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Is the best thing to happen to the Canes in a long time and the criticism here is undeserved. Going into the season we were expecting maybe a 8 or 10 win season at best and our early success got us in the position we faced today...from here out we will have a big target on our backs and we are a year ahead of schedule for the depth it takes to play at this level. Sure today hurts...but over the long haul this might be a blessing in disguise...heck, the way this team plays we could EASILY win next week to make up for this poor performance. The future with RICHT and the incoming class of recruits should have every Hurricane fan excited...I assure you, this is a special team that has overachieved and anything can happen the rest of this year...for one, we definitely get a New Years Bowl game and that is worse case.

Remember that we played most of these games with just two RB's and losing Mark Walton was huge. Our defense can win games whereas our offense is not deep enough to win games on their own. Rosier's legs are the reason we have 10 wins, 11 if we had played Ark St...so keep the faith..after all, IT'S GREAT TO BE...and the season is not over!
 
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I expected an ACC championship.

He can still do it.

But if he doesnt I dont want a story about ten wins and how we should be lucky he isnt golden or randy. The goal is to win #6 . Anything else is for estrogen carriers.
 
I agree with the OP. The Hurricanes exceeded all of our expectations this year. Our starting QB had 1 career start (vs. Duke) coming into the season; we lose the best RB in the ACC after the first month of the season; we knew the O-Line was still being rebuilt. If you would have said before the season:

"Miami will finish 11-1, play Clemson in the ACC championship game, be ranked as high as #2 , and have a shot for the final four playoffs".

I would not have believed you. Mark Richt has turned this program around. And Miami can still win the ACC and be in the final four EVEN AFTER today's loss. This is just the beginning of Miami competing for national championships.

GUYS, WE ARE COMPETING FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAIN!
 
Very disappointed in today’s game but this has been an amazing season. This is the experience these young guys need. The extra practices for the ACC championship and the bowl game will be huge for the development of the players on this team.

2018 Offensive Returners
7 starters
11 backups

2018 Defensive returners
9 starters (if only 1 DT leave early)
8 backups

Top 5 recruiting class.

This team still has a lot to play for and the 2018 team could be loaded with experience and young talent at every position.
 
Wishes, dreams, and reasonable expectations are different things.

Would you have reasonably expected to be a 1 loss team, winning the ACC Coastal, and a chance at an ACC title and berth in the CFP if I told you this past August that Rosier was our starting QB, Walton was lost for the season early, and Richards was hobbled by injury all season?

No.
 
I wanted Butch but I agree. Richt did a heck of a job this year. 10-1 is way beyond what I expected coming in.
Team was totally unfocused and ill prepared this game and that's on him...but so are the 10 wins.
 
TemplarCane said:
Wishes, dreams, and reasonable expectations are different things.

Would you have reasonably expected to be a 1 loss team, winning the ACC Coastal, and a chance at an ACC title and berth in the CFP if I told you this past August that Rosier was our starting QB, Walton was lost for the season early, and Richards was hobbled by injury all season?

No.
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The people that are calling for Richt's head and saying it's clear he can't coach a championship team are more embarrassing than our team was today.
 
Disappointing outcome today, but the season is alive still and the direction we are heading as a program is undeniable, even by UM fans.
 
fraggle said:
Is the best thing to happen to the Canes in a long time and the criticism here is undeserved. Going into the season we were expecting maybe a 8 or 10 win season at best and our early success got us in the position we faced today...from here out we will have a big target on our backs and we are a year ahead of schedule for the depth it takes to play at this level. Sure today hurts...but over the long haul this might be a blessing in disguise...heck, the way this team plays we could EASILY win next week to make up for this poor performance. The future with RICHT and the incoming class of recruits should have every Hurricane fan excited...I assure you, this is a special team that has overachieved and anything can happen the rest of this year...for one, we definitely get a New Years Bowl game and that is worse case.

Remember that we played most of these games with just two RB's and losing Mark Walton was huge. Our defense can win games whereas our offense is not deep enough to win games on their own. Rosier's legs are the reason we have 10 wins, 11 if we had played Ark St...so keep the faith..after all, IT'S GREAT TO BE...and the season is not over!
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Exactly, well said!!
 
