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You don't need a Bama-caliber roster to beat average teams like UNC or Texas A&M.
You might want to look at your own chart.
You don't need a Bama-caliber roster to beat average teams like UNC or Texas A&M.
Well saidLook at the first-year coaches on that list:
Oklahoma -- 4th in bluechip ratio, they have lost 3 games in a row and just lost forty-nine to zero to their biggest rival
LSU -- Multiple losses, one to FSU, one where they got blown out of their own stadium by Tennessee
Notre Dame -- Multiple losses, one at home to Marshall
uf -- Multiple losses, almost lost at home to USF, almost lost to Missouri
Oregon -- Lost by 500 to UGA (no real shame there), but looked pretty decent otherwise (Mario's kids?)
If we're losing to App State at home in Year 5 with the 5th highest blue-chip ratio like A&M, or being blown out of our building multiple times with the 15th highest ratio and a tenured coach like Auburn, it might be time to pull the oh **** cord.
But literally every single first-year coach on this list is struggling. Some mightily, like Venables. LSU looks absolutely awful, and as much as Kelly is a lowlife murderer, he took multiple ND teams to the playoffs and has the 7th most talent, according to this list. He may not be an elite coach, but he's not a completely terrible coach.
Again, I'm not necessarily comparing these teams to ours. And not excusing the losses, especially MTSU. But first-year coaches are struggling here, and on paper they also have a lot of talent.
The bottom line is, it's too early to tell anything long-term, good or bad. We're certainly not off to a great start here, and the last 3 weeks have given me an ulcer, but what has happened so far is NOT INDICITIVE of long-term performance. Period. It is very, very possible to build a good program in the next couple years, even with what has transpired so far. UGA had the #12 class in the country in 2014, the #8 class in 2015, and the #6 class in 2015. Kirby Smart's first year, 2016, they went 8-5. They lost to Vanderbilt, at home. They've gone to a NY6 bowl every year since. Let's give it a year or two before we go berserk.
Texas A&M is a perfect example to back his argument. Team full of highly rated, blue chip recruits, even signing (on paper at least) the highest ranked recruiting class ever. Despite this there's a reason they're known as the 8-4 squad. COACHING!You might want to look at your own chart.
Texas A&M is a perfect example to back his argument. Team full of highly rated, blue chip recruits, even signing (on paper at least) the highest ranked recruiting class ever. Despite this there's a reason they're known as the 8-4 squad. COACHING!
Spot on. With some on here it just depends which way the wind is blowing. While Manny was here, and rightly so, most of the talk was about his misses in recruiting and abysmal player development. Now somehow a new staff is to immediately rectify this issue in a matter of months and have them as a playoff contender. Utterly ridiculous but I somewhat understand the emotion born in frustration, it’s just incorrect. This staff came in with an empty LB, DL, CB, WR, slim OL, and vastly overrated and under manned RB room. Imagine this squad without some of the additions through the portal.Look at the first-year coaches on that list:
Oklahoma -- 4th in bluechip ratio, they have lost 3 games in a row and just lost forty-nine to zero to their biggest rival
LSU -- Multiple losses, one to FSU, one where they got blown out of their own stadium by Tennessee
Notre Dame -- Multiple losses, one at home to Marshall
uf -- Multiple losses, almost lost at home to USF, almost lost to Missouri
Oregon -- Lost by 500 to UGA (no real shame there), but looked pretty decent otherwise (Mario's kids?)
If we're losing to App State at home in Year 5 with the 5th highest blue-chip ratio like A&M, or being blown out of our building multiple times with the 15th highest ratio and a tenured coach like Auburn, it might be time to pull the oh **** cord.
But literally every single first-year coach on this list is struggling. Some mightily, like Venables. LSU looks absolutely awful, and as much as Kelly is a lowlife murderer, he took multiple ND teams to the playoffs and has the 7th most talent, according to this list. He may not be an elite coach, but he's not a completely terrible coach.
Again, I'm not necessarily comparing these teams to ours. And not excusing the losses, especially MTSU. But first-year coaches are struggling here, and on paper they also have a lot of talent.
The truth is somewhere in the middle. Mario, his offensive philosophy and the offensive staff has shown to be stubborn as ****. Taking four games to realize adjustments need to be made to fit the talent is malpractice. Especially when anyone with a lick of sense saw this early in the season. People defending Mario and ripping players has been my biggest issue the last month, when I know the coaches aren’t helping the situation. They cared more about doing things their way offensively rather than melding the offense to the players. That’s uncalled for and i won’t defend it regardless who the coach is. This is more than a player issue.Spot on. With some on here it just depends which way the wind is blowing. While Manny was here, and rightly so, most of the talk was about his misses in recruiting and abysmal player development. Now somehow a new staff is to immediately rectify this issue in a matter of months and have them as a playoff contender. Utterly ridiculous but I somewhat understand the emotion born in frustration, it’s just incorrect. This staff came in with an empty LB, DL, CB, WR, slim OL, and vastly overrated and under manned RB room. Imagine this squad without some of the additions through the portal.
The blue chip argument is a farce. Bama, OSU, and UGA get so many, and more importantly in positions of need, that they are bound to hit and materialize when you get multiple at each position every cycle. Not to mention placing those pieces in obscenely funded programs which are run at a level of efficiency Jeff Bezos would be envious of.
Many of our “blue chips” have been corroded and indoctrinated by a former staff which has severely stunted any maximization of growth on an individual level. Not to mention some of these blue chippers having the physical but lacking the mental makeup to be great.
