1st Practice

[FrancisSawyer]

Shaq Quarterman at 6'1" 245!

**** that is going to be one big boy! Another Levon Kirkland perhaps?

 

[Canezum5]

On what he wants to work on this spring (PAP):

“Just getting back under center. My freshman year there was a lot under center, where last year we spread it out a little more. This is like my third different offense that I’ve been in so I am just getting back to under center work and play action, really fine tuning my footwork."

Funny, Ive been talking about the benefits of playing under center all season and offseason. But these Cumquads keep replying to my post telling me that it has no real advantages.

Dumb azzes that have never played in the front seven before. Glad kaaya realizes the importance of it and will be working on it; along with Richt calling it.

 

[kendallcanes]

Nobody got the sarcasm?

Reading this board during the Golden years was all about bashing New Jersey for any reason, when some of the best players on our team now are Golden's Jersey recruits.

 

[1mg of Epi]

On what he wants to work on this spring (PAP):

“Just getting back under center. My freshman year there was a lot under center, where last year we spread it out a little more. This is like my third different offense that I’ve been in so I am just getting back to under center work and play action, really fine tuning my footwork."

Funny, Ive been talking about the benefits of playing under center all season and offseason. But these Cumquads keep replying to my post telling me that it has no real advantages.

Dumb azzes that have never played in the front seven before. Glad kaaya realizes the importance of it and will be working on it; along with Richt calling it.

There is no benefit to being under center.. Not when the same **** play is run every time.

It is absolutely stupifying how incompetent the last staph was. I really don't know how a collection of coaches at this level couldve been so inept without actually trying to be so.

 

[1mg of Epi]

Nobody got the sarcasm?

Reading this board during the Golden years was all about bashing New Jersey for any reason, when some of the best players on our team now are Golden's Jersey recruits.

Sarcasm is completely lost on 95% of the people on this board. Its sad really.

 

[1mg of Epi]

Here in SoFL it's called SUN protection.

Why the **** are all our coaches wearing sweaters/jackets/long-sleeves? It's hot as **** today.

The last staff wore the same thing..

Fly the banners.

 

[jw410]

"LB Jermaine Grace is now listed at 6-feet-1 and 205 pounds on the latest official roster. On last year’s roster, Grace was listed at 6-feet-1 and 221 pounds. Grace is excited about the new defensive scheme because he will be able to blitz more and use his speed.''

I hope this is a Typo.

Dude I promise he puts on 10 more pounds before the season....he probably lost a lot of water weight

Lord 205 he's gonna get demolished this year.. Please don't have us playing a power run offense.

 

[Bunker Mentality]

[video=youtube_share;E5aRFYuyQEc]https://youtu.be/E5aRFYuyQEc[/video]

"I want the conditioning in the practice. I'm not gonna condition after practice. It's a high-tempo practice - it's no-huddle..."

And there's our offense!

 

[NVA CANE]

Feel bad for kaaya. 3 different offenses in three years is not easy. Hopefully it doesn't negatively impact him. Positive is, he is finally getting competent coaching

 

[M3N]

Feel bad for kaaya. 3 different offenses in three years is not easy. Hopefully it doesn't negatively impact him. Positive is, he is finally getting competent coaching

Our QBs average a new OC every 2 years. That's ridiculous.

 

[dingdong]

A lot of that weight is in his lower body trust me he will be fine

 

[1mg of Epi]

News & Notes
• Richt admitted he was still learning his players. All of the players had their names taped to the front and back of their helmets. “I am trying to learn 100 names and little by little I am getting there,” Richt said with a laugh.

• Richt is excited about working with the quarterbacks again and he says he is impressed with the group Miami has on the team at that position. “I am very impressed with the quarterbacks in that they will really work hard and learn what we ask them to learn,” Richt said. “They have a lot of process. Brad did an excellent job. You could tell Brad and the rest of them did a good job of studying the playbook during spring break. I think Brad is a veteran and you can tell he has been around.”

• QB Brad Kaaya admitted that it feels like he is learning his third offense at Miami. Kaaya says he is excited by the attention to detail that Mark Richt has with coaching his quarterback and said his footwork is one thing that Richt likes to focus on.

• The first team offensive line during the drills was: LT Trevor Darling, LG Kc McDermott, C Alex Gall RG Danny Isidora, RT Tyree St. Louis

• The first team defense during the drills was: DE Chad Thomas DT R.J. McIntosh DT Gerald Willis, DE Al-Quadin MuhammadLB Charles Perry, LB Jamie Gordinier, LB Jermaine Grace CB Sheldrick Redwine, S Rayshawn Jenkins, S Jamal Carter, CB Corn Elder.

• DE Al-Quadin Muhammad on what is different about the team now: “Everybody is buying in. I feel like everybody is on the same page. Coach Richt is doing a great job with how he sets everything up. The way he deals with the players and the coaches are dealing with us is one step at a time. It is the beginning and it is only going to get better.”

• Muhammad admitted he is excited about playing in the new defensive scheme. “This defense is beneficial to everyone,” Muhammad said. “We have been working hard and this defense is going to be great. We are going to do some great things. As far as my skill set, it is great for me.”

• WR Stacy Coley on if he was close to declaring early for the NFL Draft: “It was a tough decision, but I sat down with my mom and she told me what she told me and I made my decision off that. We saw where I was going to get drafted and my mom wanted me to get my education. I owe her that respect and we went from there.”

