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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 1653378, member: 204"]
My admiration for P and D is no secret.

And, I truly enjoyed watching the Pro Option offense.

I recall that the offense DeLeone implemented - many refer to it as the freeze option - began to really work when Coach D made Donnie Mac the QB in 1985. He matched the talent with the system very effectively.

So, talent clearly played a role in the success of the system. Many years later - 2003- I asked him why he had abandoned the option scheme. He told me that "we don't have a QB with the necessary quickness to run it."

Another thing.

Much of the success that P and D had at SU was their attention to detail - that obsessive approach had a lot to do with their ability to beat more talented teams.

I recall Coach D telling me that in 2003 they knew mid-week that they would beat ND easily in the final game because they had figured out the ND defensive tendencies.

The game was won days before it was played.

So, yes, scheme with appropriate talent is very important. But, the scheme itself is not the final answer.
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