the storm said:

Just what I was wondering. Who's in the portal?

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Right now my picks would be the TExas Tech and WF qbs.
But also I believe King from Houston is also going to the Portal

@Roman Marciante
Great breakdown!

How did they rank on 3rd down conversions?
Also, was there designed QB runs mixed in?

ghost2 said:

Finally. My man. I will bump this every hour for a week lol

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Bump lmao how wonderful

ALWAYS appreciate your analysis and takes...with that said, a few points...

Roman Marciante said:

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• In the first half alone I charted 61 plays
• Miami ran 64 plays a game in 2019 (Now you know why I did this video in parts)
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-- Unless Miami replaces entire OL unit w/ "KJ quality" grad transfers, uptempo is best way to mitigate glaring weaknesses
-- QB is forced to throw ball under 1 sec (ok..being silly) because OL provides no push/protection on consistent basis
-- More plays Miami O runs, less plays Miami D defends
-- I've been saying for years Canes are built like Manning's Colts (minus a productive O)

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• Initial impression is that Lashlee will not put the stress on the offensive line that Enos did
• There is a consorted effort to get rid of the ball quickly
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-- He has no other choice, defenders too often reached QBs as fast as they could run
-- Perhaps putting QB in shotgun 20yds behind LOS will buy time behind putrid OL unit?

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• SMU allowed only 17 sacks on the year (34 less than Miami's 51)...

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-- Without dramatic change, Miami's OL could have a 15 sack game next year
-- Lashlee thinks (as he should) that he can fix the problem through coaching
-- Soon after he arrives, he will realize only full OL replacement will solve the OL issues

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• One of my biggest criticisms of last year's offense was the refusal to audible when necessary
• Rhett Lashlee and SMU will check with me at the line of scrimmage

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-- Appears Williams and Perry can't process that fast
-- Matocha the interim answer? Grad transfer? TVD?

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• Run game this first half was not overly complicated and utilized both zone and man blocking
• I strongly disagree if you think SMU's offensive line is better than Miami's
• SMU's offensive line was not dominant and hardly created any push
• They don't seem to be a very powerful or overly athletic offensive line
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-- Miami's OL simply can't do either on consistent basis
-- Even more strongly disagree if you think SMUs OL unit play isn't significantly better than Miami's
-- Atheletes? Majority blame. Coaching? Minority blame.
-- My guess is OL unit shows no improvement, nut ball gets out quicker so hopefully less sacks (risk of Pick 6 elevates though)
-- As an OL unit, they played good enough to put up the stats they did
-- Miami wishes they could have done half of what SMU accomplished this past season
-- Performed as a unit significantly better than anything Miami's has done since 2002

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• Once again the quarterback is getting rid of the ball very quickly not requiring to block long
  
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-- Miami's QB will do so out of necessity and sheer terror

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• SMU quarterback would be the #4 quarterback here. (I mean #3 if Tate was on vacation again)
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-- I think he would challenge for #1 slot

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• SMU WR's had their way with Temple DB's
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- Because of separation, not system

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• Lashlee manufactured some big plays by design...

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-- That is in every OC's job description

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• SMU went under center very sparingly and were a predominate shotgun based team
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-- Exactly what a team built like the Pony's should do
-- Spread O run/pass blocking schemes are supposed to be identical to further confuse D
-- Helps undersized OL perform as whole sum greater than individual parts

As before "In Lashlee We Trust" until OL gives up sacks, can't push for runs, and WRs get no separation. Those aren't system problems, those are athlete fails.

I'm guardedly optimistic Miami can get 4-6 Ws with Rhett, but don't expect more until proven otherwise.

k9cane said:

I love the tempo aspect of it, Miami is painfully slow and methodical offensively-- and just plain boring and ineffective.

Could you imagine UM running 80 plays in the South Florida humidity, what they could do to teams in the 4th quarter

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We may watch someone die.

Canesfreak2020 said:

First thing I noticed, wow was that SMU qb good at making quick reads and getting the ball out fast. Williams and Perry were not at that level.

