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I've always liked Chris' take on things.

Miami Hurricanes’ Reality Bigger Than Back-To-Back Losses

Yes, Richt has a serious problem on his hands in regards to an unimaginative offense—and with four games remaining, must find a better way to work with what he has. That being true, the situation he walked into at the end of 2015 required more than a three-year clean-up, and the ripple effects of that mess are being felt here and now.

The Hurricanes remain without a legitimate option at quarterback and still sport a very shoddy offensive line—but the predictability of Richt’s play-calling and his team’s execution—has reached new lows over the past few weeks. Miami tried to mix things up with Dallas in the Wildcat, which yielded positive results once on Friday night, but was absolutely stuffed when trying to run the exact same play to the short side of the field moments later.
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I think we all agree, there has to be some change in order to get more out of this squad on offense. However, I still don't see a productive o line. Other than QB play, this is problem #1B for me. Just not there yet. Hopefully, the younger guys can develop and become what this staff thinks they can. Freshmen are getting played this year and last, so hopefully this early burn will translate into experienced starters next year and beyond.

Translation; what did folks truly think they’d see offensively when Perry couldn’t take the job from Rosier in spring, or fall—not to mention this new-look offense without KC McDermott and Trevor Darling on the line, as well as Mark Walton, Braxton Berrios and Chris Herndon gone as key skills position options? Losing the banged-up Ahmmon Richards down the stretch last year was bad enough. Insult to injury came in the form of his career being cut short due to a neck injury earlier this season—the football gods with no desire to play fair with the Hurricanes, who also saw cornerback Malek Young suffer a career-ending injury after the bowl game, as well.
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When I heard that Perry hadn't displaced Rozier as the #1 QB in spring camp, I feared there were going to be problems. Add to that all of the lost experience referenced above, and it is a recipe for disaster. Man, last year could have been even better if a certain QB had stayed to play one more year to improve his draft stock. smh

Richt, having developed and recruited so many quarterback greats over the year—it’s why he called out Rosier day one, it’s why he’s not sold on Perry and is also the reason he’s putting so much faith in Jarren Williams, his first hand-picked quarterback recruit at UM. Richt knows all too well just how make-or-break a solid quarterback is at this level, and until Miami has one, the mediocrity will continue.
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I can't say enough how disappointed I was that Perry didn't seize the opportunity. Ditto for Weldon who can't stay out of trouble. Jarren Williams is probably the future, gents.

Chris delves into the QB situation at Washington State and it is quite the juxtaposition.

Between 20-30 times this spring, he woke up at 4 a.m. to attend 5 a.m. practices and film sessions at Jackson State – about a 30-minute drive from Brandon – just to spend time with the first Jedi of the Air Raid.

“He came into the office some and we’d draw stuff on the board for him and stuff like that,” Mumme said. “But he came to almost every workout. I think he was out of town one weekend, but all the rest of them he was at. He really loves this offense.”
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Have any of you read anything close to this in regards to any of the QBs at UM? If so, please share with the rest of us. I've read most anything I could get my hands on regarding UM football and I haven't run across it.

We all read the articles about how Rozier was working on mechanics, working on leadership, etc. I had hope because that's all we had as fans. It just hasn't translated to on-the-field production. Same old, same old. He just doesn't have "it." I don't hate the guy, I just don't like him playing full time QB at UM. I highly doubt Coach Richt likes it either but what the staff sees in practice and in games and off the field is keeping them from going with anyone else permanently.

Anyways, I just wanted to share another take on things, one I agree with mostly. I'm just as frustrated as any fan with how this season has gone. I'm shocked to see Rozier still at QB but I only have an outsiders view. I'm shocked to see the offensive line continually make mistakes, can't run block for shizz and gets blown up on pass plays. I'm highly disappointed in the production on offense. I'm puzzled by the lack of consistent, higher quality play from the veteran linebacker corps. I hate to see a stellar defense being wasted.

I'm not going to bad mouth the staff, over analyze every little thing they say or the players say. I'm just a fan who saw the golden years (not that Golden) then suffered through sanctions years, back to the golden years, then the decline and mediocrity and more sanctions. Now, here we are. Venting, raging, kicking rocks. It sucks but anyone who remembers Penn State winning on a late blown coverage, Syracuse POUNDING UM, ECU pulling the rug out on a very rainy night in NC, Washington kicking us in the nuts in the first game of the 2000 season can relate to what we're all feeling now. Maybe another run is in the cards for us and UM. It's happened before. It just takes time. Chin up. We're Canes till we die. I'll take the good with the bad.

Let me know what you think about the article, agree or disagree and why.
 
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the situation he walked into at the end of 2015 required more than a three-year clean-up
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This is such BS. Richt has now had how many years to recruit? Richt is supposed to be a commanding CEO that can mold the culture of the program how he wants. He isn't young and unproven like Golden was. Regressing in year 3 is inexcusable.

I don't see other teams struggle with subpar/freshman quarterback play the way Richt does, but maybe that's because other teams don't run a 30 year old offensive system. Real offensive minds don't struggle to score more than 14 a game regardless of talent.
 
