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2019 Canes, will have some growing pains. 2020 Canes will be National Championship contenders.

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hughhoney said:
Don't you guys get sick of saying the same thing every year? Next year we'll be replacing 4-5 defensive starters and then you'll all say "wait until 2021". Clemson just blew the doors off Alabama with a true freshman QB, we need to win now.
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That "true freshman quarterback" was a 5-star sensation out of Cartersville, GA who won the starting role in high school as a true freshman and was as sure-fire a blue chipper anyone has seen at the position since Peyton Manning.

Toss in the fact Clemson was loaded, won the ACC four times in a row, has been in three of the past four national title games and reached the Playoffs every year since its inception.

Just because you're "sick of saying the same thing every year" doesn't speed up the timeline. Miami has a freshman quarterback nowhere near the caliber of Trevor Lawrence, has a weak offensive line, a new head coach and an entirely new offensive scheme—not to mention, would have to go through the defending national champions just to win the division, let alone to reach the Playoffs and to win a national title.

Five head coaches in 14 years isn't exactly good for stability. The Canes are on their FOURTH head coach since Dabo took over in Clemson full-time in 2009. There's a reason the Tigers are the Tigers and Miami has been stuck in neutral. Better adjust those expectations and give Diaz a fair chance to get the job done. **** isn't gonna happen overnight, despite how long this thing has been on the wrong track.
 
ItsAUThing.com said:
That "true freshman quarterback" was a 5-star sensation out of Cartersville, GA who won the starting role in high school as a true freshman and was as sure-fire a blue chipper anyone has seen at the position since Peyton Manning.

Toss in the fact Clemson was loaded, won the ACC four times in a row, has been in three of the past four national title games and reached the Playoffs every year since its inception.

Just because you're "sick of saying the same thing every year" doesn't speed up the timeline. Miami has a freshman quarterback nowhere near the caliber of Trevor Lawrence, has a weak offensive line, a new head coach and an entirely new offensive scheme—not to mention, would have to go through the defending national champions just to win the division, let alone to reach the Playoffs and to win a national title.

Five head coaches in 14 years isn't exactly good for stability. The Canes are on their FOURTH head coach since Dabo took over in Clemson full-time in 2009. There's a reason the Tigers are the Tigers and Miami has been stuck in neutral. Better adjust those expectations and give Diaz a fair chance to get the job done. **** isn't gonna happen overnight, despite how long this thing has been on the wrong track.
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And yet when a team in an elimination game had to choose between Lawrence or Williams, they went with Williams.

Interesting.....
 
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ItsAUThing.com said:
That "true freshman quarterback" was a 5-star sensation out of Cartersville, GA who won the starting role in high school as a true freshman and was as sure-fire a blue chipper anyone has seen at the position since Peyton Manning.

Toss in the fact Clemson was loaded, won the ACC four times in a row, has been in three of the past four national title games and reached the Playoffs every year since its inception.

Just because you're "sick of saying the same thing every year" doesn't speed up the timeline. Miami has a freshman quarterback nowhere near the caliber of Trevor Lawrence, has a weak offensive line, a new head coach and an entirely new offensive scheme—not to mention, would have to go through the defending national champions just to win the division, let alone to reach the Playoffs and to win a national title.

Five head coaches in 14 years isn't exactly good for stability. The Canes are on their FOURTH head coach since Dabo took over in Clemson full-time in 2009. There's a reason the Tigers are the Tigers and Miami has been stuck in neutral. Better adjust those expectations and give Diaz a fair chance to get the job done. **** isn't gonna happen overnight, despite how long this thing has been on the wrong track.
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You're not understanding what I'm saying. To get to where Clemson/Bama are will take 3-4 years, because you're right our OL isn't near where it needs to be to compete with them. But if we're going to steal a game from either of those programs the chances are just as good this year as they are next year.
 
Kn[]_[]ckles3o5 said:
Not disagreeing with you, but I would feel better about your statement if we weren't replacing Shaq and Pinck. If we have a great year and somehow steal Flowe then I'd feel more confident.
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Shaq and Pinck backups have 2 -3 years exp. this year. We will be ready to reload next year with them.
 
I think we will be a step closer in 2020, maybe more like just miss the playoff. I do think we will be natl. champ contenders in next 5 years though.
 
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Well I’m going to keep it a stack.

If Miami beats UF y’all can chalk up 12-0 based off of our schedule. Just like 2017. But this group of coaches don’t seem like the “let down game” type.

Only problem I see is that we will get hyped up and probably steamrolled again vs Clemson with the difference in talent. There’s going to be a bunch of post with the “win and we’re in” “we’re both 12-0 anything can happen”....but in real life our talent level isn’t quite there yet.

Lose to Clemson and get a nice team in the Orange Bowl......land a top 5 class with high level linebackers and OL and we’ll be ready to compete in 2020
 
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