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Coach Dawson's Tempo Is leading to Easy Points

Coach Dawson's Tempo Is leading to Easy Points

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Dawson's Situational Use of Tempo



Yesterday we looked over how Coach Dawson's is infusing his Air-Raid passing concepts into diverse formations to make it hard on defenses. This is not the only way he puts pressure on the backend as his tempo will challenge the eye disipline of Defensive Backs. Watch the video above to show how we ran the same play twice in one drive which allowed our players to play fast & score an over the top TD when Bethune was deploying 3 Safties.
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Trips right we have X running a deep crosser with brashard Smith on the post route. The safety correctly got depth to be over top of the post route. X cooked his mans for a big gain.

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This is where Coach Dawson keeping the offense simplistic pays off, running the same play in the same drive allows our guys to just line up and play fast. The tempo in real time matters as in less than a minute has passed since the middle Saftey saw X cross his face. This time he takes the bait and sits on the crosser which TVD was waiting on to hit brashard over the top.

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The tempo and simplicity of the offense to our players gives us an advantage every game and will continue to test back end defenders eye discipline.

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i've really enjoyed how we use tempo judiciously and strategically. we're not doing the mike leach, chip kelly oregon thing of going 100 mph all the time and stuffing in as many plays as possible- we're just as content to slow it down and pound the rock when we want to, but have also thrown in some tempo to great effect. it's very encouraging that we have displayed the ability to do both.
 
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We're talking strategic use of tempo right? Because 90% of the time we're moving at a snail's pace. We're like 127th of 133 teams in seconds of possession per play.

A lot of that is the margin of the lead and we're running the ball. It'll end higher than that. But we really haven't shown much tempo at all. 2 maybe 3 drives this year. Still milking the play clock like Mario has always done.

If there are more wrinkles to be seen in this offense I think it involves implementing tempo more frequently - but we're saving it for UNC/Clemson. Make them game plan that they have time to get a call and line up and strategize that way and then just speed them up when we need to and take advantage.

Also, talking to someone in the analytics space we also have tendencies in the run game as far as directional tendencies and our plays we run when we pull certain Olineman. Some more wrinkles could come from "anti-tendencies" where the opponent studies you (and you know your own tendency from self scout) and use it to your advantage - like pulling the RT and throwing in an RPO instead of running behind it, for example.
 
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JayCane20 said:
We're talking strategic use of tempo right? Because 90% of the time we're moving at a snail's pace. We're like 127th of 133 teams in seconds of possession per play.

A lot of that is the margin of the lead and we're running the ball. It'll end higher than that. But we really haven't shown much tempo at all. 2 maybe 3 drives this year. Still milking the play clock like Mario has always done.

If there are more wrinkles to be seen in this offense I think it involves implementing tempo more frequently - but we're saving it for UNC/Clemson. Make them game plan that they have time to get a call and line up and strategize that way and then just speed them up when we need to and take advantage.

Also, talking to someone in the analytics space we also have tendencies in the run game as far as directional tendencies and our plays we run when we pull certain Olineman. Some more wrinkles could come from "anti-tendencies" where the opponent studies you (and you know your own tendency from self scout) and use it to your advantage - like pulling the RT and throwing in an RPO instead of running behind it, for example.
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Dawson mixes up the tempo it's been masterful but when the passing game is clicking we are getting to the LOS quick. like right after the Colbie young big play we were on that ball full steam ahead and all of a sudden Horton is over the top but we have been playing with big leads most games so there is no point of playing at breakneck speed as you mentioned. Canes fans will need to continue to monitor how he continues to utilize the tempo over the course of ACC play. I wouldn't be too concerned about our run game indications or RPO they been giving out feints imo and some RPO's have turned into downfield shots like vs temple to jacolby George. We will catch some ACC opponents napping with a whole new RPO package that we probably have not shown. Appreciate your comment !!!!
 
As upcoming teams see more of what Dawson is doing offensively more attention is going to be placed on Restrepo and TVD’s favorite targets.

Dawson, and more importantly TVD, are already ahead of the curve and ready to take advantage of the opportunities this will provide.

For those worried about the TEs not getting catches, if teams focus on Restrepo and Young those wide open TEs will likely see more catches.
 
mental mast er bation exercise .. say we hit 9-3 win a bowl game … will he be coveted as a HC
 
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JayCane20 said:
We're talking strategic use of tempo right? Because 90% of the time we're moving at a snail's pace. We're like 127th of 133 teams in seconds of possession per play.

A lot of that is the margin of the lead and we're running the ball. It'll end higher than that. But we really haven't shown much tempo at all. 2 maybe 3 drives this year. Still milking the play clock like Mario has always done.

If there are more wrinkles to be seen in this offense I think it involves implementing tempo more frequently - but we're saving it for UNC/Clemson. Make them game plan that they have time to get a call and line up and strategize that way and then just speed them up when we need to and take advantage.

Also, talking to someone in the analytics space we also have tendencies in the run game as far as directional tendencies and our plays we run when we pull certain Olineman. Some more wrinkles could come from "anti-tendencies" where the opponent studies you (and you know your own tendency from self scout) and use it to your advantage - like pulling the RT and throwing in an RPO instead of running behind it, for example.
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That last paragraph is what I’ve been thinking about and waiting for

I don’t want to give Dawson credit just because but there’s times when it feels like he’s very deliberately showing things and not necessarily for the game we are watching
 
JHallCanes said:
That last paragraph is what I’ve been thinking about and waiting for

I don’t want to give Dawson credit just because but there’s times when it feels like he’s very deliberately showing things and not necessarily for the game we are watching
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It's either "I'm going to do this until it doesn't work, not broken so don't fix it" scenarios or he's setting something up.

Or both. Because when it stops working that means they've figured it out and then you can hit them with something that nullifies what they thought they knew. It's always a chess game.
 
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JayCane20 said:
It's either "I'm going to do this until it doesn't work, not broken so don't fix it" scenarios or he's setting something up.

Or both. Because when it stops working that means they've figured it out and then you can hit them with something that nullifies what they thought they knew. It's always a chess game.
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Yup and I know the level of opponent hasnt been great to truly tell just yet but I am shocked at how many times I have seen a player streaking open and I am standing on my couch yelling to let it rip and TVD throws it elsewhere to someone else wide open lol perfect example was I believe the Bethune game, he hit X for a TD on an out and up and had Riley the TE wide TF open in the endzone.

I am excited to see how Dawson adjusts and further wrinkles he implements. Similar to Lashlee always calling that fake QB draw pop pass to the RB out of the backfield. How many times did we watch with our ****poor OL play the QB run right into the *** of the center, legit the definition of banging against a wall, then to have that one little shoulder fake to act like a run and hit either Rooster for a huge gain or a TE or something. Lash had so many variations of that one play call that was all predicated on running QB draws that got us no where.
 
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gruntking said:
@Stevo365 I'm gonna meet with RVA to suggest adding you to the staff.
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It should have already been done. Anybody that hasn’t been watching Stevo’s break down of recruits and games on his YouTube channel should do so. He and others have made me lazy. I don’t have to rewatch and break down anything for myself any more.
 
JayCane20 said:
It's either "I'm going to do this until it doesn't work, not broken so don't fix it" scenarios or he's setting something up.

Or both. Because when it stops working that means they've figured it out and then you can hit them with something that nullifies what they thought they knew. It's always a chess game.
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Gattis was like “ I think this time this drag route to Mallory works and he won’t get killed“.
 
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