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A Late Fireside Chat With Your Dear Legend

HurricaneHauk said:
Bolden had his twitter moment with the bleeding down his face and is now playing like hes bleeding between the legs

Hall has been terrible all season

James Williams and Kinchens are starting safeties next year @Liberty City El
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I'd have benched Bolden for the rest of the game for that *****-made cheapshot he threw to cancel out the Phillips/ Brooks sack.

Wouldn't care if you had to run Ragone out there in his stead.
 
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TimeB0mb said:
Leonard - runs a 3-4. Probably a bad fit.

Raymond-- we've got enough inexperienced coaches. If Diaz does fire
Baker, upgrade to a real DC. Raymond can be a position coach

Freeman- solid choice

Another team with a top D that gets no love is San Diego St.

App State is also sneaky good

And this might be hard to believe but the currently the 2nd best D in the SEC belongs to the University of Kentucky. Last year the D finished one spot behind Bama. I would look at pilfering some of Stoops staff.

My #1 choice is still Don Brown though.
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Man idk about Don Brown. His BC defenses looked good when he had 4-5 year players with BC level smarts. That's not what he'd ever have here. His defenses at Michigan have been uninspiring.
 
OldhamA said:
I'd have benched Bolden for the rest of the game for that *****-made cheapshot he threw to cancel out the Phillips/ Brooks sack.

Wouldn't care if you had to run Ragone out there in his stead.
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Our coaches never do that. He was in 2 plays later or maybe never even came off. It's a joke
 
I agree that it’s fun to actually care about the games again. I was fired up watching the game on TV. I’m aware of the gap between the really good teams and us talent wise but the way to close that gap is by stringing together winning seasons and gradually attracting more and more of the top recruits. It’s just easier to convince a kid to come after a ten win season than after going 6-7.
Whew, that interior O line is still trash though. Scaife is our worst lineman and that fat white guy from VT beat him like dog all day.
 
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All very original thoughts. Do you still have your Al Golden fat head up in your bedroom?
 
Zbrod95 said:
The playcalling is so inconsistent. Manny was signaling plays in and that’s why the D looked better. Once again, Manny has to do **** himself. I really hope I’m wrong and he’s gone through a really hard learning curve. After this season Muschamp and Don Brown (if Harbaugh is fired) are getting blank paychecks. If we don’t get that semblance of a hire then I don’t ever think we’ll be better than 9-10 wins which isn’t the potential of this university.
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Cause Don Brown has looked good this year?
 
The well diggers *** is becoming increasingly colder as the days get shorter here in the mountains so a fireside chat is a welcomed sight.

I too had the same emotions - rarely sat in my comfy recliner the entire game whilst spewing one expletive after another.

Only thing I’ll add is that this team does seem different from teams of the recent past in that they seem to never give up. They don’t panic and seem to have confidence that whatever adversity they face, they can overcome it. The reason for that confidence? D’Eriq King.
 
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Everyone's been wondering what's going on with Bolden and rightfully so but what is going on with Al Blades? It's like the dude suddenly forgot how to play corner. Either that or he's completely checked out, because something looks really really off with him the last 2 or 3 weeks.
 
The Franchise said:
You know what, boys? Your Legend was pacing and screaming like I can't remember doing much since 2017. I've been passionate, as always, but more reserved while watching the games. Maybe I've been that way because deep down I knew we weren't really going anywhere, so why get overly worked up. Yesterday felt different. The blood pressure was up. The decibel level was up. The profanity was soaring.

Let me start by saying, come see me about Brevin Jordan, you conspiracy theory spewing fck boys. Listen to the goddam Legend. How many times do I have to talk you chumps off the conspiracy ledge? Brevin doesn't want to play. He's opting out. Manny said he was "healthy" so that means he doesn't want to play. Quit picking good kids like Brevin and dumping on them like that. Criticize the play; stay the fck away from the conspiracy **** that's melted so many underdeveloped brains in this country.

