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One more add to stupac: we've also seen offenses change their approach dramatically without big staff shakeups. I believe Sarkisian went from a pure pro-style approach to the sort of hybrid pro/spread hurry-up he uses today without a major change in staff. That seems to have worked reasonably well.

So it's tough to come up with a generalizable suggestion that applies to college football. Sometimes changes work. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes not changing works too.

A very quick look at the data suggests that Sarkisian's shake-up appears to have worked reasonably well, with the caveat that there are few data points to examine.

UW
2011: 33.4 ppg, 6.21 ypp, 409.8 ypg
2012: 24.0 ppg, 5.11 ypp, 355.2 ypg
2013*: 37.9 ppg, 6.35 ypp, 499.3 ypg
2014: 30.8 ppg, 5.11 ypp, 364.9 ypg

2013 corresponds to the year he instituted the "hybrid" offense; points per game went up 14, yards per game went up 144, and, most importantly, yards per play went up by 1.2.  Subsequently, with the hiring of Chris Petersen, all offensive numbers have fallen back a bit.

USC
2012: 32.1 ppg, 6.60 ypp, 432.9 ypg
2013: 29.7 ppg, 6.05 ypp, 399.1 ypg
2014*: 34.9 ppg, 6.13 ypp, 458.9 ypg

At USC, Sark's offense this year has improved over last year (though by a less dramatic amount) 5ppg, a shade under 0.1 ypp, and about 50 yards per game.  Of course, some of that might just be improvements in Kody Kessler from his first to his second year, and much of it is simply that they are running more plays. Compared to Matt Barkeley in 2012, yards per play are down, even as yards per game and ppg are up (obviously, SC is running more plays in the hurry up hybrid offense).

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One more add to stupac: we've also seen offenses change their approach dramatically without big staff shakeups. I believe Sarkisian went from a pure pro-style approach to the sort of hybrid pro/spread hurry-up he uses today without a major change in staff. That seems to have worked reasonably well.

So it's tough to come up with a generalizable suggestion that applies to college football. Sometimes changes work. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes not changing works too.

A very quick look at the data suggests that Sarkisian's shake-up appears to have worked reasonably well, with the caveat that there are few data points to examine.

UW
2011: 33.4 ppg, 6.21 ypp, 409.8 ypg
2012: 24.0 ppg, 5.11 ypp, 355.2 ypg
2013*: 37.9 ppg, 6.35 ypp, 499.3 ypg
2014: 30.8 ppg, 5.11 ypp, 364.9 ypg

2013 corresponds to the year he instituted the "hybrid" offense; points per game went up 14, yards per game went up 144, and, most importantly, yards per play went up by 1.2.  Subsequently, with the hiring of Chris Petersen, all offensive numbers have fallen back a bit.

USC
2012: 32.1 ppg, 6.60 ypp, 432.9 ypg
2013: 29.7 ppg, 6.05 ypp, 399.1 ypg
2014*: 34.9 ppg, 6.13 ypp, 458.9 ypg

At USC, Sark's offense this year has improved over last year (though by a less dramatic amount) 5ppg, a shade under 0.1 ypp, and about 50 yards per game.  Of course, some of that might just be improvements in Kody Kessler from his first to his second year, and much of it is simply that they are running more plays. Compared to Matt Barkeley in 2012, yards per play are down, even as yards per game and ppg are up (obviously, SC is running more plays in the hurry up hybrid offense).

BC