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Disagree.

1. The schedule lined up perfectly for Miami to have a perfect regular season.
2. Great coaches beat the teams they’re supposed to and the teams they’re not supposed to. The reason why you fire a coach is for better coaching. Shannon or Golden could’ve lost today’s game; you don’t need a $4M coach to blow a game to a Pitt team like that.
3. Even if you believe this is all on Malik, coaching should have allowed Miami to be more sound on STs - which from where I sit seem to be poorly coached all year.

I’m not putting it all on Mark, but it’s his responsibility when his assistants don’t deliver. That said, there isn’t nothing that says Miami can’t win next week, but I’m not going to bury my head and say that was Alabama level of management of inefficiencies.
 
We are ahead of schedule

But the way we loss today’s game with Rosier not being able to hit wide open wide outs
 
He gets the credit for having us at 10-0 and gets the blame for having us at 10-1. Its pretty simple.
 
Plays were there, Rosier was playing drunk or something..... we had receivers running open all day long. For whatever reason he wasn’t able to hit them
 
The guy started 10-0 with a QB who had offers from Arkansas State and Furman. That's Coach of the Year stuff, not Blame The Head Coach stuff.
 
Tetragrammaton Cane said:
Disagree.

1. The schedule lined up perfectly for Miami to have a perfect regular season.
2. Great coaches beat the teams they’re supposed to and the teams they’re not supposed to. The reason why you fire a coach is for better coaching. Shannon or Golden could’ve lost today’s game; you don’t need a $4M coach to blow a game to a Pitt team like that.
3. Even if you believe this is all on Malik, coaching should have allowed Miami to be more sound on STs - which from where I sit seem to be poorly coached all year.

I’m not putting it all on Mark, but it’s his responsibility when his assistants don’t deliver. That said, there isn’t nothing that says Miami can’t win next week, but I’m not going to bury my head and say that was Alabama level of management of inefficiencies.
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Richt called a great game. The long ball was wide open. If Rosier hits on one of them, this was a different game. If he hits a couple, we open it up. Pitt is forced out of the box, and then we can run. Maybe Richt should have yanked Rosier earlier, but this loss is not on Richt in any way.
 
kkinder94 said:
Tetragrammaton Cane said:
Disagree.

1. The schedule lined up perfectly for Miami to have a perfect regular season.
2. Great coaches beat the teams they’re supposed to and the teams they’re not supposed to. The reason why you fire a coach is for better coaching. Shannon or Golden could’ve lost today’s game; you don’t need a $4M coach to blow a game to a Pitt team like that.
3. Even if you believe this is all on Malik, coaching should have allowed Miami to be more sound on STs - which from where I sit seem to be poorly coached all year.

I’m not putting it all on Mark, but it’s his responsibility when his assistants don’t deliver. That said, there isn’t nothing that says Miami can’t win next week, but I’m not going to bury my head and say that was Alabama level of management of inefficiencies.
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Richt called a great game. The long ball was wide open. If Rosier hits on one of them, this was a different game. If he hits a couple, we open it up. Pitt is forced out of the box, and then we can run. Maybe Richt should have yanked Rosier earlier, but this loss is not on Richt in any way.
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In any way? That’s too strong. Coaches have to shoulder the responsibility. Malik was dreadful, actually worse than that, but the line has been horrible all.year.long. I’m too ****ed to argue about this and I bet you’re ****ed too. I’m just saying Miami has not been able to sustain a Drive all year. Lived by th edit play and died by it.
 
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It's not Richt's fault that our offensive line can't run block and Rosier couldn't hit ANYTHING today.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
The guy started 10-0 with a QB who had offers from Arkansas State and Furman. That's Coach of the Year stuff, not Blame The Head Coach stuff.
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This guy was talking smack on south florida players all game like having a team of SoFla kids is bad. Clueless!
 
I blame Richt for this loss, winning the Coastal and having us 10-1 and in the ACCCG
 
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