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[QUOTE="Chip, post: 46777, member: 19"]
Not sure if you're being sarcastic Dave, but we wouldn't have a 125 (and growing) post thread if you wrote the Provo article.  Given the struggles of our offense in year 3 of Coach Marrone, and the instant success of Holgerson in year 1, I don't think you could have picked a more appropriate topic.

I know you said you had a long discussion with him, and probably had to be careful about what quotes to use.  I just think Marrone came off as someone making excuses to some extent, and some of his comments didn't even make a lot of sense.  I'm sure off the record, he'd be pretty blunt about the talent level on this team, whether some of that is because it's the only kids he could bring in, or the kids he inherited.  But he can't really come out and say that, so he kinda alluded to it.

As Bees said, he's winning more than he's losing, and we're all happy for that by comparison.  But is it sustainable to keep winning games in the manner we win them?  Seems like a stretch, but hopefully.  When Marrone got the job, he was very gung ho about all the attacking we'd be doing.   Offense, defense, we were dictating games.  Well that worked on one side of the ball, but on offense he's been playing it a little safer each year.

I think the million $ question, and probably the underlying point of your article is, is Marrone doing a good enough job with this offense?  Could it be better if he had handed the reigns to a more seasoned OC?  Because that's an option now with ACC $.  If the answer is that he's doing all he can with what he has to work with, then I guess the question becomes when can we expect his players to develop to the point that we're at least Top 50ish in offense, because right now we're not even close.
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