From the Perch: FIU

Nov 24, 2019

Series:

It will be nine narrated clips from arguably the worst loss in modern day Miami Hurricane history. FIU imposed their will early and Miami uniquely and innately played down to their competition. Miami pulled off the unthinkable last night. To put it in terms or some perspective.

Here are some random take away points after watching the game:

When Dan Enos asks the question, "Did my quarterback help me win the game?" The answer is resoundingly no.
I think Miami needs to have some reliable counters built into their RPO slants.
I believe some RPO site adjustments could morph this offense and some out-breaking RPO varieties wouldn't hurt
Wiggins was not responsible for that first interception despite what the telecast said (Jarren was)
Miami is absolutely a circus on third down. As of this morning they rank dead last (130/130) in the country on third downs
Miami also is particularly bad in the red zone again this week and on the year (123/130)
Miami is not that efficient if you take away components of their RPO game
The two interceptions on RPO/slants had back story but the one to Will Mallory in triple coverage was the worst decision to throw by any quarterback all year
The 4th down failed attempts in the first half were a mixture of execution/rigidity in system/and unimaginative design
Miami out of a bye week is a huge example of utter failure
FIU game plan was simple and has been employed by other teams in the past. Get the ball out quick. Miami still struggled at times to stop it
Miami over reliance on rotating towards the jet sweep motion bit them when they needed a stop the most
Miami's defense took many steps backwards vs. FIU and Blake Baker seemed at times like he was an adjustment behind
Gregory Rousseau at the zero tech has paid dividends in the past, but the they might want to adapt this further. He was triple teamed inside and this isn't the first time Miami gave up a huge 3rd down conversion run with a smaller 0 tech on third down
The NCAA needs to adopt an anti flopping rule immediately

Thank you once again for continuing to follow along with the From the Perch series. I am sure I will get asked why I do this to myself but the simple answer is I just love to learn this game. It is a huge interconnected puzzle and regardless of euphoric win or catastrophic low there is always take away points in either variety. And as always, if you could please subscribe to my YouTube channel, that would be epic. I will continue to evolve this over time and appreciate the early support in this endeavor. Finally I will leave with a formulated opinion over the course of 11 games. I do not like Dan Enos the play caller or his offense. This is not cutting edge. It is cutting teeth. I am hoping he is this year's version of Matt Canada. (There I said it)

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Handsome Squidbum

Nov 24, 2019

Roman Marciante said:
I find it extremely ironic that Manny used LSU and losing to Troy in his presser. Because....

I'll make it easy for Diaz and even choose the replacements.

Fire Enos and Baker

OC: Bill Bedenbaugh (Oklahoma) current salary 850k

DC: David Reeves (UAB) salary 170k

DC alternatives:
Tosh Lupoi (prob available after Cleveland Browns fire everyone at end of season, we need that Polynesian connection)

Randy Shannon (*heads explode*)

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Disgustipated

Nov 24, 2019

unionandsixth said:
It’s like I say this every year. Clean out the athletic department, clean out the football coaching suite then fumigate. Bring in a seasoned AD who has won big and start over.

just like that, that easy? Seasoned ADs that have won big are a dime a dozen huh

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Disgustipated

Nov 24, 2019

TheMatador said:
RPO is like the "belly" series we ran under Coach Gus in the 1950's. Otherwise known as the "Miami Drive." It was the forerunner of the wishbone and other option series. I don't know what good it is if you don't truly have a running threat at QB. In olden days, our option QB would put the ball in the fullback's belly (think Miami all-time great Don Bosseler), and pull it out if end came crashing down and QB had a place to run. There was much less emphasis on passing.

I guess the RPO replaces the QB keep and run with the pass. So I guess the only two options are run or pass, depending on what the QB reads. Still, it requires a QB who can make the right reads quickly.

I'm not really an "x's" and "o's" guy. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Just wondering if the RPO is not our thing. I'm not sure what our thing is.

Just know I didn't like the two calls on 4th and 1. Why not just play smash mouth and power it up in there? Aren't we big and strong enough inside to do that?

The offensive line stinks, anytime the oline stinks its pretty **** tough to have any identity on offense. No, we are not big and strong enough to move anyone especially in short yardage.

Jedi Master Cane

Nov 24, 2019

4th and inches coming out of a timeout....and we playaction against Florida International University.

A piece of me died in that moment.

Zbrod95

Nov 24, 2019

TimeB0mb said:
I'll make it easy for Diaz and even choose the replacements.

