I agree with Mackus re: your positives from Edsall.
A few other thoughts come to mind. First, and this might just be me, but I'm not in favor of the spread offense. I read an article earlier this year about how the NFL is having an incredibly difficult time finding a pro style type of QB because all colleges have gone to the spread. Isn't Haskins a pro-style guy?
Also, I think defense, as you pointed out, is always going to be an issue on the line. I wouldn't want the uptempo style to put them on the field more often.
I agree with your preference for coordinators over older established guys.
This might well be gibberish because I'm very sick today.
Good read and well done.
I have posted the same point here before, regarding an aversion to spread offenses. I'm more open to it than I was, but I believe many of the top-rated high school kids dream of playing in the NFL, and a pro-style attack still appears best-suited for offensive players to achieve this end. If I'm going to establish a system here at Maryland, I'd rather establish one that recruits can look at as a predecessor to the pro game. Some will argue that the NFL is adapting away from traditional sets, and while true to a degree, most should agree that a pro-style system will better prepare a young man for the NFL. Marcus Mariota is an exception, not the rule.
As I stated earlier, I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but push come to shove, I'd rather be Alabama-like, than Oregon-like. I'd be very curious to find out what these recruits (Haskins in particular) are thinking in this regard. Perhaps they don't care as much about spread vs pro-style as I think. Perhaps we are all overthinking it.
A good man, from all indications, currently has the reigns, but when staunch supporters -like Zack- jump ship, the end seems inevitable. A shocking win or two against some of the B1G boys of our league may be the only hope Edsall has... but even then it may be too late. We can only hope Kevin Anderson has started the process of firing Edsall and finding his replacement... for every day he waits is another day the program, and we fans, suffer(s).