Who in the world is minimizing him? What are you talking about?! You know it’s OK to point out the fact that he never took the check down and that cost us two games last year. You know it’s OK to point that out because it’s true. Smh by pointing out something that’s true, it’s not minimizing him, it’s just speaking the truth.
That’s a bunch of BS right there and you’re just feeding an agenda that isn’t correct anymore. Get real dude, Mario’s coaching improved greatly last year. So don’t give me that **** anymore about game day coaching when he has already showed improvement on it and I guarantee he’s gonna show improvement on it again. Stop living in the past, it’s posters like you that come on here and say that **** and make it like it’s still happening when it’s not.
If that’s your comment on our upcoming season, it shows me two things. Number one you never played this game at a high level and number two you couldn’t evaluate the difference between a piece of dog **** on your lawn versus a piece of dirt.
Cam wouldn’t take the check down to save his life and that is a fact. No matter how much word salad you wanna throw out here to try to change that, it ain’t happening because it’s a fact. Also, Cam not taking the check down cost us the Georgia Tech game and the Syracuse game. Those are also two facts. That’s reality my friend not a made up world. And it’s OK to point those things out because it’s true, Cam was the best quarterback we’ve had in a long time, but he would’ve been even better if he would’ve took the check down a little more.
We had a top five run game in the country last year And our running back room is better this year than it was last year. So please explain, why is it we need to fix something that’s not broken? Smh
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I would argue that we lost to GT because the defense looked so bad that Mario decided FGs couldn't win us the game. I also think that's why he kicked against Syracuse. Cause had he just taken the pts against GT we probably win that game.
Yes, those things are true, but we also lost because Cam wouldn’t take the check down and that’s also true. Had he taken the check down, we win both those games regardless of how bad our defense was.
Changing the play style of Ward possibly eliminates other big plays that contributed to winning. Looking at a singular play in a vacuum is nice but you are talking about a philosophical change that would impact every play. Whether that's a net positive or negative is a real question
Also slightly changing the style of play eliminates the terrible interceptions he had on the same plays during the year. Both things are true. The beauty of it is this, we Won’t have to worry about that with Beck this year because he will take the check down and I believe because of that, our offense will be more efficient.
You’re right. He did do that. But he looked horrendous in the first half of that game. Both statements can be true. Do I think Beck struggles like some are predicting? No.
I thought Mario put some of those narratives about the poor clock/game management issues to bed last year. If you look at our two regular season loses, was it really an issue in those games?
I don’t know if he’s the best qb but you are right on the narrative. The kid is 24-3 in the sec yet the same people slurp lagway. His OL was not great and his wr’s dropped everything. Let’s not forget bobo. my concern is health. He won’t have to force the issue as much this year. Is beck a top pick, I don’t know but no one is perfect. Cam’s hero ball put us in some tough spots too.
The fact Greg Schiano told Mario he’s the guy makes me optimistic. I’m sick of gimmicks.
Top 5 in what metric? We were 31st in yards and 7th in ypc. Maybe in advanced stats. Teams weren't loading the box with Cam at QB, they'll do it with Beck until he and our receivers prove they can burn a secondary. You don't want to be one-dimensional when the talent/competition levels out, or is better, in the playoffs.
, 7th in YPC is great and we were 31st in yards bc we had the best qb in CFB and passed a lot. So yes, we had a top run offense.It improved but it's still awful. He's fully dependent on his coordinators on gameday.
