[CaptainCrunch]

Just for fun there are a few points that I want to bring up.

1) The failure of the offense last year goes far beyong Henry Burris and his shortcomings. The receivers weren't in sync last year period. There were too many times where I say receivers quiting on thier routes or not following thier routes.

2) The offensive line was just ok, but there were too many times when Burris faced a lot of pressure and was running for his life. The addition of Garrick Jones as the backside tackle should help that.

3) Personally I think Burratto was a terrible offensive co-ordinator last year, especially in the second half. The Stamps had no possession game, no middle passing, and everything was either forced over the middle or long to the sidelines. Yes Henry has a strong arm, but there was some terrible game planning. In the Western semi, Burratto had two weeks to plan, two weeks to come up with a wrinkle, and he rolled out the same old thing. Burris has even said that Burratto didn't talk to the QB's at all. Cortez is a great offensive co-ordinator, and while he might not come up with some flashy formation like the double wing, he has always been good at playing to his QB's strengths, thats why the Stamps were a QB factory when he was here, because he knows what makes a player successful.

4) Yes Burris made some bad reads and bad plays last year, and he has to take some blame for that, but thats because he was playing away from his strengths, which is moving the pocket, and using his arm strength on medium passing plays, with the occassional air out to loosen up defenses.

5) Look at what a loaded receiver corp with a strong running back can do for a mediocre to poor QB like Marcus Crandall. We won the cup in 2001 not because he was great over the last 4 or 5 games, but because our offensive weapons carried him, he was still the same lousy QB that we chased out of town with pitchforks and torches when those offensive weapons went away.

6) We have something that we haven't had since Burris came to town, and thats a big physical receiver who's not afraid to make the catch over the middle and kill someone, Bo is going to be huge this year.