I think that fans are way in over their head when they try to get too deep into offensive philosophies. You know why WF's offense has more trouble scoring against Clemson or Notre Dame? Because Clemson and Notre Dame have more future NFL players. It's not the scheme. Feel like fans hold to this concept that if the coach only called better plays, the offense could score on everyone. It's not that simple. Clawson has coached football for three decades at every level. He has won at every level. His offenses score points wherever he has coached. He is smart and innovative. He has smart guys on his staff. He scouts against his own offense. If he felt running the power I or some other offensive set would be more successful in short yardage, he would do that. I know that opposing teams hate playing against WF because the system is difficult to prepare for and unique. Clawson knows how to find under-recruited talent that thrive in the system. Look at WF's offense and compare it against the schools that recruit similar types of players: Northwestern, Duke, Stanford, BC, Cuse, Vandy. Over the last 5 years, WF has had better offensive production than any of them (even though WF recruiting has probably ranked below most of those schools).
At some point, Dave Clawson will either retire or move on to coaching another time. Really unfortunate that, for some, it will require losing him to appreciate what we have in him.