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4th quarter game management

L A M P said:
It is what it is. Look where we are. Look what he’s done.. We belong again. I love the man, warts & all. He’s not perfect, but he’s my mouth breather. Trench bullies!
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HurricaneKush said:
It was dumb and we were lucky to escape with a win. We were 14 pts better and it came down to a fat kickers leg from 48. I think playing results is unhelpful when evaluating outcomes.

This is a guy that’s proven to not have a great killer instinct for closing out games and it’s fair to question his decision making. It makes the game very unfun to watch. But still have to acknowledge a huge W for the program. Some things are working even if not everything
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JHallCanes said:
I like Dawson a lot but was very disappointed during that stretch. He’s been aggressive and I really thought he would go for the jugular but he did not
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Pattern recognition tells me he and our 155lb OL coach have their fingers all over it. It’s a common denominator with his Oregon tenure.
 
Never change CIS. Never Change.


If I didn't know any better, I'd think Miami got stomped out, especially after reading this board today. Is this team a finished product? No. Are there things to work on? YES. Should Mario have gone more aggressive, instead of wanting to wear ND down? I believe so, but I also can't argue with the fact that it was obvious in the 4th quarter that ND was gassed defensively. Honestly, had Miami gone tempo and ran the rock, I think that the game would have been over midway through the 4th. That said, Mario put the game in the hands of his players and the players executed. I was impressed by the ST units, especially after a shaky first quarter. It was a lot better after that. I don't know if Davis is a long term solution, but he got the job done.
 
simplycanes said:
Pattern recognition tells me he and our 155lb OL coach have their fingers all over it. It’s a common denominator with his Oregon tenure.
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A HC will tell his OC what he wants to see, but he isn't going to call the plays for him, especially not Mario who has NEVER called plays a day in his life. Mario wanted to wear ND down and Dawson called plays to that effect. The issue is that Mario should have had a better grasp of the momentum in the 3rd and gone for the throat. I'm convinced ND was ready to quit once Miami went up 14 and that's when the gameplan changed.
 
I like running the ball and killing the clock with a lead. Essentially it worked.

The 3rd and 1 was unfortunate. And the holding call looked to be BS.

No real complaints. Nice Dub.
 
sfcane2 said:
I love this team. They’re complete and can make a deep playoff run. Beck + the young WRs = dangerous once they click. And when Miami actually ran a balanced offense? We cooked one of the top 2–3 defenses in the country. Couple that with pass rushers who can close out a game and it is a team that can beat anybody.

But then… fourth quarter Mario showed up. 🐢

It was like Oregon–Auburn déjà vu: dominate for three quarters, then go full “turtle mode.” ND stacks the box, begging us to pass, and Mario says: “What if… hear me out… we run it straight into the teeth of their defense three times in a row?” Meanwhile Carson Beck — aka the best play-action QB in America — is just chilling like an Uber driver waiting for his next ride.

And THEN the grand finale: let’s play for a 47-yard field goal with a kicker whose résumé so far is ‘owns a pair of cleats.’ That’s not strategy. That’s not a 50/50 decision, that’s closer to playing roulette with half your chips on double zero.

Somebody online summed it up best:

“The before and after splits of when Miami went into turtle mode are hilarious. Mario Cristobal tried so hard to give that game away.”

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Anyway it all worked out and you can have a season where a lot of low probability events go your way similar to when Auburn and Nick Marshall kept hitting those hail Mary’s but it’d be a lot easier if we just played with better odds.
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I think anyone with this take is actually brain dead. They did try airing it out but our WRs were being raped. If we did and stopped the clock yall would be crying.
 
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OptimusCreampie said:
I think anyone with this take is actually brain dead. They did try airing it out but our WRs were being raped. If we did and stopped the clock yall would be crying.
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This is what this group will never, ever understand. They play the result, no matter what they just asked for. Dudes in the gameday board were talking about how our o-line was pushing them around. Then the same people got mad if we continued to run.

We were running it down their throats, then we got stopped on a 3rd and 1. If we get fancy and throw an incompletion, they yell "WHY DID YOU GO AWAY FROM WHAT WAS WORKING". If we stick with what is working and get stopped, they yell "WHY AREN'T WE BEING CREATIVE???".
 
@DMoney get this to the staff and tell them they need to stop being so ******* conservative in the 4th quarter. They keep concerning themselves with things that dont matter. The idea of the "middle 8" the idea of a run game designed to "just not lose yards"...
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