From Quality Inn, my thoughts on the SMU loss..

[Disgustipated]

11 penalties on the offense is the epitomy of a Mario team. how embarrassing.

 

[Rocketcitycane06]

He needs 22 future all pros, check that, he needs 44 future nfl all pros to overcome his coaching deficiencies. Needs his 2 deep full of all pros

He needs to do the right thing and resign.

 

[nvlahos]

Incredible write up and spot on

If we can’t get rid of him, then let him recruit and be the CEO, but I don’t want Mario anywhere near anything to do with scheme, game planning, and game management on either side of the ball.

He needs to look in the mirror and give the DC and OC full control of their operations. If he doesn’t, we’re either going back to the HC drawing board or stuck in Miami purgatory

 

[simplycanes]

It's crazy he's been involved with football his whole life and he has such a bad understanding of it. It feels like we're on the Truman Show and someone is going to finally stop the show and tell us all it was a prank. It's the only thing that would make sense.

He’s an OL coach. He cannot process the game beyond that. It’s obvious. It’s gotten too nuanced, pace and space is great, but even within that it’s still variable. He couldn’t make those decisions.

 

[561caneforever]

He needs 22 future all pros, check that, he needs 44 future nfl all pros to overcome his coaching deficiencies. Needs his 2 deep full of all pros

Mario can f**k up a wet dream.

 

[CanefaninBuckeyeland]

All he needs to do is look at his former boss at Alabama.

Nick Saban realized the CFB game had changed and he could no longer win at a championship level by running the ball and playing defense. He knew there would be games he simply had to score more points regardless of philosophy. He never waived physicality but that term no longer meant winning 14-10. Sometimes you need to win 45-42.

One thing I will give Saban (my fellow Kent State alumni) is that he adapted to the on-field aspect of the game. For as much as he complained about the spread, up tempo, etc., he opened it up when he had to. He left once he saw that the portal and NIL negated his advantage.

 

[stormsurge]

 

[TemplarCane]

 

[nvlahos]

I will never understand how Mario played at miami when he did,in the offenses that he played and has the philosophy he does.He played here under Erickson and came back to coach when we had Santana,Wayne,Andre,Scockeyt,Bubba,Winslow.When he was at Bama they had incredible game breaking wrs and would run and throw all over teams.Where the **** did he develop this stubborn run up the middle against 11,shorten the game **** at?Maybe he got it all his years with Schiano.

Interesting point.

He also saw Nick Saban constantly bring in top Modern minded OCs (Sark, Lane,etc.) who had fast and physical offenses.

It’s mind blowing he doesn’t model that success

 

[caneworld]

I was in section 224 with my son. We weren't bored, it was just mind blowing on how many drive killing penalties there were as well as missed calls.

Game shouldn't have been close, it was Mario or Dawson. Yes they could have coached better can't overcome drive killing penalties like they had today.

Penalties should have been coached out 3 weeks ago... yet here we are

 

[jrock2332]

If I was a betting man, i’d put money on Miami losing 1 more game and not showing up for the whatever bowl. That’s Miami now and has been for the longest time

That's isnt on the players in my opinion. It's on the coaching staff. I wouldn't be too thrilled to play if my oc ran the ball in the gap where the offensive line is the weakest. I wouldnt want to play if my oc calls a bunch of wr screen plays that don't work. I stopped counting how many penalties we had after the tenth one. True is the we don't know how good the offense is because of the philosophical approach it takes. But it isn't good enough to overcome all the penalties. True be told if we played in the sec I think Florida Arkansas and kentucky would probably be the only guaranteed wins in the conference. We would lose to everyone else probably

 

[NateDogg]

OK, so Im back at my room at Quality Inn -- which isn't the highest quality, but not the lowest quality place I've ever stayed at. It's actually decent quality for what I need this weekend (a place to be keep my stuff inside and take a shower). Im sure by now you've heard every opinion/statement on Miami's loss to SMU. Since some of you asked, you shall receive...

- Forget the loss today, it goes beyond that. There are deeper seeded problems with this program and Cristobal. I'll say this again, the way he approaches football(pace, tempo spacing and game management) lends itself to Miami being in closer games than they should regardless of the talent advantage. It's no coincidence.

It's why UM has lost four ACC games since last November as a double-digit favorite. That's telling. Ask yourself this you don't think Rhett Lashlee wouldn't trade rosters with Cristobal?

I'll say this again, as a superior team with more athletes, you want to EXTEND the game not shorten it. You WANT more plays, not less. Miami plays offense at times like it's not allowed to hit big plays but has to play one first down at a time. Today, SMU didn't move the ball consistently, but they set up shot plays.

