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Message: [QUOTE="DezisOrange, post: 97649, member: 656"] First off as a discussion and forum board, a person should be able to express a viewpoint without getting ripped for it. None of us are "the smartest football guys" in the room. All points, and the right to express them here on this board are valid. I do think Marrone can continue to turn this program around. My feeling is that we don't have an offensive scheme that helps the level of overall talent we have, while causing defenses to have to play catch up. We seem to have come out strong the last couple of years only to midway through the season have all our flaws and best efforts out in the open. And once they have us figured out, it's been over. We gratefully got to a bowl game last year ahead of schedule. Possibly our hopes were a bit high. My big problem as with most of you is the offense. IMHO, pieces of an offense MUST work and fit together. I thought with DM putting his time and effort along with his o-line coach would have even the talent we have better by now. But the line we have doesn't fit with a pro-style drop back passer that we have. The things he does best doesn't match the protection he's getting. He wants to make every read in his progression, needs better accuracy with the long ball and sometimes better touch shorter (though his wr's bear a lot of the blame). But DM loves him and why wouldn't he. So far DM's coaching style and decision making seem more NFL like than college. And Nassib if you had to put him in a category plays more like a pro-style pocket guy. This off season its the staff starting with DM that needs to do as much work to improve and change as the players do. Either you get one of your "running" QB's some game time to pressure the D's, or you til Ryan to put a 5 sec clock in his head and then take off. Just keep the chains moving. We are upset and frustrated fans, but we all want the same things, for ourselves, the players, and the program. Be thankful we aren't what we were...and be patient. (and don't get me going on ST's) [/QUOTE]

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