just back from Florida

by Jay, San Diego, Thursday, May 28, 2009, 19:32 (6208 days ago) @ Three D

Sorry I didn't get to answer this (excellent) response sooner.

In short, I'm not looking at the performance of the Irish from 2005-2008 and drawing a conclusion; I'm thinking more in the abstract here. What is Charlie's ideal mix of players?

(And that's why I also rubber-stamped the five OL; while I think you're right that they played a major (THE major?) role in the offensive woes of the actual Irish, I'm more interested in the variety of the skill positions, because I believe that that's where offensive systems truly differ from one another.)

If we look at 2005 as (perhaps) the closest Charlie has come to fielding an ideal mix, I think we can get a hint of what he would like to do. And just comparing his mix of packages with those of other teams, it seems to me that Charlie's system requires simply more skilled players than others.