Mario is good at many things, he has actually moved this program forward in many aspects. But will he recruit well enough to overcome his own defiencies as a game day coach. Today was one of the worst performances I have ever seen on the sideline. From taking timeouts just as plays were moving on, and then insisting on being physical instead of productive offensively

We have Olivia Newton John as our coach -- he wants to get FYZYCAL!!'

Personally, Id like to score a lot more points early and THEN be that later in games. Sometimes I wonder if Cristobal believes all games are meant to be won 24-21. I don't believe Miami is getting rid of Mario any time soon. It is what it is. My question is can be evolve or just play the CEO role with elite coordinators in place?

- the officiating was mind-boggling at times. But again, that's why you try and blow teams out so that a few calls don't impact you that much

- this years O-line is severely overrated. Too many short yardage situations where they dont get push and waaaay too many penalties. Ive never seen a unit with so many pre-snap infractions

- Jojo Trader flashed. But his bobble-turned-INT turned the momentum. That play and the offensive PI on the Alex Bauman catch deep in SMU territory were big

- I dont know who Miami's next QB will be but I'd like a real dual threat with some twitch and athleticism. The way Miami plays offense it's like you need a guy who can bail you out with a big scramble here and there, and be a consistent threat at the mesh point.

- Finally here's what stood out to me at the game. As I was sitting in the 221 section of Ford Stadium, I looked around and the Miami fans were bored to death in the middle of this game. Miami simply isn't a very entertaining and exciting team. It's a reflection of the coaching philosophy at play. As Im seeing the other scores, it dawned on me that I was missing out on a lot of other good games.

After today, Mario has lost the fan base. Perhaps he can get it back. But this is now 6 losses as a double-digit favorite for Cristobal as the head coach at Miami. That speaks for itself.

Mario is done. We are back to that familiar place of praying for the HC to get fired.

Sadly, this time might be the longest wait. He could probably lose out this year and go 0-12 next year, and still get 2027 to try “once more”. Absolutely pitiful.

 

[Calinative]

If your qb is a pick machine putting him in tight condensed sets is not helping the situations . It also makes it easier to disguise blitzes and getting pressure . Using the field as a 12th man with more space to cover helps all parties. They’re handling him the opposite way as they should imo.

It's worse than just that. Not only is that the case but they employ a run philosophy and general passing attack that doesn't even hope for an explosive play. The entire offensive game plan quite literally is to pick up 3ypc running and like 6yds through the air on 15-20play drives. Not a lot of ******* wiggle room for the QB to make a mistake.

Secondly they then treat every ******* turnover ONLY BY THE QB as some signal from God that they MUST get even more conservative. Isn't it funny though how when a RB fumbles they don't get conservative in the aspect of taking that RB out of the game for a few drives, do they? No they put that ************ right back in the game. But when the QB throws a pick - even if it isn't the QBs fault AT ALL like in this case where jojo drops it - they immediately panic and go uh oh now we can't throw the ball 10+ yards anymore cause of that 1 play.

Quite literally of EVERY DRIVE Mario just told Dawson "Be Very aggressive and try to score as many points as possible" I'm confident we'd be undefeated right now.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Takeaways:
- Mario is basically the Quality Inn of coaching - isn't the highest quality, but not the lowest quality

- Miami fans were bored to death in the middle of this game. Miami simply isn't a very entertaining and exciting team. It's a reflection of the coaching philosophy at play. -- 100% -- Mario takes the life and air out of the stadium. He is boring. He coaches not to lose -- He is a fake tough guy.

- Mario has lost the fan base. -- Again. He lost the fan base again. Even the biggest mope poured themselves into the program when we were sold Mario, Zo and Dan as the three wise men and the Avengers coaching staff --- it was all a fraud. We came back around a bit to cautiously optimistic with Ward -- but this is a fool me once shame on you, choking in Year 4 - go **** yourself.

 

[nvlahos]

Let’s see what kind of shape the Ferrari is in by years end . 10-2 and a bowl win people will be happy. Tbh I expected 10-2 at best entering the year.

We’re def losing to Pitt and then the bowl game.

Honestly I could see NC State beating us too

Does 9-4 or 8-5 put him on the host seat?

 

[jrock2332]

This team will be lucky to finish 10-2. I think the wheels fall off and we lose at least 2 more games.

