[Row80Critic]

Unless McKee has an Einstein brain Shaw won’t play him until be memorizes the playbook.

I'm prompted to offer my latest bad idea; I'd appreciate learning from everyone why it's so dumb.

It bugs me when opposing teams' offense come up to the line of scrimmage, get ready for the snap, then everyone stops and looks to the sideline for an alternative play call by a coach, based on how the defense has lined up. But it seems to me that us adopting that approach would help us get playing time for our young quarterbacks who are physically ready to play and have learned a chunk of the playbook but can't yet read the defenses and call the right alternative play on their own. No?

Shaw's offense is needlessly difficult to learn and out of touch with modern college football.  There may have been a time when you could take the Nation's #1 QB recruit and spend 2 or 3 years teaching him your offensive scheme, but those days are long gone.  Shaw's system squanders talent and eligibility; makes injuries insurmountable; essentially precludes inbound transfers; and has produced consistently worse teams year after year.  He needs to adapt to survive.  It's what good coaches do.

[Row80Critic]

Unless McKee has an Einstein brain Shaw won’t play him until be memorizes the playbook.

I'm prompted to offer my latest bad idea; I'd appreciate learning from everyone why it's so dumb.

It bugs me when opposing teams' offense come up to the line of scrimmage, get ready for the snap, then everyone stops and looks to the sideline for an alternative play call by a coach, based on how the defense has lined up. But it seems to me that us adopting that approach would help us get playing time for our young quarterbacks who are physically ready to play and have learned a chunk of the playbook but can't yet read the defenses and call the right alternative play on their own. No?

Shaw's offense is needlessly difficult to learn and out of touch with modern college football.  There may have been a time when you could take the Nation's #1 QB recruit and spend 2 or 3 years teaching him your offensive scheme, but those days are long gone.  Shaw's system squanders talent and eligibility; makes injuries insurmountable; essentially precludes inbound transfers; and has produced consistently worse teams year after year.  He needs to adapt to survive.  It's what good coaches do.