Shannon's run/pass ratio his last year at Houston was almost 50/50. Not too worried about Mario and his perceived meddling with the Offense. We actually have a QB this year and not only a QB , but maybe the best in decades. The QB play last year was holding the team back, and it was clear the staff had lost confidence in his play. I wish TVD well, but if he wants to play in the NFL, he better learn how to read zone defenses.
This comment is spot on ! 🎯 There are some Miami RUclipsrs who debunked this myth ! They went back and broke down Shannon Dawson at Houston and found a lot of common denominators that showed this has been all Dawson. The problem has been at the TE position which I will assume you are aware. We will see night and day in the offense this year with Arroyo finally being healthy and 6'6 250 lb Riley Williams will be ready to contribute as well now that he is in his second year. Dawson should be able to completely open up his playbook now, no excuses ! McCormick coming back for his 9th year 😳 😂😂 lined up with Elijah Lofton 💪 in the backfield to block 💥 is going to break open some huge runs ! 🔥 Wisconsin is in for a rude awakening ! 🤣🤣 36 more days ! 🏈 #GOCANES 🙌
@904Hurricane I do agree with your assessment of the TE room from last year, and yes, I expect Arroyo to be a beast this year, as well as that freshman phenom, Lofton. Oh yeah, I haven't forgotten about Riley Williams, who had a good Spring Game. Totally agree that the TE room will be important contributors to the Offensive success this year. Good observation!
What about the constant DRAW up the middle from shotgun formation ? I don’t think Shannon ran a sweep all year ! The run game play calling was TRASH I’m sorry !!
@demcanes01 In 2023, the team averaged 173 yds per game ( 5.1 per carry), which ranked 45th nationally. The previous two years the team averaged 127 yds per game ( 3.7 per carry), ranking in the high 90's nationally and in 2019, 118 yds per game (3.8 per carry) ranking 106 nationally. The team showed significant improvement in the rushing game last year, and I anticipate a stronger showing this year, especially due to the the upgrade at QB, as well as the addition of Martinez ( speed and power), along with our stable of highly ranked Backs. There's no doubt inside zone is a staple of the air raid offense. No, I don't recall seeing any outside zone, but I did see "pin& pull" as well as "Power" mostly attacking the " B" gap & sometimes the "C".....
Cam Ward’s interview at ACC media day was very telling of the trust and belief the staff has in him. He talked about how Mario and staff let him come in and be himself and lead the way he wants to lead. Talk to teammates the way he wants. I believe without question they will let Cam do his thing. Why invest in the kid so heavily to restrict him?
WOW, coach Keith! I never thought about the psyche of an offensive line coach as a head coach. I agree with your analysis. I truly hope coach Cristobal can get past that this year.
I don’t think Mario will get in the way. He knows Cam Ward is special and it’s evident by his comments at Media days. I also don’t think Mario is stubborn. Al golden was stubborn as he wouldn’t fire his terrible defensive coordinator for years. Mario has shown that he values winning above all else. He got rid of both coordinators after year 1 and got upgrades. He won’t abandon the run game but that will only benefit Cam with Damien Martinez being a big threat on the ground
@@paco_305 you know why Mario is a qb killer? How tf did he coach TVD for 2 years and didn’t know he couldn’t read zone defenses???Are you not supposed to throw the kitchen sink at your qbs so you can know their weaknesses and how to game plan for them? He had 2 YEARS!! to tailor and to his weaknesses and didn’t. Y’all gonna learn about Mario
Wasn’t Mario the HC for Justin Herbert, arguably the should’ve been 2nd overall pick in the draft…. that Oregon team was just as good in talent and Herbert better QB then Ward but still made not so smart HC decisions. Gameday calls Mario is one of the worst coaches in college football
Mario is stubborn, where have you been the last 2 seasons. Whether he let up some is a different story, but he will have a lot of input towards the offensive game plan. Mario needs a Nick Saban "wakeup" moment. Saban adjusted his mentality to fit the modern day game and players. With all the talent Miami has, we will still be run heavy to control the flow with ball control. Mario waits till the game dictates it or we're behind to let the passing game loose. Not a great idea for today's game.
