Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
The biggest adjustment for us was with the offensive line. They were confused most of the year and I think our running backs took a big step forward against Missouri.



So far he has done everything that he has done at other stops and it has worked well there. I'm going to continue to side with him until it actually doesn't work after three years. He has earned that right from me as a fan because of his track record. Results don't always happen immediately. Especially when a coach picks up a team that is built completely the opposite of what Leach wants to do.

Read his book. And if you have read it again because you clearly don't understand the method behind his madness. He teaches his team the plays and forces them to master them. That only comes with reps. That also means that short term the results may not be pretty. It's a process approach but once the plays are mastered it looks a lot more like what we saw against Missouri.

We weren't running the ball because our offensive line was struggling badly. That's why our YPC pre-Missouri was abysmal. And Kylin wasn't helping us because he was tapping out after every carry. Not sure how much our line would have blocked for him after Kentucky anyway after the way he allegedly acted after the game. I think we're doing the right thing by not trying for another 6-7 type season so that we can have a potential 9-10 win season two-three years from now and then build from there.
I've said on many threads, I am willing to give Leach time but he didn't have to nuke our potential this year in my opinion. His very isolated success this year was by no means turning any corner as many have claimed.

Every coach preaches and practices repetition for execution excellence. Mullen, Saban, etc. That is nothing new, Leach didn't invent that. At the same time, any team that plays a perfect game is going to win. The key is not playing a perfect execution game and still winning because too many variables will ever let the stars line up too many times.

Well running the ball takes practice too and Leach obviously wasn't willing to invest in that pretty much all year and his track record says he is not going to invest much in running but my conviction is he has to in order to bring MSU to another level. I'm concerned we can't even maintain Moorhead win level after this year but as I said, we'll see what develops next year.