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I thought Jennings looked slow and out of position all night. Seems like they corrected it by brining in Brooks in the middle at some point. First drive, all you could see was #44 close to the play but not making the stops. The QB was prepared for every blitz we threw at him. We need to tone that crap down since it puts us out of position or learn to cheat over to cover the weakness that it creates so that we don’t get exposed with big plays.
 
I agree on the corners. You can’t blitz like they do and give receivers a free release. Blades and Ivey are big guys, they should be getting physical with these receivers at the line. Otherwise, I can’t get hyper critical of a defense that gave up 80 yards rushing, under 300 total yards and GOT OFF THE FIELD ON 3rd DOWN. 3-15 on third downs is Miami-esque Their OC has a solid game plan. Lots of shifts, motions, unbalanced lines, misdirection screens, generally stuff to neutralize the pass rush. If Pope doesn’t fumble that punt this game is 31-7 though.

UAB isn’t a powerhouse but they’re not some FCS pushover either. They’re one of the better G5 teams so it was a nice tuneup game against a lesser talented but not totally garbage opponent.
 
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The offense did seem vanilla and like you said Macho takes a little time to get going but i can only imagine when it does.

495 total offense tonight on a vanilla night

7/17 on 3rd downs

2/2 on 4th downs

3 PENALTIES the whole game 1 which was BS on the offsides!!

Defense had some issues but allowed 3/15 on 3rd down so they got off the field when needed. Now we have some game film lets see what happens now
 
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Coach Macho said:
OFFENSE
*Don't panic. Offense always takes longer to get rolling than defense. It was clear to me that we kept it very vanilla.
I was a little unimpressed with the O-line though. I thought King got a little too much heat on occasion.
Without his mobility our offense looks pretty bad tonight IMO. He made some really awful throws.

*I also will say this, I know UAB's DC and although athletically they're not on our level, that guy has the ability to scheme up some ****. I knew he would make our offense work for everything. He gets his kids playing above their level.

*The talent at the RB position is just foolish. That is all.

*I wanna say something about Pope, but it's only the first game so I'll refrain from being too critical.

I'm not worried about the offense. We know Lashlee's resume. And I know the whole scheme isn't in yet (can't be).
We've seen what his offenses can do, his resume speaks for itself. We didn't see a lot of RPO today. We didn't see King keep it on read-option. We didn't see a power running game, we saw most inside zone. There was a lot that was left off the table. I would imagine they don't want to put too much on tape for our upcoming ACC opponents.


DEFENSE
How do you MF'ers continue to defend this ****? LOL
You can point to all the favorable stats you want to, I know WTF I'm looking at. It's basura.

*They continue to out-coach themselves by being too cute. I saw one blitz where we left TWO guys completely wide open. Fortunately their QB missed the throw.
On the long run by UAB we stunted right out of the gap and allowed TWO UAB O-linemen to reach our LB's untouched. They just get too **** cutesy. Blitzing the Striker from 6x5 yards away?! Who are you fooling with that?! The ball is gone before he gets anywhere near the QB!
YOU'RE FVCKIN' MIAMI! JUST LINE UP AND PLAY SOUND DEFENSE!

*Defensive Line I thought played pretty well. I can't blame them for any big gains in the running game because we do so much **** stunting up front. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it works. One of Nesta's TFL's came on a stunt. But when it doesn't, it's off to the races.
I think we only generated one sack tonight, and Roche's was stunting inside on the play, so it wasn't organic. I don't think DL will be an issue though. Our coaches need to just let them play.

*Linebackers - I don't recall them making any plays really. I'll have to rewatch the game. As I mentioned before, the long run wasn't their fault. Both LB's got engulfed by O-linemen that were untouched because the D-linemen they were supposed to block stunted out of the way. Not much a Linebacker can do about that.

*Safety - Don't remember too many plays on the ball, but I did see some god awful tackling. Whiffing on a UAB RB is never a good look for the future. I don't recall how they did in coverage or on run support near the LOS.

*Corners - At what point do we stop getting beat inside on man coverage? At what point do we let our big a$$ Corners put their hands on WR's instead of allowing free release? WTF is the point of playing press IF YOU AIN'T GONNA PRESS?!?!?! I saw Blades get beat inside on back-to-back plays. On the second one he made a nice hustle play and punched the ball out, but let's focus on not allowing that inside route to begin with. I always thought this was like the #1 rule in press-man coverage? *shrug* Yet our CB's have struggled with this since Diaz/Rumph have been here. IT'S CAUSE WE DON'T IMPEDE THE WR'S RELEASE AT ALL! We just shadow them!

