James Coley is not an architect, he is not an implementer. James Coley is a.....you know. He directed Jimbo Fisher’s offense so to speak.
Who else was an architect that Richt could have consulted with? James Coley does not have a big name QB on his resume. Mark Richt has eight drafted QB’s. Under Richt’s, watch (1990-2000) as the program’s quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, the Seminoles captured two national championships and a pair of passers Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke won the Heisman Trophy.
Mark Richt QB’s In NFL Draft:
Casey Weldon (FSU), Brad Johnson (FSU), Danny Kanell (FSU), Chris Weinke (FSU), David Greene (GA), D.J. Shockley (GA), Matthew Stafford (GA), Aaron Murray (GA)
The Keys To This Discussion:
• Understanding what is a Pro Style Offense.
• Understand what Richt is asking the QB (Kayaa) to do.
• Understand what you are actually seeing when you watch the offense on the field.
• Understand why the principles and concepts of the extensions are so important to learn and takes so long to master.
What The Fan Base Has To Do:
The Fan base has to forget everything that you hear about RPO’s, pure spread zone read and spread option using the option "kiddie college offenses". You are not going to see this with Kayaa as the QB. However, if N’Kosi comes and his tools are as advertised, as one poster wrote “oohhwee”!
When you get past the panic phase and you have the understanding of the five extensions of the pro set you will then have the knowledge needed to understand just how deadly this pro style offense will be. Keep in mind that it takes 10 to 14 starts for a QB to master the pro style offense and Kayaa has five. If we get Kayaa back for a second season and allow the future QB’s and OL to learn another year – look out!
Look what happened when an NFL team borrowed ideas from a college team...the current NE juggernaut. It goes back to my original question is Richt an architect, implementer or both?
After five games Richt has shown all five of the extensions of the pro set. These are the five basic principles that Richt’s QB’s have to master. This is the foundation.