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I don’t see Ozuna coming back, so I’d be fine with rolling with Duvall/Joc/Soler as the LF/DH/PH squad. Get TDA back on a short/cheapie with Willy as the backup and that’s a strong lineup.
 
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C/O said:
But there is a greater chance for an explosive play with this new offense. Dive, dive, play action, will almost always net you less yards than slant, post, slant will.
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I don't doubt that this offense will be more exciting...when it works. This season hopefully Heupel has his brilliant moments but get ready for a bunch of 3 and outs that take 8 seconds off the clock too. As @Florida Stanley said at least we do have a chance of winning in a shootout situation. In today's football you certainly want more of an offense-first philosophy and we do get that with Heupel.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't shudder at how bad our defense might be. Our D-line is suspect and we basically have no LBs. Our secondary should be OK, but they aren't going to get any help from the front seven. We're running a lightning fast offense and will be in the first year of its implementation with a bunch of new players. Our defense would likely struggle considerably even if we ran an offense that kept the ball on the ground and ran as much clock as possible.
 
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Idk if it’s because he had so much more talent at Georgia, or Pruitt kept interfering and was so conservative he put the clamps on him…but I still can’t figure out how our offense was so bad with Chaney
 
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zjcvols said:
Idk if it’s because he had so much more talent at Georgia, or Pruitt kept interfering and was so conservative he put the clamps on him…but I still can’t figure out how our offense was so bad with Chaney
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Chaneys first stint here he flung the ball all over the yard. I think it had more to do with Germy.
 
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zjcvols said:
Idk if it’s because he had so much more talent at Georgia, or Pruitt kept interfering and was so conservative he put the clamps on him…but I still can’t figure out how our offense was so bad with Chaney
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…because he could only call what the offense could execute and his MO is throwing it down the field - which we were terrible at. Plus, I don’t think Coach Gomer liked playing that way.
 
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C/O said:
Chaneys first stint here he flung the ball all over the yard. I think it had more to do with Germy.
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Also - Tyler Bray, Justin Hunter and Corderelle Patterson had a way of stretching the field and making the OC look smart.
 
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zjcvols said:
Idk if it’s because he had so much more talent at Georgia, or Pruitt kept interfering and was so conservative he put the clamps on him…but I still can’t figure out how our offense was so bad with Chaney
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Chaney had a QB that couldn't read defense and was a total headcase, and he couldn't do anything because Pruitt wanted to play JG.

The real question is why Pruitt stuck with JG that long. Pruitt was a total offensive dunce, and I think he was actually aware of that to a certain degree. He knew he couldn't develop a QB, so he stuck with one that he inherited. I think he was afraid to play QBs who had been coached entirely by his staffs, even though JG was so evidently a terrible player himself.
 
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05_never_again said:
Chaney had a QB that couldn't read defense and was a total headcase, and he couldn't do anything because Pruitt wanted to play JG.

The real question is why Pruitt stuck with JG that long. Pruitt was a total offensive dunce, and I think he was actually aware of that to a certain degree. He knew he couldn't develop a QB, so he stuck with one that he inherited. I think he was afraid to play QBs who had been coached entirely by his staffs, even though JG was so evidently a terrible player himself.
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Or you know, JG was consistently the best QB in practice and that’s why he played
 
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zjcvols said:
Or you know, JG was consistently the best QB in practice and that’s why he played
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Cornbread was dumb, but he isn't that dumb. If a dude looks good on the range but snap hooks 50% of his drives during the round for 10 rounds in a row, you stop playing that guy. That's a mistake as a coach you make a few times, not repeatedly over the course of 3 years.

I really think he was an offensive mental midget, and was afraid to turn loose QBs he had coached out of fear they'd be even worse than JG.
 
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