Setting aside how well we're stocked with player personnel... I have no true understanding of where we are in that department. My biggest hope rests with the adjustments made to the staff. If that has little to no impact... due to Hud not allowing it to infiltrate his prior offensive philosophy... we are doomed to be mediocre to poor.
We may have some peaks in talent at certain spots... just like anyone else in the SBC... but we are not so gifted across the board... as I believe Hud should have had us... that we can operate a power run offense and succeed.
If our defense continues to improve (as I believe it will)... and Hud doesn't revert to a "it's all about execution of simplicity" offense... then you can never tell what might happen. But I will say this again... we are not out-talenting our opposition this year with player personnel alone. We were never effectively stretching the width or depth of our threat the past two years... to create running lanes and open space for the ground game. My hope on offense is that our staff finds the right play calling balance that allows the most talented of our skill players a little space to exploit the opposition.