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You can't have players knowing the system better than their position coach. CPJ ain't gonna change his system to fit a coach either.

He can coach it, just not on a high level.

Also steps are different due to philosophy more than splits. Zone schemes use flat lateral steps, we don't. We fire out, which is also why we get beat a lot by aggressive DLines. It's not the just "the same blocking as everyone else, with different backfield action" like many assume.

I've coached several different offenses. There is a big difference when you get down to teaching and executing. At the college level, you need someone who is well versed in the system. OLine is by far the most complicated position on the field to coach. There is way more to it than meets the eye.

Few things: We have more weight forward presnap. Back stays flat longer, head down longer. Different aiming points, different steps, different angles. Totally different blocking rules. Pass blocking is way different than conventional offenses.

No, ...it's a lot different. Trust me.

I've got no issue with his age. Don't think he will be hired here because he doesn't know the blocking schemes and techniques. The pool is limited with OLine coaches that can coach what we run. Not a lot of young coaches doing OLine in this system either. It's kind of a dead end path with...

Pass protection philosophies will not allow this. Neither will our passing concepts. Not against this level of competition anyway.

Take Auburn's OLine. Tell them they have to fire out on pass plays instead of pass set. They would look only slightly better than our line and Nick Marshall would be much less effective.

Don't see Byerly as a Nesbitt type. Nesbitt was quick, Byerly is not. Nesbitt was actually fast for the first 20 yards until his gait broke down. 20 yards is into the secondary btw. Byerly is fastest AFTER 15 yards. Not going to get a chance to hit his top speed much. The Byerly cult has...

The a backs can't get the ball on the edge if the qb can't press the edge on the veer.

You can't live off the midline. It's a complement play to the Veer. I worry about Byerly being able to get out on the edge running the Veer. If he can't, the midline will not be nearly as effective vs decent defenses.

And passing is going to continue to be bad as long as our OLine is coached to not give ground instead of pass set. No qb will have time to set their feet and throw. CPJ's hard headed approach here is going to keep hurting us, unless he wakes up and makes a change.

Byerly is slightly better than serviceable. Very stiff. Saw him get caught from behind a couple of times on the option ala Tevin. About what I expected, with a little better arm. Just think we will struggle to get to the edge consistently with TB. Ty Griffin's arm looked terrible, And I do...

CPJ's triple option is undefeated on paper. Problem is it's played on a field not paper.

And so did Vad and JT, but neither look as comfortable in our system as those guys in their systems. Manziel redshirted in Mike Sherman's last year, so it's not like he had a year to learn Summlin's system. Nick Marshall stepped in with 3 1/2 weeks of practice in Malzahn's system and looked...

None would be recognized as special (at least not this early in their careers) if they didn't play in a qb friendly system. Look at Taj Boyd. He was about to be labeled as a dud disappointment, until Chad Morris brought in his offense. All of the sudden Boyd's productivity went through the...

I think everyone is stuck on the one play where Chamberlin missed his block in the Miami game and got JT hit. Folks, that's one play and it happens to every OLineman from time to time especially against fast teams, and especially when your HC won't let you pass set. It reminds me of when the...

10 years ago yes, but not today. Look at all of the qbs that have torn it up in their first year in the system lately. Johnny Manziel, Nick Marshall, Marcus Mariota, and Jameis Winston to name a few. These are complex offenses to defend, but simplified for the qb. It's the way offenses are...

You know...if you can't find a qb that can run the veer option under center, then you probably shouldn't run the veer option under center. It's been 7 years and we still haven't had a true option qb. Just sayin'