Nick- at first I thought your OP was pure trolling or delusional. Now, I am not sure if it was intended to be either but in a way, it really is. You pointed out a few posts ago you were baiting the fanbase on this one...Trolling and then I see some of your arguments and I see...delusional
I don't know if Kill is the best OC but he at least knows something about it and if he had the talent, it could be very successful even if not super exciting. Let's see what happens if he stays for 3 years and then if we could have a line of succession to someone like Blaze and see what happens when you have a QB/OL/WR/RB etc with the same coaching for more than 1 year. Kill also brings so much more to the table for this team.
Anyway- nice trolling
I guess it is a bit trolling but what's this called:
Pretty much every time anyone suggest maybe Kill should be replaced the response is "but continuity. How did changing OC every year work for the last 10 years? We need continuity for continuity sake. Doesn't matter how the team performed."
"Ok, but didn't that apply last year too? So you think we should have tried to keep DM?"
"Oh no. He was a terrible coach. He cried! He needed to go. He ran fast 3 and outs."
Regarding Kill, everything you said could have applied last year. My understanding is that Kill hasn't been OC in many years and at Minny he didn't call the plays - his longtime OC did.
Kill needs his players. I would argue the players are even further from what is needed for the offense DM wanted. It makes sense the offense was so bad - the players were a terrible fit. The Kill offense was supposed to better fit the current players. "But we have no talent. No QB." Ok, same applied last year - didn't seem to matter. DM and his system needed to go anyway.
I disagree that a heavy run based, slow down offense will ever win Rutgers the Big Ten East. I don't see how we ever run over OSU PSU UM MSU consistently.
And it's not about "exciting". It's about effective. Id rather we go all the way and run the triple option if that's how we are going. At least that might provide a schematic advantage. Because Rutgers will never have a talent advantage against those teams.
I was fine throwing away last year and even this year to implement the system ASH said he wanted. Turn over the roster, get the players in shape to go up tempo and see where we were after 3 years.
Unfortunately Coach Ash went the opposite way and hired Kill and reverted to the same offense Rutgers has been running for years to limited success.