Highbp

I agree but I just feel like it is stupid to run a base scheme with all kinds of different looks. It is too complicated and hard to execute on, particularly for young players who haven’t spent a couple years learning it. Simplify the game, play sound fundamentals and get after the QB. A DC preaching a bunch of unique looks and formations is a negative in my mind at the college level unless you have a problem getting and developing talent, which hopefully we won’t. Likely a TO problem, but every player was significantly better this year then last year (except maybe Caden but who gives a F that dude was trash outside of his freshman year). Just recruit and develop and let them play. It works and we just got to witness it.

Running a 3-3-5 base would be a moronic move by Sark. Unless we bring in Venables who has an outstanding reputation (and years of film and experience to prove it), that would be stupid. I think Arnett is a good coach, and I admit I haven’t watched a ton of his teams mainly just SDSU a bit when he was there, but him saying he is willing to run a different scheme based off players does not have the same weight as being successful running different schemes. Now he may prove that down the road, but he hasn’t yet. It is a liability in recruiting, no elite d lineman want to run it, and no elite college programs run it (Clemson doesnt count for many reasons (flexbility, reputation, film, recruiting, Venables). We have just seen (excluding all the other good teams that successfully run it each year) with Ash the benefits of a pass rush with 4 down (idc if 3 DL and 1 LB or 4 DL) and that was without an offseason and only one year of film. The game is won in the trenches and if we can recruit elite lineman which we should be able to, that is my opinion for the best way forward. 3-3-5 may win you some games, but it ain’t the path to an elite team. Ash, Odom, Muschamp are all amazing options IMO.

I feel like we should be more worried about Ash and the defense. All of the OCs rumored frankly seem like a giant upgrade. Ash is a single at best and would be the easy choice.