re: O’s obsession with recreating the 2019 offense brought us here.

I don't mind it. If you are going to set a replication-goal, that's a good one. Just need to take a long, hard, OBJECTIVE, look at the MULTIPLE factors that made that offense and then replicate those factors and Orgeron might approach it, even closely. Which would be a success. Just wishing it or calling the same plays doesn't do it. It is only one factor.

Now the defense... I'm not sure they are trying to replicate anything else (other than 2020). I'm not sure they should be trying to replicate anything. The opponents offense will dictate what you do. Then you stop it. Either they adjust and you do in response or you just keep stopping them. There's nothing to replicate there - just taking from the enemy on a game by game and even play by play basis. Then you have to play to your strengths (i.e. personnel). If man works, man works. Run it. If zone works, zone works. Run it.

You probably want an identity on offense so that you can dictate to their defense. The only identity on defense you want is "schitzophrenic". You want the offense guessing where the next punch is coming from.