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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 334525, member: 40"]
Your comments above highlight what the coaching staff did to compensate for the weak OL these past more years. Things like numerous quick slants that everybody knows are coming, but where the QB releases the ball before the pass rush can get there, max protect formations, dual TEs, calling a more limited subset of plays that the coaching staff believes the offense can run effectively, etc. are things that people gripe about and point to as "system" flaws, when in fact they are decisions by design to compensate for both subpar run blocking and poor pass blocking.
 
Just looking at sacks allowed is deceptive, and doesn't factor in all of the things that the coaching staff was forced to adjust in order to minimize sacks and mask the ineffectual play of the guys up front. I disagree that the OL was anywhere close to average in performance. I contend that if you transplant uconn's OL onto our last two teams, we'd win the BE conference both years--despite the depth and offensive playmaker limitations both squads had. That's how much our OL has held offensive production back, in my opinion.
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