Dawson’s creativity

[MsBankyEdwards]

when did miss bank make it to the lighter side?

You have me at a disadvantage, good sir.

 

[E1k]

TrumpyCane is pretty sure he didn't inherit any of those

He's the one who turned them into those

What he did last year was much tougher/impressive than anything Dawson has done

Yea I just see it differently, i don’t think guys just magically become all conference level players if they weren’t already good lol

And by this logic dawson inherited a day3 level quarterback, with mid wrs that no nfl teams wanted and were easily replaceable(according to this board lol), he turned that into the #1 offense in the country and our best offense ever

 

[Brickell]

I thought Dawson did well this last season considering all the talent we lost. We were limited offensively compared to the year we had Cam, and still almost won a National Championship.

This year, I feel we might have the most loaded offense we've had in years from a positional point of view, it's an embarrassment of riches.

 

[MovingZen]

mario asserts that the players changed after SMU. he's right, but what i have not heard him say is so did the coaches. it was like a drug addled rock bottom.

Chicken or the egg situation.. did the players change or did the coaching change and the players followed. imo the coaches felt the heat and changed which allowed the players to cut loose and enjoy themselves. The 'change' happened during the first half of the Syracuse game and I like to think it was franny brown's dumb *** antics on the side line that changed the coaching mentality. The result was what we should have been seeing all season long. Hopefully they see that approach almost got us number 6 and should be the approach from here on out. The coaching mentality is my biggest question going into next year.. will it continue or do we go back to being predictable?

 

[FrancisSawyer]

mario asserts that the players changed after SMU. he's right, but what i have not heard him say is so did the coaches. it was like a drug addled rock bottom.

Chicken or the egg situation.. did the players change or did the coaching change and the players followed. imo the coaches felt the heat and changed which allowed the players to cut loose and enjoy themselves. The 'change' happened during the first half of the Syracuse game and I like to think it was franny brown's dumb *** antics on the side line that changed the coaching mentality. The result was what we should have been seeing all season long. Hopefully they see that approach almost got us number 6 and should be the approach from here on out. The coaching mentality is my biggest question going into next year.. will it continue or do we go back to being predictable?

Interesting discussion here. Regardless of whether or not the players or coaches changed first is not as important as the fact that it did happen. Once we started rolling to end the regular season post SMU and into the playoffs you could see Mario getting more comfortable as if he was gaining confidence in his abilities as a head coach. We literally saw him grow and come into his own as a head coach during that playoff run. As far as going back to being like he was before my answer is no. No way! Once you grow and change you don't go back. As far as being predictable, every head coach and coordinator will have issues during certain series from time to time no matter how good they are. We will be no different.