Snyder ran the spread offense to a high degree of success with each of these QB's that was tailored specifically to their strengths during the DOD.
I seriously don't understand the unwillingness to adapt the offense. And I really would like to hear an explanation and some HFIQ as to why this is not happening.
I don't know the passing concepts from that era, but I think the passing game we're using now is probably more like we used then. Its just the insistence on staying with QB run with Waters in the game that seems futile.
The challenge as I see it is this... Our starter can't execute our run game efficiently, and our backup apparently can't execute the passing game efficiently enough to give it a go in a game.
So, our practice time ends up being used totally inefficiently. When we've had more of a "pure passer" in the past, you can imagine that is the type of offense that was practiced exclusively by both the starter and the backup and when we've had more of a "dual threat" like Bishop, Roberson, etc., then practice was spent on the QB run game and the "pass plays" that accompany such.
As it stands now, we are not getting "really good" at either being a passing offense or "really good" at being a running offense. So, we end up being just short of average at both and it rough ridin' sucks.
Klein's passing was serviceable last year because we schemed the eff outta the defenses and he was generally throwing into huge, wide open windows. I'm of the belief that Sams probably can't do what Waters does in the passing game and that side of the offense, so we don't try. However, I'm also of the belief that Sams CAN do what Klein did and would be VERY good at it, just like Bishop and Roberson were at throwing slip screens, jailbreaks, and deep balls to Lockett ala Bishop to MacDonald or Roberson to Terry.
