"We should be air raid"
So, you have zero interest in winning anything of note. I know our fans don't pay attention to the sport outside of the bubble, but the teams that Mario wants to compete against aren't close to air raid offenses. Alabama isn't running out of the I formation anymore, but they also aren't just putting the ball up willy nilly. Saban's issue was that he was one of the last coaches to realize that the days of phone booth football were over, and that you need to have an offense that can get chunk plays, and getting elite athletes in space is the easiest way to get them. Ironically enough, a lot of the things Gattis is attempting to run, Alabama does, the major difference is that they actually execute. The teams that are winning are using spread elements, but they also maintain a good amount of balance.
The major beef we should have with Gattis' system is the pacing, it needs to be sped up, that will help wear weaker teams down, making the run game even more lethal. You look at the film, the plays are there, guys aren't making routine or contested catches, and outside of Jake yesterday, well placed balls have been few and far between. This offense isn't nearly as efficient as it should be, but let's stop pretending that this offense is being executed at a competent level. I'm tired of the low expectations, the "This offense is too complicated to run" crap, when athletes from South Florida are able to figure this stuff out at Alabama, Georgia and Michigan. It shouldn't take some simplistic, stripped down system for our athletes to be able to run a simple route and catch the ball.
