re: Am I less of a Tiger fan if I don't like the Big Cat drill?

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Please explain to me why giving the quarterbacks fewer things to keep track of would in any way hurt our ball control philosophy?

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You give less complicated looks, you give the defense less to think about. That's an objective fact. How big of a difference it makes will vary by opponent.

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A college offense shouldn't have so many reads pre snap and post snap that your players shite and go blind on every single play until they're seniors. I can't say any more clearly why that philosophy doesn't work in college.

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That's your opinion and speculation. We had one great year with cam, one not so great year; I'm not ready to say his philosophy wont work.

Also, I think your characteriz is not correct. Yes, I think Jennings was playing with severe hesitation last year. I think that was greatly due to not wanting to mess up, and having his home crowd turn on him didnt help.

I also think that the coaches probably realized after a couple of SEC games that they had a young team, that likely wasn't going the distance. They really did just go ultra conservative at that point, and I think a lot of folks, like yourself, thought "just dumb it down and let it rip" so that the games were at least fun to watch. I completely get that, but does that prepare your guys to do what you want when they are actually primed for a title run? I think these coaches had a long term goal, so they rather than simplifying the offense midseason, they said lets make every game a grudge match and have it be a learning experience, keeping the offense in tact.

I do get it man. I understand and appreciate your point, I just also see where the coaches are coming from not wanting to scrap what they have practiced.

I think your opinion which lots of folks obviously share, kind of already assumes we will look like shite on offense again this year, which I do not, which is likely why our opinions differ.