It’s worth a read. One of the final quotes:
One former SEC coordinator thinks he needs to, starting with who calls plays.
“Napier calling his own plays is lunacy, OK? If you are a genius, maybe you do that. But his offensive scheme is just OK. They were good on offense last year with a great offensive line and a stud at quarterback. But that scheme isn’t brutally hard to prepare for and every second Napier spends game planning, he can’t do something else. That tradeoff isn’t worth it for that scheme.”
On a radio show with Steve Russell of WRUF this week, Spurrier seemed to agree. When Russell mentioned Missouri’s prolific passing game, Spurrier went right to the heart of the matter — who was calling plays.
“Eli Drinkwitz, he gave up play-calling and hired him an offensive coordinator and they’re 5-0,” Spurrier said. “Jimbo Fisher gave it up and brought in (Bobby) Petrino, who’s an excellent play-caller.”
Multiple sources told SDS this week that Napier will make a change in the offseason and bring in his own coordinator. Time will tell if that is impactful, but first and foremost, Napier the CEO has to get the hire for who replaces Napier the coordinator right.
One former SEC coordinator thinks he needs to, starting with who calls plays.
“Napier calling his own plays is lunacy, OK? If you are a genius, maybe you do that. But his offensive scheme is just OK. They were good on offense last year with a great offensive line and a stud at quarterback. But that scheme isn’t brutally hard to prepare for and every second Napier spends game planning, he can’t do something else. That tradeoff isn’t worth it for that scheme.”
On a radio show with Steve Russell of WRUF this week, Spurrier seemed to agree. When Russell mentioned Missouri’s prolific passing game, Spurrier went right to the heart of the matter — who was calling plays.
“Eli Drinkwitz, he gave up play-calling and hired him an offensive coordinator and they’re 5-0,” Spurrier said. “Jimbo Fisher gave it up and brought in (Bobby) Petrino, who’s an excellent play-caller.”
Multiple sources told SDS this week that Napier will make a change in the offseason and bring in his own coordinator. Time will tell if that is impactful, but first and foremost, Napier the CEO has to get the hire for who replaces Napier the coordinator right.
