Empirical Cane
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The NFL GMs are very, very slowly coming to the realization that if they don't have an elite OL1, they won't keep upright and healthy their "franchise saviour" QB1.
I would offer no other position group on offense is as important for consistent Ws, championship Ws, than the OL. EVERYTHING an O does runs through (pun intended) the big meats.
EVERYTHING.
You want to know who came out looking great (ok, not as bad then) from Saturday's putrid OL performance? Kehoe and Searles.
I'm not defending either one of those coaches, but face reality--it isn't the coaching for on field performance that's brought our beloved Canes so low (for 15+ years) it's the busts of identifying, recruiting, and retaining top OL1 talent.
An elite OL1 (I kinda lump blocking TEs in with this, kinda not) will magically transform 3-star QBs, RBs, and WRs into 5-star 1-3 NFL round draft picks.
Think of this: put T Law or Samoa Tua behind Miami's OL against the lizards--does the L outcome change? I suspect it doesn't. Very strongly it doesn't. J Will was physically disrupted about 1 second from the snap and after a few of those, the mental advantage was all lizards. IN NO WAY is that blaming J Will, that's human survival reaction--but his focus that could/should have been on his progressions, was then primarily moved to evading the rush so he could then read his progressions. In the microsecond pace of today's football, that's a big deficit to overcome. Several of us predicted it's what Grantham would do, and he delivered. Not only that, he gift wrapped to the entire ACC Coastal the blueprint to beat Miami's O. Every DC our Canes face this season should be fired immediately if they don't prison break blitz (at least until it stops working) J Will from the first snap. To put into another perspective, I've seen more stout "OLs" on the Hecht Intramural fields during Frat flag football games than what Miami's hogs showed on Saturday.
For those Tater Tots and N'Kosi Hivers still smarting from J Will as QB1 (kid is good, real good and will get better), don't worry because your man will get his chance because, unless there is a dramatic improvement, J Will is going to get broken in half (think Romo's busted ribs on FB missed block) before this season's end.
If you are the parents of an "elite" QB1 or RB1 recruit, why in the world do you let your boy come to a program with a porous OL? You are going to risk your son's potential shot at NFL payday by taking a beating for 3-4 seasons? By having to overcome DLs in the backfield rather than displaying your talents for NFL scouts? C'mon.
I thought last season's OL was the worst I've seen in my Miami history--this season's version told me this weekend, "you ain't seen nothing yet."
Manolo, if you are lurking on this board, hear what I'm telling you--
1) establish an OL development program that is the platinum standard for all NCAA
2) go and focus recruit CFB's truly elite OL1 (or the best available), moreso than ANY OTHER O position, and you will have every 5-star offensive "skill player" begging to be a part of #TNM.
Go Canes!
The NFL GMs are very, very slowly coming to the realization that if they don't have an elite OL1, they won't keep upright and healthy their "franchise saviour" QB1.
I would offer no other position group on offense is as important for consistent Ws, championship Ws, than the OL. EVERYTHING an O does runs through (pun intended) the big meats.
EVERYTHING.
You want to know who came out looking great (ok, not as bad then) from Saturday's putrid OL performance? Kehoe and Searles.
I'm not defending either one of those coaches, but face reality--it isn't the coaching for on field performance that's brought our beloved Canes so low (for 15+ years) it's the busts of identifying, recruiting, and retaining top OL1 talent.
An elite OL1 (I kinda lump blocking TEs in with this, kinda not) will magically transform 3-star QBs, RBs, and WRs into 5-star 1-3 NFL round draft picks.
Think of this: put T Law or Samoa Tua behind Miami's OL against the lizards--does the L outcome change? I suspect it doesn't. Very strongly it doesn't. J Will was physically disrupted about 1 second from the snap and after a few of those, the mental advantage was all lizards. IN NO WAY is that blaming J Will, that's human survival reaction--but his focus that could/should have been on his progressions, was then primarily moved to evading the rush so he could then read his progressions. In the microsecond pace of today's football, that's a big deficit to overcome. Several of us predicted it's what Grantham would do, and he delivered. Not only that, he gift wrapped to the entire ACC Coastal the blueprint to beat Miami's O. Every DC our Canes face this season should be fired immediately if they don't prison break blitz (at least until it stops working) J Will from the first snap. To put into another perspective, I've seen more stout "OLs" on the Hecht Intramural fields during Frat flag football games than what Miami's hogs showed on Saturday.
For those Tater Tots and N'Kosi Hivers still smarting from J Will as QB1 (kid is good, real good and will get better), don't worry because your man will get his chance because, unless there is a dramatic improvement, J Will is going to get broken in half (think Romo's busted ribs on FB missed block) before this season's end.
If you are the parents of an "elite" QB1 or RB1 recruit, why in the world do you let your boy come to a program with a porous OL? You are going to risk your son's potential shot at NFL payday by taking a beating for 3-4 seasons? By having to overcome DLs in the backfield rather than displaying your talents for NFL scouts? C'mon.
I thought last season's OL was the worst I've seen in my Miami history--this season's version told me this weekend, "you ain't seen nothing yet."
Manolo, if you are lurking on this board, hear what I'm telling you--
1) establish an OL development program that is the platinum standard for all NCAA
2) go and focus recruit CFB's truly elite OL1 (or the best available), moreso than ANY OTHER O position, and you will have every 5-star offensive "skill player" begging to be a part of #TNM.
Go Canes!
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