31 Wins and 9 Losses

[FeatheredCock]

That's the teams record since Coach Elliott became our OL coach. Not to mention he's 3-0 against Clemson. Also, five of those losses came in his first year.

I'm the first to admit I've been one to question if our OL is headed in the right direction with Elliott. After a lot of reading, looking at stats and recruiting, I feel confident now that not only is he the right man for the job, we are fortunate that he is still coaching at USC and not one of our competitors in the SEC.

I honestly believe the schemes Elliott has been putting in place will start paying off even more so beginning next year. Our OL was in near shambles when he arrived and the recruiting has gotten much better. With another spring practice ahead and then into fall camp, I expect our linemen to start grasping the techniques Elliott is coaching. Especially when we have the same guys on the line for the majority of the year.

Our OL is in good hands and Elliot's fourth year should be his best. I'm looking forward to what the team can accomplish this coming season.

 

[Michael]

Nice, 31 wins sound impressive

 

[BigSpur]

You could use those stats and our record for the last three seasons to heap praise on a lot of individuals connected with this team. Sorry for taking the "Con" part of this debate, but IMO, our defense for the most part is the unit responsible for the majority of that record / success. No realistic Gamecock fan can look at our team the past three years and say that our offense has been so dominant that it get's the major praise in our recent run of success. And no realistic Gamecock fan can look at our
team over the last three years and say there is not MAJOR issues with our O/Line that needs to be investigated. I'm not as big a Shawn Elliott Homer as some people are, but I do think that he can / will improve the line over the next season or two. If not, then I think it's time to start considering that Elliott may be in over his head at this level of football.

I don't look at 31-9 and say "WOW" when I think of the offense. Especially the O/Line. I would tend to look at the individual losses (Especially the LSU loss this year, the Arkansas Loss last year, and the Auburn loss last year) and say "had we had a better O/Line we might now be at 34-6 over the last three years with a couple more trips to Atlanta to play for the SEC Title.