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Head Coach Manny Diaz I believe will bring back the old Jimmy Johnson mantra of if you want us to stop scoring then try and stop us. Mark Richt’s Conservative offence where we waited until there was a few seconds left on the clock will hopefully be over. We need to put our foot on the throats of our opponents like old school canes teams.

Dan Enos’ offensive scheme will bring a lot to the team. The static, conservative and easy to read O we’ve watched the past 3 years should be done with. I believe Enos will put so much more pressure on our opponents and use our athletes strengths. I mean what the **** was Darrell Langham getting screen passes for?

Butch Berry > Stacy Searles- that’s all

Louis Hedley as our punter will help us with field position more than you can imagine. Watching our games from last year it was crazy how erratic Feagles was. How many 20 yard punts did we have?

Strength & Conditioning Program - I’m a professional strength coach and I know how much the off season is dictated by the program. I heard a lot about the old program and I really thought it was terrible. The new staff seems to have really focused on mobility, power and explosiveness. The players bodies seem to look so much more athletic and the BF% seem a lot better. Look at Dallas going from 17 to 9% and Cam’Ron adding muscle and losing fat. Derrick Smith looks like a different athlete as well.

If our Defense can maintain their play from last year and we can withstand the losses in our secondary then I feel those will have the biggest impact.
 
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What and no historic moments like thrill hill running in entrance and exit blazing the guns at texas
 
I think we will win a bunch of close games to start out then in November put up some huge numbers. Sorta like 2017.
Hopefully this time around we don't run out of gas around Thanksgiving.
 
I want to get back to where we can run it up against good teams. I don't care about pouring it on against Savannah State or FAMU. Beating the crap out of a defenseless opponent does nothing for me. Let's get back to running it up against good teams.
 
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RemainMack said:
My uneducated prediction: Butch Barry will be cfb's next Sam Pittman (within a couple years). An enthusiastic, nerd who can recruit, develop, and coach. Next up and coming OL coach coming to a stadium near you.
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I want this to be true by my lord man could you have picked a more reasonable target. Pittman is a freak OL coach.

People have pointed this out before, but a competent scheme will improve the OL as much as anything. Last year was a buffet for defenses and each O lineman basically came with a serving spoon in their hand for the DL’s convenience.
 
"Strength & Conditioning Program - I’m a professional strength coach and I know how much the off season is dictated by the program. I heard a lot about the old program and I really thought it was terrible. The new staff seems to have really focused on mobility, power and explosiveness. The players bodies seem to look so much more athletic and the BF% seem a lot better. Look at Dallas going from 17 to 9% and Cam’Ron adding muscle and losing fat. Derrick Smith looks like a different athlete as well."

This really cannot be overstated.....and you only touched on couple kids....

As of right now Feeley is the best hire we have made based on results thus far.

I eagerly await seeing what the other guys bring to the table.
 
Slow down guys. Running up scores? We were
7-6 last year and lost to some inferior teams. Yes, we will be better this year. How much better remains to be seen. Let’s be happy with “W’s” and not think we we will destroying our opponents. IMO we will not yet be good enough to run up scores against majority of power 5 teams. Suggest more realistic expectations.
 
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CaneDog66 said:
Agreed. I think we will run up the score but in a good way, and not something we will rub in the faces of our opponents. I think we’ll focus on being us, and let the chips fall where they may.
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That's a good way to look at it there, Cotton
 
zanecane said:
Hedleys Punting numbers from JUCO are not great. I think he'll be serviceable which is much better than last year.

But the hype around him is mainly because of his look/story. We need to have more realistic expectations.
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A 41-42 yard avg./punt would make me happy!
 
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CaneDog66 said:
Agreed. I think we will run up the score but in a good way, and not something we will rub in the faces of our opponents. I think we’ll focus on being us, and let the chips fall where they may.
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I was thinking (dreaming) of a potent Miami offense- something around 40+ ppg... I know that we’re defensively driven, but I can’t recall, in recent memory, is averaging significant points. I know, I know- just win... but look at these top teams:

College Football Stats - College FB Team Points per Game | TeamRankings.com

College Football points per game, by team.
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sstcane said:
Head Coach Manny Diaz I believe will bring back the old Jimmy Johnson mantra of if you want us to stop scoring then try and stop us. Mark Richt’s Conservative offence where we waited until there was a few seconds left on the clock will hopefully be over. We need to put our foot on the throats of our opponents like old school canes teams.

Dan Enos’ offensive scheme will bring a lot to the team. The static, conservative and easy to read O we’ve watched the past 3 years should be done with. I believe Enos will put so much more pressure on our opponents and use our athletes strengths. I mean what the **** was Darrell Langham getting screen passes for?

Butch Berry > Stacy Searles- that’s all

Louis Hedley as our punter will help us with field position more than you can imagine. Watching our games from last year it was crazy how erratic Feagles was. How many 20 yard punts did we have?

Strength & Conditioning Program - I’m a professional strength coach and I know how much the off season is dictated by the program. I heard a lot about the old program and I really thought it was terrible. The new staff seems to have really focused on mobility, power and explosiveness. The players bodies seem to look so much more athletic and the BF% seem a lot better. Look at Dallas going from 17 to 9% and Cam’Ron adding muscle and losing fat. Derrick Smith looks like a different athlete as well.

If our Defense can maintain their play from last year and we can withstand the losses in our secondary then I feel those will have the biggest impact.
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Miami will need a little improvement on the offensive line and at quarterback before it gets back to any run-up-the-score stuff — but fully believe a Johnson-like attitude will embody this team.

I don't there's a more qualified coach out there who understands the Canes brand at the level Diaz does. No, he didn't play for UM—but he's Miami-bred and saw what made this program work at the level it did during the Decade of Dominance. Sitting in the West End Zone as a kid—he saw it all. Like me, he's also 45 years old—so that means he witnessed those first four national titles between fourth grade and his senior year of high school. He saw the swag up close and personal—as well as the hard work those greats put in to dominate at the level they did.

Where Miami would just be another stepping-stone type job for some guys—it's a destination job for a guy like Diaz, who wants to get the Canes back to what made them great. He's not reinventing the wheel or trying to do it "his way", like other coaching options would. He wants to do it the "Miami way" as he knows the formula that works down south.

Barring he proves to be as good as we all hope—this man might literally be the needle in the haystack the Canes have been looking for head coach-wise since Butch Davis pulled out of town in early 2001.
 
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