Dawson

[Canesfan1899]

The deep ball to trader looked like a great call but the wind just took the ball. Never thought arm strength was an issue for Beck just seemed that swirling wind was a mind ****.

 

[Genghis Cane]

Nah that deep ball was a dime, that's a NFL big boy throw right there, 60 yards on the money.

The wind wasn’t ripping at 30mph the entire game.

Maybe it was dialed down that play and he got lucky.

On the flip side, Beck’s passes looked better on that opening drive coming out of the half. Maybe it was only at 10mph or something that drive. Who knows?

 

[SFbayCane]

I think Marty was hurt, which is why we never saw him.
My working hypothesis is that these mid-tier ACC teams know they can't match up in the trenches, so they have to sell out to not get bullied in the run game, especially on those duo runs and inside zone runs. That's why we had to be creative in the pass game and RPO game. Dawson repeatedly made FSU pay for selling out to stop the inside runs.

Teams with more talented fronts trust their guys to win the battle in the trenches vs us. In that case you have to force them to sell out first to open up the creative pass game, which Dawson didn't do until the final drive, despite our line opening up holes bigger than Abella Danger's.

Elko even said after the game they lost the battle in the trenches on both sides of the ball.

Either way, you have to force the D out of their initial game plan.

Everyone should read this post. 100% on point with his analysis.

 

[SFbayCane]

He's simply never been an elite OC at any pt in his career. He's only benefiting from a top 10 offensive line, the most expensive portal QBs, and solid to good skill position players. If u take that away, he's nothing more than a middle of the road, journeymen OC.

He lacks any kind of feel for calling plays, and his gameplans have been questionable on numerous occasions throughout his tenure. Coming up with that gameplan & script of plays despite having over 2 weeks to prepare, is just inexcusable. An overreliance on trick plays is never a sign of creativity; its a sign of desperation. Regardless, they're more or less ineffective against fundamentally sound defenses like that of TAMU, OSU, UGA, IU, & TT anyway. This man literally called a fake reverse, without even running a reverse prior to it

There's simply no justification for choosing not to establish the running game in the 1st half while playing in a hostile environment, with windy conditions, & against a team with a porous run defense. This team would've fared better offensively even if the gameplan was to predictably run inside zone, & gap runs the entire 1st half. Ultimately, he made it more difficult for his own QB & defense, & in normal circumstances should have costed this team a win.

If this team does not win a NC this yr, Dawson is going to be the primary reason for why it didn't happen. Yes, MC's game management is absolutely horrendous, & reared its ugly head again yesterday right before the half & on the final drive of the game, but if Dawson's playcalling was better this game could've been a convincing win & his game management woes wouldn't have even come in question.

I whole-heartedly agree. I've never been a fan of Shannon Dawson as an offensive coordinator. I've wanted us to upgrade for a couple years now. He rarely schemes guys open and relies too heavily on trickeration.

I recommend reading @PhenomCane's post #158 below. Dawson's gimmicky **** works against mid-level ACC defenses but is worthless against top caliber teams.

 

[PhenomCane]

I whole-heartedly agree. I've never been a fan of Shannon Dawson as an offensive coordinator. I've wanted us to upgrade for a couple years now. He rarely schemes guys open and relies too heavily on trickeration.

I recommend reading @PhenomCane's post #158 below. Dawson's gimmicky **** works against mid-level ACC defenses but is worthless against top caliber teams.

I did hear something today that made me think. Showing the gimmicky **** and all the window dressing gives teams more to prepare for. Texas A&M was ready for the wide open spread gimmicky plays, but couldn't stop the caveman offense running the ball down their throats. Maybe we need to be able to play both styles depending on how defenses approach what they try to take away.

 

[creamofthecrop13]

Not using Marty Brown was horrible IMO. Not sure who's decision that was, but I was blown away by it.

You always complain this much ?

 

[creamofthecrop13]

I wanted way more running plays.

But to the greater point, we did not play Brown and Pringle only got one carry and one play in the game. Is that Mario's plan for the rest of the playoff? Use Fletcher only? If he was too conservative to allow Pringle to play today, is he going to use him next game against Ohio State?

This didnt make sense to me. Brown's skillset was perfect for today's game. Both he and Pringle should have gotten some touches.

Brown doesn't do that on Miamis last drive what fletcher did. That's why mark got the snaps