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@DMoney is this a depth piece or a guy that has a legitimate chance to be part of the rotation this year, next year or beyond?
 
cway313 said:
That was not my question though. Do you attribute the success of a RB that started for the 2 previous seasons with over 2k yards of productions success to Merrit?
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I’m trying to understand what you are asking.

Someone complimented Merritt as a coach. You suggested his on-field success was lacking. I pointed out, with numbers, that we had a lot of on-field success at his position. Now you are asking me a different question about Martinez.

Runners run. I don’t think they get coached much. Merritt is doing a good job bringing in runners, and his room is running well. So far, so good in his tenure. Now he needs to land Derrek Cooper.
 
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DMoney said:
I’m trying to understand what you are asking.

Someone complemented Merritt as a coach. You suggested his on-field success was lacking. I pointed out, with numbers, that we had a lot of on-field success at his position. Now you are asking me a different question about Martinez.

Runners run. I don’t think they get coached much. Merritt is doing a good job bringing in runners, and his room is running well. So far, so good in his tenure. Now he needs to land Derrek Cooper.
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It's difficult to have a real discussion with you. You mention recruiting as an indicator, his recruit was Pringle who has logged 0 collegiate carriers. You mention pass blocking CJJ, Allen, Lyle all struggled in that area last season in practice (allegedly) and in games. I again will say it is premature to hail Merrit as top of the line based off the need to see him develop running backs on field and the areas that you mentioned.
You bring up a statistic that is overwhelmingly due to Damien Martinez and I have trouble crediting Merrit for a finished product. That would be the same as saying Dawson does really well teaching QBs. Does that count as a shtick?
 
cway313 said:
It's difficult to have a real discussion with you. You mention recruiting as an indicator, his recruit was Pringle who has logged 0 collegiate carriers. You mention pass blocking CJJ, Allen, Lyle all struggled in that area last season in practice (allegedly) and in games. I again will say it is premature to hail Merrit as top of the line based off the need to see him develop running backs on field and the areas that you mentioned.
You bring up a statistic that is overwhelmingly due to Damien Martinez and I have trouble crediting Merrit for a finished product. That would be the same as saying Dawson does really well teaching QBs. Does that count as a shtick?
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Who was the RB coach when we brought in Martinez? And since when did Jordan Lyle struggle with pass blocking?

Again, you were the one who questioned our on-field success at RB. Someone gave Merritt an innocuous compliment and you decided to challenge it, without evidence. Now, faced with the evidence, you’re taking this in a million different directions. It is hard to keep up.
 
DMoney said:
Who was the RB coach when we brought in Martinez? And since when did Jordan Lyle struggle with pass blocking?

Again, you were the one who questioned our on-field success at RB. Someone gave Merritt an innocuous compliment and you decided to challenge it, without evidence. Now, faced with the evidence, you’re taking this in a million different directions. It is hard to keep up.
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Nvm you got it.
 
DMoney said:
This was probably Miami's best recruiting job of the spring cycle. If WR is behind where I'd hoped it would be at this point, RB is ahead of schedule. Going into the offseason, the coaches wanted RB depth but were pessimistic on their ability to acquire a proven player. They weren't in the RB1 market (like last year with Martinez), and it's hard to acquire the next tier of player without the promise of starter's carries.

Enter CharMar "Marty" Brown, the Jerry Rice Award Winner from North Dakota State. Coach Merritt immediately identified the 5'11, 220-pound Omaha native as an ideal fit in Miami's scheme. The Canes running game is predicated on physicality and avoiding negative plays. This is why you see tight splits and a "muddied" running style between the tackles. Brown is a pure downhill runner who wastes no motion, pushes the pile and breaks tackles. It's a perfect marriage.

Unlike in the NFL, where there is physical parity between professionals, some college teams like Miami have the personnel to big-boy their opponents. This allows them to pack the OL tight and push the other team off the ball, often with double teams. The result can look muddy and repetitive, but it works. We saw Damien Martinez initially struggle adjusting to this scheme before figuring it out in the second half of the season.

The benefit is that you can dominate down and distance by avoiding losses and consistently gaining yards. The Canes finished 5th nationally in yards per carry and rarely allowed TFLs. This allowed Miami to convert an astronomical 55% of its third downs. For perspective, the distance from Miami to the #2 team (Troy at 50%) was the same as the distance between the #2 team and the #24 team.

While having the best player in the nation under center had a huge impact on this number, Washington State was only #51 in the nation last year. An elite quarterback like Cam Ward is unstoppable when the down and distance gives him options (including handing off to convert short yardage). Here's another relevant example: Georgia and Carson Beck were #1 nationally in third down conversion in 2023 but dropped to #75 this year when the running game collapsed.

California made a huge initial push on Brown, and Nebraska got desperate at the end. Both offered money and a lot of guaranteed carries. But he had an amazing visit to Miami, where he was flanked for much of the time by both Jordan Lyle and Mark Fletcher. Ultimately, Brown wanted to be a Hurricane and believed in his ability to be a part of this running game. He has three years of eligibility left, and his addition allows Dawson to be more judicious in how he uses the speed of Girard Pringle and the versatility of Elija Lofton. Our offense got better today.





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Huge pick up for this year and next year!! Running game and good defense win championship. With the best OLine, this helps to put us in position to make a run at ACC Championship. Georgia and Alabama when they won had few good backs. Also allows Lofton to flank out and not force him to run the ball. We will be talking about this pickup in November
 
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DMoney said:
Who was the RB coach when we brought in Martinez? And since when did Jordan Lyle struggle with pass blocking?

Again, you were the one who questioned our on-field success at RB. Someone gave Merritt an innocuous compliment and you decided to challenge it, without evidence. Now, faced with the evidence, you’re taking this in a million different directions. It is hard to keep up.
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Don't you know how it works here yet?

When the players are good, it's because they were born that way. Our RB coach doesn't actually coach Martinez or the other kids, they were awesome when they got here and if Sebastian the Ibis was the RB coach, Martinez would be in the NFL and the other kids were on their way.

But when the players stink, it's the coaches fault. Merritt, the clear loser, couldn't turn Chris Johnson into a Doak Walker award winner and is obviously useless. DeSantis has been signing a lot of death warrants lately, I wonder how quickly we can get coach up to Starke to take a seat.
 
Colombie said:
We are one step closer to ground and pound UGA ball.

(And unlike most people around here , I say that as a compliment and with the utmost excitement.)
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I look at it differently. I look at it as us being able to dictate the pace of the game. Coker and Chud, for all their flaws, did that exceptionally well. With Beck, we can air it out to exploit a hole like a cheating secondary. But we don't need him to be the hero like we needed Ward.
 
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