• Coley admitted the practices are more about competition and having fun under Richt. “We are out here competing with one another. Before, we talked trash, but it was limited. Now it is about having fun and competing. We are playing with more swag and going at it on every play.”

• DT Kendrick Norton is excited about the new scheme Miami will be running on their defensive line. “We have a simpler scheme that will allow us to play faster,” Norton said. “It is a one gap defense, so you fire off and get in your gap. He stresses that we need to get off the ball and use your hands. We are all excited about it.”

• OL Kc McDermott says it is hard to tell the difference between the new offensive line coach, Stacy Searels, and Art Kehoe after just one practice. “I would say the biggest difference right now is just the southern accent,” McDermott joked. “They both are intense and they both like to have fun.”

• LB Jermaine Grace is now listed at 6-feet-1 and 205 pounds on the latest official roster. On last year’s roster, Grace was listed at 6-feet-1 and 221 pounds. Grace is excited about the new defensive scheme because he will be able to blitz more and use his speed.

• DE Chad Thomas is now listed at 6-feet-6 and 265 pounds. On last year’s roster he was listed at 6-feet-5 and 275 pounds.

• RB Joseph Yearby is listed five pounds heavier, now up to 207 pounds.

• OL Kc McDermott has trimmed down. He is now listed at 6-feet-7 and 300 pounds. Last season he was listed at 6-feet-6 and 310 pounds.

• OL Danny Isidora is listed 15 pounds lighter since last season. He is now listed at 6-feet-4 and 310 pounds.

• DT Courtel Jenkins has gained nine pounds since last season and is now listed at 6-feet-2 and 320 pounds.

• DT Anthony Moten is listed 18 pounds heavier since last season. He is now listed at 6-feet-4 and 317 pounds.

• The official listed height and weight of the early enrollee freshmen linebackers: Zach McCloud (6-2, 220), Shaquille Quarterman (6-1, 245), and Michael Pinckney (6-1, 215).

• OL Sunny Odogwu was not out at practice.

• RB Gus Edwards was going through drills with the other running backs. Edwards fractured his foot during preseason camp of 2015. “Right now he is full go with no limitations unless something sets him back,” Richt said.

• LB Darrion Owens was the only player working out on the bike. Owens is recovering from a knee injury he sustained during the 2015 season.

Awesome stuff. Thanks.

Go Canes!

Awesome thanks! Thanks for quoting the whole long article just to add it!

Awesome!

Truly

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

Feel bad for kaaya. 3 different offenses in three years is not easy. Hopefully it doesn't negatively impact him. Positive is, he is finally getting competent coaching

Our QBs average a new OC every 2 years. That's ridiculous.

I'd argue this is Kaaya's first "OC" in 3 years.

The fanbase was up in arms about Onfrio, and rightfully so, but it drew attention from the fact that THE worst coach on the staff relative to the amount of talent at his disposal over the least few years was James Coley. He's easily one of the worst OC's I've ever seen in all my years of watching football.

 

[timujian]

Happy to see the OL is losing weight. They need to lose more. They were way too fat sloppy and slow last year. Aside from Sunny, they all looked pre-diabetic.

Don't mind seeing Grace lighter too. They bloated him up too quickly like they did perryman. We need to get back to being quicker and faster and get that sloppy bloated slow **** out of this program.

yup

 

[jkaz1]

No sarcasm. NJ is a top producer of talent - not the top producer of talent (that's Florida almost every year)...

Yep. Top producer of talent every year in football....

The whole jersey thing is hilarious, they got some major ballers up there

Yup and they only have consistently have top 10 players just about every cycle, i sense the sarcasm there, jersey just had the number one player this last cycle

 

[frostycane]

This all sounds great. However, the true test of this team will come when we see how well our OL runs through the giant ***** machine.

I heard Richt sent that machine to FSU as a gift, with a note to Jimbo, "run through it with your mouth open!"

 

[UknowWhat]

Seen this from Twitter. 2 of the 3 young canes at linebacker quarterman and mccloud View attachment 35878
I knows he's listed at 245 but quarterman looks like a solid 235 or so. All 3 of the linebackers came in with pretty good size. Excited to see them play

When he was home for spring break he looked like he had lost about ten pounds only to find he had gained 5...

 

[Canesfan1899]

Seen this from Twitter. 2 of the 3 young canes at linebacker quarterman and mccloud View attachment 35878
I knows he's listed at 245 but quarterman looks like a solid 235 or so. All 3 of the linebackers came in with pretty good size. Excited to see them play

When he was home for spring break he looked like he had lost about ten pounds only to find he had gained 5...

I know you said he wanted to get down to about 235, is he carrying the new weight well at least?

 

[paksat]

there's a storm coming..............................................................................................

 

[UknowWhat]

Seen this from Twitter. 2 of the 3 young canes at linebacker quarterman and mccloud View attachment 35878
I knows he's listed at 245 but quarterman looks like a solid 235 or so. All 3 of the linebackers came in with pretty good size. Excited to see them play

When he was home for spring break he looked like he had lost about ten pounds only to find he had gained 5...

I know you said he wanted to get down to about 235, is he carrying the new weight well at least?

He is... Shaq's weight is in his lower half... he is leaner than when he weighed 238 during his SR season