*This defense has a way of letting inferior players have a field day. It's either a QB, a RB or a WR that puts up his career numbers. Whether it's FIU's RB gashing us for over 100 yards or Wisconsin's QB looking like Dan Marino, we're guaranteed to give somebody their shining moment. UAB's QB started the game 8/9 passing, but that's not it. How 'bout their WR catching 8 balls for 117 yards. LOL. Who the fvck is this guy?! Is it too much to ask of our defense to completely shut a D1AA offense down? Like shove them and their whole gameplan in the ****ter?! We don't have any DB's at Miami that can keep this kid with offers from UAB and Ball State from looking like Larry Fitzgerald? This fvckin' guy was the best WR on the field tonight!




Overall not an AWFUL performance. Most of what I say is tongue-in-cheek and yall know I talk ****, but IMO there are some glaring weaknesses. I'll consider the fact that maybe it's first game jitters, but I'll also consider the fact that these weaknesses are usually magnified when you play better opponents. If our CB's can't cover UAB's WR's they're not gonna magically figure out how to cover Clemson's.

I'm not worried about the offense, but I want our defensive staff to stop out-coaching themselves. Most of the time when we give up big plays it's because we're being cute or unsound. Just line-up and play!


That is all.
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If we get this OL right, our O is going to be outstanding. We were pretty entertaining to watch last night even in mostly vanilla mode. UAB is not a slouch team by any means. Thanks for the post Coach!
 
Here's what it looked like to my not a coach, just a fan's eyes along with some random thoughts.

Tons of rushing plays called because:
a) We have a great stable of RB's
b) Our O line needs experience opening up holes
c) Our passing game needs time to gel

How many times over the years have we heard the phrase "establish the run"? We sure as **** did that yesterday.
UAB had a solid defense in 2019. 6.5 yards per carry is pretty good.
Our defense will get their test on the 19th against Louisville's offense.
All our questions will be answered on the 26th.
 
The blitz from 6 yards off the ball and 3 yards out that never gets close to getting there is just ******* torturous for me.

The stunt/blitz overkill does as well.

Our OL is still well below average. Extremely difficult for us to have a passing game this year if it doesn’t improve fast.

Zero excuse for what we are seeing at WR and CB. It’s not working, it’s not good enough.

They were doing all kind of **** with Nesta but he really did have some great splash plays. I can’t wait to re-watch to see the other DL guys more closely.


Praise the Lord for Borregales and Hedley.

Without King’s legs that’s a **** close ball game, which is scary and disappointing.

Cam is fine and got his last night, but the FR RBs’ burst jumped off the screen. I hope we don’t see them get slower throughout their careers like we see with so many of our guys. I’m not convinced we are bulking guys correctly, seeing so many freshmen come in explosive and then turning into bulky plodders. I’d rather em stay lean and mean if we can’t keep the speed. I think this is a program wide issue.
 
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CanesDynasty said:
I like constructive criticism on defense, but sometimes you need to focus on the whole game instead of individual plays.
* UAB rushed for only 80 yards on 26 carries (3.1 ypc)
* We held them to 3 of 15 on 3rd down (so we got them off the field)
* We only had 1 sack, but tons of QB pressures which are equally effective
* We created 0 turnovers, but still held them to 14 points (7 of which came after Pope fumbled inside our own red zone)

Offense is a different story, so lets just hope we didn't show a lot. Clearly, we didn't use the TE's in the 1st half, so I'm under the impression Lashlee was set on winning this game on the ground.
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UAB qb is also trash, Um got lucky becuase of penalties and they missed a lot of opportunities. Against a better more discipline team, UM is in trouble.
 
Many of us on this board talked about the liability of the defense over summer. Specifically about baker. Of course the pumpers on here ridiculed us but I believe everyone is starting to see it now. I believe baker is the scapegoat this off season. The guy ain’t it
 
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The blitz from 6 yards off the ball and 3 yards out that never gets close to getting there is just ******* torturous for me.

The stunt/blitz overkill does as well.

Our OL is still well below average. Extremely difficult for us to have a passing game this year if it doesn’t improve fast.

Zero excuse for what we are seeing at WR and CB. It’s not working, it’s not good enough.

They were doing all kind of **** with Nesta but he really did have some great splash plays. I can’t wait to re-watch to see the other DL guys more closely.


Praise the Lord for Borregales and Hedley.

Without King’s legs that’s a **** close ball game, which is scary and disappointing.

Cam is fine and got his last night, but the FR RBs’ burst jumped off the screen. I hope we don’t see them get slower throughout their careers like we see with so many of our guys. I’m not convinced we are bulking guys correctly, seeing so many freshmen come in explosive and then turning into bulky plodders. I’d rather em stay lean and mean if we can’t keep the speed. I think this is a program wide issue.
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We dont emphasis speed anymore, dont even encourage players to run track.. Hopefully Ed Reed can change that or something.. We dont go out and put emphasis on getting fastest team we can.. I was hoping with goin to spread it would be top emphasis but havent heard a coach mention it yet
 
Coach Macho said:
OFFENSE
*Don't panic. Offense always takes longer to get rolling than defense. It was clear to me that we kept it very vanilla.
I was a little unimpressed with the O-line though. I thought King got a little too much heat on occasion.
Without his mobility our offense looks pretty bad tonight IMO. He made some really awful throws.

