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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 33932, member: 837"]
Yeah, I like the Fridge call but even if it's someone younger or different, it's OK as long as we are looking at a college offense. I don't think it's so much a question of system trumping talent, necessarily (I think Toledo, for instance, had several skill players that are easily the equal of ours, if not better). I think it's simply an issue of needing some sort of system that gets the most out of the guys you have (and hopefully recruiting a difference maker or two at some point). But Shafer has done wonders with what, logically, is basically the same talent level. And when the players haven't been as good (or at least are real young like this year), they've still made enough plays that they are contributing to wins and keeping the team in games that are ultimately are losses.

I remember when Shafer/Marrone came in we were all talking about how we needed to recruit speed and we were too slow, etc. Yet in Year 1, Shafer turned the defense around. Those kids that looked incredibly slow under GRob at least appeared to be able to play a bit under Shafer.

Our offense, on the other hand, looks a little like our defense under GRob -- not entirely sure what is coming next and simply not where they need to be (regardless of talent) to sustain much consistent success.
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