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Message: [QUOTE="Pyle, post: 880242, member: 137"] How many games do you want to win next year? 3? or 4? Because the offensive identity of this team is a power running game. For that you need WRs who can block, not true frosh with spaghetti frames. I understand your want and desire for a better passing game. But that's not who we are right now. 104th in passing. 38th in rushing. I like Hunt very much but don't think he will ever be an elite passer. He's developed as a true dual threat but that means running and passing. We have the TBs in the stable to continue this trend. All season this team looked for an identity and we finally found one by Nov. We are a power running team with a very strong run defense. You run a very big risk by blowing that up putting a bunch of young speedsters on the outside. If it works, we've transitioned from a power running offense to a passing or even balanced offense. However if it doesn't work then you are blowing up what does work for nothing. I'm not sure I'm willing to sacrifice the one thing that we seem to do well in favor of a gamble. You mention that our guys couldn't start at other schools in the ACC, I'm pretty sure our incoming class of WR wouldn't be starting for most ACC teams either. At least not this year. No point in forcing it, get them in the weight room, get them familiar with the playbook, get them comfortable with the timing of the offense and with the QB. Let the QB get comfortable with them. And you don't have to sacrifice the entire season to get it done. We should stay with the run next year and develop these guys the right way, over time. Starting 2-3 true frosh at WR may pay off next year or the year after because of the game experience but you are going to blow up this year by eliminating any kind of blocking by the guys on the outside. A sub .500 season would be a disaster and I feel that's exactly what you get by sitting West, Broyld, and Estime in favor of some kids who have never even seen our playbook yet, who aren't strong enough to block the majority of ACC DBs, and won't be strong enough to beat press coverage. [/QUOTE]

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