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Message: [QUOTE="orangepassion, post: 187114, member: 14"] Very enlightening article. My few thoughts FWIW: * Like it or not, casual fans are coming to see if there's a good product, they don't care whether the Coach spends time shmoozing with the diehards or not. *I'm still of the belief that the Defense is the least of our problems by far, as it's been fairly good 2 of Marrone's 3 years, as opposed to Offense and Special teams, which have been bad all 3 years. *Marrone coaching Special teams could be a great move if he uses it as a weapon like other teams and doesn't just try to minimize mistakes. I distinctly remember SU getting called for roughing the kicker when trying to block a punt and Marrone blaming himself for "taking the game out of the player's hands". I don't believe he went for a block again the rest of the year. IMO, the problem in that play wasn't the call, rather the execution. If there's one thing we can learn from RU, it's Special Teams. I'll take a couple of roughing the kickers in exchange for several blocked punts/kicks. You can't get gun-shy-need to keep teaching the guys the proper ways to do it until they can get confidence that they will block kicks. There's no reason we can't. Marrone has to be willing to lay it on the line there and be a little unpredictable. *Very happy to hear that Marrone is looking more into having the QB run and spreading the field more. These are both issues I brought on his show and he sounded receptive to, but i didn't see any change on the field last year.[B] I believe this is the key to Marrone's future as a successful Head Coach[/B]-putting more pressure on the Defense. If he can do this, he will be successful. If not, not. Our athletes aren't all NFL, but neither is Boise' and other types that have been very successful. [/QUOTE]

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