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THANK YOU! All I've been saying is - Knighton is talented, but he has a lot of improving to do as a runner. The problems with Knighton's running style you just pointed out are contributing to his poor performance just as much as the OL & Scheme. It was a long walk - but we got there!

Where have I said these RB's weren't talented? Can you point that out to me? I'm saying all are talented - but there's different levels. You can't use "talent" as a blanket description. Lamar Miller who starts in the NFL and makes a Pro Bowl is different than Mark Walton who has 235 career...

I don't think you understand how far apart Sean Tucker and Jaylan Knighton are stats wise. - Knighton's 8 games this year were all against ACC opponents and he averaged 3.9 ypc - Tucker averaged 5.9 ypc in his 8 ACC games. So a full 2.0 ypc more. - So lets take away Tuckers longest run in all...

A large % of the time better players put up better numbers, less talented players put up bad numbers. Do you disagree with that? Since you keep bringing up context - you keep using "talent" like it doesn't have varying degrees. Derrick Henry is talented. Mark Walton is talented. You can't...

You're saying I'm not taking into account how Robinson was used at Bama. Others are saying I'm not taking into account how Knighton was used at Miami. I'd guess 85% of fanbases would say their RB's could've been used better. So this isn't unique to Robinson or Knighton, it happens to every RB...

It's a sliding scale. Last year the 1st Team All-ACC RB's played at Syracuse & Duke. Miami can have the most talented RB room in the ACC and still be "good not great" if all the other ACC backfields are average. I don't want this to read me saying we don't have talent. We definitely have...

All these reasons for Knighton's numbers - Poor OL / Coaching / Scheme / Play Calling / Not Using RB's correctly - are the same reasons used when Yearby / Walton / Cam were underperforming. None of these reasons are new or unique to Knighton vs comparing him to any other Miami RB. I 100% agree...

So are you saying Rooster is more talented, less talented, or similarly talented compared to Cam?

Butch was the best at identifying talent - recruiting Clinton Portis at RB instead of DB like other schools is one example. Wisconsin is probably best at identifying the best RB & OL talent outside the top guys recently. Kirby is right - and the top schools like Georgia. Bama, LSU, Ohio St -...

So compare Najee vs Robinson in the same years - same OL, scheme, etc. Najee ran for 1.0 ypc more because he's more talented. IMO - Robinson ran for 5.0 2017-20 as a backup, then 5.0 in 2021 as a starter because that's what his talent level is. OL & Scheme had very little do with it. I'd...

100% agree I've posted this before - but the talent of our RB's is more important to our running success than the OL When the OL ranked around 30 - Duke 6.8 > Homer 6.0 > Walton 5.3 - that's a reflection of their talent, not the OL play & Scheme When the OL ranked around 100 - Dallas 6.0 >...

It's not easy, but it's also not as hard as people think. Look at the ACC in just the past 2 years: Syracuse - Sean Tucker GT - Jahmyr Gibbs UNC - Javonte Williams & Michael Carter Those are big time RB's at schools with OL's as bad or worse than Miami.

No one's calling Chaney & Knighton bums - they're good RB's. But you can't blindly think their HS performance will carry over to college. You have to re-evaluate them based on their college performance. Post-Duke Johnson - Homer & Deejay have been our best RB's. Walton wasn't on their...

Gracias Brock! In general I'd say - if you're really trying to figure out our run game struggles - do a little less blind blaming of the OL & put a more critical eye on the RB's.

This can definitely happen. But much more often (and it's not 100%) - A Great RB can put up big numbers behind a bad OL, but a great OL can't help a bad RB put up big numbers. Here's a couple examples from 2021 of Good RB's putting up bigger numbers than Knighton behind OL's as bad as Miami...

Here's the last 4 Alabama leading rushers and their career YPC's: Damien Harris - 6.4 Najee Harris - 6.0 Josh Jacobs - 5.9 Brian Robinson - 5.0 Harris x2 & Jacobs didn't put up big numbers just because of the OL - it's because they're really good RB's. Robinson ran behind the same great OL and...

This is why I think the OL argument is overblown. Look at our RB's 2006-08 - Tyrone Moss / Charlie Jones / Andrew Johnson / Javarris James / Graig Cooper / Lee Chambers Put'em behind the greatest OL in CFB, and they're still just solid college RB's. The OL can't make the RB's into stars...