All facts I've been telling everyone Mario lost about three games for us with his conservative play calling. Dawson got blamed for it but Mario was the problem.
Metrics showed Miami was a top 20 team on both sides of the ball last year. It just didn't show up in the win column. On the bright side Miami should be much improved this year ! I believe this is the year talent takes over ! #GOCANES 🙌
@palmbeachcane9523 Also, Miami can't score if they're not efficient in the red zone. Hopefully, Cam Ward highly impacts both those statistics in a positive manner.
Mario coached at FIU not FAU. Couple comments on Mario and the air-raid philosophy. - Mario's got that bad-ass OL and some of the best RBs in the Country. Can't go air-raid exclusively. When defenses stop our run, light it up air-raid style, or use air-raid style to loosen up defenses. Having Cam Ward run that offense gives Shannon Dawson lots of options and they're all good. - Mario's gotta trust Shannon Dawson (and Cam Ward) and stay the hell out of the way. With Shannon in year two I expect Mario to loosen the reins. Coaching Continuity on both sides of the ball is a luxury we haven't had at Miami in quite some time. I expect it to bear fruit. - Mario needs to let his Coordinators "coordinate", and keep his mind more focused on time management and situational awareness. Those were two areas I think were weaknesses in his coaching. - We definitely have the QB to do just about anything we want. Air Raid for sure. I just hope Mario doesn't tie hands and "play not to lose" rather than "play to win". We've all seen Mario's conservative side and his occasional "unwillingness" to change when things are obviously not working.
Cristobol hired Gaddis based on this theory. But he saw up close and first hand how that ain't going to work, at least not for the Miami Hurricanes and the talent we attract and want. That's why Dawson's here. He'll take the handcuffs off him don't worry. He trusts Dawson, but not TVD last year.
Mario was in love with #9. Mario doesn't trust anyone who does not have his mentality. He's an offensive lineman that wants his guys up front to be aggressive. It will look the same but with better athletes featured in it.
12:07 Mario AND Shannon both are on the record explicitly saying their offense is a hybrid air raid that focuses on softening defenses up via the run to open the passing game up. It's NOT a true Air Raid. Look at Houston 2022 to see it in action. The RB went over 1k yards easily
He was an student assistant during the 2001 national championship season then he moved to head coaching at FIU FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY then he was assistant at Alabama with Nick Saban then head coach at Oregon
Butch had a big influence on him. But he was still exposed to Dennis Erickson possibly the godfather of the spread. Exposed to Saban as well who wss defensive minded. I don't think MC won't throw it, he just wants to be tough and have someone he can trust. He has stated that he wants to be 50/50 st the end of the year bit is ok being 60/40 or 70/30 if the situation calls for it. Some teams will try to stop the run and others the pass.
Look at Dana Holgerson's stats when he was at West Virginia. He was also close to 50/50 Also no pure Air Raid team has won the National Championship. Everyone that wins it all has a balanced O. Even LSU in 2019 ran over 500 times.
Recruitment and Coaching is our biggest upside and liability all at once. At the ACC media days, Ward said coaches want him to get the easy stuff first 😡 STOP IT WITH THE PUSSY FOOTINGS DURING GAME. A QB with his success is obviously aware of the easy stuff, and thus has made the difficult stuff work. Getting him to focus on the easy stuff MESSES with what's gotten him his success. Don't screw this one up, LADIES (COACHES), please! Have you ever noticed households with all kinds of problems and though they are professional marriage counselors and family counselors, they don't see their own problems, but others outside do? I have. Ladies, you need to helicopter out and get a good view of what you have been doing to our quarterbacks the last 10-15 years, please! Yes, they're our QBS too!! TURN ALL OUR PLAYERS LOSE!!!!
Miami will never be a 70% pass 30% run team with Mario Cristobal as head coach. Mario makes that clear in the hiring process ! You want me to stay out of your business and not meddle with your offense ? Run the damn ball ! 😂😂 At least that is how I picture it ! 😭 🙌
Guess you didn't look at his stats in the last 3 or 4 years. Last year we threw more than ran, and at oregon it was slightly more throwing. Idk where this myth comes from, prob casuals like you.
