Earnest T. Bass
Sophomore
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The individual with the most established track record of anyone associated with the team is Mark Richt. His track record over 17 years is to average 10 wins each season but fall short of a championship. You just established 10 wins and falling short of a championship as Rosier's track record ("track record" based on one year of observation). So you are right, Richt will probably get what he's always got if he goes with Rosier- at least 10 wins and falling short of a championship. Did it last year. Personally, I'm not happy with that happening again.
I think it is also interesting that some of you have forgotten why Miami wasn't getting any respect until after the ND game. It was because we were squeaking out victories and surviving with miracles. 24-19 over a 1-8 UNC team anyone?
Thinking that Rosier is a QB good enough to win 10 games each year is like deciding a baseball pitcher who finishes the season with a 11-5 record is a "decent pitcher" while conveniently ignoring the fact that he had a 7.58 ERA and his team was averaging 8 runs per game. Miami crushed it last year with turnovers (average 4 per game if I'm not mistaken) so Rosier had an abnormally high number of scoring opportunities. More often than not he would fail to move the ball, but since he had so many chances he'd get lucky and hit a deep pass or the RB would break off a huge gain. I know and YOU know that based on last year's performance Rosier is much closer to an 8-5 qb than an 11-2 qb.
Yes, you are right, Coach Richt has “the most established track record of anyone associated with the team”. Yet, you still had to insult and degrade the man.
I did not establish Rosier’s track record as you suggest—he did! And as much as you may not like that…neither you, me nor anyone else can change that fact. By the way ‘Justify’ won the recent Kentucky Derby and has a track record of ONLY one year (more or less) …based on your thinking I guess we should disallow that win and criticize the horse and trainer.
Rosier’s one year track record makes for a very impressive resume when one considers he led a team to 10 wins, an ACC Coastal Championship (first ever for the Canes) and an Orange Bowl berth after the Canes being a college football punch line (or punching bag) over the past 14 years.
I could not care any less if Rosier only completed 10% of his passes last year or won each of the 10 games by 1 point, a ½ point or ¼ of a point. Further, I also don’t care about the records of the other teams we beat. My mantra mirrors Al Davis’ battle cry; “Just win baby!”
Under Rosier’s leadership the Canes were one game away from being in the 2018 College Football Playoffs…and were for a short period of time ranked 2nd in the Playoff eligibility race, again, under Rosier’s leadership. If not for the serious injuries suffered by many of the Canes most significant players and poor offensive line play they would have almost assuredly been in the playoffs or handily beat Wisconsin, even with the deplorable officiating.
Your claim that “Miami wasn't getting any respect until after the ND game”, simply put, is more nonsense. Miami was back in the national college football conversation for most all of last year. Two weeks prior to the Notre Dame game the college football world was buzzing about the upcoming Miami vs. Virginia Tech nationally televised game, which due to that (Rosier led) win ESPN decided to bring College Game Day to the Miami campus for the ND clash. Last year Miami enjoyed more good press than any time in the last 20 years, if not longer.
Unlike you, I am VERY thankful for what Rosier did last year. Do I believe he was on the level of a Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold last year? **** no! Is there the possibility that he has improved during the off season? **** yes!
I will never understand the need you and others share to attack these kids, Coach Richt and the program using hyperbole, misleading statements (lies) and deplorable hate.
I honestly have no worldly idea if Rosier should be starting, has improved his game, remained at the same level or even regressed. Thus again, unlike you, I will not predict or hope that Rosier and Coach Richt fail. I am cursed with the awful trait of being an optimist…and realist.
When you start putting in 80 hours a week at Hecht/Greentree by attending every practice, meeting and studying film until you’ve become cross-eyed that will be the point in time I take your mean spirited critiques/attacks seriously.