I sgree. Will can't run a zone read offense. Hopefully we run a more pro style offense this season because will can be accurate if protected. Barbay has shown a ability to be multifaceted in his offense. This year add more run maybe 45-50 % run with backs and receivers like tulu to take pressure off Will. Then next season go more mobile QB and zone reads mixed with pro style
10 years prior to leach saw us produce the most nfl players we have ever had In a 10 year stretch including our first big time QB in the nfl. I would call that a skill player. We had some good running backs. And a few pretty good receivers that didn't pan out in nfl. But so far leach skill players (receivers) haven't either. Don't think our leach qbs will either. (Will and Costello) so far Mullen has given us our best nfl caliber players offense and defense or the most of them. So don't act like just because we aren't doing air raid doesn't mean we won't have nfl players.
Slow down. It also works the opposite way. If you want to blow it up 3 years from now, it’s much easier to do so.
one of my all time favorite players. im serious, i used to love Mike Schmidt.
Is it though? Did you feel the same way after the UK loss? What if Kiffin kicks a couple FGs and beats us; still think something is working?
Sigh. Yes, I did. We went 8-4. We struggled against the good defenses, like all teams do, and we played one of the top schedules out there. And yes, Kentucky was a good defense. You talk about Ole Miss and FGs, well, what if Rogers doesn't fumble? We blow them out.
When it was all said and done, he didn't change it all that much.
Awful optimistic of you.
I'm not the one excited or worried. I said in December I would have preferred a national search, and I stand by that. There is nothing special about our current team that required us to promote Arnett.
Agreed! I'm really sad that we don't get to see what Leach would have done next season with his system and players firmly in place. Ultimately, it is up to the head coach to decide which way to go and Arnett decided to move away from the Air Raid. I'm fine with it simply because he sinks or swims with the decision. I think we will be fine except it will take time to install a new offense. Expect a couple of losses that wouldn't have happened had we stayed the course. I hope I'm wrong.
Alabama gave up 20 to Texas, 26 to Arkansas, 20 to A&M, 52 to Tennessee, 32 to LSU, 24 to Ole Miss, 27 to Auburn, 20 to Kansas State. Heck ULM scored more than us. We scored 6 on their 3rd team defense.
I made this exact point back in December before he was hired. Some posters were adamant that we needed to keep the Air Raid and the offensive staff, and that if Arnett would not agree to that in the interview then we should not hire him. No head coach should be put in a position where he has to retain a staff to run an offense (or defense) that he doesn't want. We gave Arnett the keys to the car. We have to be OK with any modifications he makes to said car. If he runs it into the ditch, take away the keys and move on.
Sort of. We all know Arnett would have never been hired outside of the Leach passing and circumstances around that. So I always thought we should have extended that same faith to the offensive staff, at least for one year. And if it didn't work after that, so be it, Arnett could then install 'his' program and would have the evidence to back it up. We had a lot of production coming back in 2023, so it made sense on paper.
Did you see what everybody did in response to Mike Leach's passing? I don't think that guy would be remembered that way if his football coaching consisted of what you just posted. But hey, you're a random message boarder so you nailed it, right?
Just because he kicks the FG doesn't mean he wins. It just changes what happens next. It's possible if he makes the FG, Tulu returns the following kickoff back for a TD. It's possible he misses the FG. It's possible that FG is blocked and returned for a TD or to the red zone. All it means is Kiffin is an idiot and loses way more games than he wins by not kicking FG or not punting on 4th downs. That **** works in high school but not College. I have a feeling if it hasn't already happened a grown up is going to set him down tell him to stop it. I don't think Bear fans are really happy about it.
It works best when you have the personnel and remembering CML was more about his personal demeanor than the Air Raid. We ran a scaled down offense for obvious reasons.
Mike Leach acted no different than he did at any other stop. If anything, his personal demeanor was more scaled down here, thanks to Cohen's fear of the woke mob, and because our fans are such sheep pansies that they are worried about image and reputation more than winning (at anything).
Of course not. My hypothetical was that they find a way to win.
