For a guy who made his reputation as an offensive play-caller, Tom Herman did his best last week to minimize the importance of the role.
“If your game plan is set, and set well, and your kids are able to retain that game plan, and the defense is giving you what you had game planned for, then there's not a whole lot to do with call this, call that, call this, call that,” the Texas coach said as preseason camp began. “You kind of figure all that stuff out on Monday through Friday.”
If the answer was aimed at taking the focus off current offensive coordinator Tim Beck and the possibility of Herman taking over the duties this season, it probably won’t have the desired effect.