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Courtesy of Miami Athletics:

The Hurricanes were back on the Greentree Practice Fields on Saturday morning as spring practice continued at Miami.

After the workout, offensive linemen Seuseu “SJ” Alofaituli and Max Buchanan, along with defensive backs Ja’Boree Antoine and Bryce Fitzgerald, shared their thoughts on the day’s workout and how spring drills are progressing.

Here’s what they had to say, in their own words…

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So much good stuff in here

The DB group is so good and deep

OJ, Lucas, Antoine I think will be the Top 3 (not counting who plays Nickel just saying top 3 in the room) even though I think O’Conner is really good (natty game will make him better)

Antoine’s high school DB tape was an absolute clinic even to a non DB expert like myself

If Damari Brown can actually stay healthy it becomes a huge bonus and not something we desperately need
 
JHallCanes said:
So much good stuff in here

The DB group is so good and deep

OJ, Lucas, Antoine I think will be the Top 3 (not counting who plays Nickel just saying top 3 in the room) even though I think O’Conner is really good (natty game will make him better)

Antoine’s high school DB tape was an absolute clinic even to a non DB expert like myself

If Damari Brown can actually stay healthy it becomes a huge bonus and not something we desperately need
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Will Fitzgerald play nickel and Thornton safety? This is a strong possibility I think based on style of play but maybe I am wrong.
 
Just got back from dinner with my cousin. He is an ACC ref who was there today for the spring practice to referee. From what he saw he said Mensah looked great, Our RBs still have a lot of juice. The D line is still big as ****. The only thing he said that looked concerning was the Oline. He said that they were a young unit that made some mistakes during his time watching them.
 
JHallCanes said:
So much good stuff in here

The DB group is so good and deep

OJ, Lucas, Antoine I think will be the Top 3 (not counting who plays Nickel just saying top 3 in the room) even though I think O’Conner is really good (natty game will make him better)

Antoine’s high school DB tape was an absolute clinic even to a non DB expert like myself

If Damari Brown can actually stay healthy it becomes a huge bonus and not something we desperately need
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A healthy damari for me is the best in that room. At the very least he's on the same page as oj & Lucas. That's being generous to them. Damari being healthy makes this secondary ELITE and allows the line time to develope.
 
Firesite said:
Just got back from dinner with my cousin. He is an ACC ref who was there today for the spring practice to referee. From what he saw he said Mensah looked great, Our RBs still have a lot of juice. The D line is still big as ****. The only thing he said that looked concerning was the Oline. He said that they were a young unit that made some mistakes during his time watching them.
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Crazy how there were a ton of people out there and you wouldnt even know there was a practice today at all.. Appreciate the info
 
Firesite said:
Just got back from dinner with my cousin. He is an ACC ref who was there today for the spring practice to referee. From what he saw he said Mensah looked great, Our RBs still have a lot of juice. The D line is still big as ****. The only thing he said that looked concerning was the Oline. He said that they were a young unit that made some mistakes during his time watching them.
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Tell your cuz to tell the other ACC refs to

1. Call holds on the opponent

2. Let our OL hold as much as they can

3. Tell them Miami is the ACC king now, no more tobacco road
 
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CANEFAN83 said:
Will Fitzgerald play nickel and Thornton safety? This is a strong possibility I think based on style of play but maybe I am wrong.
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If heard some much smarter people than me discuss this just because of what Heatherman does with the Nickel position. It’s not really the traditional small slot corner type.

I have thought Thornton was more in the Jakobe Thomas mold than Keionte Scott but not positive
 
Brooklyndee said:
A healthy damari for me is the best in that room. At the very least he's on the same page as oj & Lucas. That's being generous to them. Damari being healthy makes this secondary ELITE and allows the line time to develope.
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All I know is it’s not 2024 anymore and I couldn’t be happier because I agree the secondary could be as good as anyone in the country
 
Has SJ just had a hard time putting on weight?

I know he still has plenty of time to develop, I just thought he was going to come in and be Kevin Mawae on day 1
 
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The question of the program. Who are the killers in defense? Asking a lot to replace the edge and mentality of 0, 3,4 & 8. If we can do that the sky is truly the limit
 
JHallCanes said:
So much good stuff in here

The DB group is so good and deep

OJ, Lucas, Antoine I think will be the Top 3 (not counting who plays Nickel just saying top 3 in the room) even though I think O’Conner is really good (natty game will make him better)

Antoine’s high school DB tape was an absolute clinic even to a non DB expert like myself

If Damari Brown can actually stay healthy it becomes a huge bonus and not something we desperately need
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People are still giving O’Connor **** for that last game, but he was our best cover guy at times throughout the year. AND his best ability… Availability!

My take on the ship is that it’s on the coaches! We were stopping their run game with just our front 7. We should have had our corners shade outside PERIOD! Take away what Indiana does best is throw those back shoulder throws. Force EVERY throw towards the middle of the field where our safeties and nickel have accumulated nearly 20 ints on the year. We were hardly beaten deep near the middle of the field on the year. Force Indiana to play a completely different game than the game planned for!
 
Brooklyndee said:
A healthy damari for me is the best in that room. At the very least he's on the same page as oj & Lucas. That's being generous to them. Damari being healthy makes this secondary ELITE and allows the line time to develope.
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Always felt Brown’s potential was insane. No one takes a spot from him if he’s full go.
 
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Really high praise for Brown. To be clear, from what you've seen on Saturdays you guys putting him on the level or even higher than Lucas and OJ?
 
Calinative said:
Honestly I'd just say OT, Bain replacement, and Scott replacement.

The rest I feel good about.
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You trippin. Jakobe thomas was our glue. That's not taking anything away from the other three. But bryce proved he can fill the position worst case and we recruit at a high level on Edge and oline. Safety we gonna have to see. Thornton looks like he's gonna take nickel more than likely. No clue who's gonna play strong cause potser definitely can't and neither can bryce. Don't think Thornton has the range for it.
 
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