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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 34787, member: 837"] I am late to this thread and much of what I feel has been posted. But I just want to point out a couple things: 1. I, for one, would be fine with ANY offense that moved the ball for the most part and was built to succeed on a short field and in the red zone. If that's wishbone, fine. If that's Mike Leach territory, fine. If it's pro style, fine. If it's multiple and we end up, once and for all, defining to the rest of the football world what multiple means, then fine. But I agree with the general sentiment that we can't bank on shutting teams down each week as a long-term plan (not saying that is the plan but just making the point that we need to improve significantly on offense to get where we want to go). 2. I agree that 30 games (overall) and half a season (this year) are enough to suggest a trend of offensive struggles. This offense could turn it around the last seven games, but I'd say the chances of seeing an offense that puts up close to 30 ppg, and routinely piles up somewhere around 300 yards are extremely slim. 3. Marrone has shown himself to be flexible in some ways so I'm not sure why we should prime ourselves for his settling for mediocrity if not worse from his offense. 4. The recruiting hasn't lit the world on fire, but I don't find it TOO concerning, particularly with our conference situation being resolved. 5. If SU has to increase the coaching budget to bring in a better OC (not entirely hammering Hackett, just saying "if" they feel this is the right move) after the season, I have no idea why they wouldn't do so. If you're going to make decisions for your entire fan base, identity and every athletics program based on football, then you better make the full commitment to getting football the support it needs. [/QUOTE]

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