*I also will say this, I know UAB's DC and although athletically they're not on our level, that guy has the ability to scheme up some ****. I knew he would make our offense work for everything. He gets his kids playing above their level.

*The talent at the RB position is just foolish. That is all.

*I wanna say something about Pope, but it's only the first game so I'll refrain from being too critical.

I'm not worried about the offense. We know Lashlee's resume. And I know the whole scheme isn't in yet (can't be).
We've seen what his offenses can do, his resume speaks for itself. We didn't see a lot of RPO today. We didn't see King keep it on read-option. We didn't see a power running game, we saw most inside zone. There was a lot that was left off the table. I would imagine they don't want to put too much on tape for our upcoming ACC opponents.


DEFENSE
How do you MF'ers continue to defend this ****? LOL
You can point to all the favorable stats you want to, I know WTF I'm looking at. It's basura.

*They continue to out-coach themselves by being too cute. I saw one blitz where we left TWO guys completely wide open. Fortunately their QB missed the throw.
On the long run by UAB we stunted right out of the gap and allowed TWO UAB O-linemen to reach our LB's untouched. They just get too **** cutesy. Blitzing the Striker from 6x5 yards away?! Who are you fooling with that?! The ball is gone before he gets anywhere near the QB!
YOU'RE FVCKIN' MIAMI! JUST LINE UP AND PLAY SOUND DEFENSE!

*Defensive Line I thought played pretty well. I can't blame them for any big gains in the running game because we do so much **** stunting up front. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it works. One of Nesta's TFL's came on a stunt. But when it doesn't, it's off to the races.
I think we only generated one sack tonight, and Roche's was stunting inside on the play, so it wasn't organic. I don't think DL will be an issue though. Our coaches need to just let them play.

*Linebackers - I don't recall them making any plays really. I'll have to rewatch the game. As I mentioned before, the long run wasn't their fault. Both LB's got engulfed by O-linemen that were untouched because the D-linemen they were supposed to block stunted out of the way. Not much a Linebacker can do about that.

*Safety - Don't remember too many plays on the ball, but I did see some god awful tackling. Whiffing on a UAB RB is never a good look for the future. I don't recall how they did in coverage or on run support near the LOS.

*Corners - At what point do we stop getting beat inside on man coverage? At what point do we let our big a$$ Corners put their hands on WR's instead of allowing free release? WTF is the point of playing press IF YOU AIN'T GONNA PRESS?!?!?! I saw Blades get beat inside on back-to-back plays. On the second one he made a nice hustle play and punched the ball out, but let's focus on not allowing that inside route to begin with. I always thought this was like the #1 rule in press-man coverage? *shrug* Yet our CB's have struggled with this since Diaz/Rumph have been here. IT'S CAUSE WE DON'T IMPEDE THE WR'S RELEASE AT ALL! We just shadow them!

*This defense has a way of letting inferior players have a field day. It's either a QB, a RB or a WR that puts up his career numbers. Whether it's FIU's RB gashing us for over 100 yards or Wisconsin's QB looking like Dan Marino, we're guaranteed to give somebody their shining moment. UAB's QB started the game 8/9 passing, but that's not it. How 'bout their WR catching 8 balls for 117 yards. LOL. Who the fvck is this guy?! Is it too much to ask of our defense to completely shut a D1AA offense down? Like shove them and their whole gameplan in the ****ter?! We don't have any DB's at Miami that can keep this kid with offers from UAB and Ball State from looking like Larry Fitzgerald? This fvckin' guy was the best WR on the field tonight!




Overall not an AWFUL performance. Most of what I say is tongue-in-cheek and yall know I talk ****, but IMO there are some glaring weaknesses. I'll consider the fact that maybe it's first game jitters, but I'll also consider the fact that these weaknesses are usually magnified when you play better opponents. If our CB's can't cover UAB's WR's they're not gonna magically figure out how to cover Clemson's.

I'm not worried about the offense, but I want our defensive staff to stop out-coaching themselves. Most of the time when we give up big plays it's because we're being cute or unsound. Just line-up and play!


That is all.
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Well said coach, I echo your sentiments exactly. Offensively we will get and get better. Of that I have no doubt. My chief issue is the WR’s. but we didn’t really run much inside nor to the TE’s so there’s that to consider. Defensively, our CB’s need to actually play press if we are going to play up in man. I thought their OL for the most part handled our DL but it’s Game #1 in a weird year of college football. You could tell we needed the extra practices we didn’t get. Let’s pray other teams are in the same boat. But a win is a win, I thought we left a couple of TD drives slip away but the RB’s? They would be all-ACC if not for Entieene.
 
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