a terrible ending to a great season, my thoughts...

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well, all good things have to and and it seemingly rang midnight for these Cinderella Canes and specifically for Malik Rosier. Some quick hitters:

- Yeah, as horrible as 12 was throughout(and once again he missed throws/reads) all over, I didn't agree with benching him for Sherriffs - but at the same time I understood it - Rosier was Kirby Freeman-esque this game. The problem is it's not like we had Don Strock(as Franchise would say) coming out of the bullpen, either. But for much of the year Rosier made a few big/key plays and he was hidden by an opportunistic defense. Today, it just wasn't there.

It doesn't help that many times you simply cant hide him behind a running game because that Oline once again got controlled at the point of attack and couldn't open up running lanes for Homer or Dallas. It was an awful performance for that unit.

But I do think(and again, just my opinion) the QB job will be open in the spring and N'Kosi Perry will be given every opportunity to put his name in the mix

- Biggest sequence to me was after taking a 7-3 lead and creating a turnover, Rosier misses a wide-open Berrios on an out pattern on third down that would've not only moved the chains but gotten the Canes into scoring position. Those are passes that simply have to be completed at this level.


- The only one who struggled worse than Rosier was Zach Feable. Seriously, how was this guy a high school All-American? I can't remember a more weak-legged punter at Miami?

- Overall, once again another bad outing by the special teams. Coach Hartley is Dave Arnold-esque. Yeah, that bad on all the units.

- Defensively, they gave in late but they were left on the field a lot. But the lack of holding calls is getting comical. There was one on Trent Harris in the red-zone that was a ridiculous non-call. But in the first half while they lost contain too many times and honestly were getting knocked back by ball carriers for much of the day. But again, they didn't have much help from the offense.

- Well, it was a horrible ending to what was a fun regular season. 10-1, ACC Coastal, top 10 ranking. At the beginning of the year I think we all would've taken that. But you see just how far this program has to go. Still have to address the Oline, QB and special teams. Depth will come with this incoming recruiting class but this afternoon was a buzzkill and a dose of reality. I honestly dont see Miami beating Clemson but regardless, see you guys in Charlotte next week.

This team and program under Richt came a long ways this season but today showed they still have a ways to go.
 
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This team overachieved this year, I'll take a 10-1 season with this QB/Oline combination ALL DAY.

Find a way to close out the season on a positive note, recruit some more ballers, bring in a ST coach, and let's roll.
 
"- Biggest sequence to me was after taking a 7-3 lead and creating a turnover, Rosier misses a wide-open Berrios on an out pattern on third down that would've not only moved the chains but gotten the Canes into scoring position. Those are passes that simply have to be completed at this level."

ball was tipped
 
Great post. As usual.

The OL is bad. Stuffed play after play. I kept seeing Pitt gang-tackling Rosier or Homer while the OL watches. J Ina would fit right in with this group. They are weak and slow at the line of scrimmage.

Richt seriously needs to evaluate the OL coaching. This week he was asked about what he might do with the 10th coaching position. He wasn’t sure because he wanted to see if anybody leaves his staff. Hopefully Searles retires because I don’t believe Richt has what it takes to make the decision to change coaches.
 
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Our OL is soft. We need a strong offseason program for these guys and we need to start recruiting out-of-state guys to play OL.
 
Need a QB and an OL to make the playoffs.

For what we have, 10-1 is great. Not saying I'm not disappointed, there's no real reason to get outplayed by Pitt, but we all knew we would get tripped up at some point. Hopefully that was it and we can win out and see where we stand.
 
- Biggest sequence to me was after taking a 7-3 lead and creating a turnover, Rosier misses a wide-open Berrios on an out pattern on third down that would've not only moved the chains but gotten the Canes into scoring position. Those are passes that simply have to be completed at this level.
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Berrios stumbled out of his break and couldn't get his head turned in time to adjust.

Not a great throw (behind Berrios) but still would have been caught for a 1st down if he doesn't stumble.
 
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Its not a great season if we dont win the ACC.

Anything short of that at Miami in ANY year is not a great season.
 
This team overachieved this year, I'll take a 10-1 season with this QB/Oline combination ALL DAY.

Find a way to close out the season on a positive note, recruit some more ballers, bring in a ST coach, and let's roll.

Was with you until you said ST coach...we need a OC or at least a passing game coordinator as our 10th coach
 
QB job has to be open Malik Rosier is who we thought he was. I still want 11 wins a bowl victory included
 
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