re: Is Hugh Freeze better than Gus Malzahn?

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Those guys didn't work in part because once people realized his offense was incredibly simple and didn't really prepare anyone for the next level - mainly OL, it killed his ability to recruit OL. Our OL was an absolute mess by the time he left. We're still digging out of that and will likely have to heavily rely on the portal for another year or two there.

It's fine to run a "system" as long as you have concepts that prepare guys for the next level. That is not at all what Malzahn's offense was, and I really think that was probably the biggest reason to his downfall. Yes, he tried to bring in passing QB's, but they were often running for their life behind those terrible OL's the last few years of his tenure. We also had trouble getting elite passing QB's because of how simple that part of the offense was as well. It didn't develop anyone.

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^^ ALL OF THIS ^^

Plus, Gus' absolute stubbornness to even allow any of his OC's to make changes or try to get creative and evolve the offense.

Gus got a 5* legacy QB in Bo Nix and wouldn't allow his OC (Kenny Dillingham) to do anything with him. Just look what Dillingham did for Nix at Oregon in one freaking year - he transformed the kid and schemed to Bo's strengths and damned if the kid isn't in Heisman discussions this year!

Gus' stubbornness and his commitment to HIS schemes and system blinded him in the end and lead to his termination. Just a hard-headed, stubborn mule.