The offense has been saving the defense most of this season. Yesterday, the D got stout against a really good Vag Tech offense. Of course, it helped that Herbert was hobbled and only played a handful of plays because on the few he played, he made a difference. He was moving the pile and making yards where the other RBs just weren't.

I still think we're a pretty average team in the grand scheme of college football, which, to me, means that we're right in there with about 50 teams below the top 4 or 5. All those teams are pretty much interchangeable. But I'm grateful as fck to be in that group and not the one below it. We beat Vag Tech, but that game was even and could have gone either way. So that's way I say we're part of that average group. We've got games with Wake and UNC that will be similar. Those two teams might be a little better than Vag Tech.

Pros:

Phillips. He finally is putting the relentless play together with a little something extra. Whatever it is that's changed a bit, it's working now. He's finishing on plays where he wasn't earlier in the season. It's nice to be credited with a "pressure." It's even nicer to make a play, and he was a force yesterday.

Frierson. People don't like him celebrating, but I love it. We need more energy on this team, and he brings that. He's also bringing a tool box with him. The dude is getting better every week, which is refreshing. I'm so used to seeing our players plateau or get worse after achieving some success. He's got a nose for the ball, and he's a smart player.

Couch. I absolutely love this kid. Dudes kept telling me he was too small. Fck that. He ain't trying to guard Mike Evans. He's tough and scrappy, and that overcomes size deficiency. Duane Starks wasn't a giant either, but he was tough and would decapitate you. Couch is starting to get better and more confident every week. Love him as a blitzed too. Dude's a sack machine. He's got an uncanny knack for avoiding blocks.

King. Winner. Steady hand. Leader. He's making all the right reads and isn't putting the ball in danger. That throw he made to Wiggins on the sidelines where he dropped it over the defender was high level NFL ****. That was a long throw with perfect touch. I love him in the RPO game. That's where he seems to really shine. He's still a little robotic in the read option and struggles a little in the drop back game. That RPO game he's deadly on those slants. He hit the game winner to Pope in stride and hit Wiggins on another earlier in the game that would have been a TD if Wiggins didn't drop it.

Our WRs as a group have improved pretty dramatically the last few weeks. Clemson was their rock bottom. They had nowhere to go but up or out. They've gone way up.

Cons:

Our lack of speed in the secondary. Hall looks like a sloth back there. And he's tentative as ****. I really thought we were getting an assassin with plus athleticism, but that's not him. There was a play early where they dumped a little give up pass on 3rd and long to the RB. All Hall had to do was fly up and make the tackle short of the 1st down. Instead, he was tentative and just mirrored the guy and wound up "catching" him after he picked up the 1st.

Carter is even slower. Watching that poor dude try to chase speed guys is sad. He looks like an old man with **** in his diaper.

Blades looks listless all of a sudden. No idea what's up with him, but he is playing soft and timid.

Fake FG. Dumb call. As great as Joe B is, asking him to outrun defenders is dumb. If you want to pick that up, put it in King's hands.

Offense, overall, sputtered. That was a terrible Vag Tech D, and we let that sorry *** DT 25 destroy us. They kept getting us in 3rd and longs, we'd drop back, and they'd get to King. Our running game is still ****. Cam looks slow as ****. I don't know if he's hurt, but he looks really slow. The other 2 are quicker, but they didn't do anything of note yesterday either.

Scaife is a bum. He's either disinterested or just sorry. Dude looks like a melanin rich Matt Pipho at this point. When Campbell comes back I'd put him at G and move Scaife out of the lineup. If he's too weak to play G, then motherfcker get stronger. There's something called a weight room. Traore isn't much better, and neither is Clark. Our G game is weaker than an old lady's coffee.

Our insistence on playing scared at the end of the game or at the end of the half or on 3rd and long. Our decision to take the air out of the ball and not even try to get a 1st down could have been a disaster. We were trying to run the clock out but gave them the ball back with 2 minutes left. Very weak to just run a QB sweep give up play on 3rd and short. Get the 1st and end the game taking knees.

