Rod Carey's 'Cheap Seat' Analysis of the Offense Keeps Things Simple

Written by Zach Greene

Rod Carey was introduced as the Indiana football offensive coordinator on Wednesday and his analysis sounds familiar, like it came from the cheap seats.

“This is the cheap seats version of it. You’ve seen something that you’ve done good, and you want to do more of it. You see something that hasn’t been as productive. You just don’t do that anymore. So that’s the cheap seats version. That’s the time that we’ve been spending to identify.” Rod Carey said of his offensive philosophy.

Today, Carey was introduced as the offensive coordinator. Last year, he was working with the offensive line. This time, he kept the interview simple just like he’s planning to do with the offense.

“There is nothing you can do midseason as far as the setup. The offense is the offense. So, which you’re tryna get them to do is run those plays better and maybe do it with a different flare. I’m excited and I think the guys are too. We’ve had flashes but we just need to make those flashes permanent.” Carey explained.

As far as the offense goes, Carey put it bluntly. That isn’t much they can do at this point.

 “There is nothing you can do midseason as far as the setup. The offense is the offense. So, what you’re trying to get them to do is run those plays better and maybe do it with a different flare. I’m excited and I think the guys are too. We’ve had flashes but we just need to make those flashes permanent.”

The flashes of good football for the offense have been too little and not often enough for Allen and his program. Thus, he did feel it was a good time to make the move. He had to make a hard business decision on Sunday. 

“After we evaluated the offense after the game was over. You go back and look at the data and we only scored three touchdowns in FBS games in meaningful minutes. Not good enough.” Allen said. “We must be much better. I felt like this was the timing during the bye week to make a change. I’ve decided to name Rod Carey as the new offensive coordinator.”

Carey said that “the business side is real. We just aren’t good enough on offense and it’s my job to get us better. I wouldn’t have taken it if I didn’t think I could.”

Carey played Center for the Hoosiers during the 1990-1993 seasons and has expressed him love for the university and program. He acknowledges that there isn’t enough time for change. But little things and small details are the fixable things according to Carey.

“There’s no time to be making changes. It’s gonna be the small details that we’re gonna must do that are going to add up to a difference.” Carey said.

Time will tell to see what changes come to fruition on October 14th against Michigan. The program has 10 days left. While Carey’s implantation on offense could just be the change the Hoosiers need, it could also mean the final step which most Hoosiers fans know what’s next.