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Cribby said:
Tell recruits “ hey with all that talent we still had a chance to tie them at the end. Imagine if we had close to the same roster“
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I’m worried that we won’t be able to hold on to the class. We can’t afford to lose more than 1 more game.
 
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Cribby said:
Tell recruits “ hey with all that talent we still had a chance to tie them at the end. Imagine if we had close to the same roster“
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Completely agree. If I'm a top WR and I want 1) a great NIL and 2) a chance to get immediate playing time, this is the place. Add in that we've got a great prospect at QB in Jake Garcia, and a solid OL. The interest will be there.
 
Cribby said:
9-3 is a success and will show we’re heading in the right direction. Win the coastal and lose to Clemson is nice season. That’ll be a top ten class.
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100%. People forget that we've only had two 9-win regular seasons since 2010. We need to start somewhere, and finishing the year 10-4 with an ACC Championship appearance and a bowl win gets us a top ten class.
 
Dwinstitles said:
They didn’t want to be embarrassed by a way more talented squad. So people can’t say it’s the same ole Miami losing by 30. Mario knew he was out talented everyone with brains knew this.
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Are you suggesting we got out-talented tonight? Not trying to be a smartass, just honestly trying to clarify. We out-played and out-gained them in every facet except special teams. We beat ourselves, for various reasons that have already been laid out in different threads. Jimbo is wasting all that elite talent at an epic scale currently, and unless they improve drastically, that’s a 9-win team at best in the SEC this season. Count on it
 

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JHallCanes said:
THAT

is the part that is stinging for me right now

Not Gattis. Not TVD. Not scheme. Not talent.

The fact that there are a few moments in a game where everything comes into focus

I liked a lot of what I saw tonight

But in those moments, when push really came to shove…we wimped out. Something I did not expect from this team
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The decision to kick the fg at the end of the 3rd in the red zone was completely ***** made. We gave up a TD and go on a 12 play drive with a decently big play to George as a response. We go Rooster handoff, TVD RPO keep (???), and then hand off to Rooster on 3rd. We were inside the 10 with 4 mins left in the 3rd. We don’t throw a pass and settle for a FG to go down 17-6. Worst case scenario is we make A&M drive the length and flip field position. It was a ****** sequence by Gattis and a ****tier decision on how to play it by Mario
 
jmccomber5 said:
The decision to kick the fg at the end of the 3rd in the red zone was completely ***** made. We gave up a TD and go on a 12 play drive with a decently big play to George as a response. We go Rooster handoff, TVD RPO keep (???), and then hand off to Rooster on 3rd. We were inside the 10 with 4 mins left in the 3rd. We don’t throw a pass and settle for a FG to go down 17-6. Worst case scenario is we make A&M drive the length and flip field position. It was a ****** sequence by Gattis and a ****tier decision on how to play it by Mario
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That’s was the worst coaching sequence of the game. Seems to me that Mario and Gattis came two two conclusions: 1) a 4th and out would be a big blow to the team’s psyche and they could implode and 2) TVD wasn’t in the right headspace.
 
arinand1 said:
Are you suggesting we got out-talented tonight? Not trying to be a smartass, just honestly trying to clarify. We out-played and out-gained them in every facet except special teams. We beat ourselves, for various reasons that have already been laid out in different threads. Jimbo is wasting all that elite talent at an epic scale currently, and unless they improve drastically, that’s a 9-win team at best in the SEC this season. Count on it
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You are dead on.
We have less, yet did more.
Better times are coming..
 
3GC said:
You are dead on.
We have less, yet did more.
Better times are coming..
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I hope so. A lot of bone-headed stuff and questionable coaching, but there is at least cause to be somewhat optimistic. I’m maybe most concerned about TVD and how inconsistent he was, and of course he didn’t exactly get a lot of help from WRs either.

Anyway, I just hope they are humbled and able to address everything. Level of talent be damned, have to eliminate the self-sabotage.
 
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Cribby said:
9-3 is a success and will show we’re heading in the right direction. Win the coastal and lose to Clemson is nice season. That’ll be a top ten class.
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This. Hey I would love for us to bum rush out the gates too like USC but that just isn’t going to happen. This team can still go 9-3 and that is a successful year 1 for Mario.
 
Mr. Dynasty1 said:
#5 is something that truly grinds my gears. The pace, conservative calls, and clock management. I really felt like it was Manny working the clock and just trying to keep things close. I was hoping that was one thing that quickly change and that wasn’t the case tonight
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Mario's ball control O and TOP attempt kept Miami in the game the whole time.

A few more critical passes, a few more catches, a bounce goes Miami's way, it's 20+ point Miami W.

Bama has that roster, Jawga has that roster. AtM is supposed to have that roster and it showed.


Our Canes do not yet have that roster.
 
Cribby said:
Me and some of my friends have discussed this. It felt like we were playing to keep it close , not win. I never felt like we were trying to go take this game. Like staying close and extending the game was the goal.
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Yeah I don’t quite understand it.
 
