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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 5482092, member: 297"] Fran Brown's first season have fans more than they could have asked for, but the path to success (program record breaking one year QB leading a great offense that could overcome shaky defense and historically awful special teams) wasn't a common one or likely to be repeated. There are some questions to be answered. 1, will Fran and co's scouting ability and faith in the returning players and incoming transfers be rewarded? We return very little of our offensive production, and lost a whole lot of the "name" guys from the defense. Did we do enough in the portal and with the last two incoming recruiting classes from highschool to have a roster infused with talent all over the field? A game away from home against an SEC program is a heckuva way to try and find out. 2, was the special teams coach the problem, or is there something to the coaching philosophy that makes special teams vulnerable? We have a new special teams coach, after it became evident early on that last year's guy wasn't going to cut it. I do wonder how much was on him, vs if there's something in the way the staff thinks that might be a problem, and I say that only because of the insistence on the unusual two man up punt formation. Fran's particular, and we do that differently, without much clear advantage. It's curious is all I'm saying. 3, how much does EROB grow from year 1 to year 2 at DC? They say that systems usually take more than a year to fully install, so part of the hope is that with younger faces playing more snaps on defenses, the defense will perform better because the system is familiar. How much has EROB learned about having a semi reliable defense at the level we compete at? 4, can the coaching staff get a line to gel and a new QB installed in basically what amounts to just a few weeks of fall camp? We have a new center who looks to be pretty good, and we're going to see some new faces on the offensive line. To say nothing of dropping in a new QB in Steve Angeli. We need the line and WB to not just be competent right away, but be strengths for the team. What other questions are you interested in seeing get answered now that we'll be able to see this year's team on the field? [/QUOTE]

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