The House of Blue

How bout worryig about offense which it seems like UK will have for the next 4 years, and think about a defensive minded coach who can improve the run defense which even whenUK had Peters, Lumpkin and Pryor wasn't good. Haven't had a true pass rusher who could dominate the edge since Jarmon. Dykes seems like the next coach at Oregon or Houston or maybe Texas Tech.

I am a lil more old fashioned in that defense wins games bc offense won't score every time it gets the ball (unless the team is Savanah State) so any DC who works with less talent and produces would be towards the top of my list.

ORegon's offense is incredibly balanced and isn't a gimmick at all. They just happen to be in the shotgun most of the time. The Patriots? A gimmick? Huh? They're as sound offensively as you will find.

By gimmick we mean a very simple and "tricky" offense. Mumme's offense, in speaking with Tim couch is so overly simple that by the time he got to the nfl his head was swimming. Hal Mumme was big part in what made Tim Couch an awful nfl qb. Being on the browns didn't help but talk to Tim and he'll tell you what he thinks of the mumme system.

As far as Malzhan, with a once in a geneartion talent, it looked great. But without that once in a generation talent? Bad.

I'm not talking about balance as much as I am the actual scheme.

I don't think you have to be 50/50 balanced. In the woodson days we weren't 50/50 balanced. But the offense was very sound attacking all parts of the field.

There are many ways to skin a cat. You can do it in the I, shotgun, pistol etc. It's not about formation, it's about the actual scheme and how you attack defenses.