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Consider this about Lashlee...

margate said:
FAU beat the mule **** out of SMU in the boca bowl this year. just sayin.....
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Jimmy Johnson got smoked by Oklahoma and Nebraska every year when he was at Ok. St. If these kinds of things were used as hiring criteria we'd never be able to hire anyone.
 
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CaneSwag1995 said:
Sounds like us in the ACC.
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We are closer to being on the same level as Clemson and FSU than SMU were to being #1 in their conference per 247.

Realize this, we had 34 blue chippers. The next two closest teams in the division are VT and UNC with 20 and 15 respectively. We had 1 less blue chip player than the next two closest teams had combined.

We waste more talent than about anyone else not named Texas or USC.
 
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LuCane said:
Would be helpful if the rankings of all his team's opponents were also listed. I have no clue what the disparity was between SMU and their opponents, but it'd have to be proportionate to our situation to even make this kind of conclusion.
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This isn't exactly what you were asking for but I saw somewhere that the defenses SMU faced this year were not much worse than the defenses we faced, at least statistically.
 
JimmyJohnsonsHair said:
This isn't exactly what you were asking for but I saw somewhere that the defenses SMU faced this year were not much worse than the defenses we faced, at least statistically.
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Got it. Appreciate that info. I was looking at it more from a talent vs talent standpoint because I try to think of it in terms of matchups on the field. When "x" Safety lines up against "y" inside WR, who's the more talented athlete?

What coaches sometimes do is insane to me. They overcomplicate this with a rigid system - failure to adapt. Find the best on-field matchups and polish your guys to consistently win with their advantages. If there aren't advantages, the coach designs them and needs guys to be trained to win against more talented players (usually by way of deception, schematic leverage or just plain focus - which means the HC needs to evaluate players for more than just athleticism and football skills). What we've seen here over 18 years is a complete misunderstanding, in my opinion, of the coaching role. And, of leadership.

But, anyway, let's see if Lashlee can find advantages and exploit them consistently regardless of talent advantage/disadvantage.
 
Liquidstoke said:
And so in your brilliant logic that means it’s Lashlee’s fault as the OC at SMU?

Despite the low recruiting ranks his offense could run circles around our 2919 Canes.

That’s what matters...
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I cannot see that far into the future... :cool:
 
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The bottom line question is if we played smu at almost any point last year would we have won or lost? Not saying talent isn’t important but culture & work ethic + talent is what = winners.
 
JD08 said:
I would think (hope?) that he's not that tone deaf. I suspect he saw the spark the turnover chain brought and figure the other bling would do the same. If you're winning, you're having fun, so maybe if you're having fun, you're winning. He talked smack and expected Enos' offense to back it up. That's when everything went to sht.

If I was him, the bling gets packed up, there is no celebration allowed, and if the players miss it, that's their reward for getting to the ACCCG game.
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Keep the chain, scrap the rings.

Stop looking shook when adversity hits, hold your head high, and let the players feel the wrath sometimes when they need a fire lit.

Dabo is cool and the team has fun, but he roasts their asses when they ****** up on the bullshyt. It works because he has AUTHENTIC charisma and fortitude. Just as important, his assistants KNOW WHAT THE **** THEY ARE DOING.

The team not working hard is an indictment of the country club environment going on in Coral Gables. Nepotism has had coaches who don’t belong keeping jobs because of who they know. The players know who is trash and being protected, going back to the days of No D.

The rot is at the top and if we don’t fix it we will be losing to scrubs and crying over “lazy players” ten years from now.
 
r0fl_57omp7 said:
This doesn't mean anything. They were also in C-USA
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SMU is actually in the AAC.

Rice is the only old SWC team still in C-USA. It’s kind of awful that they’re in a conference with FIU, FAU, UNC Charlotte and Old Dominion. To make it all the worse, UTSA and North Texas are in Rice’s division.
 
Kendall Boy Cane said:
He had the 79th ranked recruiting class but played against C-USA competition.

Yes, he's getting a talent upgrade but that comes at the cost of playing against better competition and coaching.
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Lies. I'm constantly reminded on here that the Coastal is the worst division of organised sports on the planet.
 
ThomasM said:
Recruiting rankings rarely take into consideration a young man's work ethic and ability to learn. I'd put SMU's football IQ a **** of a lot higher than Miami's.
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Honestly cannot upvote this enough. Plus our players have no respect for any of our coaches.
 
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Silverball said:
Our talent composure is 18. Where do you get 12 from?
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Our avg rating per recruit is 89.91 which is good enough to be 12th in the country. The 18th that you are referring to is the total accumulation of those ratings for the entire class. Do you understand now?

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