OrangeBowlMagic
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Will he recruit another TVD?
Some similarity between Briles at FSU and Enos at UM. Briles offense had horrible numbers at FSU , but it gets hand waved away because he had no talent to work with. Enos got stuck with Jarren Williams, who had no interest in learning the offense and a horrendous OL (Richts recruiting was devastatingly bad). At Maryland, their offense jumped 20+ spots in Enos first year. There are other reasons wasn't a good fit (seems he clashed with other coaches), but fair is fair. If fans are giving Briles a pass, then Enos should get one too.
Again, you guys are looking at things way too much from a micro point of view. Briles has put much more on tape than his year at FSU. Enough of the year at FSU. He's been a full-time OC for 7 years now (maybe more?), and he's put up big numbers almost every single one of them. Enough FSU. Briles has a much better track record of spitting out high-performing offenses than Dan Enos has.
Enos really had 3 years of calling plays at this level before he came to Miami. Arkansas, 2015-2017. In 2015 they were 17th in YPP. 2016, plummeted to 57th. 2017, cratered at 70th.
Briles does the EXACT OPPOSITE at every stop. The offense immediately improves when he arrives, and continues to do so. And every time he leaves, it nosedives.
Is Briles the best possible person we could find on the planet to run the offense? Probably not. But is he a very good OC who would absolutely wreck this division with the talent advantage he'd have? Absolutely.