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Hugh Freeze getting canned isn’t random — it’s a pattern. The sport is purging coaches who think it’s still 2012.

You know the type:
  • “Recruit harder and pray”
  • Out-tough instead of out-scheme
  • Old Bama blueprint cosplay
  • Culture > innovation
  • No real QB development plan
  • Portal as a band-aid, not a strategy
  • Offense stuck in a flip-phone era
That model is DEAD.

NIL + portal = adapt or die.
Fast roster flips, real QB play, scheme-driven football, development, and real football intelligence now separate winners from dinosaurs.

Freeze didn’t get fired because he’s clueless — he got fired because the sport lapped him.

And let’s be honest, Mario is running dangerously close to that same playbook.

All gas on recruiting and “physicality,” but:
  • Offense prehistoric half the time
  • QB development questionable
  • Penalty city
  • No consistent identity
  • Slow in-game adjustments
  • Believes talent solves everything
Sound familiar?

He’s not a bad coach — but the era changed and he’s acting like it didn’t. This isn’t the Bama assembly-line era anymore. This is the chess + speed + adaptability era.

You either modernize or you get Freeze’d. Simple as that.

And next season will tell us which direction Mario is headed:

Evolves and embraces modern football. Or, doubles down on Stone-Age football and crashes with it

He has the resources. He has the support. He has the roster.

Now? He needs the evolution.

Otherwise, we’re watching the same movie we just saw with Freeze, Kelly, and a handful of other “culture merchants” getting tossed off the stage.

The sport moved on. Either Mario moves with it — or Miami eventually moves on from him.
 
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TboneJones said:
Hugh Freeze getting canned isn’t random — it’s a pattern. The sport is purging coaches who think it’s still 2012.

You know the type:
  • “Recruit harder and pray”
  • Out-tough instead of out-scheme
  • Old Bama blueprint cosplay
  • Culture > innovation
  • No real QB development plan
  • Portal as a band-aid, not a strategy
  • Offense stuck in a flip-phone era
That model is DEAD.

NIL + portal = adapt or die.
Fast roster flips, real QB play, scheme-driven football, development, and real football intelligence now separate winners from dinosaurs.

Freeze didn’t get fired because he’s clueless — he got fired because the sport lapped him.

And let’s be honest, Mario is running dangerously close to that same playbook.

All gas on recruiting and “physicality,” but:
  • Offense prehistoric half the time
  • QB development questionable
  • Penalty city
  • No consistent identity
  • Slow in-game adjustments
  • Believes talent solves everything
Sound familiar?

He is a bad coach — but the era changed and he’s acting like it didn’t. This isn’t the Bama assembly-line era anymore. This is the chess + speed + adaptability era.

You either modernize or you get Freeze’d. Simple as that.

And next season will tell us which direction Mario is headed:

Evolves and embraces modern football. Or, doubles down on Stone-Age football and crashes with it

He has the resources. He has the support. He has the roster.

Now? He needs the evolution.

Otherwise, we’re watching the same movie we just saw with Freeze, Kelly, and a handful of other “culture merchants” getting tossed off the stage.

The sport moved on. Either Mario moves with it — or Miami eventually moves on from him.
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TboneJones said:
Hugh Freeze getting canned isn’t random — it’s a pattern. The sport is purging coaches who think it’s still 2012.

You know the type:
  • “Recruit harder and pray”
  • Out-tough instead of out-scheme
  • Old Bama blueprint cosplay
  • Culture > innovation
  • No real QB development plan
  • Portal as a band-aid, not a strategy
  • Offense stuck in a flip-phone era
That model is DEAD.

NIL + portal = adapt or die.
Fast roster flips, real QB play, scheme-driven football, development, and real football intelligence now separate winners from dinosaurs.

Freeze didn’t get fired because he’s clueless — he got fired because the sport lapped him.

And let’s be honest, Mario is running dangerously close to that same playbook.

All gas on recruiting and “physicality,” but:
  • Offense prehistoric half the time
  • QB development questionable
  • Penalty city
  • No consistent identity
  • Slow in-game adjustments
  • Believes talent solves everything
Sound familiar?

He’s not a bad coach — but the era changed and he’s acting like it didn’t. This isn’t the Bama assembly-line era anymore. This is the chess + speed + adaptability era.

You either modernize or you get Freeze’d. Simple as that.

And next season will tell us which direction Mario is headed:

Evolves and embraces modern football. Or, doubles down on Stone-Age football and crashes with it

He has the resources. He has the support. He has the roster.

Now? He needs the evolution.

Otherwise, we’re watching the same movie we just saw with Freeze, Kelly, and a handful of other “culture merchants” getting tossed off the stage.

The sport moved on. Either Mario moves with it — or Miami eventually moves on from him.
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