Not next year he has a Ferrari in the garage and better let that thing eat or his days in Miami will be coming to an end. Nobody can be that stupid…,, Can they?? 😮We will find out
@pnut3844able 45th season as a so-called casual fan ! The only myth comes from fanatic fans like you ! Mario doesn't run the offense, Shannon Dawson does, and his last year at Houston was 50/50 ! My point in the previous comment was Mario wouldn't hire a 70/30 guy ! Casually throwing up The U ! 🙌
@@RyanSmith-fb8rfI know that’s the perception from the outside looking in. Mario is in zero danger of being fired, for better or worse, the university is all in on him. He was hired with a 10 yr contract and he will be given every chance to make it work.
He let Dawson run the Offense last year. Dawson wanted Don Chaney to get 100 yards rushing against GA Tech and lost the game when they didn't take a knee. Mario learned from it. Let Dawson unleash their talent, but be better at game management.
These were some uninformed opinions. Mario didn’t get in Dawsons way, Tyler went 3-11 td/int ratio in his last 7 or 8 games. We ran so much bc he couldn’t make the right decisions after teams started playing more zone instead of man. It was reported by ITU and other sources that Tyler didn’t start communicating to Dawson what he struggled with until about week 8. Mario got Cam bc he wants a qb that can actually run the offense
Good question but Air Coryell is a totally different system than the Air Raid. Coryell 's system was vertical attacking and with different terminology, practice structure, philosophy etc. Like the Air Raid, his system transformed football
This bullshit narrative than Mario handcuffs his OC is utter hoarseshit. We didn't get noticably conservative last year till TVD started throwing picks all over the place and literally lost games specifically cuz of tvds inability to read zone defenses. Honestly, we had no choice. With this offense and Cam Ward I promise you Mario will leave Dawson alone and let Ward, Dawson and those wr's and RB's cook. P.S. a balanced offense isn't one that runs 50% of the time and passes 50% of the time. A true balanced offense runs the pall effectively when the defense takes away the pass and passes the ball effectively when defenses take away the run (i.e. putting 8 men in the box with Xtra linebackers) Elite offenses impose their will and do what they want no matter what the defense tries to take away. i.e, the Hurricanes will be able to pound the football even if teams put 9 defenders in the box. Ward will be able to throw intermediate and deep throws even when teams drop into a dime. This Miami offense is gonna set numerous program records this year I believe. Miami goes 12-1 and beats Clemson in the ACC championship and gets the #3 seed and a 1st round bye in the CFP. Let's go Canes. It's been a long time coming. The sleeping giant in Coral Gables has woken up and we're bout ready to start our 3rd dynasty
Shannon's run/pass ratio his last year at Houston was almost 50/50. Not too worried about Mario and his perceived meddling with the Offense. We actually have a QB this year and not only a QB , but maybe the best in decades. The QB play last year was holding the team back, and it was clear the staff had lost confidence in his play.
I wish TVD well, but if he wants to play in the NFL, he better learn how to read zone defenses.
This comment is spot on ! 🎯
There are some Miami RUclipsrs who debunked this myth !
They went back and broke down Shannon Dawson at Houston and found a lot of common denominators that showed this has been all Dawson.
The problem has been at the TE position which I will assume you are aware.
We will see night and day in the offense this year with Arroyo finally being healthy and 6'6 250 lb Riley Williams will be ready to contribute as well now that he is in his second year.
Dawson should be able to completely open up his playbook now, no excuses !
McCormick coming back for his 9th year 😳 😂😂 lined up with Elijah Lofton 💪 in the backfield to block 💥 is going to break open some huge runs ! 🔥
Wisconsin is in for a rude awakening ! 🤣🤣
36 more days ! 🏈 #GOCANES 🙌
No question about it
@904Hurricane I do agree with your assessment of the TE room from last year, and yes, I expect Arroyo to be a beast this year, as well as that freshman phenom, Lofton. Oh yeah, I haven't forgotten about Riley Williams, who had a good Spring Game. Totally agree that the TE room will be important contributors to the Offensive success this year. Good observation!
What about the constant DRAW up the middle from shotgun formation ? I don’t think Shannon ran a sweep all year ! The run game play calling was TRASH I’m sorry !!
