[stupac2]

We don't have an RPO, because we don't have a run option for the QB.

RPOs don't require a QB run. In fact I think they very rarely include one. The QB is reading a defensive player to decide between handing to the running back and throwing it. RPO != read option.

I actually have posed the OC issue twice in the last couple of weeks.  Not because I have any unique insights, but The Cardboard has examined every other explanation for the puzzling under performance of our offense this season.

Not that the rest of your post has no merit, but the under-performance isn't particularly puzzling itself: we suck at run blocking and are only okay at pass blocking. The question isn't "why is the offense so bad?" It's "why is the offensive line so bad?" There are a bunch of possible explanations, many of which you mentioned, but it's not like Shaw spending his time differently or hiring an outside OC would've changed the OL performance much. Perhaps it would've been noted earlier and schemed around, but I think there's only so much you can do.

[stupac2]

We don't have an RPO, because we don't have a run option for the QB.

RPOs don't require a QB run. In fact I think they very rarely include one. The QB is reading a defensive player to decide between handing to the running back and throwing it. RPO != read option.

I actually have posed the OC issue twice in the last couple of weeks.  Not because I have any unique insights, but The Cardboard has examined every other explanation for the puzzling under performance of our offense this season.

Not that the rest of your post has no merit, but the under-performance isn't particularly puzzling itself: we suck at run blocking and are only okay at pass blocking. The question isn't "why is the offense so bad?" It's "why is the offensive line so bad?" There are a bunch of possible explanations, many of which you mentioned, but it's not like Shaw spending his time differently or hiring an outside OC would've changed the OL performance much. Perhaps it would've been noted earlier and schemed around, but I think there's only so much you can do.