re: Has Rees ever had the talent to

This year you lost a game where you scored 49 points and 31 points in OT.

Bryce, trying to make a play, actually cost you three by throwing an endzone pick vs. LSU. Maybe win that game if he doesn't.

Bryce may have made him look better than he was, but again, the numbers are near the top of the conference in almost any way you want to look at it. (All games, games against good teams, etc.)

He wasn't Kiffin or Sark, (two guys considered elite currently as OCs), but he wasn't trash. It's relative to what you had, but what you had before is not easy to find.

I'd compare it to when people say Mark Richt was average. He was very good. Not a lot of coaches can do what he did, even at a place like Georgia. But Kirby is elite, so that kind of taints how Richt is seen.