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Message: [QUOTE="Rich, post: 4822800, member: 9018"] The more I see the way the portal is wreaking havoc on teams' ability to maintain any sort of roster continuity the more I'm becoming a believer in what Mario Cristobal and Nick Saban are trying to do/have done over the last couple of years. They both are tracking away from high flying passing attacks in favor of 'smash mouth', ball control run-game oriented offense and stronger defenses. Cristobal has taken a lot of hits amongst Hurricane fans because of the way he prefers to run the offense but I think he has the right practical idea on how to build a program these days-inside out, get in a bunch of 3/4 star recruits and use the strength program to build them up. Five stars always are good but those kids are also always NIL flight risks. Saban couldn't get rid of Bill O'Brien fast enough so he could get Rees in and go back to the offensive philosophy that I think he's most comfortable with. Milroe is arguably the least talented passer on the 'Bama roster but the one thing he does better than the other QBs is use his legs, sometimes functioning as almost an option QB. Sophisticated passing offenses generally require a lot more time on task and gel over a number of seasons which is well nigh impossible if half your receiving corp and your starting QB decide to transfer every year. Not that good offensive and defensive linemen grow on trees; however I think on balance there are more of them and at the collegiate level, or at least they're easier to coach up on the fly with a robust strength and conditioning program. You can also get really good running backs and DBs in quantity, not so with QBs and receivers.....especially QBs. Maybe that's what Mora is fighting-his instincts and background point to a coach who wants to win with a ball control offense and defense but the zeitgeist turns the conversation towards, 'we need a stud QB or we aren't going anywhere'. He maybe needs to pick a lane and articulate that lane to the fan base so we can manage our own expectations accordingly. Just my $.02. Probably wrong but what the hell I'm just an idiot posting on a message board and not paid millions to coach a CFB team. [/QUOTE]

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