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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1151192, member: 874"]
Exactly, GMac is a WR coach, not an OC.  An offensive coordinator plays to his strengths, and McDonald either refuses to or doesn't know how to.  The whole point of a triple option attack is that it doesn't require a dominant offensive line.  When we ran it during the Graves years, we had solid well coached offensive lines, but we were never loaded with talent, yet we beat more talented teams like Ohio State and Colorado.  Does Georgia Tech have dominant offensive line talent?  Was Navy's offensive line anywhere near as talented as Ohio State?  No.  The scheme made use of misdirection and confusion to neutralize the talent disadvantage, at least for a while.

I'm not talking about trickeration.  I'm talking about an offensive design that slows defenses down because they can't anticipate it.  Malzahn did that last year with a QB that couldn't throw the ball.  In the NC game, their running game was so good, almost anytime they did throw, their WR were open with nobody within 15 yards of them.  I know Auburn has superior players, but what you saw against teams like FSU and Alabama was that their defenses had to play slower than their athleticism because Auburn's offense made them think instead of just react.  And that was with most of the same players that went 3-9 the year before.  Did Malzahn bring in 85 more talented players?  No.  He coached and schemed to their strengths.  If we could do that, we'd still get killed by FSU, but we'd fair better against Louisville, Maryland, Pitt, BC, the teams at or closer to our level.
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