There are great coaches, legendary coaches, and then there is
Alex Gibbs.
Alex Gibbs, while not the
architect of zone and stretch, certainly became the patriarch of the most productive run concept in the past three decades. Since “officially” retiring with Atlanta, but doing heavy consultation work with Houston and Seattle (and we can clearly see his thumbprints there), Alex Gibbs has remained an integral part in advancing the art of the run game.
Here may be the beginning and end to your education on stretch runs and how the concept has evolved through reduction in the past five years (and adapting itself to the proliferation of the gun). Gibbs sits down with Steve Addazio (now head coach at Temple), Dan Mullen (now head coach at Miss State) and the rest of the Florida staff brainstorming how they can improve their gun run game after Chris Leak left. Gibbs begins by explaining his entire system in great detail, going over the terminology that is integral to how his stretch runs are packaged, how his quarterback in Atlanta evolved the game, and the
new challenges of today presented by defenses out of the gun (and more)…..
We will provide this video as a preface, offer up the
second-half of the video later in the week, then
follow-up with how many spread teams have codified their run game (and how it ties into what Mazzone is doing at Arizona State) into two distinct families (and the advantages of each).
Sit down, grab a notebook, and enjoy…..
Part II
Editorial / Summary
