Bill Busch - Alex Smith - Joe Burrow. -- RPO invention
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Smith talked a lot about Bill Busch - about 20 min in
Busch identified Smith in high school while Busch was at Utah
Smith had zero offers - Reggie Bush was his teammate and they just basically gave him the ball
Smith threw it about 5 times per game
His highlight tape included every throw of his high school career including incompletions as he didn't have enough tape of just completions
Busch insisted on giving him a scholarship offer - and then when Urb took over insisted he give Smith a chance
Busch was also the one who insisted LSU get Joe Burrow as Busch was at LSU
Busch identified Smith in high school while Busch was at Utah
Smith had zero offers - Reggie Bush was his teammate and they just basically gave him the ball
Smith threw it about 5 times per game
His highlight tape included every throw of his high school career including incompletions as he didn't have enough tape of just completions
Busch insisted on giving him a scholarship offer - and then when Urb took over insisted he give Smith a chance
Busch was also the one who insisted LSU get Joe Burrow as Busch was at LSU
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Basically the RPO was invented by accident
Urb ran zone read - either the RB gets the ball or the QB runs - he was fanatical about his WRs blocking
a play occurred where Smith pulled the ball to run - and the WR blocking blew his block - the DB was going to level Smith and in self preservation mode Smith threw the ball to the WR who missed his block
Urbs DC Kyle Whittingham was on the head phones with WTF was that -run that again
his OC - Dan Mullen - said he had no idea what that was
Urb ran zone read - either the RB gets the ball or the QB runs - he was fanatical about his WRs blocking
a play occurred where Smith pulled the ball to run - and the WR blocking blew his block - the DB was going to level Smith and in self preservation mode Smith threw the ball to the WR who missed his block
Urbs DC Kyle Whittingham was on the head phones with WTF was that -run that again
his OC - Dan Mullen - said he had no idea what that was
Very cool story and man what a coaching staff.
Yep. Which is what it takes to win. A great coach knows how to pick great assistants and to get them. Shit coaches pick assistants that they can be "buddies" with and who they then stick with no matter what. I am not saying that a coach should not be loyal to his assistants or develop friendships with them. But I am saying that if you make friendship and loyalty a greater priority than coaching competence you are going to fail.
Bill Busch knows football. He's done a remarkable job with this group.
