You're both right about Handley but I think the plan was to use him split out quite a bit in more of a hybrid role. He's not the best blocker in the world so now you move him back inside, which takes him out of the slot, and ask him to do something that he definitely needs to be better at.
I'm not doomin and gloomin, but the injury does have a trickle down effect. I'm hopeful that they actually just try and find an adequate TE to fill that inside roll and stick to the plan with Handley. Hopefully there's a "next man up" waiting in the wings.
Hans Olsen was going on and on about how much Harry Handley has improved his blocking this past year. So, that is hopeful.
Whitt and ARod both said that there will be less read/option this fall. They have both said that all three QB's are not runners. They are passers.
I think we finally start to see some identity with this offense.
Look at what we've been through:
ARod - who actually wasn't doing that bad of a job. He ran a spread offense.
Chow - pro style offense.
BJ - Some of everything, not a lot of anything.
DC - I honestly wonder if he just ran around trying to piss people off. As Cy is to me, DC was to Whitt.
ARod/Harding - back to the spread.
We have bounced around offensively so much...we havn't had consistency. We have recruited for any one type of offense, because it kept changing. Look at our QB class one year:
Micah Thomas - a runner
Brandon Cox - can run and throw
Conner Manning - a passer
We had no idea what we wanted. Now, we do know. I think ARod will bring back a spread version of the BYU offense that Chow ran, but with a higher emphasis on running the ball.
Two TE's, TE's split wide, and a QB that can run if needed. This really opens things up. We will still be a run heavy offense, but will be able to use the TE's to take advantage of mismatches. If the defense comes out in a base 4-3 or 3-4, then we will throw to the TE's. If they come out in a dime package, then we run the ball. Then take a couple shots downfield with the WR's every game.
