01Bear said:
john.olsonjr said:
It's not his per se, as he's not the OC. And, he's not calling plays. To be sure, he has veto or overruling power I would imagine, so I put it on the OC. Under SPAV we put up yards and points… twice We did that to a certain extent under Tedford's regime as well, though it fell off with his later OCs, and if memory serves, at least at the beginning he played a much more integral role on O.
That's fair. But I don't think Spav really ran the types of offense Wilcox wanted. If anything, Spav seems to be the exception to the rule under Wilcox. Wilcox seems wedded to a running game including with a running QB. Or so his choice of OCs (based on the plays they ran/run at Cal) suggests.
I think Nando would definitely improve under Spav and an Air Raid offense, but Wilcox (and Bloesch) doesn't seem to want to play that way.
Nando was well suited to Spav's quick read, quick throw offense. Especially slants or hitting the TE up the seam. Reminded me of Davis Webb that way. Most of his problems were when the play extends.
One disagreement, while Wilcox clearly wants to play more "traditional offense" he very clearly loves Nando more than any other QB we have had. Unlke everyone else, he just lights up when he talks about him. I just think he worries that a fast paced offense makes his defense look bad. He likes to keep games close, even if we lose. Same philosophy as Mark Fox in basketball.
I do think Nando would be better if Spavital were OC for these last two games.