[EKUAlum05]

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This isn't college though. You just listed Auburn, Oregon, and Ohio State as examples... teams who traditionally have the top recruiting classes in the country and get super talented players who they evaluate and offer based specifically if they fit their system.

Once again it comes down to talent more than anything.

I don't disagree with your argument... I think anyone would prefer to have an offense that displays balance and can hurt you equally with the run or the pass... and can score with a 15 play drive..or a single flare pass.

What we are saying is that over the past 5 or 6 years Russell simply hasn't had the talent or the athletes to subsidize an offense that is built to maximize with a lack of skill/speed.... let alone a spread. Had Russell scrapped their entire system and started from scratch it would have been a fail of astronomical proportions.. not only would kids have to learn an entire new system... but once they did you simply didn't have the talent to successfully pull it off.

Since we are using the example of colleges... why do the service academies still run such a primitive offense? Why have FCS schools like Georgia Southern and Southern Conference schools sustained success for decades primarily running our of a primitive offense?

The Wing T, Wishbone, and Flexbone are simply THE best choice to give optimal chance for success and consistency when the talent level isn;t extremely high.

When Russell has the athletes their offense works. They won a State Title running over Belfry and if not for the controversial Mercer County team (Who also ran out of the bone) would have had another.

The UK example is fitting though... you are correct that UK is trying to implement the spread to compete at the collegiate level with longer quarters and more posessions... but look how inadequate the offense was this year without having talent as well. It requires recruiting better talent to work... if you don't have talent NO offense will work. Secondarily, if your defense can't get off the field and/or you are stuck playing from behind your offense will rarely function how you want as well.