Buc, I can only reiterate what I said earlier about why Newman would come here if we were't changing the offense: Highest profile spot available in NCAAF and we will highlight his ability to be productive in the pocket.
I don't think this program had to promise changes to get a guy from Wake Forest to come here.
As far as opposite sides of a fence... I don't really look at it that way. I just haven't fully climb down on your side yet. The reason I haven't is simple and consistent.
I said he would get a Mulligan for 2016.
I was okay with what happened at the end of 2017.. a couple of questionable coaching moves were fine.. learning moments..and then a player failing to do his job in the NC game. Everything was on track.
Then came 2018 and I was up front about starting to hold the coaching responsible, and some really bad calls were made in crucial moments and I started noticing a rigidity in our offensive game planning.. I wished for more adaptability.
For 2019 I said no more excuses, and I wanted to see changes made with our new OC and our refusal to do anything differently. Quite frankly... I think we failed that test, and then the excuses came. As much as I understand our WR depth problem, we still called games the exact same way and never evolved. Our WR's who had to step in showed very little development. We had some experience at TE, but continued to under-utilize it.
So for 2020 my friend, I hope you are correct; but I am not giving any benefit of a doubt to
Kirby and I am not swayed by talk. I'm not saying things won't change either.. I'll just believe it when I actually see it.
God Bless and Go Dawgs
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