The problem is it's not a binary choice

by CK08, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 11:57 (5138 days ago) @ Bill

Every coach adapts their offense to their personnel, especially in their early years at a new school. Anyone who thinks Brian Kelly didn't do that is a fool.

Now, Kelly did trend more toward the "stick to my system" side of the spectrum, while Hoke trended more toward the "adapt to the talent" side, but the difference between Michigan's season and ours had nothing to do with that last year. Frankly, the difference in our records came down mostly to them recovering a large majority of the fumbles in their games, while we had two fumbles returned for 99 yard TDs (and other things of that nature).

The only coach I can think of that installed their system without any regard for the current talent was Tyrone Willingham - and even he leaned heavily on a power run game in 2002.

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Short term gains versus long term goals - Bill, 2012-05-16, 11:22
- what would Kelly have done with Denard Robinson? - Jay, 2012-05-16, 13:46
  - Robinson actually had a very good QB rating in 2010 - Bill, 2012-05-16, 14:11
  - Beat FSU, USC, and a bunch of other teams - Geoff, 2012-05-16, 14:05
  - Spread 'n' shred, baby - BPH, 2012-05-16, 13:53
  - Made him a slot receiver? - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2012-05-16, 13:52
    - The evidence is right there in our game - CK08, 2012-05-16, 13:58
  - Something very similar to what Rodriguez did - CK08, 2012-05-16, 13:46
- the two scenarios are so different as to be laughable - HumanRobot, 2012-05-16, 12:22
  - Hoke inherited nearly every key player... - BPH, 2012-05-16, 13:20
  - There was a Mack Brown/Vince Young-like quality to watching - hobbs, 2012-05-16, 12:46
- The problem is it's not a binary choice - CK08, 2012-05-16, 11:57
  - I can't really blame Kelly - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2012-05-16, 12:10
- I suspect the data would show that adapting is best - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-16, 11:40
  - Coach Rodriguez at WVU disagrees - Geoff, 2012-05-16, 13:59
    - Not sure what you are saying, that actually supports my post - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-16, 16:48
      - You suggested data supports coaches adapting - Geoff, 2012-05-17, 07:05
  - In other scenarios, I agree - ndbk32, 2012-05-16, 12:11
    - was Charlie really that scattershot? - HumanRobot, 2012-05-16, 12:15
      - I think it's a bit of - ndbk32, 2012-05-16, 15:37
      - It seemed to me that Charlie would throw plays - Bill, 2012-05-16, 12:18
        
        that's not fair - HumanRobot, 2012-05-16, 12:23
        
        In the air, or on the ground; jump in the band... - Greg, 2012-05-16, 12:23
  - I've been trying to recall what approach Holtz used - Bill, 2012-05-16, 11:57
    - We were 5-6 because - CK08, 2012-05-16, 13:33
      - I think they lost five games by a total of 14 points - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-16, 16:51
        
        Oh, I agree - they were probably better than 5-6 - CK08, 2012-05-17, 06:25
      - Here's the SI article on the 1986 Michigan game - Bill, 2012-05-16, 14:15
    - Holtz adapted - Jeff (BGS), 2012-05-16, 12:25

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The problem is it's not a binary choice