@demcanes01 In 2023, the team averaged 173 yds per game ( 5.1 per carry), which ranked 45th nationally. The previous two years the team averaged 127 yds per game ( 3.7 per carry), ranking in the high 90's nationally and in 2019, 118 yds per game (3.8 per carry) ranking 106 nationally.
The team showed significant improvement in the rushing game last year, and I anticipate a stronger showing this year, especially due to the the upgrade at QB, as well as the addition of Martinez ( speed and power), along with our stable of highly ranked Backs.
There's no doubt inside zone is a staple of the air raid offense. No, I don't recall seeing any outside zone, but I did see "pin& pull" as well as "Power" mostly attacking the " B"
gap & sometimes the "C".....
Cam Ward’s interview at ACC media day was very telling of the trust and belief the staff has in him. He talked about how Mario and staff let him come in and be himself and lead the way he wants to lead. Talk to teammates the way he wants.
I believe without question they will let Cam do his thing. Why invest in the kid so heavily to restrict him?
WOW, coach Keith! I never thought about the psyche of an offensive line coach as a head coach. I agree with your analysis. I truly hope coach Cristobal can get past that this year.
Most head coaches who aren’t offensive guys struggle on offense. Think about Clemson d coordinator who now a head coach
You Miami fans, should send this vlog to Coach Cristobal. College Football is more fun, when Miami is dominant.
I love your channel. It's so sportsy. We really need that in sports entertainment on the Internet right now.
I don’t think Mario will get in the way. He knows Cam Ward is special and it’s evident by his comments at Media days. I also don’t think Mario is stubborn. Al golden was stubborn as he wouldn’t fire his terrible defensive coordinator for years. Mario has shown that he values winning above all else. He got rid of both coordinators after year 1 and got upgrades. He won’t abandon the run game but that will only benefit Cam with Damien Martinez being a big threat on the ground
Go look what Mario said at media days (the previous 2 years) about TVD🤔 He hyped him up too!!
@@AlmightyMauMauI agree but TVD got in his own way. He’s night and day from Cam Ward. TVD has zero personality
@@paco_305 you know why Mario is a qb killer? How tf did he coach TVD for 2 years and didn’t know he couldn’t read zone defenses???Are you not supposed to throw the kitchen sink at your qbs so you can know their weaknesses and how to game plan for them? He had 2 YEARS!! to tailor and to his weaknesses and didn’t. Y’all gonna learn about Mario
Wasn’t Mario the HC for Justin Herbert, arguably the should’ve been 2nd overall pick in the draft…. that Oregon team was just as good in talent and Herbert better QB then Ward but still made not so smart HC decisions.
Gameday calls Mario is one of the worst coaches in college football
Mario is stubborn, where have you been the last 2 seasons. Whether he let up some is a different story, but he will have a lot of input towards the offensive game plan. Mario needs a Nick Saban "wakeup" moment. Saban adjusted his mentality to fit the modern day game and players. With all the talent Miami has, we will still be run heavy to control the flow with ball control. Mario waits till the game dictates it or we're behind to let the passing game loose. Not a great idea for today's game.
I think you are full of Wisdom. Thank you sir.
Very good commentary. Thorough. Well delivered.
Thank you... I appreciate that
All facts I've been telling everyone Mario lost about three games for us with his conservative play calling. Dawson got blamed for it but Mario was the problem.
Its always great to receive an bio lesson on coaches trees and careers. great listen while multi-tasking in my office
Pro Football Focus (PFF) Unit Rankings for MIAMI: D-Line #3 | O-Line - #8 | RB Room - #6 | WR Corps - #7
Phil Steele’s Unit Rankings for MIAMI: RB Room - #7 | O-Line - #7 | D-Line - #12 | WR Corps - #11 | QB Room - #10 | LB Corps - #15
Metrics showed Miami was a top 20 team on both sides of the ball last year. It just didn't show up in the win column.
On the bright side Miami should be much improved this year ! I believe this is the year talent takes over !
#GOCANES 🙌
@@904HurricaneCan’t win games when you turn the ball over 3-4 times a game.
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Also, Miami can't score if they're not efficient in the red zone.
Hopefully, Cam Ward highly impacts both those statistics in a positive manner.