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First thing I noticed - he didn't come off his first read very often. Looks like the offence stresses the defence so much that it's obvious where the ball is to go if you're the QB.

Canes Brotherhood said:

Right now my picks would be the TExas Tech and WF qbs.
But also I believe King from Houston is also going to the Portal

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WF QB would be ideal.

Roman Marciante said:

So we finally did it. We finally got the offense I have been begging this university to run for over a decade. I honestly will start by saying that I think we nailed this hire. This was my number one pick this cycle and I have been answering with Rhett Lashlee anytime someone would ask me who would be my pick to replace Enos. (I did say Lincoln Riley's pen too) This will be 11 narrated clips from the FIRST HALF of the SMU Temple game. I decided to start the series with a common opponent for next year in Temple.



Here are some random first look take away points from the first half

• This is a multiple based uptempo spread offense
• In the first half alone I charted 61 plays
• Miami ran 64 plays a game in 2019 (Now you know why I did this video in parts)
• Initial impression is that Lashlee will not put the stress on the offensive line that Enos did
• There is a consorted effort to get rid of the ball quickly
• SMU allowed only 17 sacks on the year (34 less than Miami's 51)
• One of my biggest criticisms of last year's offense was the refusal to audible when necessary
• Rhett Lashlee and SMU will check with me at the line of scrimmage
• Run game this first half was not overly complicated and utilized both zone and man blocking
• Zone read will be featured much more in this style of offense
• I strongly disagree if you think SMU's offensive line is better than Miami's
• SMU's offensive line was not dominant and hardly created any push
• They don't seem to be a very powerful or overly athletic offensive line
• Once again the quarterback is getting rid of the ball very quickly not requiring to block long
• Air raid components are apparent with option routes based off look
• RPO friendly formations that are easily read identifiable for quarterbacks
• SMU quarterback would be the #4 quarterback here. (I mean #3 if Tate was on vacation again)
• This system will not be overly complicated to assimilate as far as a QB is concerned (Pre snap reads are much simpler to find)
• SMU WR's had their way with Temple DB's
• Lashlee manufactured some big plays by design
• Favorite play was watching 12 set personnel act as blocking decoys when in fact it was a stop and go (I will attach clip)
• That play showed the ability to use personnel to gain an advantage
• SMU went under center very sparingly and were a predominate shotgun based team
• 11 set heavy but also showed 10 and 12 set personnel

Thank you for supporting the YouTube page and it was an absolute pleasure to become a student of this offense. There will be many more games I look to tackle this off season but no place like the present. Also look forward to Lance Roffer's breakdown as he will definitely be utilizing his technical aptitude and bring his unique talents to the table. You know we assemble around these things like a kick *** x/o forming Voltron. I'LL FORM THE HEAD.

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I am a big fan of the podcast and appreciate your knowledge of football which is clearly superior to mine. But I remember quite a bit of excitement from you over the Enos hire. That combined with the soft country club atmosphere Manny has created along with the drugs and alcohol and fortnige instead of playbook leads me to believe they could have bill walsh designing the offense and it wouldn’t matter.

@Roman Marciante Agree with what others have mentioned.

Do you think we have the QB to run this type of offense? It sounds like accuracy is the biggest component which doesn't seem to be a strength of anyone currently on the roster (not sure about Matocha). Or will we be reliant on a transfer?

KWCOWBOYFAN said:

@Roman Marciante
Great breakdown!

How did they rank on 3rd down conversions?
Also, was there designed QB runs mixed in?

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30th nationally
Saw a zone read where the qb kept it. Their qb isn't the fleet of foot mind you.
Just a sample size. We will be watching a whole lot more.

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Oh no here we go again! I can only hope we don’t flaccid again!

Got it on Twitter awesome work as always!!! waiting for @Lance Roffers breakdown!

Gi0logy said:

@Roman Marciante Agree with what others have mentioned.

