re: Deeper (slightly) look into Pitt's (Canada's) passing stats this season...

I posted this on another Canada thread but will share it here as well as a NC State season ticket holder and Tiger fan who saw 3 years of Canada.

While Matt Canada is not an awful option at OC, there were some major hangups at NC State. The shifty short passing game and gimmicks are awesome and were effective against many inferior opponents but Canada's inability (with a mid round NFL draftee Brisette) to get the ball to WR's/TE's down the field and over the middle parts of tbe field was a major issue. We were essentially a good run team and good in the flats. Low turnovers and good time of possession and really good against teams we could control the LOS. But anytime we faced 3rd and 8+ it felt like and insurmountable down and distance. Ultimately I don't think Doeren was pleased with a gameplan or two down the stretch which underutilized some of the key guys in defeat and he had to do something. Canada was the better of our two coordinators but there were certainly a lot of people who were glad to see him go.

In my opinion, you're not gonna be bale to play toe to toe with the Gumps with a Mickey Mouse O. You need some creativity and some big boy schemes to attack all areas of the field against the better teams. LSU is gonna push around 75% of opponents anyway. This hire has to be about the other 25% and I pray they look elsewhere efore Canada.