How dont you have more subs. Unreal breakdown. Cam and Restrepo can be something Miami hasnt ever had. Its going to be special this year.
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I think Cam Ward will do for Miami, what Jameis Winston did for FSU during that championship season.
Love the philosophy
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Mario coached at FIU not FAU. Couple comments on Mario and the air-raid philosophy.
- Mario's got that bad-ass OL and some of the best RBs in the Country. Can't go air-raid exclusively. When defenses stop our run, light it up air-raid style, or use air-raid style to loosen up defenses. Having Cam Ward run that offense gives Shannon Dawson lots of options and they're all good.
- Mario's gotta trust Shannon Dawson (and Cam Ward) and stay the hell out of the way. With Shannon in year two I expect Mario to loosen the reins. Coaching Continuity on both sides of the ball is a luxury we haven't had at Miami in quite some time. I expect it to bear fruit.
- Mario needs to let his Coordinators "coordinate", and keep his mind more focused on time management and situational awareness. Those were two areas I think were weaknesses in his coaching.
- We definitely have the QB to do just about anything we want. Air Raid for sure. I just hope Mario doesn't tie hands and "play not to lose" rather than "play to win". We've all seen Mario's conservative side and his occasional "unwillingness" to change when things are obviously not working.
Mario will let the coaches run their systems. Ward is going to make Dawson offensive coach of the year.
Correction He started as head coach at FIU
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Cristobol hired Gaddis based on this theory. But he saw up close and first hand how that ain't going to work, at least not for the Miami Hurricanes and the talent we attract and want. That's why Dawson's here. He'll take the handcuffs off him don't worry. He trusts Dawson, but not TVD last year.
Now Dawson has a complete offense to run his offense. Dawson said If you play conservative you lose games.
Mario was in love with #9. Mario doesn't trust anyone who does not have his mentality. He's an offensive lineman that wants his guys up front to be aggressive. It will look the same but with better athletes featured in it.
Sabans offense changed when he was having trouble recruiting Wr. He went to his OC and said he wants a Biletnikoff
Just helping your timeline
With the talent that Mario has on this roster I truly believe he is gonna let Dawson run the offense and will turn Cam Ward loose.
12:07 Mario AND Shannon both are on the record explicitly saying their offense is a hybrid air raid that focuses on softening defenses up via the run to open the passing game up. It's NOT a true Air Raid.
Look at Houston 2022 to see it in action. The RB went over 1k yards easily
@qb u filtered thoughts on mario handcuffing cam in swamp? Looked good to me
I think Cam Ward is way overhyped and likely will disappoint this year
He was an student assistant during the 2001 national championship season then he moved to head coaching at FIU FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY then he was assistant at Alabama with Nick Saban then head coach at Oregon
He coached at Rutgers also
Butch had a big influence on him. But he was still exposed to Dennis Erickson possibly the godfather of the spread. Exposed to Saban as well who wss defensive minded.
I don't think MC won't throw it, he just wants to be tough and have someone he can trust. He has stated that he wants to be 50/50 st the end of the year bit is ok being 60/40 or 70/30 if the situation calls for it. Some teams will try to stop the run and others the pass.
@@CharmaineTaylor-ky9ms that I did not know
Good video, edited to keep your eyes on the screen despite the talking head. Interesting points of view on quarterbacking and coaching.
2024 returning both coordinators since 2017
And the defense brought in players that know the system and a coach that knows the system. That is huge in football.
Look at Dana Holgerson's stats when he was at West Virginia. He was also close to 50/50
Also no pure Air Raid team has won the National Championship. Everyone that wins it all has a balanced O. Even LSU in 2019 ran over 500 times.
Recruitment and Coaching is our biggest upside and liability all at once. At the ACC media days, Ward said coaches want him to get the easy stuff first 😡 STOP IT WITH THE PUSSY FOOTINGS DURING GAME. A QB with his success is obviously aware of the easy stuff, and thus has made the difficult stuff work. Getting him to focus on the easy stuff MESSES with what's gotten him his success. Don't screw this one up, LADIES (COACHES), please! Have you ever noticed households with all kinds of problems and though they are professional marriage counselors and family counselors, they don't see their own problems, but others outside do? I have. Ladies, you need to helicopter out and get a good view of what you have been doing to our quarterbacks the last 10-15 years, please! Yes, they're our QBS too!! TURN ALL OUR PLAYERS LOSE!!!!
