1:02:35 Kelley Lee – How much based on experience and the process for shrinking

1:04:17 Personnel considerations

1:04:39 Brennan Marion – GP based on OL

1:06:29 Matt Drinkall – Trends, personnel, groupings and shifts

1:08:32 Joe Moorhead – Using 11 Hybrid Personnel

1:09:48 Tony Franklin – Using big personnel

1:11:50 Tony Franklin – Dealing with personnel at different levels

1:15:38 Tempo considerations

1:16:02 Matt Drinkall – Using multiple tempo to control the defense

1:19:04 Alan Stanfield – Planning. One word: Nitro

1:20:01 Bobby Acosta – Creating one-word calls/branding

1:21:07 Shawn Liotta on tempo and adding movement

1:24:10 Phil Longo – Play fast

1:24:36 Strategy in the Game Plan

1:25:18 Craig Yeast – Numbers rather than tendencies

1:26:34 Joe Osovet – Checklist for RPO GP

1:32;43 Joe Beschorner – GP around personnel and touch chart

1:34:10 Joe Beschorner – Touches

1:34:43 Rich Alercio – Stressing a defense

1:37:34 Stephen Jackson – Balance through the QB

1:42:03 Nick Restifo – Starting with strengths and weaknesses

1:43:23 Lucas Lueders – Players, formations, plays

 

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