Gus is one of the best I have ever seen at developing a QB to play within his scheme. If the kid has any talent or smarts at all, Gus will figure out what to do with him.
I'm still unsure if Gus will really get to run the offense. I've seen him get micromanaged at Arkansas and that did not work. He got backstabbed here.
Sure he left, but you know, he has yet to say anything bad about Nutt publicly. He knew that he couldn't work at Arkansas at that time even if it was his dream job because of Nutt and his posse. If Petrino leaves, I envision Gus as our next head coach.
Naaaa...Petrino rarely leaves a gig. You're solid there.
Okay titz, I've seen that reference several times from Hawg and other fans about Gus not being allowed to run the O and Nutt micromanaging etc. I'd really like a Hawg fans' take because from what I saw of Arky's offense under Gus/Nutt, they did exactly what they should have done. Feed the stud RBs the ball 80% of the time and mix in the pass when needed with a young, inexperienced QB. Nothing even remotely resembling what was run at Tulsa.
Now, I want to believe it was Gus being smart and maximizing what he had. And I can't believe it was all Nutt because if Houston Nutt really takes that kind of control over an offense and that's the style he runs, well he sure changed his tune when he got to Ole Piss. They are anything but a ground and pound O. I keep hearing that Gus is great and we'll be fine, but did Arky see the true Gus and did he ever run a "Fast as hell" spread type offense on this level? Because anyone who doesn't believe SEC linebackers won't blow that spread shit up if not run right, is on drugs.
There are certain types of offense that will work at certain levels of college play. Just like there are certain offenses that will NEVER work at the pro level. A true option attack is a thing of beauty to watch. Run that shit more than once in the pros and Karlos Dansby or ray Lewis will take the ball and your head and chunk them both 20 rows up in the stands. Hogwally said it best. Gus' offense (What I saw at Tulsa) will work great until you have to pound it out in the 4th. Can't do it. Auburn wasn't big or physical enough to do it last year with our 275 pound linemen. You MUST be able to pound it in the SEC..period.
And don't give me Florida. Tebow is a 235 pound god. He just cured AIDS by staring at 3 gay people and willing it in his mind.