re: If Nuss was your son, what would you advise him to do?

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Nuss has led us to how many wins?

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Is the answer supposed to be some career defining metric?

Sit and watch another year because it was "soooo close" last year. Those who saw all the practices said it wasn't even close as to the throwing ability of the QBs. What happens to the five star recruit Walker Howard? Jailbreak scrambles were effective, but at the expense of running game and vertical passing game. But hey, "you sit because according to Brian Kelly, this is the best quarterback he's coached in years." So does he want to play this year coming up or does he want another year of warming up with Walker Howard and landing planes in a red vest and headset? Also sort of depends on who in the Portal has a spot? Bo Nix could not have done himself better, but dunno if a talent/position fit with team upside exists out there this year.

Yes the scrambles were critical to some wins, and yes if you are a CBK homer you have to defend his QB assessment full throatedly, but cost us a few games, and teams recently seem to have him figured out. Jailbreak scrambles are no way to game plan a season offensively. I guess the rush 3, spy 1, drop 7 will be called the Arky Cover 2. Held JD to one touchdown and looked like Alabama NC game versus Jordan Jefferson. But strangely no change of pace in that game. We needed to squeak that one out, because yeah, that was how you do it.