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I saw Cam just stand in the pocket moonwalking. Twice ! No pressure and in no hurry. Never seen a quarterback so relaxed in the pocket.
Tom Brady is literally the only other guy I have ever seen in such complete control. It’s why I have a hard time seeing Cam fail in the NFL. He has unnatural poise.
I can only speak for myself, but as a long time reader of your posts (when you were LCE), your knowledge/analysis of the game and players is much better than mine and I can safely say your opinion has changed mine on multiple occasions. Keep it up brother!
List the elite opposing offenses Minnesota played/defended well against this season.
The answer is none.
Becoming a top 10 statistical defense against the likes of Rhode Island and Nevada… not impressive.
Meanwhile the likes of Iowa and Rutgers… not exactly elite offenses… had their way with his defense this past season.
And please spare us the “he’ll do better with Miami athletes” projection… that never fails to disappoint.
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This is typical for discussion forums. Happens to me on a fishing website and American Mensa forum
Great rebuttal
What’s his connection to South beach?
Nothing wrong with the hire, but disingenuous to say he's from the "Greg Schiano coaching tree" because he coached linebackers at Rutgers for two years and 16 previous years at other stops that had zero to do with Schiano.
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**** yeah! I don't have many sauces. But the sauces I have are great sauces.
No, it's not disingenuous.
Nobody is suggesting, and the internet can immediately fact-check, that this guy coached with Schiano for a decade. He didn't.
But a coaching tree is everyone that you coach with, because it turns into references and recommendations for future jobs.
As I have pointed out previously, before Dawson starts his THIRD year at UM, Mario had only had ONE coordinator, in his entire career, that stayed with him longer than 2 years. Does that mean Mario doesn't have a coaching tree, because somehow 2 years is too short to qualify?
The fact remains, he worked with Schiano (a former DC) for 2 years and would have become the Rutgers DC if Harasymiak would have landed a head coaching job sooner.
Everybody relax. I've already pointed out how Hetherman's career arc has accelerated over the past 5 or 6 years, much greater than it had for the prior 10+ years.
In this day and age a 2-year coaching stint qualifies as tenure lol
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Lines 2 and 3 by themselves: solid Post of The Year nomination
Iowa had their average output per game and Rutgers was held under their average output per game
I don’t disagree with what you’re getting at, but that part is disingenuous
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These are good points/rebuttal. But there's a caveat here that people should note. I watched these games. Did Minnesota's D make mistakes? Absolutely, but they're not the reason they lost those games. Minnesota's O was atrocious this year and couldn't get anything going in either of those games. Defense kept them in it, but at some point you're gonna have breakdowns.
I don't think this is a bad hire, but I would've preferred a more established DC. TBD on him.
A few things… he is from Minnesota and a life-long gophers fan.
Also, he was recruiting in south Florida and was in a very bad car accident on the interstate and nearly died a few years ago. I’ve heard he still doesn’t like to drive on the interstate as a result.
I would say the location and having to drive that all the time is probably a little PTSD for him.. if the thought process even made it past the fandom and home town to begin with.
Minnesota played the 32nd ranked offensive schedule and ranked 9th in DFEI.
Please name me your wish as the DC and I will respond with further statistics.
I am sensing a future as "DB Coach's chauffeur" for a certain person on Mario's staff...
