re: Let's Go Ahead And Get This Out of the Way

What made Cam an effective passer at Auburn was his ability to run the ball. Trying to contain his ability to run opened up receivers for him to pass to. He may have been pretty successful at UGA, but he ran the ball 264 times in his one year at Auburn. That's a lot. It's only 16 attempts less than he passed it.

With that said, you don't change your entire system in college to accommodate one player. It's too risky. Yeah, you can do that better in the NFL because you have (supposedly) the best players from college who can better transition to a new/different system, but even at that, it doesn't really change much. There is also flexibility in the NFL to trade players or draft to support someone who you have signed for an extended amount of time.

You don't have that in college. Look at Cam. As good as he was for Auburn, he was only there for one season. He already had the personnel and the system in place to help him succeed. What is Auburn to do if they have to completely revamp their entire offense for him and he's gone the next season? That sets them up for failure if they can't replace him with someone as effective. The best players don't usually play for 4 years even if they start their college careers with the same school where they end it. In the NFL, you can keep your star QB around for 10-20 years, but you can't do that in college, so you recruit for the long term, the scheme.

Teams don't recruit year-to-year. They recruit for 3, 4, and 5 years down the road because they need sustained success, and they recruit players that fit their game plans, not plan around their recruits. Changes will always be made after the fact, but you aren't talking about one player. You are talking about all the players on offense or defense that support that guy.