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If Rutgers coach Greg Schiano was baffled about his offense final period, envision how starting center Howard Barbieri felt.
The Scarlet Knights had one ofthe worst offenses withinthe nation final season, butthey might have led the big East in players taking snaps. There have been the quarterbacks, Chas Dodd and Tom Savage.There also were the receivers operating the Wildcat?package deal, Jeremy Deering and Mohamed Sanu.
All those men taking snaps contributed toineffectiveness. Rutgers completed the period among the worst ten teams in the nation in rushing yards and total yards per sport. TheScarlet Knights, who misplacedtheir final six videogames in a 4-8 period, endured 61 sacks, 10 greater than any other group within the nation.
We truly didn?have an identity, Schiano said. We had been a [shot]gun-run team, we had been a ?Pistol group, we hadbeen a unfold team.
With a coaching-staff overhaulled through the addition ofoffensive coordinator Frank Cignetti, Schiano hopes Rutgers will rediscover theidentity that propelled the system from a doormat to a regular bowl group. Final season?struggles ended Rutgers streak of five consecutive bowls and marked the very first time since 2005 that the ScarletKnights won fewer than eight video games.
Rutgers as soon as was the program of tailback Ray Rice and fullback BrianLeonard, however the ScarletKnights lost their way whenthey began toying having a spread offense.
On paper, it might have created sense. Savage was a four-star recruit and claimed the beginning quarterback job as being a true freshman early within the 2009 season, and with Sanu, Deering and Mark Harrison, Rutgers appeared topossess among the best receiver teams inthe Large East.
1 issue: Sanu and Deering ended up spending a bulk of their time operating the Wildcat, rushing a combined 136 times; they mixed for sixtyreceptions. By the end with the season, Sanu said he was defeat upall over.That meant 1 of Rutgers best offensive players touched the ball only 22 occasions from scrimmage within the last six games with the year.
Sanuproblem wasn? determining where he required tobe. It was tiredness borne of operating aroute on 1 perform, then taking a snap around the subsequent.
always knew exactly where I had to be, Sanu stated. You must be a Wildcat afterwhich youhave to run a route at a certaindepth. Sometimes you neglect some thing sincethe pace has changed
Under Cignetti, although, Rutgers has gone again to its roots. Sanu and quarterback ChasDodd, who began 7 of the last 8 video games last period, stated the Wildcat did notmake an look at spring practice this yr.