STEP ONE: CHANGE THE SCHEME
Akron opens up offense in attempt to reclaim MAC Championship
Adam Ferrise
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Sports
To account for this change, "you have to change your scheme and you have to change your recruiting," Brookhart said. "You might recruit a guy that's a little shorter, and doesn't throw as well. You might take your chances on a kid like that."
The change for UA is one that will likely stay for sometime.
Jackson and Jacquemain will be sophomores next year and Hakes will be a redshirt freshman.
Matt Rodgers, a 2007 recruit who will likely redshirt next year, is also of the same mold.
"We don't want just a runner and we don't want just a passer," Moorhead said. "We want someone who is capable of doing both well, and I think we've done that."
Part of the allure of having a mobile quarterback is having someone who can turn a broken-down pass play into a big gain with his running ability - something that hurt UA's defense this past season.
"I think when you have a spread offense, you spread the field to throw the football," said Toledo head coach Tom Amstutz, who has to choose this offseason between a mobile quarterback (Aaron Opelt) and a tradition quarterback (Clint Cochran). "Then when you add the threat of a running quarterback as well, it puts the defense in a great strain."
But are the Zips better off with a running quarterback than a drop-back passer?
"That's what we have now," Moorhead said. "You can't necessarily say that one is better than the other. It just so happens that the guys we have are three quarterbacks that are capable as both runners and throwers. One isn't necessarily better than the other, that's just what we have."
The change for UA is one that will likely stay for sometime.
Jackson and Jacquemain will be sophomores next year and Hakes will be a redshirt freshman.
Matt Rodgers, a 2007 recruit who will likely redshirt next year, is also of the same mold.
"We don't want just a runner and we don't want just a passer," Moorhead said. "We want someone who is capable of doing both well, and I think we've done that."
Part of the allure of having a mobile quarterback is having someone who can turn a broken-down pass play into a big gain with his running ability - something that hurt UA's defense this past season.
"I think when you have a spread offense, you spread the field to throw the football," said Toledo head coach Tom Amstutz, who has to choose this offseason between a mobile quarterback (Aaron Opelt) and a tradition quarterback (Clint Cochran). "Then when you add the threat of a running quarterback as well, it puts the defense in a great strain."
But are the Zips better off with a running quarterback than a drop-back passer?
"That's what we have now," Moorhead said. "You can't necessarily say that one is better than the other. It just so happens that the guys we have are three quarterbacks that are capable as both runners and throwers. One isn't necessarily better than the other, that's just what we have."
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