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Mario says he had to relearn how to let loose during game time

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jakeman1 said:
The season changed with 2:22 left in the 2nd quarter of the Syracuse game, with the throwback to Beck. They would not have passed the eye test, much less won out, if they'd continued the A-gap offense.
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But, you see, the OP claimed that it happened after the SMU game.

But then the game thread claimed that it happened *in* the SMU gamed despite the fact that we scored 20 points and lost.

As usual, it's fans looking for ways to pat themselves on the back.
 
DTP said:
Meh. Nowhere in that interview does he say anything about purposely holding the offense back. He mentions “cutting loose” but is very vague about the whole thing.

Look, I want Mario to give up being a scared conservative coach and I thought last year’s results had turned that page but this year he went right back into a shell in week one. I think that’s always who he is.
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That is as much an admission of guilt as you are going to get with an alpha type guy like Mario. I think it was significant.
 
RVACane said:
Thank you for posting. He said he had to “relearn how to cut it loose” during game time. So he didn’t actually say he handcuffed the offense but I think it’s implied - at least to me - that he was the one who was tightening up in the games. He’s saying the right things now so let’s see.

I edited the title because I think it’s misleading to a point as it is.
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Absolutely . Anyone with a brain could see early in the year he was purposely sitting on leads and trying not to lose rather than win the game . That’s why I was ****ed after ND and FSU. Neither game had any business being that close. He loosened things up after the SMU debacle and things got more creative and less obvious . Which is why I gave him props with how we ended the season . Regardless it’s time to move on.
 
The fact ya actually NEED Mario to say it was him when he is head coach of team running up middle and think it is the air raid coach instead, tells me its alot more DBC level guys on forum.. If you cant watch games and see difference, my gawd..

D$ even told ya week before they were gonna cut loose, you think they can do that without HC approval?! :ibis-roflmao-sm3:
 
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Cribby said:
Absolutely . Anyone with a brain could see early in the year he was purposely sitting on leads and trying not to lose rather than win the game . That’s why I was ****ed after ND and FSU. Neither game had any business being that close. He loosened things up after the SMU debacle and things got more creative and less obvious . Which is why I gave him props with how we ended the season . Regardless it’s time to move on.
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The week leading up to the playoff selection, I think we saw a different side of Mario. Relaxed. Enjoying the process. Funny. He seems to have let loose of the stranglehold of trying to control every aspect of the team and let it rip. Maybe this was his light bulb moment and came to the realization that he can’t control everything and needs to let his staff and players just go have some fun.
 
With all this talk about Mario being too conservative or cutting it loose, I wonder what game someone watched where this weekend where the play calling was significantly different or tempo much faster than what we have done all season.
 
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BeastMode said:
So it was Mario and not Dawson.

Glad the noise got so loud he had to listen. Offense has looked great since that SMU game.

I think this season may change Mario forever. I posted in other threads the light may have finally come on to play to win and blow people out. Going into a shell almost cost them more games this year.

You can dominate people and still be creative on offense.

Mario looks so much more relaxed and having fun with it all.

[Maude Edit: Title changed from “Mario admits he handcuffed offense” to “Mario says he had to relearn how to let loose during game time” to accurately reflect what he said during the interview, a link to which OP didn’t provide]
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Saw that as well, I think it was on Podcast w Herbstreit and that homo galloway
And I too posted that Mario seems different since Smu
I love it!!!
 
Go Canes!! said:
With all this talk about Mario being too conservative or cutting it loose, I wonder what game someone watched where this weekend where the play calling was significantly different or tempo much faster than what we have done all season.
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You have to understand: the guys on this forum are more interested in saying that they were right than actually *being* right.

You can clearly see that they're all trying to retcon when the "change" occurred instead of actually knowing or understanding what they're watching.

Our tempo never changed. Our bread and butter never changed. Dawson was in his bag for the last month. More end arounds, reverses, WR passes, etc.

We did *not* stop running inside/outside zone, etc.
 
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