Originally posted by HathBrad:
The "whatever works" offense is a temporary solution. Going forward he will be recruiting toward what he seeks to ultimaely become. Will we look more like Oregon, with a QB rushing for 500+ yards run zone read option plays and passing to quick little guys in space, or will we look more like, well, Nuss' and Mac's offenses at Alabama, handing off to powerful RB's like Ingram, Lacy, Richardson,Yeldon and Henry, with a not-so-mobile QB throwing from the pocket to talented conventional wide receivers.
In short, will we be "spread" or "pro." Given the backgrounds of the HBC, the OC and their mentors, I would say it will be a pro set. The question will be how much do we throw vs. run. And how will they (are they capable of) fully taking advantage of the legs of a mobile qb like Treon.
Frankly, I was hoping we would move more toward the spread/speed type of an offense with a running QB, which seems to ne the wave of the future and best utilize our recruiting bases' talents and is the direction we committed to when we brought in Roper. I mean look who is winning big these days - Oregon, TOSU, TCU. The running Qb brings an added dimension that is hard to stop. The top pro-scheme teams got rolled this bowl season. The counter-argument is that some other pro-style teams excelled as Wisky rolled Auburn, Mich. State rolled Baylor, Georgia rolled Louisville, amd Arky rolled Texas, and that Rich Rod, Malzahn and Freeze (the Holy trinity of UF coveted spread option coaches), plus Holdgerson all failed in the bowls, and even the godfather of them all, Kevin Sumlin, had a fubared season.
Anyway, I trust Mac to come up with something that will take advantage of our speed recruiting base, use Treon's (and in the future Francois' arms and legs!) and bring some hardware back to Gainesville in short order!