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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 68844, member: 430"] We'll see his offense when he has a QB that has the skill set necessary to excel in his offense, and when that QB is mentally and physically read to lead that offense. For better or worse, Marrone doesn't strike me as the type to roll the dice and throw a Frosh QB to the wolves. We saw how well that worked out with Joe Fields here...maybe he knows something. It's pretty clear that Marrone feels that Nassib, with his faults, is a better option in a Vanilla offense than any of the current younger QB's on the roster are in the full version of his offense. Whether they aren't physically or mentally ready, or they just don't appear that they'll develop into what he wants, I can't answer. What I do know about our QB situation is pretty simple - Loeb was a project and still is, Miller isn't available, Kinder or Hunt aren't ready, and Broyld isn't here. So it's Nassib with the Vanilla offense or bust. And even if Hunt was ready as a true frosh, starting a true frosh at QB rarely ends in success. Marrone HAS to string together winning bowl seasons. Going 8-5 and then 3-9 because you wanted to start a Frosh QB that when seasoned and ready can run the full vision of your offense isn't good enough. It may be for you, but the perception outside of the SU world and on the recruiting trail is that the team has regressed if they have a losing record. We had 4 years of using players that were not good fits for a specific offensive system under GROB, and we all saw the results of that. Do we really need to have lightning strike twice and have Marrone force a system on players that aren't capable to succeed in it? If that's the case we should have just kept GROB around for another 4 years. I believe that at least by year 5, we'll see Marrone's full offense in gear. It may not happen next year, unless one of Hunt, Broyld, or Kinder beat out Nassib in the Spring. If that happens, then we'll see it next year. You really should just temper your expectations for a year, because you're not going to get what you want this year - no way. [/QUOTE]

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