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Genghis Cane said:
This is going to be my attempt to provide a nuanced take to what we all witnessed tonight.

1) Gattis deserves some criticism for our red-zone offense, as some calls were simply bizarre, but I think he did an admirable job considering a myriad of glaring offensive weaknesses. See below:

— The WR room is a travesty. George has the most upside, but he lacks consistency. The rest of those players are simply not dependable.

— TVD is off. He looks like he’s seeing ghosts out there. You can’t constantly second guess yourself as a QB. If this continues, you have to roll Jake out there just to see if he can provide a spark.

2) It hasn’t been said enough so allow me to highlight something: our OL kicked *** tonight. The holding penalties in the 4th quarter sucked, but outside of that, they dominated a talented d-line. We pretty much did whatever we wanted offensively, until the inevitable collapses in the red zone. Run blocking and pass protection deserve an A+.

3) The defense was spectacular. Our defensive backs and d-line played great. Flagg was solid at LB and looked like a general back there. Yes, yes….his limited athleticism hurts us at times, but he makes up for it because he’s such a smart player.

4) Special teams cost us the game. The muffed punt was a killer and obviously the field goal situation didn’t help matters. You simply cannot go on the road against a premier SEC team and gift them points — simple as that.

5) Mario was too conservative at times. We had nothing to lose; however, it didn’t seem like we played that way. I was disappointed to see the lack of urgency in the 4th quarter, too. We can’t afford to use the entire play clock before every snap when we’re playing from behind.

Overall: I’m ****ed because we should have won that game, but I don’t understand a lot of the doom and gloom posts on here. We need to execute better — period. And it’s now gut-check time for TVD. Let’s see how he responds, but I would tell Jake that he needs to be ready to go at all times.
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I agree with every thing u said and to answer the doom and gloom. Most fans of this team are like from a bartered womens shelter they have PTSD from years of torment haha
 
Genghis Cane said:
This is going to be my attempt to provide a nuanced take to what we all witnessed tonight.

1) Gattis deserves some criticism for our red-zone offense, as some calls were simply bizarre, but I think he did an admirable job considering a myriad of glaring offensive weaknesses. See below:

— The WR room is a travesty. George has the most upside, but he lacks consistency. The rest of those players are simply not dependable.

— TVD is off. He looks like he’s seeing ghosts out there. You can’t constantly second guess yourself as a QB. If this continues, you have to roll Jake out there just to see if he can provide a spark.

2) It hasn’t been said enough so allow me to highlight something: our OL kicked *** tonight. The holding penalties in the 4th quarter sucked, but outside of that, they dominated a talented d-line. We pretty much did whatever we wanted offensively, until the inevitable collapses in the red zone. Run blocking and pass protection deserve an A+.

3) The defense was spectacular. Our defensive backs and d-line played great. Flagg was solid at LB and looked like a general back there. Yes, yes….his limited athleticism hurts us at times, but he makes up for it because he’s such a smart player.

4) Special teams cost us the game. The muffed punt was a killer and obviously the field goal situation didn’t help matters. You simply cannot go on the road against a premier SEC team and gift them points — simple as that.

5) Mario was too conservative at times. We had nothing to lose; however, it didn’t seem like we played that way. I was disappointed to see the lack of urgency in the 4th quarter, too. We can’t afford to use the entire play clock before every snap when we’re playing from behind.

Overall: I’m ****ed because we should have won that game, but I don’t understand a lot of the doom and gloom posts on here. We need to execute better — period. And it’s now gut-check time for TVD. Let’s see how he responds, but I would tell Jake that he needs to be ready to go at all times.
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You answered your own question.

But to add. We lost a game we should have won, making Miami mistakes, while our rivals and other teams are winning games they should have lost.

We have seen this before, and are not doom and gloom, but reality is we’ve been fooled again…so let’s not act like we took Georgia to the mat, we lost a winnable game against a 4 loss team without have their DBs because what we believed to be our 1 major advantage couldn’t consistently complete a forward pass.
 
Cribby said:
Me and some of my friends have discussed this. It felt like we were playing to keep it close , not win. I never felt like we were trying to go take this game. Like staying close and extending the game was the goal.
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I disagree Obi Wan Cribnobi.

I believe Mario is installing a "constrictor" winning formula and it was evident last night we can expect the same going forward.

Efficient and effective run game gains yards and controls the clock. Each play squeezes the other team a little more. QB puts the ball on the numbers and WR/TE catch it. Each play squeezes a little more.

Score.

Defense gets a stop.

Repeat O above and before you know it, your the opposing team already down by 10, you look up and think "we don't have enough time".

Bama and Jawga do this every single week, its just that they are so efficient and talented people think they are cobras vs a grind it out constrictor.

Last night showed promise and Mario just needs time to put his roster on the field to either prove it or it will be FTB.
 
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