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And the point @PIPO Is making is that any preconceived notion of balance or amount of times you run or pass is dumb.

You do what works. Period. Pipo is 100% right.

I dont want to hear Gattis say we didn't run enough. Only thing I care about hearing him say is that we didn't SCORE enough.
What point are you making? Did he decide to run more because the pass was working? Obviously he elected to go with a passing attack because their was a 3:1 pass ratio. He made a comment afterwards about wanting to be more balanced. Find me the college coach or NFL coach that doesn't say this. It is the definition of coach speak.
 
I think this is more on Mario than on Gattis, at least in the one example of the RZ vs. UNC. Mario told Joe Rose, and I am paraphrasing, he knew we didn't have the personal, but he wanted to establish identity in the RZ. We can't be that stubborn. If the passing game is what kept us in the game, then let it decide the game.
That’s why I always add Mario into this. Most folks want to blame only Gatttis. Mario had a reputation when he came here. That’s why LCE kept warning the board during the OC search.
 

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392 total yards against Texas
463 total yards against Southern Miss
367 total yards against MTSU
539 total yards against UNC

Thad, Rooster and Parrish managed a whopping 2.2 ypc against UNC, which supposedly had equally bad pass and run defenses.

I swear Gattis is insane. We don't have to be an air raid team but come on. The offense is having more success gaining yards through the air. Why is he so committed to something they struggle to do?!?!?
 
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People that belive this hasn’t been watching Bama play ball. Saban himself said he had to evolve.

His starters throw the ball around the yard , get up and then they’ll run it. Their qb’s / wr’s put up big numbers and win Heismans and getting drafted high. This isn’t Bama three yards and a cloud of dust anymore.
I hear what you saying but the numbers don't bare that to be true.
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He runs the ball late and situationally. Just because you have a really good Ol and more talent doesn’t mean you should make your offense simple., plodding and predictable. Doing things like that was fine at one time but all these spread / uptempo teams were giving him ****. So he adjusted. He started evolving on offense and adding more situational / smaller guys for spread teams. That Lsu team was so good because they had the talent and the scheme.
I guess I always get so confused about how a coach like MC can see all of this evidence that he needs to change and evolve with the time but yet he doesn't. Is it head in the sand? Overconfidence/stubbornness on his part? Just weird that so many others can see what's in his face but he doesn't see it.
 
I hear what you saying but the numbers don't bare that to be true.
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Actually they do.

Those stats show 340-350 yards per game passing and that’s with the best qb in the country missing games this year. That 323 would be closer to 380-400 with Bryce. They pass to run now. The run is always there and they’ll lean on it if it’s working but the corn is buttered by the qb. Bama lights you up with the pass then squeezes the life out of you with the run late. Eating clock. Now imagine those pass yards if they wasn’t putting the pass up after three quarters because it’s a blowout? Most teams don’t have that luxury. They’re balanced but we know what butters there bread these days.
 
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Every coach in the world wants balance. Unless you’re Mike Leach or a triple option guy. But just because you WANT to be able to run the ball, doesn’t mean you CAN run the ball. Forcing the run when you’re getting less than 2 yards per carry is just plain stupid. The ONLY reason Miami actually had a chance to win Saturday was because they stuck to what was working instead of trying to force what doesn’t work. Rhett Lashlee wanted to run the ball here too. ****, he called more runs than passes in 2020. In 2021, they went pass heavy because it gave them the best chance to score points and win games.
 
I think this is more on Mario than on Gattis, at least in the one example of the RZ vs. UNC. Mario told Joe Rose, and I am paraphrasing, he knew we didn't have the personal, but he wanted to establish identity in the RZ. We can't be that stubborn. If the passing game is what kept us in the game, then let it decide the game.
Yes Miami can be that stubborn.

It is what he was hired to do. This isn't about Y1, but Y3 and on.

Now, that doesn't mean it works, but I can respect what he is trying to do. He is a steadfast leader.
 
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Every coach in the world wants balance. Unless you’re Mike Leach or a triple option guy. But just because you WANT to be able to run the ball, doesn’t mean you CAN run the ball. Forcing the run when you’re getting less than 2 yards per carry is just plain stupid. The ONLY reason Miami actually had a chance to win Saturday was because they stuck to what was working instead of trying to force what doesn’t work. Rhett Lashlee wanted to run the ball here too. ****, he called more runs than passes in 2020. In 2021, they went pass heavy because it gave them the best chance to score points and win games.
Yep. Balance is a good thing. You should always strive to have it. But you also need to be built to be able to lean on one if the other isn’t cutting it, if the weather is bad, or you get down multiple possessions. Coming into every game with a set mentality is dumb.
 
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To be fair I get what you saying. We don't have the tools, and we should pivot to something else. So there are two mindset to problem.

Either lower standards, to fit people needs. Or you maintain your standards until people rise to them. Most successful are latter, they may tweak certain things but the core of their standards are the foundation.

There was story about Jerry Jones, when he was building the current cowboys stadium. They were adding the retractable roof. He wanted to be able close and open it in 30 minutes or less. The engineers told him it wasn't possible, they could go from go from 2H down to 1h40m. Jerry Jones fired those engineers, and hired a new ones. He told them same thing, 30 minutes. They got it open and close in 30 minutes.

He could have easily lowered his standards to 2H. Not Saying Mario is going be Successful. I prefer raising the bar than lower it to appease the lowest denominator.
You can’t raise a bar if the guys you have can’t do it. They’re not a road grading ol who can run out of tight formations when the defense is stacked. We could be but not now
 
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