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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 46789, member: 202"] I, too, am not enthralled with the offense. That said, my sky is not falling quite as much as it is for many here. My reasons for optimism include ... 1.) When Marrone came here, he came in with the spread or some bubble-screen version of it. Someone had planted in his head that this is the way to go at the college level. Having his baseline helps. Or, at least the notion of a spread attack is not foreign to him. Mr. Rahme also alerts us to this fact. 2.) The O-Line should improve in time. I think he has recruited well here and next season we should really see some of the fruits of this. Mackey M. as a starting sophomore center could be a good clue that he could be looking to get some derivation of the spread in place. 3.) Broyld, Hunt and Kinder all fit spread type offenses, or at least many of them. He really has not recruited many pocket QBs. *Perhaps Chad Kelly, but he went to Klempson, so we will never know. And who knows exactly just how hard we recruited him. And, for all I know, the Kelly kid might be wicked fast. 3a.) Wasn't there an interview recently in which Marrone himself was very open to an offensive attack that is based on a mobile quarterback. I remember something from about 3-4 weeks ago. And I was happy to see it. Does anyone remember where that came from and can we peek at it again? 4.) Say what you will about Marrone (I'll be upfront, I am a big big supporter), he is self-reflective both personally and in terms of the program. If he does not like the end result, he'll make adjustments or changes. Now, I may believe he may have made a slightly faulty choice in the spring of 2010 switching to more of a pro style, but it is hard to argue that it worked (8-5, Bowl Game victory) at least in the short term. We are on our way. And let's also admit that the programs assent is not without various ups and downs along the way. [/QUOTE]

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