Wanted to make sure we’re all on the same sheet of music. I’ve heard rebuild already this year. Who makes the call on this? Usually every year about 4-5 games in our season the rebuild goblins come out and announce it. It always helps with understanding why the team ***** itself in big games against quality opponents like MTSU or LA Tech, or FIU etc.
So are we rebuilding then?
I mean the team went 7-5 last year and only had one guy drafted in the seventh round.
Program is 118-85 since the 2005 Peach Bowl, which averaged out to 7-5 a year for the past 16 seasons.
Diaz just went 21-15—bailed out massively the past two seasons when TVD and DK played over their skis and won three games by a combined eight points last year and three by a combined nine points the year before.
Program was 28-24 since Richt's 10-0 start in 2017, which he followed up going 7-9 before retiring; Miami now on its third head coach in five seasons.
Canes wrecked by Alabama last year and beaten down late by Michigan State. Destroyed by Clemson and North Carolina the year prior. Ended 2019 getting upset by FIU, losing by double-digits to Duke and getting shutout a bowl game against Louisiana Tech.
One Coastal title since 2005 and 0-for-18 in ACC since joining.
Even with that, our fan base played the just-add-water game and assumed that bringing in Mario Cristobal would do what year one?
You read those post game comments from a few of our o-lineman last week? Really don't want to acknowledge a culture problem at Miami?
“We… I say we, everybody, because we’re all in this together. We looked at that team ‘Oh, we’re gonna win this game’,” said offensive lineman Jalen Rivers postgame. “So we came in obviously unmotivated, kinda slow and we had to ramp things back up when we got punched in the mouth.”
There was also center Jakai Clark, who stated, “We weren’t as locked in as we should have been pregame. During the week we had a good week of practice, but pregame…me personally, I feel as though we weren’t as locked in as we should have been,” while also calling his team’s attitude “lethargic”.
I don't care how tired our fans are of the word "rebuild"—Miami on its sixth head coach in 17 season (and god knows how many coordinators and position coaches)—this program has been rebuilding, knocking it all back down and starting over again since the last Butch Davis recruit was off the roster.
Sad but true.