There's a lot to be sorted out, but as I sat in that fucking stadium in Athens Saturday (yes...I went... Fuck.)... I told a buddy of mine (after the rage and the frustration was throttled back a notch) that it was nothing more than watching a team that had suspended it's ENTIRE first string, and then told the second string and third string, full of all the underdeveloped freshman and sophomores, to go win on the road. Compound that with flimsy fundamentals on the road against even a decent team with something to play for? This equals monkey ass rape.
That's what was delivered. What's the solution? Not sure. I AM seeing a trend (sarcasm alert) with Roof not getting it done. Mature players or not, he just hasn't seemed to be able to put together a game plan BEFORE a game. At least last year, we had a few experienced players to rely on to execute some adjustments. However, we were MAKING ADJUSTMENTS constantly. We were NEVER dominant to start and during a game, until a huge adjustment was necessary. After three years, of bad game plans and bad fundamentals, Roof needs to find him a job selling hair products.
As far as Malzhan, he's cost himself a ton of money this year. His offense will work fine, but it's clear Moseley and Trotter suffer from Toddism like spasms due to a line that isn't experienced enough yet, or just hasn't caught on when they get pushed around by better, bigger and more experienced talent. BECAUSE of that, Malzhan's offense with two (or more) hand offs in the backfield is getting blown up entirely too much. A QB with no time to throw, and a running game where the runs take too much time to develop in the backfield gives us what we have right now. ...not much.
I don't think Malzhan's so much the problem than the maturity and experience, and girth and growth on the OL.
My opinions anyway...