i guess the main reason i question this move is that, every off-season, hawkins talks to his "peers" and decides that something he saw or heard is the greatest thing since sliced bread. so, he throws out whatever they were doing before and he institutes the new thing, whatever it is.
we've done this with offenses about 3 times.
it bugs me because, to date, none of these changes have worked at all. while i agree with the old adage: insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, i don't think these guys think things through. i don't think they go the extra mile to make something new work. i think they just throw **** up against the wall and hope against hope that maybe this time it sticks.
when Mac switched to the wishbone, none of his assistants had any experience with it. so, he sent them off to watch wishbone teams. and then he drilled the **** out of them until he was satisfied that they actually understood all the nuances. and, only THEN did he install that offense. and, thereafter, he continually tweaked it, with help from an excellent staff. it evolved into the flexbone and i-bone and then finally into a passing offense with one-back and split guards for kordell.
i dunno. i get that some posters think that hawkins gets a rash of **** for every single decision he makes and that they think it is unfair. but, look, you have to win. **** has to work! this is historically speaking the worst staff in the history of CU football. the worst EVER. they don't deserve a lot of slack. so, when they come up with their latest nutjob scheme... hey, everyone let's practice at 6am, then folks will jump on it. eventually, these guys are going to get fired... unless somehow miraculously they finally show they can coach.