re: If a coaching change is made, what type of offense would you like to see?

Anything that is adaptable to their opponent and can score more points than the opponent

An attack the defense where you have advantages one. Exactly what Kiffen does

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I agree. I'm just sick of hearing people call LSU's offense "pro style", because it doesn't resemble anything close to a pro style.

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It did in the 80s. Most teams run shotgun in the NFL now a majority of the time.

I like a pro-form offense. We don't have to run the spread, we just have to stop being so f&%king stupid.

It is very possible to succeed with an I-form 2 WR, 1 TE set up if you:
A. have a QB who can hit the broad side of a barn
B. throw to the TE, FBs, and RBs
C. Throw quick slants, 10 yd out routes, 15 yard crosses, screens ect. We have to be able to do more than just throw deep jump balls on the outside.
C. Throw on non-obvious passing downs
D. Adjust your offense when it's not working and NOT adjust when it is working.

Here's what I would like:
about a dozen plays out of the regular I (2WR, FB, HB, TE)
Use the shotgun and run the long side option, Jet sweep, and pass (3 WR, HB, and either a TE or another WR)
a few plays out of the wishbone (2RB, 1TE, 2 WR)
A few plays out of the classic pro-form (3 WR, 1 TE, 1 HB)

I don't like any offense that cannot be balanced, and I do not like any offense which passes more than 5% more often on average than it runs the ball. Why? Because running the ball allows the team on offense to dictate the length and pace of the game better than so a passing offense. A great example was LSU v. Troy State in 2008. Troy got out to a big lead, but because their offense revolved around passing, once LSU's defense figured out how to stop it, Troy couldn't burn enough time during their possessions to shorten the game enough to keep LSU's offense from having enough possessions to come back and win. Had Troy had a more balanced approach, even if LSU was forcing 3 and outs, they would have been burning around 2 minutes per possession rather than 30 seconds. 90 seconds lost for LSU's offense on each possession, times 3 possessions equals 4:30 minutes. That would have meant LSU would not have had enough possessions to make that come back!

I don't think a run-first offense is the problem. It's our idiotic, predictable version of a run-heavy offense paired with poor motivation, poor clock management, abysmal special teams, and zero indication of any change in execution of said run-heavy offense that is the problem.

I don't want to run the spread. Just something like Texas or Baylor run. Shotgun with 3 and 4 wr sets that feature plenty of power running plays, run pass options, and short ball control passes and some long passes. More or less west coast style. Still pro style, just not our version of pro style.

Whatever offense best utilizes the personnel and talent we have.

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Those shotgun teams rarely make it to the super bowl, even today. Typically, the Superbowl is made up of one or two pro-form, run-heavy teams running conventional offenses.

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Have you watched any super bowls in the last 10 or so years?

If your definition of a conventional offense is shotgun formation with multiple recievers and balanced or slightly pass heavy attacks or very pass heavy attacks, you would be correct