Do you think we have the QB to run this type of offense? It sounds like accuracy is the biggest component which doesn't seem to be a strength of anyone currently on the roster (not sure about Matocha). Or will we be reliant on a transfer?

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Im going to really focus on what the QB is required to do in the next installment of FTP. This isn't a high level sophisticated read offense. Which is honestly one of the subtle brilliance of this style of offense.

Less exotic blitzes on a continual bases
Rpo pre snap reads are easy
Option routes aren't that complex post snap if you think of it open vs closed
And space and design is really allowing the 1v1 matchup to materialize easily

This system is a much more simpler than enos. That doesn't mean vanilla. Honestly accuracy is a premium in any offense. Arm strength needs to be prioritized a little bit more. And if you are insanely athletic qb.. this system puts you in numbers advantage in the run game in a hurry n

Did this lipsy son of a ***** Mandy just possibly save his job?

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I am a big fan of the podcast and appreciate your knowledge of football which is clearly superior to mine. But I remember quite a bit of excitement from you over the Enos hire. That combined with the soft country club atmosphere Manny has created along with the drugs and alcohol and fortnige instead of playbook leads me to believe they could have bill walsh designing the offense and it wouldn’t matter.

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Fair. I was excited about enos. I was. However the from the perch enos piece I wrote... could the offense work here? Yes. Is it what I would have chose? No. I wrote about concerns with his tempo.(he was 4-8 at Arkansas and in the 100's nationally play wise)

So I will say I was really excited about the preview but we never got that spread cost tempo offense that we were sold on with bama.

And that was my mistake. I included bama game film.. that influenced me a bit and I was hoping it would be more that variety. It was more Arkansas with rpos mixed in

Yes! This is alll good and exciting but what foking qb is going to run this fast tempo!

jw - he can make a decision on his read and holds the ball forever

kp he is too inaccurate

tm let’s no go there who the Fok knows about this kid and his Kiki joystick

tvd freshman too much to ask

I guess the transfer portal?

Brotha, that was excellent and very informative. A football nerd like me really enjoyed this. Thank you!

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Fair. I was excited about enos. I was. However the from the perch enos piece I wrote... could the offense work here? Yes. Is it what I would have chose? No. I wrote about concerns with his tempo.(he was 4-8 at Arkansas and in the 100's nationally play wise)

So I will say I was really excited about the preview but we never got that spread cost tempo offense that we were sold on with bama.

And that was my mistake. I included bama game film.. that influenced me a bit and I was hoping it would be more that variety. It was more Arkansas with rpos mixed in

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Oh and ive wanted a spread tempo check with me offense for almost a decade now. So of I'm more excited this time around... (orlovsky will be back on the orange bowl boys and he is raving about this hire)

Great work @Roman Marciante

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Im going to really focus on what the QB is required to do in the next installment of FTP. This isn't a high level sophisticated read offense. Which is honestly one of the subtle brilliance of this style of offense.

Less exotic blitzes on a continual bases
Rpo pre snap reads are easy
Option routes aren't that complex post snap if you think of it open vs closed
And space and design is really allowing the 1v1 matchup to materialize easily

This system is a much more simpler than enos. That doesn't mean vanilla. Honestly accuracy is a premium in any offense. Arm strength needs to be prioritized a little bit more. And if you are insanely athletic qb.. this system puts you in numbers advantage in the run game in a hurry n

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Amazing, thank you very much. Love your breakdowns.

I know you mentioned doing other games in the future. I think one of those should be a game in which his offense struggled. Looking at this year I guess that really only leaves Navy or FAU where they still put up 28 points lol so maybe that requires looking at previous years?

I imagine Navy was able to neutralize the because of time of possession and wearing the defense down. FAU seems to have just been a matter of poorly timed turnovers deep in their own territory (tipped interception at end of 1st half following a TD drive and fumbled reverse handoff for a TD beginning of the 2nd half). So maybe prone to turnovers is the weakness.

But still, I'd love to forecast the potential flaws we may be picking apart after another loss to Duke...just kidding....kind of