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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3511671, member: 40"] I think this is a classic example of there not being one single explanation, and a number of factors that all contribute. Short answer is that NOTHING has fundamentally changed in terms of the philosophy -- what's changed has been driven by personnel / depth / injury considerations: [LIST] [*]It's a lot easier to gamble and bet on yourself when you have a gamer like Eric Dungey quarterbacking -- and it is a lot easier to take risks when a guy can beat the opposition in multiple ways [*]OL struggled immmensely last year, and is in an injured state of flux this year. It wasn't even that great Dungey's senior year, but his mobility and ability to make plays on the run partially masked that [*]Sean Lewis was a terrific offensive coordinator, he's now a HC somewhere else [*]DeVito seems to lack the "it" factor [*]Playing fast has inherent risk. When you don't move the chains, you hand the ball right back to the opposition, which has the dual impact of keeping the defense on the field and wearing them down. Since our offense last year / so far this year hasn't shown it can move the sticks and put up points, we've gotten more inherently conservative -- not because that's how Babers wants it, but due to that being the approach that has given us the best chance to keep the score close [*]Kirk Martin wasn't the most qualified QB coach, for a D1 P5 program [*]Babers loves to use the threat of the pass to get opposing defenses in pass protect mode, where he can then gouge them with internal runs using players like Jarveon Howard. That's still what he wants to do, but the pass isn't get established, therefore it can't be used as a decoy for the run. [*]And building upon the preceding bullet point -- since our OL has stunk, teams can load up to stop the run and they are comfortable taking the risk that DeVito won't beat them with the pass [he hasn't proven that he can do so] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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