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D'Onofrio Interviews for Temple - Updated :-/ I haz a sad
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You may think you saw that but it simply isn't true. Like I said, game #7 against UNC Miami rushed 45 times which was more than any other game during the season. **** Miami threw for 400 yards against Duke and 463 yards against USF which our last two games. That's an air raid if I ever saw one.
Duke got turf toe during the season which is why he was used differently throughout.
Never said we didn't throw for a lot of yards in those games. Commitment to the run helped set those big pass plays up. I hear what you're saying though.
I very much agree that towards the end of the year the consistency on offense increased directly as a result of the team committing to the downhill running game with more regularity and allowing Morris to get more of a rythme with short to intermediate passes. He was put in more manageable situations and that allowed him to spread the ball around more and let his receivers take advantage of mismatches after the catch instead of having to make the perfect 15+ yard throw all the time.
Fisch comes up with a lot of great creative plays that put pressure on the defense, but my main issue is that they are generally more complicated than regular plays, and there are more points of failure, from an execution standpoint. Most of the time that only meant a wasted down or TFL, but when Morris had games where he was out of rythme and we countered that by going to "creative plays" that didn't work, we compounded Morris' issues by putting him in 3rd and long situations. Youthful mistakes (penalties/drops/etc) obviously also added to both problems.
No matter how you slice it the offense put up plenty of points last year so being critical of it is to nitpick to some degree. I think the thing we can all agree on is the talent level and production were both excellent last year and can easily be better next season. My hope would be that we simply keep all of the key players in their comfort zones and doing what they do best as much as possible. With Stephen Morris being the most important part of that equation I would do everything possible to keep him in manageable situations where he doesn't need to try to do too much, even if that means a lot of "boring" first and second down runs to keep us in 3rd and 5 or better. His weakness is trying to force things that aren't there so the goal should be to keep him out of that situation, even if it is at the expense of pure aggressiveness. There are more than enough playmakers at the skill positions that we should be able to take our shots in a smart way against the weakest links of the defenses and in the parts of the field that pose the least risk.
Fisch comes up with a lot of great creative plays that put pressure on the defense, but my main issue is that they are generally more complicated than regular plays, and there are more points of failure, from an execution standpoint. Most of the time that only meant a wasted down or TFL, but when Morris had games where he was out of rythme and we countered that by going to "creative plays" that didn't work, we compounded Morris' issues by putting him in 3rd and long situations. Youthful mistakes (penalties/drops/etc) obviously also added to both problems.
No matter how you slice it the offense put up plenty of points last year so being critical of it is to nitpick to some degree. I think the thing we can all agree on is the talent level and production were both excellent last year and can easily be better next season. My hope would be that we simply keep all of the key players in their comfort zones and doing what they do best as much as possible. With Stephen Morris being the most important part of that equation I would do everything possible to keep him in manageable situations where he doesn't need to try to do too much, even if that means a lot of "boring" first and second down runs to keep us in 3rd and 5 or better. His weakness is trying to force things that aren't there so the goal should be to keep him out of that situation, even if it is at the expense of pure aggressiveness. There are more than enough playmakers at the skill positions that we should be able to take our shots in a smart way against the weakest links of the defenses and in the parts of the field that pose the least risk.
[h=5]Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS
#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
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Please no.
That would shock me. You need to have a stronger resume than that to be DC at a school like Miami. Golden will either get a veteran DC, or go to the NFL for his DC should he need one.
+1 I really like Barrow but not as our DC.
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Not advocating it but it wouldnt be too far out. He retained him on the staff for a reason. Plus, it would not affect recruiting in any fashion.
Wow. You would think D'Onofrio would get the job in that case. Rhule's offense at Temple was anemic.
How was D'Onofrio's D this year?
Not a chance in ****.
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Well at Temple it wasn't that bad.
Is this why we haven't seen D'Onofrio recruiting much right now? I never see his name in the reports of in-home visits, phone calls, etc.
LoL are you crazy?
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It's D'Onofrio vs an assistant O-line coach dude. Not even the head o-line coach.
Good luck Coach D
