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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 33490, member: 837"]
I can see what you're saying but I have two counterpoints:

1) I really don't think you can simply take a bowl game and say "That's what our offense is when healthy!" Bowl games tend to be wide open affairs and are just this side of hoops all-star games in terms of actually giving you an accurate portrait of any part of your team (the defense, for example, which got shredded in that game has generally been this program's strength the last 2+ years).

2) I get what you're saying about recruiting because subbing Sanu for Chew alone probably adds a few points and 20 or so yards (minimum) to our offensive output. But that said, I think one HUGE thing missing is any sort of identity. What the  do we actually want to do? Do we do anything well? I think at some point they have to decide what they want to do and start implementing it. Otherwise you're stuck in perpetual treading mode. I really think identity is one of the most underrated aspects of football. Knowing what you want to do and what you can do and truly believing in it, as corny as it sounds, is important. It's why some guys who may be total monkeys in every day life (schiano, RichRod, brian kelly) actually make for good football coaches in some weird way. (Note: I'm not saying schiano is a great football coach but he's become a D1 head coach despite, by all appearances, being a slimy turd.)
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