Any chance for Bo and/or Beck going for a real identity soon?

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The identity thing is an overanalysis of the offense. Did TO worry about the identity of his offense? Only in the past few years where an offense of a football team is under a microscope from us here on the board, to the jackasses at ESPN. You can't just hand an offense the ball, and they'll go out and score. It's one of the more complex things in sports and therein is the beauty of it, the fundamentals, the ability to execute. From the line, all the way to the skill players, it takes a tremendous amount of teamwork.

Exactly, which is why I said I think that term is misused quite often to imply something it isn't. I look at identity as a goal. Having a goal doesn't make you who you are - what you do to reach that goal does. Other people look at identity and think it's a how-to guide. I don't believe it is.

I care far more about the doing and not the goal.

 

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I used "execution" as all-encompassing to describe what we need to do to get better. I didn't want to reiterate what I've said in handfuls of threads already this off season about the lines, the execution, etc. I completely agree with you.

I'm not saying that having an identity is a bad thing. There are many teams in the country who I can look at and say "this is their identity." What I'm most trying to illustrate is how our execution levels prevent us from having any kind of identity. Right now, our identity is that we're inconsistent with a good chance of playing well and an equally good chance of doing something stupid. This is not the identity we want, but it is what we have developed through coaching and our execution levels. For the last several years I've seen journalists, other posters and even myself claim we need an identity. Now, I think it's difficult to put things so simply.

We need a way to get more out of our coaches so they can get more out of our players. From there, we can let an identity develop naturally. I think the more you try and be something specific the more difficult it is to succeed.

Winning isn't about identity - it's about doing more things correctly versus the other team.

Once again, dead on with our identity being inconsistency. And one of the worst things, is that for two quarters, they can look unstoppable on both sides of the ball, and then in the blink of an eye, we could get 50 hung on us by a FCS. Thats the inconsistancy that kills me, prime example, was the 2010 Big XII title game.

 

[walksalone]

The identity thing is an overanalysis of the offense. Did TO worry about the identity of his offense? Only in the past few years where an offense of a football team is under a microscope from us here on the board, to the jackasses at ESPN. You can't just hand an offense the ball, and they'll go out and score. It's one of the more complex things in sports and therein is the beauty of it, the fundamentals, the ability to execute. From the line, all the way to the skill players, it takes a tremendous amount of teamwork.

Exactly, which is why I said I think that term is misused quite often to imply something it isn't. I look at identity as a goal. Having a goal doesn't make you who you are - what you do to reach that goal does. Other people look at identity and think it's a template for success. I don't believe it is.

I care far more about the doing and not the goal.

I'm going to go way out on a limb, and say, we're on the same page...

 

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The identity thing is an overanalysis of the offense. Did TO worry about the identity of his offense? Only in the past few years where an offense of a football team is under a microscope from us here on the board, to the jackasses at ESPN. You can't just hand an offense the ball, and they'll go out and score. It's one of the more complex things in sports and therein is the beauty of it, the fundamentals, the ability to execute. From the line, all the way to the skill players, it takes a tremendous amount of teamwork.

Exactly, which is why I said I think that term is misused quite often to imply something it isn't. I look at identity as a goal. Having a goal doesn't make you who you are - what you do to reach that goal does. Other people look at identity and think it's a template for success. I don't believe it is.

I care far more about the doing and not the goal.

I'm going to go way out on a limb, and say, we're on the same page...

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