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[QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 32848, member: 210"]
Everyone seems to have landed on facilities and recruiting as what will decide the ceiling for Marrone.  What I find ironic is that I think this team has a lot of talent when they are allowed to play fast and loose.  I go back to the USC game where for a half or so we saw a pretty dynamic and fluid offense that had no problem moving the ball against a team full of future NFL players.  What I want to know is what the hell happened to that offense?

My biggest beef with Marrone is that he only wants to open it up when there is nothing on the line (ie USC where we are not expected to win) or when we are behind.  Against the Rutgers of the world he seems pretty happy to keep it close and grind out a win ie he plays to not lose.  This is the same thing he did last year.  I'm not saying the spread is a cure-all for everything but I've seen way too many teams overcome huge talent disparities by spreading it out, this is what Toledo and Rhode Island both did to us.  I think it's telling that we very rarely ever blow anyone out or get blown out regardless of talent and that's because we play to keep it close and we have no idea what to do with a lead.  This mentality is why I think Marrone is going to be a 7 win a year grind it out coach like Edsall or Coach P in the latter years, my opinion really has very little to do with his recruiting.
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