OK, I’ve come to the conclusion that…

[Trueblujr]

If Stoops true desire was to be a ground and pound coach, we should have recruited QB’s in the mold of Sellers. A mobile dual threat QB. A Lamar Jackson type. Our best years were with Snell, Bowden, Rodriguez. We should have parlayed their success into becoming RB University. I know we made a bowl with Davis and all but I think that offense would have been even more potent with a dual threat QB. I think Stoops downfall was not building off that offensive profile and recruiting to it. Instead he tried to appease fans who wanted a high flying offense by switching to a pro style. That disrupted the type of OLine we recruited to as well. Now we just don’t have any sort of identity.

just random thoughts several beers in.

[Jaxcat]

^Could not agree more, true. I seriously doubt we'll ever be able to recruit the necessary talent to really run a pro (passing) offense effectively. I've said for at least 2 years now exactly what you just posted. We need an identity and an RPO-based scheme with a true dual threat QB would be something we could recruit to year after year. Plus, with so many SEC schools running pro-style offenses, I believe that would leave many high caliber DT quarterbacks who don't possess the NFL measurables that would be really good QBs for UK (see: Manziel, Pavia, Lamar, et al).

The plays Boley had some time to throw tonight, our receivers COULD NOT GET OPEN. We don't have the talent to run an NFL offense (unless it's the Ravens/Eagles RPO-based) and I don't believe we ever will.

Fans want to WIN. Very few care what offense we run as long as we WIN. While no one wants to watch the Iowa offense of a few years ago (although they did end up winning 9 games, IIRC), we can get big, bruising, physical OL, workhorse RBs, slippery, quick DT QBs and enough good WRs and TEs to put a very competitive (and difficult to defend) offense on the field.

[Jload]

Bitter truth is our coach is mired in 1970s football philosophy. I don't think he is capable of adjusting to 2025 offensive football. Nobody wins with a 1 dimensional offense in the SEC. Defenses just too good. G Tech is a perfect example of an offense that we could run effectively, IF we had a QB that could run it. Stoops has never really had one except EARLY Levi's when he ran some( before he got hurt and stopped).