Despite what looks like a promising young star at quarterback in Brad Kaaya,
should the Miami Hurricanes be a run-first team in 2015?
“[Brad Kaaya] is the next upcoming Heisman hopeful down at the University of Miami,” said Miami Hurricanes legend Bennie Blades. “But the thing is we need to make sure that we can keep this young kid upright. He’s gonna have to make a few plays early with his feet. I tell people until our offensive line gels we’re gonna have to be smash and pound until we can get things going in the right direction.”
Blades: Until Canes’ OL Gels, Gonna Have to ‘Smash and Pound’ « CBS Miami
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Is it known that the kid can't be kept upright?
I understand wanting to make runners run more until we figure things out, but it's just Bethune, FAU first anyway...we'd gel. But how do you turn Brad into one making plays with feet that he has yet to...idk
He's probably just speaking in generalities while he gives his opinion. How much inside information he is privy to I don't know. Given the youth of this OL and it's relative inexperience, we should all expect to hear these concerns. Despite the youth I am cautiously optimistic about the OL with one exception. Sunny Odogwu starting at RT concerns me despite his purported improvement.
Expecting a period of adjustment for this unit is just being realistic when you consider the low number of combined starts by this OL. It is fortunate for us that we get BCC and FAU to open the season. That should give Sunny plenty of live reps before Nebraska although by that time, I expect KC McDermott will have claimed the RT job.
A quick passing game Is a better option. If your QB is getting killed in a quick passing game then hang yourself. You don't need 5 Orlando Paces to run that sort of offense. But to take the ball out of your best player's hands because you're scared is typical Folden f@qgotry.So we have a weak OL and the strategy is to rely heavily on them to open holes in the run game?
Not necessarily but I suppose it's better than getting Kaaya killed.
I agree but like you said, were talking about Guldens and Coley here. Just watch. Their brilliant plan will be to run the ball on every first and second down in typical predictable fashion thus setting up 3rd and long. If they do go to the quick passing game, what you will see is bubble screen after bubble screen.
One can't deny the coaches' emphasis of utilizing "pass catching RBs" for "quick passing game". Add in having WR types of TEs as Njoku & Herndon that create mismatch going out wide, then you have more options for multiple attacking offense for Kaaya. Bennie offered the keeping "Kaaya upright" possibly as a feature that must be worked out by Kehoe for not getting Kayaa killed for games # 3 and later.
That is a fair assessment for long passes downfield or passes with complex routes that need time to develop, therefore running the rock make way more sense coupled with that quick passing game utilizing RBs out of the backfield, TEs, and quick slants to WRs. Bennie might even be privy to the development that Kayaa has added a running option to his game.
I saw RGIII get killed airing out the ball a week or so ago when the Redskins could not protect him. I think that is the sentiment of caution for our "upcoming Heisman hopeful" that Bennie is fostering to Cane coaches; don't get the kid abused if you ain't gel-ling to protect him; do other things.