Pit will curb stomp miami like Edward Norton in American history x

 

[Noliaboi]

One thing I will give Saban (my fellow Kent State alumni) is that he adapted to the on-field aspect of the game. For as much as he complained about the spread, up tempo, etc., he opened it up when he had to. He left once he saw that the portal and NIL negated his advantage.

When he hired Kiffin. Mario needs to hire a new OC, and get all the way out his way.

Saban kept the same mindset. He still believed in dominating the line of scrimmage, controlling the trenches, and playing disciplined football. But instead of forcing it with old school *** formations, He let a modern offensive system take over. With kiffin as OC, and later Sarkisian, his offenses started to spread the field, use motion, tempo, and space. He still had the players that were bigger, stronger, than everyone else.

 

[nvlahos]

I’m actually intrigued to see how hardheaded Mario is . What level of insanity does he live in? UL could’ve been viewed as a fluke in his head , well this is two out of three with the same issues . Will he adjust things or just beat his brains into smithereens to end the season? If nothing changes next week from roster / rotations , formations , game planning and handling of situational I might check out completely .

Whats gunna make him change now? Especially if his job isn’t on the line.

We’ve seen the same thing for 4 years (besides when Cam ran the offense). And even that year we had a terrible collapse and horrific defense

This is just who Mario is and how he wants to win. He’ll go back and blame execution, mistakes, things in the margins that could be improved.

He’s not changing his whole philosophy, no way

 

[caneworld]

Does Dawson want explain his running game to the journos again this week??

 

[Empirical Cane]

OK, so Im back at my room at Quality Inn -- which isn't the highest quality, but not the lowest quality place I've ever stayed at. It's actually decent quality for what I need this weekend (a place to be keep my stuff inside and take a shower). Im sure by now you've heard every opinion/statement on Miami's loss to SMU. Since some of you asked, you shall receive...

- Forget the loss today, it goes beyond that. There are deeper seeded problems with this program and Cristobal. I'll say this again, the way he approaches football(pace, tempo spacing and game management) lends itself to Miami being in closer games than they should regardless of the talent advantage. It's no coincidence.

It's why UM has lost four ACC games since last November as a double-digit favorite. That's telling. Ask yourself this you don't think Rhett Lashlee wouldn't trade rosters with Cristobal?

I'll say this again, as a superior team with more athletes, you want to EXTEND the game not shorten it. You WANT more plays, not less. Miami plays offense at times like it's not allowed to hit big plays but has to play one first down at a time. Today, SMU didn't move the ball consistently, but they set up shot plays.

Mario is good at many things, he has actually moved this program forward in many aspects. But will he recruit well enough to overcome his own defiencies as a game day coach. Today was one of the worst performances I have ever seen on the sideline. From taking timeouts just as plays were moving on, and then insisting on being physical instead of productive offensively

We have Olivia Newton John as our coach -- he wants to get FYZYCAL!!'

Personally, Id like to score a lot more points early and THEN be that later in games. Sometimes I wonder if Cristobal believes all games are meant to be won 24-21. I don't believe Miami is getting rid of Mario any time soon. It is what it is. My question is can be evolve or just play the CEO role with elite coordinators in place?

- the officiating was mind-boggling at times. But again, that's why you try and blow teams out so that a few calls don't impact you that much

- this years O-line is severely overrated. Too many short yardage situations where they dont get push and waaaay too many penalties. Ive never seen a unit with so many pre-snap infractions

- Jojo Trader flashed. But his bobble-turned-INT turned the momentum. That play and the offensive PI on the Alex Bauman catch deep in SMU territory were big

- I dont know who Miami's next QB will be but I'd like a real dual threat with some twitch and athleticism. The way Miami plays offense it's like you need a guy who can bail you out with a big scramble here and there, and be a consistent threat at the mesh point.

- Finally here's what stood out to me at the game. As I was sitting in the 221 section of Ford Stadium, I looked around and the Miami fans were bored to death in the middle of this game. Miami simply isn't a very entertaining and exciting team. It's a reflection of the coaching philosophy at play. As Im seeing the other scores, it dawned on me that I was missing out on a lot of other good games.

After today, Mario has lost the fan base. Perhaps he can get it back. But this is now 6 losses as a double-digit favorite for Cristobal as the head coach at Miami. That speaks for itself.

Big Manny has lost the fan base.

This season's attendance will now suffer, as will ratings (and associated revenue).

Next year's season tix sales will be off pace.

Any muppets want yet another humiliating beating by taking issue?

I gotta a pace car with monster tires that I'll drive over you, then back up, then park on your head until I feel you've had enough.