Effort, energy, improvement, and cohesiveness

[Jassid82]

Oh how far this program has fallen

You been in a time capsule the last 15 years? You are one of those UM posters that folks nationally talk about and laugh at I see. Still think this is 1986 and Alonzo, Jerome and Winston are talking **** to Boz at midfield. Man maybe one day we will be back, but this year is not that year. Only 4 saturdays left in the year. Try to enjoy it since it seems like these kids are going to play until the very end and not give up. It will be over before you know it.

 

[Go Canes!!]

You can't dismiss the disaster that is the defensive side of the ball and try to diminish it—going on offense how the post will get derailed by Diaz and what you're calling "shortcomings" on his side of the ball—as you're leaving two massive subplots to make your own point.

Great, there appear to be a few young dawgs on this team—but without a yeoman's effort under center the past two weeks—Miami is 2-6 right now and all that goodwill is out the window. The kids deserved these last two wins, but Diaz doesn't—clock-burning late in both, getting conservative (learning nothing from the past) and getting bailed out here and there.

This defense is abysmal; almost 2,000 yards and 139 points given up the past four games—countered by 800 yards, seven touchdowns and one pick by TVD the past two (which resulted in wins by a combined five points.)

Too many fans are getting blinded by the quick endorphin rush that comes from an actual Saturday win and getting to replay a game on Sunday.

Manny Diaz got bailed out when LSU took Blake Baker off his hands—and with a chance to bring in a true alpha to help run that side of the ball, he declined as his ego told him he was the best man for the job (and he's proven to be the control freak many have accused him of being.)

His defense is one of the worst in the nation; including basic fundamentals, as the Canes were officially the worst-tackling team in all of college football as of a few weeks ago.

Without TVD saving this team the past two weeks, the talk wouldn't be intangibles like "kids giving a ****"—as the different between wins and losses comes down to a head coach's game plan, his knowledge of X's and O's, playing a CEO-type role and the players executing.

What you're pretty much saying here is that the kids are overcoming all the toxicity of the program—including head coaching incompetence—to eke out wins as their quarterback played all-world the past eight quarters.

Pickett's two boneheaded interceptions were the difference in this game—missing a streaking receiver for a score on the first, throwing into double coverage instead—as well as an overthrow on his second. Both passed would've done even more damage to the 587 and 34 points the Canes already gave up.

Great, Miami got two wins over sub-par ACC competition and the kids are showing some fight—but neither are building blocks for championship-caliber football if the guy calling the shots is an incompetent in-over-his-head fraud and megalomaniac—which can't be ignored in your feel-good version of events.

Let's see what the next four games bring—as we're now at that familiar point where Miami is back in position to win-out and is theoretically "better" than everyone else on their schedule. They just won two games where the pressure was all on the other "better" teams—now it's on them.

In the past, this is precisely where the team got big-headed under Diaz—believing their own hype in 2019, after eking out a win at Pitt, beating a bad FSU team soundly in Tallahassee and rolling Louisville at home in the rain—only to no-show against FIU (which Diaz attributed to big-headedness and believing their own hype from a three game win-streak as a 6-4 team. Miami then lost at Duke and was shutout in a bowl game against Louisiana Tech.

If Diaz can turn 2-4 into 9-4—I'll give him some credit (barring his defense plays better, as well)—but anything less is a massive strike against him, as 2-4 was all on him.

Sir this is a Wendy’s .

 

[9oh4Cane]

You been in a time capsule the last 15 years? You are one of those UM posters that folks nationally talk about and laugh at I see. Still think this is 1986 and Alonzo, Jerome and Winston are talking **** to Boz at midfield. Man maybe one day we will be back, but this year is not that year. Only 4 saturdays left in the year. Try to enjoy it since it seems like these kids are going to play until the very end and not give up. It will be over before you know it.

I do not expect championship contention every year. Believe me man I gave up on that years ago. But there’s a difference between that and being upset with the absolute disaster of a team/program this is. I will not sit here and applaud a team that stands near the bottom of the ACC in a historically weak year for the conference. Just sad that we have enablers not only within the athletic department and BOT, but also our fan base. I’d rather stop watching CFB all together than continue putting my heart into a program that is content with this year after year. This is not a one-off occasion.

