So I've got a question for you...if we do have a decent-to-good year and win 6-8 games, will you see it as an amazing coaching job by Collins, or perhaps that the cupboard wasn't as bare as so many of you keep demanding that it must be?
We're talking about expectations. Saying we shouldn't expect 7-8 wins isn't the same as saying it is impossible. A ton of how well we do next year will be with how our opponents develop as well and I doubt anyone here has significantly looked into that. But the fact is we don't have a QB that has proven anything. We don't have an OL that has proven to be able to do what the next system will ask it to. We have no proven go to WR. On offense the only proven thing we have is the RB situation where we should be fine. Now someone will probably step up and be fine, but expecting us not to have serious issues on offense next year as we transition away from the TO is silly it would require almost all the ????s to go in our favor which just isn't likely. On defense we lose 6 starters and weren't strong to begin with.
We won 7 games this year. Expecting 7 wins next year is to expect no drop off despite a complete overhaul on both sides of the ball.
I think we have some really good athletes on both sides of the ball, and most of them should be able to transition to whatever system we're going to
Based on what exactly? Some will transition well. Some won't.
Our young QBs have some good arm talent in addition to superior athleticism,
Who do we have that has proven to have good arm talent? Johnson hasn't had a pass in college yet. Graham has had one. Oliver has looked terrible throwing. Yates hasn't stepped foot on campus. We may have someone capable of being the QB we need. But nobody has come close to proving it.
, our ABs are a bunch of athletic scat back/slot receiver types (who are all drilled in the importance of perimeter blocking, and should be good at it)
And none of them have proven to be consistent receiving threats. Maybe they will step up, but none have proven it.
our WRs are big-bodied outside receivers (again, drilled in the importance of blocking)
And again, none are proven to be consistent receiving threats. Our leading returning had 8 catches this year.
. Given a little more practice time spent on pass blocking techniques, along with not being in a leaning forward 3 point stance, I don't expect us to have a huge problem improving in that area.
We'll be improved mostly because we couldn't get any worse in pass protection. We'll still likely be weak in that area. Sorry but just switching to a 2 point stance and practicing it a little isn't going to cure those problems. It takes time an experience, and the kind that isn't just gained in one offseason.
skilled OC should absolutely be able to create an effective offense with the parts we currently have.
Based on what? You pointed to a bunch of things that could be true, and very little to proven ability for where we are going.
On defense, we've got some talented athletes who just need to be put in the right place and utilized properly and we should be able to improve.
We'll probably get better on defense, but we lose 6 starters and I highly doubt our defense will be able to cover for the issues we will probably have on offense.
