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3 must areas of improvement

ball915 said:
1. Dawson. The big question with him is the unknown if he is capable of knowing how to maximize the talent upgrades with made and knowing how to get the most of of the pieces he's playing with. He was all over the map last year with some games he looked amazing and other where we just scratched our heads having flashbacks to Patrick Nix and Dan Enos. We never knew what we were going to get and our QB regressed under him immensely. Yes, it's easier to be good at your job when you have talent surrounding you but he can not be the weakest link on the offense. Only time will tell if he can show how to adjust mid game and consistently use creativity he flashed last night beyond the same 5 plays he ran.

2. Toughness. We got bullied by Greg Schiano and an average Rutgers team the last time we saw our team play. Please save us the "it was a meaningless bowl" as it's a deeper issue of culture then if that's the mentality the guys took. There needs to be a visible difference on the line of scrimmage when it comes to physicality on both sides of the ball with how well we've recruited there.

3. Inferior Teams. Something that we've struggled with for way too long is consistently dominating inferior teams primarily the ones in the ACC. Good teams put bad teams away and that is something that we need to see improvement with this year. The middle of the pack and bottom ACC teams can't have any business of hanging around in games well into the 4th quarter. Plenty of this is put on coaching which is already been put on notice. If we can bury teams early, it will be a sign of things getting better with the talent we've acquired.
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1. Roster upgrade
2. Roster upgrade
3. Roster upgrade


Solves all those issues you have listed
 
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FuriousStyles said:
Coaching, coaching and then…

Coaching.

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Tyler, Van and then...

Dyke.
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Hegemon said:
2. Is retarded

No one and I mean no one cares about bowl games outside the playoffs

Jesus
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Even I didn't care about that bowl game. I didn't answer a single prayer from either fanbase that day.

Sincerely,
Jesus
 
ThomasM said:
Even I didn't care about that bowl game. I didn't answer a single prayer from either fanbase that day.

Sincerely,
Jesus
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Disagree. Why would you not want to win that game? The game showed how bad our 2nd and 3rd stringers are and why we now have 42 new players on the team. No depth and it showed. Yes. I wanted to win that game.
 
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Novacane32000 said:
Disagree. Why would you not want to win that game? The game showed how bad our 2nd and 3rd stringers are and why we now have 42 new players on the team. No depth and it showed. Yes. I wanted to win that game.
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I guess you missed that I jokingly signed it "Sincerely, Jesus".
 
I actually like the OPs bullet #3..and i get what he is saying. Would love for us to go into Tampa against USF and just knock them out right out the gate. The big dawgs absolutely do this. Bama, UGA and Michigan/OSU to a lesser extent absolutely have games where they are up 35-0 at the half on a lesser opponent and just cruise into victory. Especially UGA during their back to back title run. They destroyed Arkansas that one year at home. It was a slaughterhouse. So yes, I absolutely agree that we need to start dominating lesser opponents for ALL 4 quarters. That is a step in the right direction for Mario. Just barely getting a victory against USF or Cal by a score of 21-17 shows we still havent gotten over that hump yet.
 
Stats02 said:
1. Turnovers: We were 94 last year in turnover ratio according to NCAA.com stats. That's 94th worst out of 133 teams. I'm actually surprised we weren't lower.

2. Penalties. We were 80 last year in penalties per game with 6.2 per game according to teamrankings.com. We were 106 in penalty yards per game with 59.8 yds per game. Thats 80th and 106th worst.

3. Short yardage play calling (lack of creativity). Thought we were good in short yardage first few games. Even against ATM, Dawson had some short yardage passes that worked. Once we started conference play, we started getting stuffed majority of the time on those 3rd and 1, 4th and 1 runs. It was brutal. Didn't see any many attempts to create mismatches in space. Just run up the gut.
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What’s the % of those penalties that George committed lol
 
I’m kinda surprised by the amount of folks who believe we are talent deficient.

Are we top 3-5 in talent? No. You get to that level when do well or exceed expectations with the talent you have. We’ve had some holes but we perform no where near what we should.

I watch a good amount of college football and from a talent perspective I promise we consistently have enough talent to finish ranked annually… at the worst.

From a talent management perspective look to a Kyle Whittingham who has routinely beat teams who’ve had more talent than his. That’s what we need. Maximizing our resources.
 
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FuriousStyles said:
I’m kinda surprised by the amount of folks who believe we are talent deficient.

Are we top 3-5 in talent? No. You get to that level when do well or exceed expectations with the talent you have. We’ve had some holes but we perform no where near what we should.

I watch a good amount of college football and from a talent perspective I promise we consistently have enough talent to finished ranked annually… at the worst.

From a talent management perspective look to a Kyle Whittingham who has routinely beats teams who’ve had more talent than his. That’s what we need. Maximizing our resources.
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If you need a roster full of 5 star players to beat GT, you might be a corch. Miami has been outcoached time after time after time. If you have to rely on simply having more talent than everyone else, you're not going to win titles. You're going to lose when you face a team with close to the same talent, but is better coached. That's just the way it is.

Mario is putting together a talented team, but at some point you need to put that talent in position to make plays so they can showcase that talent. That is my biggest concern with him. Really, that has been my concern with most Miami coaches the last couple of decades. We just don't hire Xs and Os coaches. We hire Miami guys, who know the Miami way. Whatever the living **** that is.
 
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The problem with us getting caught in nail biters against weaker opponents is because we play too methodically. When you play slow, you’re shortening the game and decreasing the amount of possessions you get. This puts a premium on being ultra efficient. One or two misplayed drives and next thing you know you’re in a battle against a team you should be blowing out. I would prefer we come out aggressive and play fast to build a lead and then slow it down only after we’ve built a big lead.
 
Confident necessary talent is in place and mildly confident in coordinators.
Only remaining concern is toughness - physical and definitely mental. We’ve been soft for far too long.
 
Jassid82 said:
I actually like the OPs bullet #3..and i get what he is saying. Would love for us to go into Tampa against USF and just knock them out right out the gate. The big dawgs absolutely do this. Bama, UGA and Michigan/OSU to a lesser extent absolutely have games where they are up 35-0 at the half on a lesser opponent and just cruise into victory. Especially UGA during their back to back title run. They destroyed Arkansas that one year at home. It was a slaughterhouse. So yes, I absolutely agree that we need to start dominating lesser opponents for ALL 4 quarters. That is a step in the right direction for Mario. Just barely getting a victory against USF or Cal by a score of 21-17 shows we still havent gotten over that hump yet.
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Not the best example since Bama and USF were deadlocked in a 3-3 tie at halftime last year before Bama eventually won 17-3.
 
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