Matt Canada

[Cusefan95]

I was thinking about this after commenting about being viewed as a representative of Syracuse University if you're attending a road game in another thread. I went to the 2017 LSU game and was talking with their fans during the game, who were getting extremely frustrated by the offensive play calling. LSU had a bunch of delay of game penalties because of the ridiculous amount of pre-snap motion Canada used. I told their fans to enjoy that all season, because that was Canada's MO - it wasn't going to work in the SEC so they were nuts to hire him. I wasn't shocked when he got canned.

Now he's a major talking point with the Steelers, because their offense is atrocious. Canada had one good season with Pitt in 2016, when they averaged 40PPG- and he got national attention as a result of the Pitt - Syracuse game (76 - 61). I'm astonished and a little impressed he's managed to parlay that one good season into as many additional opportunities as he has, considering he's been between mediocre to terrible at all of them. I feel like he owes Dino a debt of gratitude; he would have washed out of coaching (or at least been relegated to being a position coach) about five years ago if it wasn't for that 2016 game.

Alternately, I guess that Steelers fans have cause to blame Dino for some portion of their current struggles.

 

[Chip]

Canadians should stick to hockey.

 

[ECE '76]

Matt Canada was Scott Shafer's top choice to be OC at SU in 2013. We ended up with the inexperienced, and I say unqualified, George McDonald.

The best from Syracuse football coach Scott Shafer at ACC media day (5 things we learned)

Scott Shafer's ACC media day session was a mix of straight football talk and more engaging, off-color anecdotes from his coaching background.

www.syracuse.com

Then Canada "was blindsided by NC State’s [Dave Doeren's] decision to fire him in 2015". Canada also spent the 2019 season completely out of football (as Scott Shafer did in 2016).

Where in the World Is Matt Canada—and Why Doesn't He Have a Job?

 

[dasher]

Canadians should stick to hockey.

Not bad

 

[CuseTroop]

Man that LSU trip was a blast

 

[JKinPhilly]

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Chip]

https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1726959106630844790?s=20

Yeah, it was in a thread how Steelers fans would celebrate a Teryl Austin's departure, but he was at worst #2 on their hit list.

When players start expressing frustration at the offense, and your response is winning is more important (even though you lost), it's probably time.

 

[orangecuse]

As a Brown's fan, I'm not happy about this. However, as long as they keep Kenny Pickett at QB though, I'm good.

 

[KellySyracuse]

Man that LSU trip was a blast

Yes it was. It was about 115 degrees in the shade that day, totally worth it.