This is true but the OL more than any other position group requires cohesion, chemistry and experience more so than any other group especially when there is a brand new scheme and a new position coach.
I understand everything you are saying and Im not arguing with you. I'm just giving the new OC and his position coaches the benefit of the doubt. A big reason for that was the undeniable improvement made by the offense overall in their 1st year under less than ideal circumstances.
Having said that, I expect to see significant improvement from the OL this year. I also expect to see a bigger playbook and better game plans unlike some of the vanilla garbage that we kept going back to again and again. We have a veteran QB who is on the Heisman watch list coming back for his 2nd year in this system. Assuming that he returns 100% together with the fact that this WR corps is/should be much improved and an experienced OL that boasts 186 starts under their collective belt, one of the best TEs in the nation and a RB stable that is the envy of every single squad in the ACC and beyond, yeah we **** well better see fireworks on offense. There is absolutely no excuse not to have a top 20 offense and zero reason to be held to 17 points by anyone including Alabama, Clemson and whoever else we draw in the post season. I'm not saying we have to go undefeated or score 40+ every game but a scenario in which we get beat down by Alabama in the opener with our offense on the side of a milk carton somewhere is completely unacceptable. We have a very good roster. Not NC caliber quite yet. it a very good roster nonetheless. We have the best coaching staff we have had here in decades. I'm not necessarily expecting a playoff berth although I do believe it is possible. I do however expect this team to win the Coastal outright and compete for the ACC title. I expect this team to be prepared and to compete for 4 quarters all season. I expect to be fun to watch and I expect us to look and play like what we expect the Miami Hurricanes to look and play like.