he went over the history of the offense and what they were trying to do. In 2009 he wanted to be unique and run a spread offense. So they recruited taller, leaner, more athletic linemen. He said the problem was the rest of the Big 12 was thinking the same thing and if you are doing what everyone else is doing but without the caliber of athletes things are going to be tough. He said now they are trying to get to more of a power game and are in the process of recruiting for it.
What Paul said tonight is all stuff we have discussed on the board but I thought it was interesting to hear hime say the exact same things we were all thinking. The thing that bothers me is a lot of Big 12 schools were running spread when he got here, what made him think it was going to be unique? Missouri, Kansas, Okie State, OU, Texas Tech, and Texas were all running a version of the spread already. Texas was running zone read stuff with Vince Young back in 2004 and 2005. Trying to out spread other spread teams with better athletes was a miscalculation on his part.
What Paul said tonight is all stuff we have discussed on the board but I thought it was interesting to hear hime say the exact same things we were all thinking. The thing that bothers me is a lot of Big 12 schools were running spread when he got here, what made him think it was going to be unique? Missouri, Kansas, Okie State, OU, Texas Tech, and Texas were all running a version of the spread already. Texas was running zone read stuff with Vince Young back in 2004 and 2005. Trying to out spread other spread teams with better athletes was a miscalculation on his part.
