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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 344708, member: 297"] Lots of stuff to respond to here. I wouldn't consider myself Anti-Marrone. I actually want to see him succeed. I just was vocal about some of the choices the staff made that I disagreed with. That's different to me than being Anti-Marrone, and I've tried to state that from time to time. At worst I was indifferent about a lot of the things people love about the guy. I'm glad to see that some people felt that Saturday validated Marrone and that he had it figured out all along but just didn't have the parts. Really, if people feel their faith was validated and fans like me believe there are more reasons now to be supportive, that's a win all around. That said, I do think that Marrone and Hackett needed to learn some things about the college game and it wasn't all about "the parts." There was scant evidence years one through three that we were building to what we saw Saturday. To me, people citing that we've seen some of those formations in the past and that we have had single drives in some games where we went no huddle isn't really evidence to me that this was the plan. Factor in that the staff supposedly spoke with other coaches this summer from programs with high powered offenses on how to improve what we do moving the ball and scoring, and yeah, I think it isn't horrible to accept that our HC on his first job and really young OC needed to learn some things, and did. That's to their credit. I do see Saturday as fundamentally different from glimmers of hope on offense we've had from the Pinstripe bowl and WFVU. The Pinstripe happened at the end of the season, with a team we would never see again. WFVU, with the scheme and personnel we had, was our chance to pitch a perfect game. That was the ceiling. Saturday though... we didn't pitch a perfect game. Between the lack of red zone execution, missed field goal, and turnovers we left points on the field. If we stick with this as the offense, I think we're in good shape for fireworks. Last thought - we're not going to average 600 yards a game. We're probably not going to pass for 450 yards a game, or put the ball in the air 65 times a game. That's all fine. If the run/pass balances out, that's fine. What I do think we need to see is the emphasis on getting plays off. The goal should be 85 passes or runs. If we do that, I think we'll start becoming one of those programs where people look at the numbers our players put up and wonder if the players are that good, or just a product of the system. That's a sweet place to be. [/QUOTE]

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