Game Day Dissects Canes

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- Noted that Canes have 2nd worst record now in ACC for takeaways. Last week doubled the takeaways for the season.....

- Shots taken at TVD. Noted that other coaches have felt he regressed - his QBR rating is 30 pts lower than last year- need to find the offensive style that suits him with his talents to keep him out of the transfer portal...

- Des Howard talks about what he is hearing. Says players feel Mario doesn't believe in them. Talks about it as part of the culture issue on the team.

- Mario's strength as recruiter noted- will take him a little time to get his guys in; coaching not necessarily his strength

-Players need to step up and own their performance on the field.

NOt a word mentioned about coaching or the fact the offense that didn't work was Gattis's.... No word about injuries, etc.
That's a dumb thing for Desmond Howard to say. "Players feel...."

Which players? I'm sure the 30ish guys who are getting plenty of playing time feel "believed in".

Maybe Desmond read Keyshawn smith's mom's tweet and came to that conclusion?

What a dumb thing for him to say.
 
- Noted that Canes have 2nd worst record now in ACC for takeaways. Last week doubled the takeaways for the season.....

- Shots taken at TVD. Noted that other coaches have felt he regressed - his QBR rating is 30 pts lower than last year- need to find the offensive style that suits him with his talents to keep him out of the transfer portal...

- Des Howard talks about what he is hearing. Says players feel Mario doesn't believe in them. Talks about it as part of the culture issue on the team.

- Mario's strength as recruiter noted- will take him a little time to get his guys in; coaching not necessarily his strength

-Players need to step up and own their performance on the field.

NOt a word mentioned about coaching or the fact the offense that didn't work was Gattis's.... No word about injuries, etc.
They didn’t mention gattis by name but they said opposing coaches thought they are just calling random plays and aren’t running a cohesive offense, and aren’t running one conducive to van dykes strengths
 
“Says players feel Mario doesn't believe in them.”

That’s a pretty damning statement.
That seems it damning on the players not buying/believing in a guy that has proven he can win. to me sounds like players are used to dIAZ not making them work hard and trying to be friends. That said Mario needs to make some changes for next season within the coaching staff
 
I never really liked "players' coaches," cuz it usually means it's all fun and games and there's not much, if any, self accountability. Nobody likes their privileges taken away and when you're trying to change a culture you're gonna get some resistance. It's time to weed out the cancers (players/coaches). Anyway, Go Canes!!
 
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Adjusting to coaching personalities is very real, especially when it’s a coach you never had a relationship with.

I remember when I transfers schools for football between 11th grade and the coaching was WAY different and quite honestly ALOT more brutal than my previous coaches. For a short spell I was afraid to mess up or it demoralized me if I got chewed out. Part of it was I had no relationship with any of the coaches. No rapport or anything.

All it took for me was to learn to ignore it and realize it’s not personal. They’re trying to make me better.

Some of these players have no relationship to Mario and I don’t think they have yet adjusted from a relaxed, non consequence environment to the one Mario has brought it. It doesn’t surprise me that some of these players are being affected by it. Especially with the past culture.

The question is how long does it take to embed the personality Mario is bringing to the program into the players ?
 
SSDD from talking heads that “hear” things but haven’t spent a minute in the locker room. I like Des OK and he lives in Miami but unless he’s spent any time in that locker room, I’ll take what he said, like I do most, with a grain of salt.
 
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SSDD from talking heads that “hear” things but haven’t spent a minute in the locker room. I like Des OK and he lives in Miami but unless he’s spent any time in that locker room, I’ll take what he said, like I do most, with a grain of salt.
Exactly.. Des' words don't mean anything except more drama....
 
IDGAF if TVD leaves and as far as Mario not believing in them………I wouldn’t either. there are about 10-15 players that belong here and the rest are the just a bunch of grease trap type players
Someone said it about TVD... let him leave he took that NIL played golf all summer and invested in his model girlfriend instead of getting his teammates phone numbers.
 
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