Fire Enos and Baker

OC: Bill Bedenbaugh (Oklahoma) current salary 850k

DC: David Reeves (UAB) salary 170k

DC alternatives:
Tosh Lupoi (prob available after Cleveland Browns fire everyone at end of season, we need that Polynesian connection)

Randy Shannon (*heads explode*)

DC Phil Snow Baylor

DC John Heacock Iowa State

OC Warren Ruggiero Wake Forest

OC Mike Bajakian BC

Bunch of P5 options

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Disgustipated

Nov 24, 2019

Jedi Master Cane said:
4th and inches coming out of a timeout....and we playaction against Florida International University.

A piece of me died in that moment.

we can´t block though especially in short yardage. still waiting for 1 jump ball to Mallory. Maybe last game of the season we will see it

Jedi Master Cane

Nov 24, 2019

Disgustipated said:
we can´t block though especially in short yardage. still waiting for 1 jump ball to Mallory. Maybe last game of the season we will see it

I don't give a flying ****...and plus we were running decently well. There is enough talent there to get inches against....

FLORIDA

INTERNATIONAL

UNIVERSITY

It was worse than the halfback pass in the snow, and I never thought I'd utter those words.

RVACane

Nov 24, 2019

TimeB0mb said:
I'll make it easy for Diaz and even choose the replacements.

Fire Enos and Baker

OC: Bill Bedenbaugh (Oklahoma) current salary 850k

DC: David Reeves (UAB) salary 170k

DC alternatives:
Tosh Lupoi (prob available after Cleveland Browns fire everyone at end of season, we need that Polynesian connection)

Randy Shannon (*heads explode*)

I know we have the money to pay Bedenbough more but I don’t see him laterally moving to a lesser program. Someone will pay him more to be an OC, maybe even where he’s at. I can also see him getting a HC offer somewhere.

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miamifan007

Nov 24, 2019

Roman always providing the goods.

Question, on the 1st INT, couldn't it have been called defensive PI since Wiggins was blocked while the ball was in the air?

Roman Marciante

Nov 24, 2019

miamifan007 said:
Roman always providing the goods.

Question, on the 1st INT, couldn't it have been called defensive PI since Wiggins was blocked while the ball was in the air?

Yes. Defensive PI by definition could have been called. That isn't an incidental contact type of an enforcement. (Still think Jarren needs to hit the bubble though)

Handsome Squidbum

Nov 24, 2019

RVACane said:
I know we have the money to pay Bedenbough more but I don’t see him laterally moving to a lesser program. Someone will pay him more to be an OC, maybe even where he’s at. I can also see him getting a HC offer somewhere.

It's not a lateral move. He doesn't call plays. He has said in many interviews he wants to call plays as an OC and hopes someone will give him an opportunity. He will never call plays at Oklahoma as long as Riley is there. He's the type of coach that gets hired to be the OC at Syracuse or Rutgers, lights up the scoreboard, and then we say "oh we could have had him."

Handsome Squidbum

Nov 24, 2019

RVACane said:
I know we have the money to pay Bedenbough more but I don’t see him laterally moving to a lesser program. Someone will pay him more to be an OC, maybe even where he’s at. I can also see him getting a HC offer somewhere.

FYI

OU at the Rose Bowl: Offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh keeps earning respect. But could he ever leave Oklahoma?

"I wouldn’t say yes or no," Bedenbaugh said. "But it’s not one of those things were I’m like, ‘I need to be a head coach.’"

www.tulsaworld.com

"The more logical jump for Bedenbaugh right now might be becoming an offensive coordinator. Bedenbaugh is technically a co-offensive coordinator at OU, but Riley calls all the shots.

“Could I call plays?” Bedenbaugh said. “I don’t think there’s any doubt I could. And if it happens sometime, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

RVACane

Nov 24, 2019

TimeB0mb said:
FYI

OU at the Rose Bowl: Offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh keeps earning respect. But could he ever leave Oklahoma?

"I wouldn’t say yes or no," Bedenbaugh said. "But it’s not one of those things were I’m like, ‘I need to be a head coach.’"

www.tulsaworld.com

"The more logical jump for Bedenbaugh right now might be becoming an offensive coordinator. Bedenbaugh is technically a co-offensive coordinator at OU, but Riley calls all the shots.

“Could I call plays?” Bedenbaugh said. “I don’t think there’s any doubt I could. And if it happens sometime, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

Yeah, it’s still a risk though. Don’t get me wrong, I’d take the chance over what we have. I’m worried about repeating mistakes - hiring 1st timers in their jobs.

