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Ok, Dawson is awful. Brilliant observation by keyboard wizards.

Cig is a new-age offensive savant, right? Smartest guy in the game. The new Saban.

Dawson is a dope, holding us back. Offense is Stone Age & he’s Fred Flinstone.

So, the great Coach Cignetti’s dynamic offense put 20 points on the board against a depleted secondary (Bauman & our punter gifted another 7 points).

Dumb *** Dawson’s miserable offense managed 21 points & was driving for a potential game-winning TD.

Fact is Dawson’s offense put more points on the board. But hey, wizards know all.
 
bacane said:
Ok, Dawson is awful. Brilliant observation by keyboard wizards.

Cig is a new-age offensive savant, right? Smartest guy in the game. The new Saban.

Dawson is a dope, holding us back. Offense is Stone Age & he’s Fred Flinstone.

So, the great Coach Cignetti’s dynamic offense put 20 points on the board against a depleted secondary (Bauman & our punter gifted another 7 points).

Dumb *** Dawson’s miserable offense managed 21 points & was driving for a potential game-winning TD.

Fact is Dawson’s offense put more points on the board. But hey, wizards know all.
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Just stop. Dawson put up zero points in multiple first halves of the playoffs. That is flat out unacceptable, sorry.

Maybe if he called the game better we wouldn’t have been in the position to need a heroic game winning drive, again.
 
McGahee2TheHouse said:
Just stop. Dawson put up zero points in multiple first halves of the playoffs. That is flat out unacceptable, sorry.

Maybe if he called the game better we wouldn’t have been in the position to need a heroic game winning drive, again.
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Ok, won three games in the playoffs against Top 10 teams. Believe they all have scholarship players, NIL resources & well-paid coaches. Lost in championship game & put self in position to win it on final drive. Likely did enough offensively to win, but for a blocked punt/TD.
If feel the need to trash the guy, go ahead & have a good day.
 
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mossmadness said:
We had two playoff games where we didn’t score a point in the first half.

We didn’t have a pass competition beyond the line of scrimmage in the entire second half against Ole Miss until the very last drive of the game.

How much worse do people think it will actually get with the roster Mario builds now on a yearly basis?

Dawson is the floor.
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This. Hes awful and got bailed out all season by a great D. Only good game he had was OSU.
 
bacane said:
Ok, won three games in the playoffs against Top 10 teams. Believe they all have scholarship players, NIL resources & well-paid coaches. Lost in championship game & put self in position to win it on final drive. Likely did enough offensively to win, but for a blocked punt/TD.
If feel the need to trash the guy, go ahead & have a good day.
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HE won those games? You realize he only coaches offense, right? We only beat TAMU b/c Beck demanded we run on the last drive. I will say he did well vs OSU. Against OM and last night has completely, to quote another poster, disjointed. Throwing 2 plays out of 3. Nothing downfiled when he did throw. He blew the season the way Guidry blew it last year.
 
I'm not firing him if I'm Mario, but ultimately, in terms of talent, I wish there was less of a disparity between the talent of our DC and our OC.
 
McGahee2TheHouse said:
Just stop. Dawson put up zero points in multiple first halves of the playoffs. That is flat out unacceptable, sorry.

Maybe if he called the game better we wouldn’t have been in the position to need a heroic game winning drive, again.
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We had 10 playoff drives we scrimmaged in + territory and got 0 total points too. Just extraordinary scoring inefficiency.

I like Dawson (I know you don't lol), but there was some very concerning stuff that happened in the playoff that gives me pause about whether he's the right guy to be our OC in future playoff games. There's also enough personnel issues - QB with certain limitations, subpar talent at outside WRs, and a mess at TE - that should be remedied next year (the first two at least), that I could see our offense looking more like the '24 one than this one and able to carry that performance through the playoff.

I honestly don't know where we go from here. If you told me we'd still get Mensah while having an open search that could result in the Hetherman of OCs I'd grudingly say make the move, but if we're just going to hire Ken Dorsey I would run it back with Dawson in '26.
 
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bacane said:
Ok, Dawson is awful. Brilliant observation by keyboard wizards.

Cig is a new-age offensive savant, right? Smartest guy in the game. The new Saban.

Dawson is a dope, holding us back. Offense is Stone Age & he’s Fred Flinstone.

So, the great Coach Cignetti’s dynamic offense put 20 points on the board against a depleted secondary (Bauman & our punter gifted another 7 points).

Dumb *** Dawson’s miserable offense managed 21 points & was driving for a potential game-winning TD.

Fact is Dawson’s offense put more points on the board. But hey, wizards know all.
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Gaslighting the Cignetti angle is weak. OP did not mention Cignetti. How you can defend not only 0 points in first half but such few plays( allowing IU to dominate TOP) is weird. Dawson IS a dope. He DID hold us back. Worst thing he does all year and again last night is wait to establish our identity, ie, Fletch to right side for 11 yards a pop.
 
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JustAFanHTX said:
I think 90% of this board is wayyyyyyyyy too emotional to follow football.
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Dawson was in his bag in the second half. He adjusted really well. The 1st half left a lot to be desired, but it wasn’t all on him. Offense played well in the second half against one of the best defenses in college football. People just want a reason to complain.
 
We’reBeckCane said:
First half was straight trash…then turned it around, sort of.
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I listened to Tonin and Leroy radio this A.M. Leroy said he realized in the first half even with our scripted plays were weren’t getting enough plays /reps/downs to establish what will work effectively against their D. Finally the entire half we had enough offensive information to see some patterns and make adjustments, but we were already down by 10. Making adjustments just to catch up. Makes sense when you look at that way.
 
Genghis Cane said:
Dawson was in his bag in the second half. He adjusted really well. The 1st half left a lot to be desired, but it wasn’t all on him. Offense played well in the second half against one of the best defenses in college football. People just want a reason to complain.
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I mean. We were getting WHIPPED on plays that would have popped 20+ yards that we should have blocked up. If that’s on Dawson too then everything is.
 
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