We probably won't play in the ACCCG because ND will have to lose twice, and we'd have to win out. But it's a lot more fun being in the mix in mid November than looking forward to getting stomped by FIU and La Tech.
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Grateful. Perfectly said, Chise. I hate the way we play on gameday, but I’m grateful for the outcome.

When folks were saying we didn’t have CB talent, I wasn’t trying to hear it. Couch is a **** natural. He completely understands how to play the position. He’s a young playmaker that should only get better with reps - which is what I was calling for early in the season. Blades looks disinterested and awful at times. The softest muscle bound CB I’ve seen play football - and he refuses to get off blocks. Couch needs his reps.

King (great) would be sick with a better OL and a better run game. Harris is mediocre AF too and that doesn’t help. Based on what I’ve seen on game day, I don’t understand why Chaney isn’t getting more carries.

Thank the Sports Gods that our WRs finally decided to play CFB.

Two games in a row - Bubba has looked awful to me.

15 played out of his mind.

We need more ACE sets.
 
The Franchise said:
You know what, boys? Your Legend was pacing and screaming like I can't remember doing much since 2017. I've been passionate, as always, but more reserved while watching the games. Maybe I've been that way because deep down I knew we weren't really going anywhere, so why get overly worked up. Yesterday felt different. The blood pressure was up. The decibel level was up. The profanity was soaring.
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This was me on Saturday, seems like it's been forever since I got worked up about a game, sent my dog into hiding on Saturday with all the yelling I was doing.
 
The Franchise said:
I saw Baker signaling plays in in the 2nd half. So I'm not sure I'm buying the Manny calling plays stuff. We hear the same stuff every year with our HCs.

I'm not sure guys like Muschimp and Brown are what they used to be. We've been burned before hiring guys on the downside of their careers. I'd got get Marcus Freeman from Cincinnati. I love the way they get after it.
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Cincinnati’s defense plays really good football. Fundamentally sound.
 
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“The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive”

This season, I'll take an ugly win over a loss every time. We just keep sliding sideways and racking up wins. Every week over half the board says the Canes will lose but they keep coming. I'll take it because it's better than the alternative. Miami needs to use GT to get back on track with both sides of the ball humming.
 
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k9cane said:
Im with Chise, just rack up the wins, and build towards something. This is a lot like 1998 where they racked up wins, got better, and rebounded after a disastrous season prior. It was about getting back into the habit of winning, and just finding a way. I still recall that season (in 1998) them going up to Morgantown and beating a pretty talented WVU squad that had their share of NFL talent

They also lost to FSU and got hammered by the Cuse, but then had a huge victory over UCLA at the end of the year that signaled better days ahead. There were growing pains in that era, but it was important to win games. To me, real progress next Saturday will not just to beat Gatech but blow them out at home.

This team is far from elite, but I said from the beginning this was about at least putting forth a more palatable product on the field and securing this recruiting class. So far, they are getting towards that goal. But we still have three more games to play, and I think all three games are winnable(to various degrees).

I'll say this, this season has been pretty entertaining given everything that has been in play
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If there's any hope for Diaz it's a comparison to Booch. Booch was a **** game day coach and not a great motivator. His teams regularly came out flat and play uninspired, and he often lost games to less talented teams. I've heard all the 31 scholarship stuff ad nauseam from the Booch butt sniffers, but he regularly got waxed by less talented teams. Finally, he was able to put together enough of a team to overcome himself for the most part.

That's my hope with Mabo Diaz. Win enough to start building momentum and getting players. I'm not sure he's a great evaluator like Booch was, but he's probably a better game day coach. So maybe that stuff will even out. Problem with dicey evaluators is that they can start racking up momentum and signing higher rated recruits, but they might sign the WRONG ones. We'll see how it goes, but it's definitely more fun to be pulling these out than to be losing them.

What the fck is going on with CB recruiting? Yikes!
 
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