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Beyond the obvious shortcomings with Miami’s offense, former UM and NFL linebacker Jon Beason has identified another problem that he believes is hurting the Hurricanes:
He apparently believes some players do not care enough.
“It has to matter to you more; you don’t see that,” Beason said after calling in WQAM’s UM postgame show Saturday night.
“It has to trickle down from the head man,” Beason told Danny Rabinowitz and former UM punter Brian Monroe in a lengthy soliloquy.
“I’ve got to see a little more passion. It bothers me. There has to be more of a sense of urgency. When you show up, it has to matter to you more. That embarrassment [of losing 38-3 to Clemson in last December’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship] should be there and it’s not.
“I don’t want to finger point, but the way you move, your body language [matter]. Guys with blank [looks] on the sideline.”
Beason also is bothered by players posting upbeat messages on social media after a loss.
“They will post tonight; they will post tomorrow,” he said. “They will be happy. It will be OK with them. It won’t hurt them. To former players, [losing drives them] to tears. It’s bothersome. It’s not what it should be [with these players].”
But Beason said, “you can’t do **** thing about 18 to 22 year olds ... You’ve got to find somebody that can lead. I’m talking about rep in, rep out, how you go about preparing and watching film. All that stuff matters. To be able to hold guys accountable, that’s the difference.”
He suggested players should be asking themselves: “What are you trying to do? What are you trying to accomplish, are you trying to be the very best you can individually? How do you train? How you show up Saturdays? Are you making the guy next to you better?”
Nevertheless, Beason said: “I think we have the right guy at the helm in terms of Mark Richt and we’re very talented on paper. Why aren’t we winning?”
He said he could understand UM being beaten by elite teams. But “BC? Virginia? Duke? You have got to be kidding me. I believe in the staff and direction but enough is enough. You can’t lose to teams you’re supposed to beat.
“You can’t run back-to-back draw plays down by 8 at your 50 yards line [in the final minute]. You can’t do that. There can’t be this self serving, politically correct answers after the game. You lost to Duke! This is not basketball!”
He apparently believes some players do not care enough.
“It has to matter to you more; you don’t see that,” Beason said after calling in WQAM’s UM postgame show Saturday night.
“It has to trickle down from the head man,” Beason told Danny Rabinowitz and former UM punter Brian Monroe in a lengthy soliloquy.
“I’ve got to see a little more passion. It bothers me. There has to be more of a sense of urgency. When you show up, it has to matter to you more. That embarrassment [of losing 38-3 to Clemson in last December’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship] should be there and it’s not.
“I don’t want to finger point, but the way you move, your body language [matter]. Guys with blank [looks] on the sideline.”
Beason also is bothered by players posting upbeat messages on social media after a loss.
“They will post tonight; they will post tomorrow,” he said. “They will be happy. It will be OK with them. It won’t hurt them. To former players, [losing drives them] to tears. It’s bothersome. It’s not what it should be [with these players].”
But Beason said, “you can’t do **** thing about 18 to 22 year olds ... You’ve got to find somebody that can lead. I’m talking about rep in, rep out, how you go about preparing and watching film. All that stuff matters. To be able to hold guys accountable, that’s the difference.”
He suggested players should be asking themselves: “What are you trying to do? What are you trying to accomplish, are you trying to be the very best you can individually? How do you train? How you show up Saturdays? Are you making the guy next to you better?”
Nevertheless, Beason said: “I think we have the right guy at the helm in terms of Mark Richt and we’re very talented on paper. Why aren’t we winning?”
He said he could understand UM being beaten by elite teams. But “BC? Virginia? Duke? You have got to be kidding me. I believe in the staff and direction but enough is enough. You can’t lose to teams you’re supposed to beat.
“You can’t run back-to-back draw plays down by 8 at your 50 yards line [in the final minute]. You can’t do that. There can’t be this self serving, politically correct answers after the game. You lost to Duke! This is not basketball!”