The truth is somewhere in the middle. Mario, his offensive philosophy and the offensive staff has shown to be stubborn as ****. Taking four games to realize adjustments need to be made to fit the talent is malpractice. Especially when anyone with a lick of sense saw this early in the season. People defending Mario and ripping players has been my biggest issue the last month, when I know the coaches aren’t helping the situation. They cared more about doing things their way offensively rather than melding the offense to the players. That’s uncalled for and i won’t defend it regardless who the coach is. This is more than a player issue.
All the crap leaking out ripping the players and the culture is not a good look. I mean players see this stuff.
Completely agree. What worries me though is what you described is who Mario is. That’s been his identity at every stop with mediocre success to show for it. Will it change at miami? We sure as **** hope so. Or this is going to be a boring brand of football for a decade barely grinding out wins even though we are 25x more talented than the team on the other sideline.The truth is somewhere in the middle. Mario, his offensive philosophy and the offensive staff has shown to be stubborn as ****. Taking four games to realize adjustments need to be made to fit the talent is malpractice. Especially when anyone with a lick of sense saw this early in the season. People defending Mario and ripping players has been my biggest issue the last month, when I know the coaches aren’t helping the situation. They cared more about doing things their way offensively rather than melding the offense to the players. That’s uncalled for and i won’t defend it regardless who the coach is. This is more than a player issue.
All the crap leaking out ripping the players and the culture is not a good look. I mean players see this stuff. Even if it’s true it doesn’t need to be out there especially with where it’s coming from.
Blue chip ratio isn't the end all be all, but it's a good indicator that Miami isn't as bereft of talent like people on this site (and to a larger extent, Cristobal) are trying to claim. Miami isn't elite in talent, but to claim as if the kids on the roster are along the lines of fcs players of asinine. A good amount of these kids were recruited by more big time schools. So clearly talent and potential was there, but ****** coaching squandered that.His "argument" is that blue-chip ratio means everything, yet his own chart shows that, outside the top 3, blue chip ratio literally means nothing.
Hard to argue against thisLook at the first-year coaches on that list:
Oklahoma -- 4th in bluechip ratio, they have lost 3 games in a row and just lost forty-nine to zero to their biggest rival
LSU -- Multiple losses, one to FSU, one where they got blown out of their own stadium by Tennessee
Notre Dame -- Multiple losses, one at home to Marshall
uf -- Multiple losses, almost lost at home to USF, almost lost to Missouri
Oregon -- Lost by 500 to UGA (no real shame there), but looked pretty decent otherwise (Mario's kids?)
If we're losing to App State at home in Year 5 with the 5th highest blue-chip ratio like A&M, or being blown out of our building multiple times with the 15th highest ratio and a tenured coach like Auburn, it might be time to pull the oh **** cord.
But literally every single first-year coach on this list is struggling. Some mightily, like Venables. LSU looks absolutely awful, and as much as Kelly is a lowlife murderer, he took multiple ND teams to the playoffs and has the 7th most talent, according to this list. He may not be an elite coach, but he's not a completely terrible coach.
Again, I'm not necessarily comparing these teams to ours. And not excusing the losses, especially MTSU. But first-year coaches are struggling here, and on paper they also have a lot of talent.
The bottom line is, it's too early to tell anything long-term, good or bad. We're certainly not off to a great start here, and the last 3 weeks have given me an ulcer, but what has happened so far is NOT INDICITIVE of long-term performance. Period. It is very, very possible to build a good program in the next couple years, even with what has transpired so far. UGA had the #12 class in the country in 2014, the #8 class in 2015, and the #6 class in 2015. Kirby Smart's first year, 2016, they went 8-5. They lost to Vanderbilt, at home. They've gone to a NY6 bowl every year since. Let's give it a year or two before we go berserk.
They’re gonna be a dive loss team in year 5Texas A&M is a perfect example to back his argument. Team full of highly rated, blue chip recruits, even signing (on paper at least) the highest ranked recruiting class ever. Despite this there's a reason they're known as the 8-4 squad. COACHING!
Blue chip ratio isn't the end all be all, but it's a good indicator that Miami isn't as bereft of talent like people on this site (and to a larger extent, Cristobal) are trying to claim. Miami isn't elite in talent, but to claim as if the kids on the roster are along the lines of fcs players of asinine. A good amount of these kids were recruited by more big time schools. So clearly talent and potential was there, but ****** coaching squandered that.
Are you somehow arguing that we’ve had good coaches for the last 20 years and no talent? theres A reason they were fired and why none of them have been successful after leaving Miami, most were only somewhat successful before Miami. They’re all retired, position coaches or back to being coordinators. Jon richt was our qb coach only four years agoCoaching didn't squander that in eight months. How do you people forget that we've been doing this for 20 YEARS????? Now all of a sudden THIS coaching staff blew all their talent???
This roster stinks.
The John Richt that had our QBs throwing FBs in between the Goal posts in practice sessions...Are you somehow arguing that we’ve had good coaches for the last 20 years and no talent? theres A reason they were fired and why none of them have been successful after leaving Miami, most were only somewhat successful before Miami. They’re all retired, position coaches or back to being coordinators. Jon richt was our qb coach only four years ago
Oklahoma -- 4th in bluechip ratio, they have lost 3 games in a row and just lost forty-nine to zero to their biggest rival
LSU -- Multiple losses, one to FSU, one where they got blown out of their own stadium by Tennessee
Notre Dame -- Multiple losses, one at home to Marshall
uf -- Multiple losses, almost lost at home to USF, almost lost to Missouri
Oregon -- Lost by 500 to UGA (no real shame there), but looked pretty decent otherwise (Mario's kids?)
Are you somehow arguing that we’ve had good coaches for the last 20 years and no talent? theres A reason they were fired and why none of them have been successful after leaving Miami, most were only somewhat successful before Miami. They’re all retired, position coaches or back to being coordinators. Jon richt was our qb coach only four years ago