 

[PIPO]

No I was pointing out how a batted ball resulted in a game ending turnover. There was no need to take that kind of chance when a chip shot FG wins the UVA game.

Ok. Don’t disagree about the UVA game. Thought you meant the UNC game

 

[Warrior808]

We are exactly what our record says we are. And for this year in particular, its a very fair representation... We won two games we coulda/shoulda lost and we lost two games we coulda/shoulda won. You cant just take one side of the two close wins or the two close losses to support an argument.

 

[HarrietTubmanCane]

I don’t believe that the majority of players are playing for Manny. Only those who are his favorites or are playing over others despite their performances. The young players are playing for each other, someone has successfully reached them on the talking point that U don’t hurt other people by hurting yourself. It’s counterintuitive to try to lose or pack it in, to get a coach fired. The journey to that goal is horrible for the one embarking on it. Let winning and their best efforts make everything fall into place, that’s al they can control. Their winning doesn’t prove that Manny can coach or that he is an adequate leader. If you watch the games, especially the wins, U can see individual efforts making the difference in these positive outcomes despite the coaching ESPECIALLY on Manny’s defense. If they were doing the his first him, the defense would be leading the charge in our resurgence this season.

 

[1mg of Epi]

Yup. Winning changes the narrative until the next L pops up. Defense still can't cover, tackling has improved from nation's worst to just bad, LBs remain atrocious if forced to play lateral or in coverage, STs outside of Hedley remains bad, and we're still a heavily penalized team. The last 2 wins have been fun and exciting with the young guys out there (who are only out there due to injuries which is another topic) but how can you continue to win despite those listed issues? It's a house of cards right now...

House of cards… Just like 2017 until Pitt knocked it over and 2020 until UNC did the same.

 

[AtlAtty]

TVD and the offense has been fun to watch. We probably should have lost the last two games but it is what it us. Luckily for Mandy, a player can't recover a fumble after his helmet is ripped off otherwise he'd be working overtime at his mall kiosk jewelry stand to make ends meet right now.

Agreed but we could jsut as easily have won the UVA and UNC games. Are those 2 games not a wash in-terms of bad/good luck compared to NCSU and PItt?
Seems to me that we are a 4-4 team that has had good and bad breaks which leaves us exactly where we should be.

 

[JD08]

There's a lot of room between "still fun to watch" and championship level. It's no fun when you see the team give up and just play to get done and go home.

This is where I was at during the NC State game.

 

[HarryCarayisGoat]

Agreed but we could jsut as easily have won the UVA and UNC games. Are those 2 games not a wash in-terms of bad/good luck compared to NCSU and PItt?
Seems to me that we are a 4-4 team that has had good and bad breaks which leaves us exactly where we should be.

Which means the jeweler needs to be working in the Aventura Mall

 

[skyman]

You been in a time capsule the last 15 years? You are one of those UM posters that folks nationally talk about and laugh at I see. Still think this is 1986 and Alonzo, Jerome and Winston are talking **** to Boz at midfield. Man maybe one day we will be back, but this year is not that year. Only 4 saturdays left in the year. Try to enjoy it since it seems like these kids are going to play until the very end and not give up. It will be over before you know it.

This is some BS goal post moving, probably same person when people were pointing out the cracks 15 years ago saying "hey they corches know better, they get paid for this", then 10 years ago, "bro we are not far away, just give these guys a chance", 5 years ago "oh you guys are mopes stop complaining, hurts cruiting bro, why are you guys flying banners bro".. Just want to close your eyes at what we see for years just to sing "its great to be a miami hurricane" while we get gaped on the field and no one says anything..

Have you been in a time capsule?! People can only take soo much!

 

[skyman]

I do not expect championship contention every year. Believe me man I gave up on that years ago. But there’s a difference between that and being upset with the absolute disaster of a team/program this is. I will not sit here and applaud a team that stands near the bottom of the ACC in a historically weak year for the conference. Just sad that we have enablers not only within the athletic department and BOT, but also our fan base. I’d rather stop watching CFB all together than continue putting my heart into a program that is content with this year after year. This is not a one-off occasion.

QFT!!!!