Comments on: Where the Big Questions Are http://www.pittblather.com/2008/08/04/where-the-big-questions-are/ The rantings and commentary on Pitt football and basketball ... and anything else from a distracted mind Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:38:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: shadyforpresident http://www.pittblather.com/2008/08/04/where-the-big-questions-are/#comment-104229 shadyforpresident Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:24:22 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5252#comment-104229 The o-line is the key to the whole season. The QB, the offensive system, the coaches, great running backs and wide outs don't matter if the guys upfront aren't getting it done. I agree Rob Houser maybe the answer at center. If he gets hurt what then. Out of the group of linemen we have, excluding the incomming freshmen, not one of them could replace Chris Vangus a mediocere center at best. We have a makeshift line that's never played together. Not only haven't they played together, none of them have any substantial game experience, except for Davis. There was depth at the beginning of last season or maybe that was the previous spring, but the o-line was very thin at the end. After three years of heavily recruiting linemen several questions remain. 1) Are they any good? 2) Have the injured ones fully recovered? 3) Can they remain healthy enough to play as a cohesive unit for the whole season? Anyone know how Matha is doing? The o-line is the key to the whole season. The QB, the offensive system, the coaches, great running backs and wide outs don’t matter if the guys upfront aren’t getting it done.

I agree Rob Houser maybe the answer at center. If he gets hurt what then. Out of the group of linemen we have, excluding the incomming freshmen, not one of them could replace Chris Vangus a mediocere center at best. We have a makeshift line that’s never played together. Not only haven’t they played together, none of them have any substantial game experience, except for Davis. There was depth at the beginning of last season or maybe that was the previous spring, but the o-line was very thin at the end. After three years of heavily recruiting linemen several questions remain. 1) Are they any good? 2) Have the injured ones fully recovered? 3) Can they remain healthy enough to play as a cohesive unit for the whole season? Anyone know how Matha is doing?

]]> By: Stoosh http://www.pittblather.com/2008/08/04/where-the-big-questions-are/#comment-104226 Stoosh Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:35:53 +0000 http://www.pittblather.com/?p=5252#comment-104226 Just about any West Coast system is going to take time for a QB to learn, no matter how talented and/or playbook-smart he might be, and that seems to be the case at just about every level. While it's true that any offensive system is best learned through repetition, that seems to be the case with just about every West Coast system. You even see this out at USC, where it seems every year that they have one or two of the more heralded QB recruits sit and learn for a year or two behind other QBs who have had the reps and the experience with Carroll's offense. Just about any West Coast system is going to take time for a QB to learn, no matter how talented and/or playbook-smart he might be, and that seems to be the case at just about every level. While it’s true that any offensive system is best learned through repetition, that seems to be the case with just about every West Coast system.

You even see this out at USC, where it seems every year that they have one or two of the more heralded QB recruits sit and learn for a year or two behind other QBs who have had the reps and the experience with Carroll’s offense.

]]>