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Torch_Da1 said:
F#ck they did it again. I've been cool all off- season with realistic expectations. But this last week of portal additions just might have broken the Dam to reality. I'm starting to belive there is a chance we could win 9 games this year. Someone please bring me back before I jump out of the window. What do you see for this team now?
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My expectations will remain low until this team can give me a reason on the field to raise my expectations. I refuse to get sucked in anymore by this program
 
I expect that we'll fulfil all of our fixtures.

I'm done getting my hopes up about this team - we've been terrible-to-mediocre for two decades now. I think we're trending in the right direction, but they have to prove it to me now.
 
Just a heads up but the 2024 schedule is A LOT tougher than the 2023 one. We’re at Florida, at Notre Dame and at Clemson. If we don’t get the winning train moving in 2023 how do we plan to get it done against a tougher schedule in 2024? Or are we waiting until 2025 for Mario to crack the 8 win barrier?
 
Cribby said:
Nobody is saying double digits. Saying we’ll win six games is saying it’s the same mess as last year even though we’ve flipped the roster and brought it far better coaches. Dawson alone will add games.
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We "can't" be worse than last year, but 6-6 with 4 nail biter losses to decent teams beats the **** outta 4:

"Early to turn the channels or go touch grass in my backyard" games that we saw in 22.

For me, it's not getting humiliated multiple times en route to a similar record.

I think there can be progress with the eyeball test.

Am really also conceding that other "lesser" teams will be better than we tend to give credit for.

Still at 6-6 or 7-5 expectation.

Seeing entirely reasonable Ls at:
TAMU
UNC
Clemson
NCST
FSU
UL

Not looking past Ohio, Temple, GT, UVA, or BC - don't care what anyone here says.

6-6 with a margin of loss less than 10 per, with no blowouts?

That's reasonable CFB world progress.

7.5 Vegas line is typically generous, given the big corching and player changes IMO.

8-4 or 9-3 would be best case, even with all 3-4 being blowouts.

To me, those are about the same level, in which neither will surprise me (want that W total tho).

Seeing a total meltdown again will be serious cause for concern, but also not surprising...now.
 
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Angry Ibis said:
7 wins is sad…

7 wins as a reasonable expectation is downright awful…
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Didn’t say I liked it, but 20 years of underachieving will do that to you. I’ll wait and see. I will be excited to go to two games this year. Here in Philly and probably will travel to Boston, old stomping grounds for me. So there’s that.
 
GonzoCane said:
Didn’t say I liked it, but 20 years of underachieving will do that to you. I’ll wait and see. I will be excited to go to two games this year. Here in Philly and probably will travel to Boston, old stomping grounds for me. So there’s that.
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I’ll go into the season cautiously optimistic for sure…I’ll be at as many home games as possible, and up there at Temple…
 
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armstead98 said:
Exactly this. I'd love to know what the multi-year expectations are for anyone who thinks an incremental win or two is an acceptable outcome since they are going to lose their qb to the draft next year and probably all their best draft eligible players who have a halfway decent season. i dont know if i can articulate how depressing it is that expectations are seemingly lower than manny diaz year 2.
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The difference is Mario is fighting the expectation of not wanting to have a modern offense. He now has the coordinator to set one, but there’s still that belief that nah, it really is still going to be old school.

Manny didn’t have that ingrained belief held against him. He pivoted from Enos and people immediately bought in to the idea that Lashley would be better, coupled with King.


barring major injuries Miami should be surprisingly better this season.
 
CBurrr93 said:
We’ve played the “how could this team not win 8 games” for 20 straight summers. And every fall we see exactly how we don’t win games. I’ll say 6-6 or 7-5 and truly hope to be incorrect
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There’s always been a structural or scheme problem that renders the overall talent level less meaningful. In 2008, 2011-2015, 2018-2019, and 2022 it was offensive or defensive schemes. In 2009 it was depth. In 2012-2014 it was talent level outright.

There also always was one team that overperform red in the Coastal and seemingly finished 6-2 or 7-1 in division. And it always rotated, almost never the same team.
 
GojiraCane said:
The difference is Mario is fighting the expectation of not wanting to have a modern offense. He now has the coordinator to set one, but there’s still that belief that nah, it really is still going to be old school.

Manny didn’t have that ingrained belief held against him. He pivoted from Enos and people immediately bought in to the idea that Lashley would be better, coupled with King.


barring major injuries Miami should be surprisingly better this season.
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he's not fighting expectations. if he's fighting anything it's his own inability to find good coordinators and his own innate lack of a successful scheme he can coach. if he is going to be successful long term he has to find a way to hire good people around him.
 
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