We beat up the inferior teams, and even pulled off an upset of Clemson, which was actually quite remarkable, thanks to the nearly perfect offensive line play.
A depleted receiving corp, combined with injuries to the offensive line, basically put us in a very bad position before the postseason even started.
We didn't have the talent or depth available to us that the big three had. Our best receivers were either suspended (Austin), in the dog house (Johnson), or injured (Lenzy, Keys). That, plus our QB didn't have a good long ball at all. At best, about 2/3rd's of the offensive playbook was available. Short and medium range passing were fine, QB runs were excellent, and the combination of the two opened up running lanes for Kyren Williams to have a very nice season. This was a far cry from 2013, when Rees himself was manning the QB spot, where there was no QB running threat, no medium or long range passing threats, and we were relegated to dinking and dunking away at the opposition.
This coming year will be the true test of what Rees can do. Regardless of whether Coan or Buchner starts, the QB position will have someone who can throw a better long ball, along with a full complement of quality receivers. If Rees keeps calling the dink and dunk offense, then I'll be definitely calling for his removal (for what good it does...), since the long ball needs to have at least a reasonable presence in order to truly spread the field vertically.
I doubt he's that foolish, though, since he knows how to play to our strengths, and he's not inept.
Still, I really think we could have gotten someone better from the start, though.