CaneTheGaytors
Biletnikoff Award Winner
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…and evolving as a coach.
As one of his harshest but fair critics, I repeatedly criticized his gameday coaching decisions, game plans/style-of-play, and time management (which were all glaring weaknesses) over his first 2 seasons. I also many times gave him credit for being an amazing recruiter and CEO type.
But now I must come to his defense.
Not only has he evolved and accepted that we need to be able to score lots of points in this modern era of football and given Dawson the weapons he needs for it, but he has also exuded a calm demeanor in the 4th Qt that I hadn’t seen from him during the previous 2 seasons, in which he often looked shell shocked and like a deer caught in headlights when the cameras would pan to him on the sidelines.
2024 Mario is calm and stoic, encouraging his group of young warriors to stay calm and keep their heads in the game. Our 2 minute offense looks light years ahead of the past 2 seasons, when there seemed to be no urgency when down big in 2nd halves of games. That’s all changed too.
All in all, what I respectfully mean to say is, give credit where credit is due and when it is warranted. Mario has done a great job this season and even Cam gave him tons of credit last night in his postgame interview.
Teams are throwing the kitchen sink at us, along with other kinds of foreign objects, and we’re still finding the will and the way to win. That is usually a sign of great things to come.
As one of his harshest but fair critics, I repeatedly criticized his gameday coaching decisions, game plans/style-of-play, and time management (which were all glaring weaknesses) over his first 2 seasons. I also many times gave him credit for being an amazing recruiter and CEO type.
But now I must come to his defense.
Not only has he evolved and accepted that we need to be able to score lots of points in this modern era of football and given Dawson the weapons he needs for it, but he has also exuded a calm demeanor in the 4th Qt that I hadn’t seen from him during the previous 2 seasons, in which he often looked shell shocked and like a deer caught in headlights when the cameras would pan to him on the sidelines.
2024 Mario is calm and stoic, encouraging his group of young warriors to stay calm and keep their heads in the game. Our 2 minute offense looks light years ahead of the past 2 seasons, when there seemed to be no urgency when down big in 2nd halves of games. That’s all changed too.
All in all, what I respectfully mean to say is, give credit where credit is due and when it is warranted. Mario has done a great job this season and even Cam gave him tons of credit last night in his postgame interview.
Teams are throwing the kitchen sink at us, along with other kinds of foreign objects, and we’re still finding the will and the way to win. That is usually a sign of great things to come.
