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Originally Posted by BigChiefFan
I disagree. I'm not implying the offense would have remained a juggernaut, but there is no question, that Herm CHANGED the offensive philosophy. Let's also not forget that Herm, himself, IMPLIED the same thing. Don't you remember all the "offense will remain the same" bullshit he spouted went he first got here. Clearly it wasn't and one, Mr. Solari took the fall for HERM'S conservative and neutered approach, now look at Gailey's IDENTICAL APPROACH, same conservative, PREDICTABLE approach.
Don't confuse changing offensive philosophy with offensive player personel changing. Argueing about the effectiveness of the offense with the loss of Roaf and Shields, etc.. is an entirely different argument and one that I can see coming into the discussion, but I think you'll find it impossible to argue against what is being said, because I'm using HERM as the source that STATED, he DID NOT NEED TO CHANGE the OFFENSE.
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You can't separate the offensive philosophy from the player personnel. It doesn't work that way. You can't implement an offensive philosophy, even a very successful offensive philosophy, without the correct player personnel to run it. If you want proof of this, simply look at Jesus Saunders' handiwork after he left here. Without the right personnel, the best offensive philosophy in the world will fail.
They made an attempt to run the same style of offense. But they couldn't because we had no decent talent waiting after Roaf and Shields left. You can't coach up reeruns like Kyle Turley and Chris Terry, and expect the same results as Willie Roaf and Will Shields.
Remember, Solari is the one that coached Roaf and Shields. But for some reason, the offensive line fell apart after those 2 left. Even though Solari was still here.