UVA and BC didn’t beat us because their DLine was more talented than our OLine. We got outschemed

Just like Pitt and Toledo and Wisc did to us last year
 
Those are all valid points but...

It doesn't take talent to be prepared
It doesn't take depth to play like you care
It doesn't take a top QB to be willing to change what isn't working
It doesn't take great OL play to act like you give a sht about winning and losing
 
There is no doubt in my mind that Nkosi Perry is a better quarterback than Rosier right now.

I have seen both throw the ball and it isn't even close. Yes Perry makes occasional bones headed decisions, but many of his throws are on target in tight windows, and thrown with speed. I'll put up with bad decisions for someone who can complete passes and pressure the defense while occasionally leading a drive for a touchdown.

Rosier cannot physically complete some of the pass routes on the route tree. And even easy passes are usually off target. The only thing Rosier provides better than Perry is as a better runner.

To me it's the difference between a C- quarterback (Kosi) versus an D- quarterback (Rosier). And the D- guy is a Redshirt Senior!

Leadership blah blah is completely irrelevant if one of the quarterbacks cannot make all of the throws necessary for the offense.
 
Rosier is a fifth year senior. There are a lot of fifth year senior qb's that have no shot of ever playing at the next level that can make simple reads and throws. Fifth year guys are supposed to take care of the football and know the offense inside and out.

Rosier hasn't showed the ability to do any of these. Yes he is trash a qb but his development or lack there of is on Richt and Richt Jr. We have the worst offensive system and worst QB development in college football.
 
I think Richt would admit he was wrong when he supposedly said 2-3 recruiting cycles to get where we need to be. It's going to take at least another 2. We don't have an OL or QB this year that can compete on a consistent basis. While Perry is more talented than Malik the kid doesn't have his head on straight, supposedly. It's going to take another 2 years to have a decent OL which will co-inside with a good QB, hopefully Williams. Richt has to figure out play calling and either up his game or get an OC. Reality speaks volumes right now and we aren't a very good team, lots of work to do, coaches and players alike.
 
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Hegemon said:
More than a three year clean up.

ONLY AT MIAMI
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It was a 15 year mess, Just look at the senior's on the roster now, Especially the offense.....its pretty bad. Look at the bright side by us not winning the coastal we don't have to sit of our televisions the first Saturday in December and watch Clemson torture us.
 
I had us losing to BC on the road anyway..... UV us the one that stings for me. This team is also known for falling apart after a loss. It could linger...... To the rest of the season?
 
My problem with all Canes blog is that it tends to defend corches tooth and nail until the very end. It did it with Coker, shannon, golden and now richt
 
The problem becomes watching this offense and what recruit would like to come and play in it? I think it's time we forget about this RPO offense and pro offense. I don't care if our players do well or no in the NFL. I want us to win Natty's. Bring in an offense like UCF, Houston, Auburn, Washington state of the worlds. I want us slinging and spreading the field. We've been long over due for this type of offense.
 
Richt has actually only had two full recruiting classes not three. He wasn’t hired until December and his first class was a mixture of scrambling to keep committed guys and re-recruiting guys who were waffling, all with a brand new staff. Most big time programs had everything lined up while he was hiring and firing here.

Criticism is warranted but people should be fair.
 
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Blah blah OL blah blah QB

Richt’s been here 3 years. Why is the QB worse, the OL worse, and ST play worse?

Why is our offensive play calling and ‘execution’ worse?

We don’t need two more years of Richt. That will just lead us 2 more years further into the wilderness.
 
mtnhermitt said:
I think Richt would admit he was wrong when he supposedly said 2-3 recruiting cycles to get where we need to be. It's going to take at least another 2. We don't have an OL or QB this year that can compete on a consistent basis. While Perry is more talented than Malik the kid doesn't have his head on straight, supposedly. It's going to take another 2 years to have a decent OL which will co-inside with a good QB, hopefully Williams. Richt has to figure out play calling and either up his game or get an OC. Reality speaks volumes right now and we aren't a very good team, lots of work to do, coaches and players alike.
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Well they r doing a **** poor job this cycle.

Like I’m tired of the fluff pieces. The OL is bad b/c of bad techniques and predictable play calling. So either Searles is the problem or Richt’s play calling is the problem. Let’s be real, this same storyline was used for Golden w the exception that Golden had sanctions to deal w. Yet, the narrative of just wait til Golden get his players was bull chit.

There’s no remote excuse in yr 3 that our QB room looks the way it does. No excuse for not going after a QB for 2019 when we know how the QB room looks. No excuse for the offense to regress this bad. No excuse for not making sure our best playmaker doesn’t touch the ball as often as possible. No rationale for getting beat by UVA when the offense had the yards, TO battle, and field position battle won all game.

Just another excuse piece imo.
 
GuySm, don’t blame Richt. It takes seven years to teach a kid to block. He’s only had 3 years. I am sure the kids will be executing better by 2022.
 
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