Grisly Fan, yes, you raise good points. I wish more posts could discuss issues without having a winner or loser in the discussion, I appreciate your civility and posing good arguments, which I have considered.
In regards to Chase, if Stitt had that offensive line and Chase, with the way things are spread out, Chase's explosiveness to the hole and his great vision in the second level he would have been dynamic in this offense.
The jury is still out on his offense. As far as it not working on any level, by and large it turned a CSM program that had endured 40 plus years of futility into 15 years of winning for the most part. Maybe the 65% winning is underwhelming for Griz fans, but having lived in Colorado, I saw a few games where CSM was the opponent and they really were horrid. Say what you will, but Stitt made them competitive.
My previous argument was that solid quarterback play is important to any offense. I do not believe Stitt needs a superstar QB to make it go, just a consistant one. The offense has been inconsistent, but not necessarily inefficient. 2015 we put big numbers up on NDSU, UND, NAU, Eastern, the Cats, first half SDSU...2016 St. Francis, Cal Poly, MVSU, SacSt, Idaho St...yes, there were the games we did not score. Was it really the offense? Or inconsistent play in other facets? I think it is inconsistency and lack of execution, sprinkled in with some darn fine defensive coordinating. There isn't on offense ever designed that can score at will, nor has there been a defense that shuts out every opponent (talking college and pro here).
If I am wrong about any of this, I will come back and say so.