formations vs plays

[Wasted Memory]

Hey, I mixed mine up enough to pick Bray off four times, so whatever I did I'll try to do again this time

F you Jason

[VeniVediV1ci]

I run bamas play book.

make this Texas and you got me

[VeniVediV1ci]

Look, from my experience and what my CR's have told me. Running conservative offense is not acceptable and I have to open up my playbook more...even though I run several different formations. If you run shot gun spread and option out of it, isnt that the same thing? Or if my defensive play style is running man D, but that is not acceptable in this league and I need to run zone D more...that is the same as saying even though you run the spread option it shouldnt be your only offense. Im basing that off of criticisms i have received from this league. Now, if the spread option is your whole offensive scheme then so be it. But based on what I have seen in this league, that is not an acceptable way to play...using one style the whole game. If this were a true sim league then it wouldnt be an issue but ultimately it is not considering we have to have a discussion like this. Is it unreasonable to say that running the spread option outside the tackles every play is not mixing it up? Because that is where most spread option plays lead...outside the tackles. Is that moderation? No. Is it how a lot of real life teams play? Yes. So there is the rub. Is this a SIM league or a league where we want some sim but within moderation. Is it realistic to stop a team like Oregon to only a 35 point win when in real life they can win by 50 at times? No, but we put the 35 point rule in place to we can all hopefully have more fun...because no one wants to play a game where they get beat by 50 on a regular basis. Thus, not a true sim league. So my expectation, since that seems to be the expectation of the people I play, is that offenses should be more versatile in our NDL league than they are in real life. I don't think that is an unrealistic expectation for me to have since everyone I play seems to have that expectation of me. Now, if the league comes out and changes how they do coach reports and it is not longer about how much you mix up your offense as it is about whether you cheese your opponent or not, they I will have no problem with someone running the spread option offense all game.

people will bitch about anything, if you think you're playing fairly and you're not cheesing then you probably just got a picky group of coaches last year wherever you were.

We all hope for that not to happen, but sometimes it does just based on where people end up. Do what you think is fair in the spirit of winning and not abusing the rules/EA's idiocies and you'll be fine

[OracleHCR]

I run bamas play book.

make this Texas and you got me

I always play with team specific play books. Doesn't matter what team I'm using. I also don't care if you run zone all game or man all game. I'll adapt. I will have a problem if you press or show blitz more than 50% of the time.
I don't mind what scheme you run on offense either as long as you aren't blatantly breaking rules like moving your #1 receiver to the slot all game. Run no-huddle if you want. If you are going to run a lot of play action, you better be at least attempting to run the ball though. I've had guys run play action 5 times before they've even attempted a running play.