You left out out talented but have said it enough to where we all want the recruiting to pay dividends. This years quick cycle recruit group has produced more than imagined already, right?
I have a theory which I hope is correct. The last couple of seasons on D we could not get lined up nor could we execute and most of us put that on Fat Todd and his "intricate blitzes". This first season it does look like the scheme is pure vanilla (both D and O) which makes it difficult to compete against ranked or functional teams. My theory is Napier and staff decided it's more important to simplify everything and teach everything from ground zero to learn the basic skills, like lining up correctly and tackling (more work to come). This might explain why it doesn't look as exciting as established powers but there is a cold logic behind it. They haven't been convinced the returning players are capable of handling multiple complex schemes. So instead they are very focused the KISS method and giving all they got in basic format. No one can question the heart and soul displayed to date. I think it reasonable to let the season play out, let them teach what they can and weed out the stragglers and recruit like crazy.
The coaches can coach them correctly, demonstrate it a thousand times in practice and in film study but they can't play the game for them. Let's please not start a fire the coaches thread, it's a bad scheme.
