You mentioned this, but it's very common where I play for teams to run ho and then transition to a vert EZ offense. Can you think of any especially good reasons to do this? What you're arguing for is very compelling, but I anticipate pushback...
Well, I think a rational team would choose their endzone offense based on what offense maximized the likelihood of scoring.
I doubt many teams actually are making a rational choice based on data that switching to vert near the endzone is better. I think they're just relying on their intuition of what works. And I guess the idea behind this article is that their intuition might be wrong.
I admit I don't actually have that type of statistical proof that a horizontal EZ offense is better, either — which is why I rely on the anecdote of "Fury does this, and Fury wins all the time".
It's also a question of efficiency in the time you need to spend — if you don't have to waste time learning a whole new offense for when you're near the endzone, you can devote more time to building skills and/or getting better at your core offensive system.
It's also complicated by the fact that, a lot of frisbee *defenses* are actually kind of bad. A front-of-stack-iso vert might actually work pretty well when you're going up against a team that just plays single coverage. But that won't work against teams that actually play competent team defense.
Let me know if that answers your question. I also wouldn't be surprised to experience pushback. Sometimes people are just resistant to change.
You mentioned this, but it's very common where I play for teams to run ho and then transition to a vert EZ offense. Can you think of any especially good reasons to do this? What you're arguing for is very compelling, but I anticipate pushback...
Well, I think a rational team would choose their endzone offense based on what offense maximized the likelihood of scoring.
I doubt many teams actually are making a rational choice based on data that switching to vert near the endzone is better. I think they're just relying on their intuition of what works. And I guess the idea behind this article is that their intuition might be wrong.
I admit I don't actually have that type of statistical proof that a horizontal EZ offense is better, either — which is why I rely on the anecdote of "Fury does this, and Fury wins all the time".
It's also a question of efficiency in the time you need to spend — if you don't have to waste time learning a whole new offense for when you're near the endzone, you can devote more time to building skills and/or getting better at your core offensive system.
It's also complicated by the fact that, a lot of frisbee *defenses* are actually kind of bad. A front-of-stack-iso vert might actually work pretty well when you're going up against a team that just plays single coverage. But that won't work against teams that actually play competent team defense.
Let me know if that answers your question. I also wouldn't be surprised to experience pushback. Sometimes people are just resistant to change.
Yes, this helps! And I like what you said about time efficiency. It's another very good point.