Good read from AllCanes blog

[Bennubird]

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

Excellent post. I'll play.

It doesn't take much thought to know that Mark Pope should not have zero receptions.
It doesn't take years of experience for a talented true freshman QB to contribute in their first year, just a coach with vision and a plan.
It doesn't take a high football IQ to know that losing on first down 80% of the time is a bad formula for offensive success.
It doesn't take being a top recruiting analyst to know that if you have all the issues at QB that you claim and appear to have that you probably needed to have recruited more than one QB this cycle.
And finally, It doesn't take having Bennu's supersized brain to understand that in the final analysis the OC is in charge of the offense and our's is not getting it done. #83 in the nation in Total Offense.

 

[Unsider]

The article is an opinion. I’m fine with that. Some of it truth, some of it pleading us to drink the Koolaid.

In the absence of competitive play calling and execution on the field, I offer what has been repeatedly offered by many here:

Hire an OC, a QB coach, an ST coach, and an OL coach. They should be good at recruiting too, which would help us compete in recruiting OL’s, QB’s, DT’s and depth fillers. This means getting rid of subpar coaches who are weak at recruiting and can’t do $#!t with existing personnel. This also means CMR loses play calling responsibilities, but gains a managerial/final say so role.

In losing to less talented teams, the “Poor execution” as CMR calls it, and the witnessed lack of fire under the team’s collective butt falls on this coaching staff. Preparation is this coaching staff’s responsibility. No one here hates anyone of coaches personally, as no one here knows them or deals with them personally. The hate is channeled at their performance as coaches, their lack of getting the kids ready to compete, which clearly is the issue. There is no fight in the kids, and that speaks volumes about the adults in the room.

When posts get ugly about coaches, it speaks to the frustration year after year for the last nearly two decades, and we are all humans and will vent any which way possible, sometimes ugly. Perhaps the BoTs should shoulder some of this responsibility. After all, hiring the right coach, and steering the direction of the program, is in their laps. They should have put their foot down on CMR calling plays. They also should not prematurely approve of contract extensions, something my bosses never gave me, until I performed and produced. Did they feel so helpless thinking that if they refused him play calling or extending his contract that they would lose him? Perhaps we need some poker players on the BoTs who won’t blink, and call it like it is, when hiring.

 

[mdpcane]

Dude, I like your posts, but you are too fixated on Rosie. This is umpteenth mention of her. You sure you’re not somehow attracted to some quality of hers secretly? I’ll listen if you need me to.

"umpteen" ? ive mentioned rosie TWICE. she's a perfect metaphor for a couple points i was making. rosie has no "qualities" by the way. thanks for your concern. being "attracted" to rosie would be a problem that's way beyond any help you could offer to anyone, pal.

 

[Unsider]

"umpteen" ? ive mentioned rosie TWICE. she's a perfect metaphor for a couple points i was making. rosie has no "qualities" by the way. thanks for your concern. being "attracted" to rosie would be a problem that's way beyond any help you could offer to anyone, pal.

Easy buddy, I’m just having fun with you

 

[mdpcane]

i knew you were and i was having fun back with you... guess i should have used some emojis !

 

[rsa coral gables]

Chris' perspective and writing are usually the best.

 

[harphong]

i knew you were and i was having fun back with you... guess i should have used some emojis !

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[mdpcane]

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[CaneStuck@USF]

What I’m tired of is Richt thinking we are all a bunch of idiots and continuously spewing this drivel about Rosier giving us the best chance to win. We are watching the games too pal. We have all seen what Rosier and N’Kosi are capable of. Yes, Perry is going to make some mistakes. But we can live with those mistakes because he will learn from them and get better next year. Rosier is gone in 4 games (thank God). And we all see how frustrated the WRs and TEs get trying to catch Rosier’s wounded ducks that sail all over the place. So quit with this smug *** smartest guy in the room bull**** and play the clearly better QB.

 

[CaneSwag]

No matter the excuse - we still lost to UVA and BC. This should not happen in year 3.

I can stomach losses to the Clemsons of the world, but not teams we should be beating at this juncture (even if we have to scrap it out).

 

[caneshomer]

I've always liked Chris' take on things.

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



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.



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



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.



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.

God stuff, Well said.

 

[LPK2006]

What I’m tired of is Richt thinking we are all a bunch of idiots and continuously spewing this drivel about Rosier giving us the best chance to win. We are watching the games too pal. We have all seen what Rosier and N’Kosi are capable of. Yes, Perry is going to make some mistakes. But we can live with those mistakes because he will learn from them and get better next year. Rosier is gone in 4 games (thank God). And we all see how frustrated the WRs and TEs get trying to catch Rosier’s wounded ducks that sail all over the place. So quit with this smug *** smartest guy in the room bull**** and play the clearly better QB.

