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I agree with this...I think the transition didn't have to be as bad as CGC made it out to be. He did everything he could to disconnect from the option identify we had under Johnson, and in doing so, he forced us into an offense that we didn't have personnel for. You could have gone to a more typical Malzahn-type offense with our 2019 personnel (running QB with single option handoffs, 11 personnel, Spread concepts, etc.) and at least not have looked like we never practiced. Not saying we even needed Malzahn, just someone in that vein like Norvell or someone similar.
Not that I am putting myself in a position of defense of Collins, but I have to think that some of the mindset / ideology was impressed upon him. We had a lot of fans toward the end of the CPJ era who were done with the option and wanted it gone (We have a few who are still fighting that fight today).
I think Collins was hired and likely mandated to do away with the option and both he and Sansbury (and likely others) were hellbent to make sure we didn’t resemble it in any way. With the benefit of hindsight, a more gradual transition was certainly warranted but I think everyone involved committed to “rip off the bandaid” instead.
I have no way of knowing where the GT /Stansbury directive ended and where Collins’ hubris and ineptitude began, but the combination of the two was disastrous.