grandmastapoop;842043326 said:
Sorry, no. We're all (most anyways) excited about Coach Dykes, but Tedford often talked about ways to get his playmakers the ball. Especially with DeSean (hell, DeSean is the reason he fell in love with the bubble screen), but also Jahvid/Vereen and then Keenan and, finally, even though it was lip service, Bigelow.
He also said this over the years about his oline. Most recently when he moved Schwenke to center and Galas to guard Galas' injury this season in order to get Schwenke on the field.
Yes, exactly, Tedford did sometimes talk about it, but just as often he talked about guys "knowing the offense" and "being able to do everything we ask of them in this offense" or being able to "make all the throws" etc. So I think it was a consideration, but there was a balance between "his system" and the talent. Basically, "the best" often meant most versatile (Sofele) instead of the more narrowly focused but exceptional (Bigelow) because of our need to be "multiple." Certainly his actions demonstrated that on numerous occasions.
And yes, Tedford tried to move to more spread the last two years to better fit his team/players, and even went no-huddle this past year, but he and his coaches were not guys from spread systems--basically Tedford learned spread formations from others during the off-seasons and then tried to implement them--but he never lost his run on first down no matter what the defense shows mentality. I give Tedford credit for trying to change, but in the end, he should have stuck with what he knows or hired someone who is an expert in what he wanted to do and let them do it--even if it meant kicking in a small part of his own salary to make it happen.
I'm really excited about this staff and the offense we will see this Fall.
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