Yes, you nailed it. That above all is really grating on me, and I like Richt, or at least I thought I did. I'm not a QB expert, but I have watched the Canes and Dolphins continuously since about 1981, so I feel like I kinda know what a QB who gives a team the best chance to win looks like. It's not Rosier, I know that much. And, if Perry is not playing for some other reason - why not just come clean about it and stop insulting our intelligence? At least then I might understand why Rosier continues to play.

 

[UMFarArcher]

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.

For over ten years - I've been hearing the exact, same crap every single year!

How is it, that we're perpetually two years of recruiting away from success?

Always!

 

[mdpcane]

For over ten years - I've been hearing the exact, same crap every single year!

How is it, that we're perpetually two years of recruiting away from success?

Always!

that is called the "carrot on a stick" trick. scammers and con artists have been using that one forever.. works on idiots.

 

[Cane6]

And Virginia last year, and GT, and UNC

We pulled those games off but doesn’t change the fact we consistently put ourselves in the hole because we aren’t prepared.

We all realize crazy **** happens in college football. It’s what makes it great.

These are not anomalies. This is us getting consistently beaten schematically and execution-wise from teams with less talent and we are showing no signs of getting better.

Big difference.

I know, and it’s unexceptable from a coach making $4mm

 

[Chard]

With all due respect, what you just wrote is vomitously insane. If Richt is just here, and the roster just happens to him, then save the money on him and buy a scarecrow to stand in on game day.

You've created a straw man here figuratively and literally. Kudos but I'm not even going to address it.

Rocht’s job is to fill the roster, develop kids, scheme and coach.

It sounds like you think Richt just has his pick of the litter and can plug in recruits at will. It isn't that easy yet you try to make it sound so. Now, scheme wise, I got no qualms about criticizing. Like I said in the original post, "I think we all agree, there has to be some change in order to get more out of this squad on offense."

If our QB situation is worse in year three of Richt, that’s on him. Plenty of schools play freshman qbs. Right’s playing a kid golden recruited in year three. And who is awful. No excuses. That’s a complete failure by Richt.

Really? Weldon can't stay off the suspended list. N'Kosi can't grasp the offense and read defenses and stay out of trouble off the field either. That is on Richt? Sure if he had a crystal ball. Allison transferred because his one chance that we at least got to see, he **** the bed? Nevermind he also couldn't take the job from Rozier the entire season? Sorry, but I'm not laying all the blame on Richt. If you want to, go ahead. I'm not going to take your side when it is put up against a coach with 15 plus years of head coaching plus many more as an assistant under some pretty good coaches AND who has played the position AND sees these players day in and day out. Yeah, he's totally running out #12 as QB #1 because Coach Richt is incompetent. That's the ticket, yeah! Asinine take IMO.

Ditto OL. Inexperience happens everywhere. That’s why you have to evaluate, recruit, develop and coach. And we arent even particularly inexperienced. Just bad. St louis and gauthier are seniors. Jones is a senior. Ahoney is a fourth year junior. Donaldson is in his second year as a starter. That’s not a line of four new starters.

We agree! The oline is bad. Scaife started at BC, Donaldson is a new starter at tackle. St. Louis was a right tackle, now he's on the left. A lot of experience was lost which was my point in the OP. KC started 33 straight games. Darling started the entire season. Replacing them isn't something to gloss over. Neither is playing at a new position. Criticize the coaching and development of the upperclassmen, I think that's fair but at some point aren't the players responsible too?

There are 8 freshmen and redshirt freshmen linemen, only one of which I've seen in a game not against FCS teams. I think we'll have to wait and see if they're going to develop into good players before passing judgement on linemen.

Special teams is a ‘mystery? If by mystery you mean embarrassing train wreck. Bad coaching is bad coaching is bad coaching.

Yes, a mystery. Can you explain why Feagles under performs in games? Blocking on a lot of those bad punts is the first thing I can think of but not all of his bad punts. Again, I agree. It is embarrassing.

 

[Hurracanes]

I've always liked Chris' take on things.

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



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.



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



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.



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.

Bello is the man!

 

[migtempo]

How to write an AllCanes blog post:

- Outsized focus on fanbase and message boards
- Lots of semi-colons; seldom used correctly. Regular use of em dashes—sometimes used correctly.
- Incomplete or run-on sentences
- Usage of the phrase "[measurement of time] back", such as "years back" or "months back"
- Bash fans and media, but still frame team criticism through fan or media commentary
- Make comments directly to certain subgroups of the fanbase deemed undesirable - doubters, whiners, message board warriors - despite the fact they're the ones doing the reading
- So; many; semi-colons

 

[SSCane]

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

Yep, and the old man in charge is STBBURN as a mule and refuses to change anything. It’s truly mind boggling.

 

[CaneBoiFL]

Richt setting the stage for his hand picked Favorite QB Jarren Williams to get a chance to start taking over end of this season / beginning of next while not allowing immature N’Kosi to get on too much of a roll and keeping him humble? This may be my only light at the end of the Richt tunnel right now.