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The dye is cast. Lester is going to do what Lester is going to do. And, SS, for better or worse, has put his tenure at SU in Lester's hands/mind/playing calling ability.

Reading between the lines, Lester is going to attempt to identify whatever playmakers he does have and then try to get them the ball in positions that will "create" mismatches. 12 personnel, 20, zone running game, vertical go routes off of play action, spread formations with QB runs, whatever. Can Lester game plan/scout/play call well to enough (like Marrone and Hackett were able to do) to identify those mismatches, to identify his available "talent," and then identify the formations/player groupings to take advantage of those mismatches using whatever offensive plays he has installed? That's the real question, IMO. And I suspect that's the real question inside his own head.

Would the probability of success be higher had SS gone with a proven/experienced OC from an existing, high scoring system? That's a rhetorical question for a lot of us. And no Cusian, I am not assuming that Lester is going to fail. We will soon see. What I, and others, are saying is that SS did not go with the odds. There is plenty of evidence out there as to what systems are putting up the most points.
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