This is Miami's year. The U.
Miami will never be a 70% pass 30% run team with Mario Cristobal as head coach.
Mario makes that clear in the hiring process !
You want me to stay out of your business and not meddle with your offense ?
Run the damn ball ! 😂😂
At least that is how I picture it ! 😭 🙌
Guess you didn't look at his stats in the last 3 or 4 years. Last year we threw more than ran, and at oregon it was slightly more throwing. Idk where this myth comes from, prob casuals like you.
Not next year he has a Ferrari in the garage and better let that thing eat or his days in Miami will be coming to an end. Nobody can be that stupid…,, Can they?? 😮We will find out
@pnut3844able
45th season as a so-called casual fan !
The only myth comes from fanatic fans like you !
Mario doesn't run the offense, Shannon Dawson does, and his last year at Houston was 50/50 ! My point in the previous comment was Mario wouldn't hire a 70/30 guy !
Casually throwing up The U ! 🙌
@@RyanSmith-fb8rfI know that’s the perception from the outside looking in. Mario is in zero danger of being fired, for better or worse, the university is all in on him. He was hired with a 10 yr contract and he will be given every chance to make it work.
Nice show sir but it was FIU not FAU
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He let Dawson run the Offense last year. Dawson wanted Don Chaney to get 100 yards rushing against GA Tech and lost the game when they didn't take a knee. Mario learned from it. Let Dawson unleash their talent, but be better at game management.
These were some uninformed opinions. Mario didn’t get in Dawsons way, Tyler went 3-11 td/int ratio in his last 7 or 8 games. We ran so much bc he couldn’t make the right decisions after teams started playing more zone instead of man. It was reported by ITU and other sources that Tyler didn’t start communicating to Dawson what he struggled with until about week 8. Mario got Cam bc he wants a qb that can actually run the offense
Mario needs to let our OC run the damn offense without handcuffs..At times Mario appears to be to conservative
Y’all talk like Miami didn’t have the second best offense in the ACC last year 😂
How good is Dawson as an OC in your estimation?
I am probably going to do a show on Dawson down the road. Thanks for the support
That sounds great. A lot of cane fans are unsure of how good he really is and how much he's being influenced or controlled by Cristobal
How come Coryell is never mentioned in air raid conversations? Talk about air raid!!
Good question but Air Coryell is a totally different system than the Air Raid. Coryell 's system was vertical attacking and with different terminology, practice structure, philosophy etc. Like the Air Raid, his system transformed football
@@QBUnfilteredChannel Ok cool, I lived In SD when he was around and those sure were fun days. Vertical is a great description. Great show, thanks.
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TVD couldn’t read zone D.
This bullshit narrative than Mario handcuffs his OC is utter hoarseshit. We didn't get noticably conservative last year till TVD started throwing picks all over the place and literally lost games specifically cuz of tvds inability to read zone defenses. Honestly, we had no choice. With this offense and Cam Ward I promise you Mario will leave Dawson alone and let Ward, Dawson and those wr's and RB's cook.
P.S. a balanced offense isn't one that runs 50% of the time and passes 50% of the time. A true balanced offense runs the pall effectively when the defense takes away the pass and passes the ball effectively when defenses take away the run (i.e. putting 8 men in the box with Xtra linebackers)
Elite offenses impose their will and do what they want no matter what the defense tries to take away. i.e, the Hurricanes will be able to pound the football even if teams put 9 defenders in the box. Ward will be able to throw intermediate and deep throws even when teams drop into a dime. This Miami offense is gonna set numerous program records this year I believe. Miami goes 12-1 and beats Clemson in the ACC championship and gets the #3 seed and a 1st round bye in the CFP. Let's go Canes. It's been a long time coming. The sleeping giant in Coral Gables has woken up and we're bout ready to start our 3rd dynasty
Miami doesn't run a "Air Raid".
Miami runs a
"Power Raid !"
#GOCANES 🙌