Technical Coach said:
Its a lot harder for Foran to always have an impact each game when he is posted on one side with less overall touches and ad lib play on both side of the field compared to DCE .With teams more prepared and easily reading Foran especially with forward moving defensive lines as a result of lack of go forward this change of attacking emphasis was to be expected---it is basically forced to happen.
I was not trying to make a smart observation in hindsight which is what you seem to be implying. Just stating if your 5/8 is posted on the left with opposing defences reading our pet plays on top of a lack of go forward combined with outside defences rushing up your half back has to take over more responsibility in attack----"its forced upon you".
Show and go brings up outside defences and you can work your pet plays off a quick play the ball the next play (i stated a show and go in the Dragons analysis thread was one option), or work behind and through the rushed up outside defensive line. More pet plays up the middle to draw in defensive numbers then work your sweeping plays on a stretched defensive line----even simple outside in runs or flat face passes around the post to T-Rex G.Rose.G.Stewart can set up outside back plays also.
There are many options including more flexibility with Foran which is too late to even consider now on top of re-introducing Lyon as a second option 5/8 after G.Stewart has been worked up the middle-- with a pet play for a large running forward or the standard B.Stewart plays.
There are many options but having too many introduces a lack of discipline and structure in attack so they either have to be introduced slowly over time or sometimes forced with adlib plays.
