[Goose]

The fact we didn't try tells me TT didn't think we could do it.

If that's true, I wonder what he's been coaching the team to do since the end of the 2023 season.  A West Coast offense has to be within the capability of any decent college team.  I would say it's the coaches' job to make sure the team can do the things that a fundamentally sound team should be able to do.

I am going to disagree with that statement. Many college teams don't recruit players that are well suited to the West Coast offense. These teams don't run that offense. Their players would be lost doing it. One attribute of the West Coast offense is that the players must get the right read and do the "right thing" each and every time. The margin for error is slim. Pro teams can practice as much as they need to to make that happen. College teams cannot. In addition, many college athletes simply do not have the required discipline. The get it right 90% of the time and that is the best they will ever do. That isn't enough and you end up punting. These are some of the reasons the West Coast offense has fallen out of favor in college football. Chip Kelly was a major factor in this movement. Simplify everything so the players don't have to think at all.

[Goose]

The fact we didn't try tells me TT didn't think we could do it.

If that's true, I wonder what he's been coaching the team to do since the end of the 2023 season.  A West Coast offense has to be within the capability of any decent college team.  I would say it's the coaches' job to make sure the team can do the things that a fundamentally sound team should be able to do.

I am going to disagree with that statement. Many college teams don't recruit players that are well suited to the West Coast offense. These teams don't run that offense. Their players would be lost doing it. One attribute of the West Coast offense is that the players must get the right read and do the "right thing" each and every time. The margin for error is slim. Pro teams can practice as much as they need to to make that happen. College teams cannot. In addition, many college athletes simply do not have the required discipline. The get it right 90% of the time and that is the best they will ever do. That isn't enough and you end up punting. These are some of the reasons the West Coast offense has fallen out of favor in college football. Chip Kelly was a major factor in this movement. Simplify everything so the players don't have to think at all.