I'm simply stating an observation .... not a speculation
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I didn't say it was ok, but we hired him knowing who he is. His record shows that he runs his system. He's not going to change. We knew that when we hired him, and if we didn't then that's not on Leach. It's on others.
Obliviously, what Leach believes makes him one of the best coaches is how he runs his system. Not running someone else's system. We paid for Leach. Now we are just going to have to wait for him to get his system and guys needed to run it in play.
This is how I feel. No coach ever has been able to sustain success without adapting. Prime example is Saban. He made changes at the same school in the same conference AFTER winning multiple titles. And that's how he won another one soon after.
I honestly thought Leach would adapt and maybe he will, but so far indicators say that he won't.
My hope was that Leach would bring his system, BUT adjust it to compete in the SEC. There's a reason that we had seen the "pure" air raid in the SEC. While Leach is perhaps the foremost authority on the air raid, he's not the only coach that has a deep understanding of it. The SEC has and has had many great offensive minds over the past 20 years and no a single one thought that the classic air raid gave them a competitive advantage. So either Leach is the revolutionary coach of the SEC or all the other offensive minds saw disadvantages in the air raid.
Saban's system or scheme is on the defensive side of the ball. He has not really adapted or changed much there. Still loves zone coverage in the backend.
It's not that it's ok to not change, it's just it's hard to change a successful system based on 3 games where players are not doing the basics.
The one thing that it appears we need to adjust on is OL blocking. We are consistently having 5 beat by 3. Maybe that's primarily a talent issue where our OL are just not recruited for nor suited for this type of blocking, but if that's the case, you don't just say "well this year is going to suck". You have to do something to compensate for the lack of talent besides waiting for new talent. But it's hard to know what needs to be adjusted overlal when the QB and WRs aren't on the same page.