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D'Onofrio Interviews for Temple - Updated :-/ I haz a sad

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The Franchise said:
Picksix said:
The Franchise said:
Picksix said:
LuCane said:
Schematically and stylistically, he's closest to Andy Reid, Linehan and other west coast variants. And, "throw the kitchen sink" at them is probably pretty accurate. That's what worries me sometimes. No one has really questioned his talent and ability to create.
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When you can get the type of talent Miami can I'll take a "throw the kitchen sink at them" offense gladly. Makes it tough to game plan for opposing DC's. What are we going to do with all this talent? Have to find ways to utilize them somehow. This offense can attack any part of the field and we'll soon have talent that can house it on any given play. Match that up with a kick *** defense and we're Golden...

Let's not forget Special Teams is beginning to look Special again.
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I'll tell you one thing I noticed for sure about the offense. When we started being more committed to running the ball and finding the TE in the intermediate/deep seams in the last 3 or 4 games, this offense looked much better. Looked like there were some philosophical tweaks toward the end of the year, and they worked well.
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Sorry but the stats simply don't support your theory. The first game of the season Miami rushed the ball more times than any time other than the final game against Duke. At no point in time was Miami more committed to the run at the end of the season or the beginning of the season. In fact, UNC was the game where Miami committed to the run which game #7 "45 rushes" and we lost. Please go to ncaa.org to verify.

Sounds good but it simply isn't true...
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I'll trust what I saw the last 3 or 4 games. We were more committed to the run consistently throughout those games than we were in the previous several games where we didn't commit at all. We might have mixed some runs in in those games, but the stats don't tell you everything. We definitely used Duke more between the tackles, and that's where he's best despite his lack of size. We weren't just pitching it wide to him every time he ran the ball like we were earlier in the year. We went with a more power running approach, and it worked.
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You may think you saw that but it simply isn't true. Like I said, game #7 against UNC Miami rushed 45 times which was more than any other game during the season. **** Miami threw for 400 yards against Duke and 463 yards against USF which our last two games. That's an air raid if I ever saw one.

Duke got turf toe during the season which is why he was used differently throughout.
 
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Picksix said:
The Franchise said:
Picksix said:
The Franchise said:
Picksix said:
When you can get the type of talent Miami can I'll take a "throw the kitchen sink at them" offense gladly. Makes it tough to game plan for opposing DC's. What are we going to do with all this talent? Have to find ways to utilize them somehow. This offense can attack any part of the field and we'll soon have talent that can house it on any given play. Match that up with a kick *** defense and we're Golden...

Let's not forget Special Teams is beginning to look Special again.
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I'll tell you one thing I noticed for sure about the offense. When we started being more committed to running the ball and finding the TE in the intermediate/deep seams in the last 3 or 4 games, this offense looked much better. Looked like there were some philosophical tweaks toward the end of the year, and they worked well.
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Sorry but the stats simply don't support your theory. The first game of the season Miami rushed the ball more times than any time other than the final game against Duke. At no point in time was Miami more committed to the run at the end of the season or the beginning of the season. In fact, UNC was the game where Miami committed to the run which game #7 "45 rushes" and we lost. Please go to ncaa.org to verify.

Sounds good but it simply isn't true...
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I'll trust what I saw the last 3 or 4 games. We were more committed to the run consistently throughout those games than we were in the previous several games where we didn't commit at all. We might have mixed some runs in in those games, but the stats don't tell you everything. We definitely used Duke more between the tackles, and that's where he's best despite his lack of size. We weren't just pitching it wide to him every time he ran the ball like we were earlier in the year. We went with a more power running approach, and it worked.
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You may think you saw that but it simply isn't true. Like I said, game #7 against UNC Miami rushed 45 times which was more than any other game during the season. **** Miami threw for 400 yards against Duke and 463 yards against USF which our last two games. That's an air raid if I ever saw one.

Duke got turf toe during the season which is why he was used differently throughout.
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Never said we didn't throw for a lot of yards in those games. Commitment to the run helped set those big pass plays up. I hear what you're saying though.
 
I very much agree that towards the end of the year the consistency on offense increased directly as a result of the team committing to the downhill running game with more regularity and allowing Morris to get more of a rythme with short to intermediate passes. He was put in more manageable situations and that allowed him to spread the ball around more and let his receivers take advantage of mismatches after the catch instead of having to make the perfect 15+ yard throw all the time.

Fisch comes up with a lot of great creative plays that put pressure on the defense, but my main issue is that they are generally more complicated than regular plays, and there are more points of failure, from an execution standpoint. Most of the time that only meant a wasted down or TFL, but when Morris had games where he was out of rythme and we countered that by going to "creative plays" that didn't work, we compounded Morris' issues by putting him in 3rd and long situations. Youthful mistakes (penalties/drops/etc) obviously also added to both problems.

No matter how you slice it the offense put up plenty of points last year so being critical of it is to nitpick to some degree. I think the thing we can all agree on is the talent level and production were both excellent last year and can easily be better next season. My hope would be that we simply keep all of the key players in their comfort zones and doing what they do best as much as possible. With Stephen Morris being the most important part of that equation I would do everything possible to keep him in manageable situations where he doesn't need to try to do too much, even if that means a lot of "boring" first and second down runs to keep us in 3rd and 5 or better. His weakness is trying to force things that aren't there so the goal should be to keep him out of that situation, even if it is at the expense of pure aggressiveness. There are more than enough playmakers at the skill positions that we should be able to take our shots in a smart way against the weakest links of the defenses and in the parts of the field that pose the least risk.
 
[h=5]Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS

#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
 
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CaneDaddy said:
AllbouttheU said:
[h=5]Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS

#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
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Oh Snap

I bet Barrow would be promoted.
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That would shock me. You need to have a stronger resume than that to be DC at a school like Miami. Golden will either get a veteran DC, or go to the NFL for his DC should he need one.
 
3FW said:
CaneDaddy said:
AllbouttheU said:
Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS

#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.
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Oh Snap

I bet Barrow would be promoted.
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That would shock me. You need to have a stronger resume than that to be DC at a school like Miami. Golden will either get a veteran DC, or go to the NFL for his DC should he need one.
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+1 I really like Barrow but not as our DC.
 
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Not advocating it but it wouldnt be too far out. He retained him on the staff for a reason. Plus, it would not affect recruiting in any fashion.
 
Wow. You would think D'Onofrio would get the job in that case. Rhule's offense at Temple was anemic.

AllbouttheU said:
[h=5]Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS

#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
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Is this why we haven't seen D'Onofrio recruiting much right now? I never see his name in the reports of in-home visits, phone calls, etc.
 
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AllbouttheU said:
[h=5]Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS

#Temple down to two assistants, per source: NY Giants asst O-line coach Matt Rhule, Miami DC Mark D'Onofrio.[/h]
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kid praying with dog.webp
 
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