I certainly hope you are right that they've designed - and will implement - variations that enhance Shane's skill set should the need arise. Tom's comments to Craig Way on Longhorn Weekly last night is disconcerting though. Mensa went on about the plays being atomic and not relevant to the consistency or relevance to the plays that follow. Like his take that momentum is not real.
I hear this philosophical BS from him, and I really can't decide if he is being serious or not. Really? Like if you draw up a run play that nets 2 yards vs. 7, you don't think that has any relevance to the 4-down series in what you think should be called next? Extend that to overall series-by-series and second-half adjustments, and given our diverse skill set - as you rightly note - and this staff is playing with fire by minimizing risk and relying on the defense. It damn near cost us against OU. Orlando is making those adjustments, but the offense continues to underwhelm with their lack of aggressive exploitation of situational mismatches.