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[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 4438710, member: 78"]
So I am biased towards liking Babers because I know his offense works and because I was thrilled they hired him.

Every year, there is at least one offensive lineman that I take one look at and think "No good team has an offensive lineman who looks like that"  Whether it's the legendary Elmore or whoever the guy is this year with old diabetic bloated ankles and knees that kinda cave inward.  So since I like Babers, i say, well what could anyone do with these players - what system would be successful

Because of this, we constantly pine for unicorn dual threat qbs like we are still in an 80s era where most opposing coaches are dumb enough to not want fast qbs.

Every year, there is a fatal flaw at QB - whether it's a guy with a good arm who won't throw it or a guy with a terrible arm that will (until he turns into a guy who won't) - I roll my eyes and say, "not this year"

Eventually all the years add up and it's like what the hell are we doing here.  You have to recruit a little

I think this system works as long as there aren't fatal flaws.  But for whatever reason, Babers ALWAYS has them.  I wasn't worried about his recruiting because you don't need to recruit great to succeed with the right offense, you just have to recruit good enough.

Eventually, Babers will get replaced (fired, simple retirement) and we're going to fixate on the weak line (offensive line) and get some northeastern dinosaur who can relate to all the NY gym coaches who can teach big angry kids to murder people but will do everything the hard way on offense.  It's damn impossible to run the right offense here and find anyone to block
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