Henning's style of offense does not do well if the defense is giving up points almost every drive. Run the football, control the time of possession is his style and when the team was giving up 25+ points he didn't have the firepower always to compete. I do think he will have more firepower next year with the continued development of Henne, the return of Ronnie and likely some new targets in the passing game. Still though, the main goal will be to run the ball and hold onto it as long as possible.
The hiring of Nolan should really benefit Henning's style of play on offense. If we can play good defense and force more turnovers, Henning will have a good offense. Henning did well in 2008 because the defense did not open the flood gates. It is hard to run your offensive gameplan when you are always playing catch up.
I am OK with Henning for one more year, and then going younger for 2011 and beyond. If all goes well, it will probably be an in-house promotion of Lee of Dorrell.