heartofthebear;842644688 said:
Oaktown: In a vacuum the Spavital hire is concerning. But I think that he might team up with Dykes very well. In that sense he might be similar to TF but without the ego to always have things his way. That gives me hope that some of the problem areas with TF could go by the wayside, namely the vertical scheme, and the overaggressive playcalling on 3rd down etc.
I mean Spavital is young and has his career ahead of him.
Do you really think he needs to promote a system and generate meaningless late game stats like TF did?
Will Spavital want to go for the TD instead of the winning field goal late in the ASU game? Something that Dykes thankfully overruled resulting in Anderson's winning kick on 3rd down.
Will Spavital throw long on 3rd and 7?
Will Spavital keep Lasco and Goff in the game late against SDS if Cal is up by 28 points resulting in a season changing injury to Lasco?
You liked the Counzo Martin hire.
But Martin's ego is forcing Cal into half court basketball which isn't the strength of his players.
Martin is a great recruiter and so is Spavital. But I doubt Spavital will control the system like Martin does and hence I think those issues may not play out.
The problem with Franklin was that Dykes didn't really control him until the end. Spavital will be controlled.
I know this places a lot of faith in Dykes, something I don't think you have. And I would agree if we were talking about defense. But I'm not concerned about Dykes when it comes to offense.
Who is SDS?