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Message: [QUOTE="boog7, post: 4841388, member: 809"] Not really. First of all, defensively, whether run by White or Long, the 3-3-5 has been successful at SU. When TW was running it, the SU D was one of the tops in the nation. At Nebraska, White's D was top 15 nationally prior to Sat. And while the D may have taken a bit of step back under Long, it's still a solid unit and shows that the 3-3-5 does work at SU. So if I'm JW and I see a defensive scheme that works well with the type of smaller, quicker athletes up front that Syracuse [B]can[/B] regularly recruit, why would I want to scrap it? If Dino got one thing right, it was switching to the 3-3-5 - so there's no need to scrap it if it works. Obviously, White would continue using the now proven scheme, which is likely a signifigant part of TW's appeal to ADJW. As far as Beck goes, he's still a mystery to me and I'm not sure it's accurate or necessarily fair to call his system "the same" as Babers' "system" - if he even had one after his hyper speed-offense fizzled. In someways you have to give Beck a Mulligan on this year's poor O bc of GS & CDRW's health/injuries, Sellers de-commit and Lamson's transfer - not to mention the o-line injuries. So btwn those things and the lack of receiving talent on the roster, the guy had his hand tied behind his back and hasn't really been able to show what he can do or what his "system" actually is, imho. But I've been super impressed with how he's scraped together enough offense these last two weeks - with NO healthy QB - to win one game and compete valiantly in the loss. So if the theory - and that's all it is - that JW may be high on Beck, it could be based more on first hand observations at practice and his past accomplishments as an offensive coach before SU. I just don't think anyone can assume Beck is a bad OC or dismiss his potential to be a really good one based solely on this season. JW may or may not feel the same way - don't know but we shall soon see. [/QUOTE]

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