Why Matt Canada is nothing special

Since he left NC State, the job he's held the longest, their offense has improved. He was in Raleigh from 2013 to 2015

In 2013, the offense averaged 5.1 yd/play with 240 passing yd/gm and 163 rush yd/game. His first year was his worst.

2014, we're looking at 6 yd/play with 204 rushing and passing yd/gm. This looks like his best year to me

Their offense got worse in 2015, they averaged 5.6 yd/play with 210 pass yd/gm and 203 yd/gm.

2016, Canada now in Pittsburgh, NC St. had 5.8 yd/play with 260 pass yd/gm and 156 yd/gm. Canada did have a damn good year with Pitt to his credit.

And in 2017 NC State improved to 5.9 yd/play with 271 pass yd/gm and 178 rush yd/gm. Similar yd/play as Canada's best year and a lot better passing offense.

NC State is surviving perfectly fine without Air Canada. I do think his offense is ideally suited for less talented players and it's clear his strength is running the ball. Even when he turned Peterman into an NFL QB at Pitt, they still only had 220 yd/gm in the air. I worry that Myles Brennan won't get to show off his arm in this offense.

I know there's many more stats to look at and compare, I think yd/play is the most telling stat. I'd love to take a deeper look at RZ numbers, they tend to indicate how strong of a playcaller a coach is.

If Canada leaves, I think we will be better off with an OC who wants to sling the ball around. It would suck to change offensive schemes again but it would suck even more to not see Brennan show off his arm to the rest of the OC.