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I don't think Garin is a bad OL coach. I think the talent is just that bad. If you have ever listened to him talk and look at what he's done so far he cant be this bad. Now wtf is he doing on the recruiting trail? he better be hitting the portal for some bodies or then I will have a different opinion real quick
 
Feely and Justice were low-rent hires.

Hire Temple's strength coach and UNLV's OL coach, get Temple and UNLV results.

 
It's going to be a problem when we're trying to lure competent HC candidates. Short of finding plug and play, experienced starters in the portal, who do we have in the cupboard for next year and the year after? We've eval'd, recruited and developed horribly since Searles got here.
 
We can't even pick up a simple stunt. We don't identify nor develop along the OL. Donaldson was a frosh AA and looks pathetic out there. Scaife has regressed. Gaynor is what he is a below average P5 OL. Nelson plateaued. Reed was a HS AA and can't see the field. Jarrid Williams is collecting social security and is average at best. It's not surprising a young Rivers is our best OL but if history is any indication, he won't improve much going forward with this staff and we'll be having a similar convo about him like we are with Donaldson/Scaife.

The new coach needs to hit the portal for at least 3 starting caliber OL in that first class.
 
Manny's 3rd year. OL terrible all 3 years. How do slurpers label him off season champion when one of worst problems do not get fixed.
 
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And people got giddy because they had the most starts and experience - people were easily fooled because those starts and experience were exactly what we're still getting: Dog crap in; Dog crap out.
 
They all look fat, slow, weak and unhealthy…at least the 8-9 guys that have played…
 
Allabouttheu95 said:
Feeley has been given the biggest free pass from this fanbase I’ve ever seen.
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Dont know what Feeley has to do with guys not being able to pick up simple line stunts (im sure Justice coaches them not to do what they do) and guys just flat out falling flat on their face trying to block in the redzone (Donaldson leading to a safety)

We have some stone cold scrubs on our Oline. Play calling doesnt help them much either...but ALOT of them are uncoordinated with bad feet...or in Scaifes case not much iq or strength at his position.

*Donaldson is just fat and a leaner
*Scaife isnt smart,, is a tweener, doesnt want to mix it up at guard
*Jarrid Williams eats the senior breakfast at Dennys and has duck feet. Also isnt strong ,and opens the gate alot in pass pro
*Gaynor is weak as ****. *Clark limited athletically
*Nelson is pretty solid *I have hopes for Rivers

This is what Justice has to deal with.

Also another issue is our lack of more than 1 running play. We have essentially added 2 running plays with the now motion sweep to only Brashard Smith. Our run game and concepts is PATHETIC....im actually shocked Cam Harris bust 1 or 2 at times. Because it essentially is only that one zone read play...Hence the world saw it coming on the play we got the safety on.

You can stop our run game with 3 tite down lineman...force Lashlee into that rpo inside zone play and just walk up a db towards the snap they never will account for them...and the guards or center can barely get to 2nd level lbs.
 
TheSportsBonanza said:
Have we ever had a good one?? Feels like decades ago
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Canes have made it to the NFL as offensive linemen. Feliciano is a starter with the Bills. Danny Isadora is on the Texans' roster. Others have been in the NFL for limited time. There is something wrong with the coaching. The offensive linemen should be battlers, real bruisers who like to manhandle defensive players. I don't see that in Miami's line. Maybe the players just don't have that personality. I mostly think that the coaches are not instilling that nasty attitude.
 
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miamiphd said:
Canes have made it to the NFL as offensive linemen. Feliciano is a starter with the Bills. Danny Isadora is on the Texans' roster. Others have been in the NFL for limited time. There is something wrong with the coaching. The offensive linemen should be battlers, real bruisers who like to manhandle defensive players. I don't see that in Miami's line. Maybe the players just don't have that personality. I mostly think that the coaches are not instilling that nasty attitude.
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Yeah, the occasional NFL type player doesn't make an O-line, its how the five of them play and compliment each other as a group and how their strengths and weaknesses best fit the blocking scheme of the offense you're trying to run. That's not and hasn't been happening at Miami for a long time. We're still fooling with having to use the RG and / or where to play him after all this time, and that says it all. This line doesn't have the instinctive abilities of a VG high school line at times. Dropping back in pass pro, uncovered and not moving their head/feet or sensing a loop or delayed blitz coming. Or, just watching a defender bearing down to break up a screen pass rather than driving into him so he can't. Hardly ever getting downfield, no pride as a group.
 
The answer is to create a $1M NIL fund specifically for paying/recruiting the best OL out there. Lure them like free agents.

Otherwise .... we are ****ed b/c we have a dumpster fire of Indian food and dirty diapers for talent on the OL and there isn't anything backing up these current clowns that is going to improve the situation.
 
There was one play where Scaife failed to hand his guy off and a defender tore right past him. That's fundamentals.
 
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