Dawson's run was from 2005-2015. Roughly speaking, the beginning of his tenure (circa 2005-2007) and the end of his tenure (circa 2011-2015) were fantastic, it was the middle portion (circa 2008-2010) that lagged somewhat. It was during then that he entered his lazy period and wasn't bottoming for guys and he was appearing on the straight side too often. It seemed like he was just coasting on his reputation and didn't want to bottom anymore. Thankfully, he snapped out of it and got turned into a big whore once the new decade started kicking in, including letting 8 guys run a train on him and shit. Even at the very end, he had a new look (beard and mustache and I think bulked up even more) so it kept things fresh. Dawson was still doing good updates during his middle portion, but CF has always excelled at having vers guys, and Dawson just wasn't that during those middle years.