Why our run game has been so inconsistent? Throughout this year especially, the run game has been boom or bust. I know everyone is going to say we havent recruited great lineman but I dont think have recruited terrible lineman and I'm sure there are schools with worse lineman who are more consistent in the run. Everytime i saw us in 3rd & short situations, I (and I'm sure everyone here) knew we'd be stopped. I know Justice vastly improved pass blocking by why was run blocking so difficult?
I like to think I have pretty decent football knowledge but I just dont get why we've been so inconsistent with having good backs and a serviceable enough line
Plain and simple, rhett lashlee becomes a moron in short yardage situations, 1st he goes to an obvious running formation far to often in those situations: ADVANTAGE=defense . He acts and calls short yardage plays as if we are already some established powerhouse running team. He far to often takes the threat of the pass away so a most defenses have to do is crash down.
Next, and I'll continue to point this out, especially to the clowns who consistently luv to disrespect some of the Canes who helped to make UM what its known for. But almost all our best running teams from the 80's til now, who was the o-line coach. When he came back for his 2nd stint one of the first things I said was, watch how our explosive running plays start coming back, the one thing coach kehoe definitely was good at was understanding how to get his guards to quick seal and quick trap blocks, whereas we got alot of o-line teachers trying to coach guys to be all maulers, coach kehoe coached to the strength of his players.
That's why he was able to start young guys early and often that were effective as well. That read option crap tends to make for alot of inconsistencies in the running game, which is why I'm not a spread offense type of guy myself, seams to make offenses become soft.
This OC rhett lashlee, he be on that good stuff on many series, he be calling alot of plays ***-backwards. Case in point, probably the best widereceiver screen we called an executed all year was our last offensive play of the season in the bowl game, problem was, he called it on 4th down, we need 10yrds to get a 1st down and this **** calling a pass play to be completed that far behind the sticks, even if it worked it was still a dumb-*** call. It's **** like that he been doing all season, which is why he still needs to be under a heavy handed HC, and diaz ain't it at this stage and maybe never if he keeps sitting back.
Coach kehoe understood Miami style football, and knew how to help deliver explosive plays in the run-game, after kehoe, our running game continues to look stale ASF!