Handsome Squidbum

Nov 24, 2019

RVACane said:
Yeah, it’s still a risk though. Don’t get me wrong, I’d take the chance over what we have. I’m worried about repeating mistakes - hiring 1st timers in their jobs.

I think OC is where you take a chance on an innovator. Dont need failed retread OCs. The Mike Leach coaching tree is about as good as it gets in college football. Its actually much better than Sabans tree if I remember correctly.

ScorpioCane

Nov 25, 2019

Roman Marciante said:
I find it extremely ironic that Manny used LSU and losing to Troy in his presser. Because....

We probably 10-1 at worst case if we had them numbers with Canada as our OC. We would all take them right now if it made our win column look different I'm sure. Total scoring offense is the only number that is similar in that comparison and it stops right there.

Would you take those numbers and Matt Canada as our OC if he could give us those numbers right now?

Handsome Squidbum

Nov 25, 2019

cleverjdub said:
We probably 10-1 at worst case if we had them numbers with Canada as our OC. We would all take them right now if it made our win column look different I'm sure. Total scoring offense is the only number that is similar in that comparison and it stops right there.

Would you take those numbers and Matt Canada as our OC if he could give us those numbers right now?

No. Orgeron dumped Canada for a reason. I don't want Eddy O's sloppy seconds. Canada and Enos are similar in a lot of ways. Both run a pro style and claim that they have spread concepts. What you end up with is a mish mash that doesn't do either well. Might as well keep Enos if that's the case. Miami needs a true spread offense. There are about a half dozen variations but my personal favorite is the Oklahoma style (air raid with a power run)

ScorpioCane

Nov 25, 2019

TimeB0mb said:
No. Orgeron dumped Canada for a reason. I don't want Eddy O's sloppy seconds. Canada and Enos are similar in a lot of ways. Both run a pro style and claim that they have spread concepts. What you end up with is a mish mash that doesn't do either well. Might as well keep Enos if that's the case. Miami needs a true spread offense. There are about a half dozen variations but my personal favorite is the Oklahoma style (air raid with a power run)

I guess you didn’t look at the attachment for the post I was responding too from Roman? There is no way we wouldn’t take the stats Canada put up right now, when you compare them too Enos. Sloppy seconds or not we would have a different record right now. Look at the stats and just because they run motion and pro concepts mixed with spread doesn’t mean they are the same and that we will get the same results.

There is something too say for having a feel and rhythm of why and when you call certain plays, Canada is better at that and Enos leaves a lot to be desired.

This isn’t a spread vs pro style argument, we just hired the wrong guy if we were going with the innovative ”spread coast” Offense.

It has a lot to do with the OC calling the plays because we could get a bad or non rhythm spread OC and Yield the same results. Spread don’t equal success. There are a lot of teams at the bottom of the NCAA offensive statistics that run the spread go look, give me a guy who Actually knows how to call an offense with purpose no matter what system he runs.

miamimike

Nov 25, 2019

HurricaneHauk said:
All you need to know about Baker is 3rd and 19 and every single defensive player was on the line of scrimmage besides the safeties and a simple HB run up the middle gets the 1st down

Yes yes yes

miamimike

Nov 25, 2019

cleverjdub said:
I guess you didn’t look at the attachment for the post I was responding too from Roman? There is no way we wouldn’t take the stats Canada put up right now, when you compare them too Enos. Sloppy seconds or not we would have a different record right now. Look at the stats and just because they run motion and pro concepts mixed with spread doesn’t mean they are the same and that we will get the same results.

There is something too say for having a feel and rhythm of why and when you call certain plays, Canada is better at that and Enos leaves a lot to be desired.

This isn’t a spread vs pro style argument, we just hired the wrong guy if we were going with the innovative ”spread coast” Offense.

It has a lot to do with the OC calling the plays because we could get a bad or non rhythm spread OC and Yield the same results. Spread don’t equal success. There are a lot of teams at the bottom of the NCAA offensive statistics that run the spread go look, give me a guy who Actually knows how to call an offense with purpose no matter what system he runs.

Good post

Gatorhater

Nov 25, 2019

South Side Chi Cane said:
Miami needs to fire every coach on the offense including Diaz.

I'm half Italian but don't we have to do something to their families too? Is firing them enough? At this point I am about to start a petition to the NCAA to reconsider the whole death penalty thing. It would be a mercy killing.

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