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I thought it was a meh hire until I went and watched his offenses and after that I was all in. He literally brought everything I’ve been begging for for years. Space , route concepts from this century and also willing to run the ball. He wins different ways and it was dictated by the personnel. A very wr friendly offense. I went from meh to loving it within a day or two. Just because a hire isn’t **** doesn’t mean it’s not perfect. Ball don’t lie.
 
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Cribby said:
I thought it was a meh hire until I went and watched his offenses and after that I was all in. He literally brought everything I’ve been begging for for years. Space , route concepts from this century and also willing to run the ball. He wins different ways and it was dictated by the personnel. A very wr friendly offense. I went from meh to living it within a day or two. Just because a hire isn’t **** doesn’t mean it’s not perfect. Ball don’t lie.
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I didn’t know who the **** he was until his name popped up for our OC job. After some digging, I was impressed with his O and was hopeful he’d bring a lot of it to us. So far, so GOOD.
 
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Mr. Dynasty1 said:
Dawson will make you all believers
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Every game it seems like more kids get involved in the offense. TE's would seem to be next up. I'd like to see them give Harrell a chance on a deep ball this game.
 
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jakeman1 said:
Every game it seems like more kids get involved in the offense. TE's would seem to be next up. I'd like to see them give Harrell a chance on a deep ball this game.
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It will be interesting to see. From what I udnerstand, Dawson's offenses are WR dominant and TE is not featured a lot. RBs may get involved but the essence of the offense is through the WRs. Dawson did not use the TE much in Houston but my sense is that he hasn't had a guy like Arroyo to use in his offenses.

Would love to see how he involves the TEs and RBs more in the passing game.
 
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The Dawson hire was obviously a good one but the more important part still is that Mario went away from his tendencies and adapted when making this hire

Dawson could be here for 1 year or 10 years I have no idea, but the critical part for me is that the next time Mario makes an OC hire, he’s set this precedent
 
USNAVYCANE said:
Let’s not suck his **** just yet, while I’m very happy with what we have seen so far , got to let things play out a bit more before he is crowned. Let’s see if he does any half back passes in the snow .
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I would love to see 2 or 3 flea flickers when we play NC.
 
Cribby said:
I thought it was a meh hire until I went and watched his offenses and after that I was all in. He literally brought everything I’ve been begging for for years. Space , route concepts from this century and also willing to run the ball. He wins different ways and it was dictated by the personnel. A very wr friendly offense. I went from meh to living it within a day or two. Just because a hire isn’t **** doesn’t mean it’s not perfect. Ball don’t lie.
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But didn't Dana run that offense?
 
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JHallCanes said:
The Dawson hire was obviously a good one but the more important part still is that Mario went away from his tendencies and adapted when making this hire

Dawson could be here for 1 year or 10 years I have no idea, but the critical part for me is that the next time Mario makes an OC hire, he’s set this precedent
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Houston is eventually going to dump Dana and use their oil derrick to pluck Shannon.
 
20/20 hindsight, those two coordinator hires were well worth the wait.

I've been on the Mario bus ever since his name was first floated. My only disagreements with him to date were that he didn't fire Gattass mid-season and that he didn't replace the staff quickly enough.

Mario had to have known in October that Gattass was dead man walking and by Duke that Steele had lost a step. So why'd it take him so f-ing long to hire Dawson? Why'd he have to steal Guidry away from Tulane at the last minute vs taking him straight from Marshall (we probably would have gotten Sam, that safety that went to LSU if he had)? The only explanation is Mario was shooting for much bigger names and we didn't get them. Honestly, I'm happy we didn't.

As far as Mario overriding coordinators, I think that ship has sailed. He's freed up to do what he does best -- lead, establish a culture of relentlessness, recruit like a bat out of ****, pair up with Mirabal to develop the best OL in the nation. The fly wheel is now in motion.
 
Cribby said:
I thought it was a meh hire until I went and watched his offenses and after that I was all in. He literally brought everything I’ve been begging for for years. Space , route concepts from this century and also willing to run the ball. He wins different ways and it was dictated by the personnel. A very wr friendly offense. I went from meh to loving it within a day or two. Just because a hire isn’t **** doesn’t mean it’s not perfect. Ball don’t lie.
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Exactly… we made the **** hire last year, Clemson made the **** hire this year. Results not good.
 
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