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It's frustrating that after that whole ordeal with Golden and his passive defense we finally have the type of defense that we should have at Miami. The unfortunate part is that we traded it for a garbage 1970s Woody Hayes type offense and a Keystone Cops special teams unit.
UM should never employ a passive, slow and reactive defense. It is not who we are. It does not represent our recruiting base nor is it conducive to the abilities found in that base. It just isn't in our DNA. Just look at the turnaround in the play of this defense under Diaz. I give Diaz a lot of credit. He overcame some tough lessons early in his career and has built something here in Miami that could be truly special if he decides to stick around.
The exact same principles apply to the offense. In general, Miami is most likely not going to get the type of OL that Alabama, Ohio Taint and Penn St do. That isn't to say we cannot have a good OL it's that South Florida doesn't seem to produce enough of them. We do however have an overabundance of fast, quick, twitchy and explosive playmakers at the skill positions. UM made a name for itself by being an innovative trend setter on both sides of the ball. UM just by virtue of it's location and recruiting base should always run a high octane attacking offense that gets the ball to it's playmakers in space and relentlessly pushes tempo while threatening the defense at every level.
There is absolutely no rational excuse for us to be running the football version of the "Four Corners" offense. There is no reason whatsoever for Mark Richt to even want to think of running a painfully slow, deliberately methodical offense. Richt is so deathly afraid of turnovers that the defacto purpose of his offense becomes not committing turnovers as opposed to exploiting the defense, attacking, consistently moving the sticks and scoring. The offense that we have been subjected to this season and throughout Richt's tenure here will and likely already has cost Richt the fan base, cost us a win and if he doesn't watch out it will cost him the locker room and if that wasn't enough, the local recruiting base. What I cannot wrap my head around is why Richt would even think for a second that running the type of offense he does would..
A. Be effective
B. Be the model for sustainable success offensively.
I don't for the life of me understand how he doesn't see what a unique opportunity he has. I don't understand how he can realize that the defense Diaz runs is representative of the type of athletes we are surrounded with yet not realize the same thing in regard to the offense. It's like someone starving to death while being locked in a supermarket. It's mindblowing.
In regards to our special teams I'm not even going to comment. It's the definition of self evident.
UM should never employ a passive, slow and reactive defense. It is not who we are. It does not represent our recruiting base nor is it conducive to the abilities found in that base. It just isn't in our DNA. Just look at the turnaround in the play of this defense under Diaz. I give Diaz a lot of credit. He overcame some tough lessons early in his career and has built something here in Miami that could be truly special if he decides to stick around.
The exact same principles apply to the offense. In general, Miami is most likely not going to get the type of OL that Alabama, Ohio Taint and Penn St do. That isn't to say we cannot have a good OL it's that South Florida doesn't seem to produce enough of them. We do however have an overabundance of fast, quick, twitchy and explosive playmakers at the skill positions. UM made a name for itself by being an innovative trend setter on both sides of the ball. UM just by virtue of it's location and recruiting base should always run a high octane attacking offense that gets the ball to it's playmakers in space and relentlessly pushes tempo while threatening the defense at every level.
There is absolutely no rational excuse for us to be running the football version of the "Four Corners" offense. There is no reason whatsoever for Mark Richt to even want to think of running a painfully slow, deliberately methodical offense. Richt is so deathly afraid of turnovers that the defacto purpose of his offense becomes not committing turnovers as opposed to exploiting the defense, attacking, consistently moving the sticks and scoring. The offense that we have been subjected to this season and throughout Richt's tenure here will and likely already has cost Richt the fan base, cost us a win and if he doesn't watch out it will cost him the locker room and if that wasn't enough, the local recruiting base. What I cannot wrap my head around is why Richt would even think for a second that running the type of offense he does would..
A. Be effective
B. Be the model for sustainable success offensively.
I don't for the life of me understand how he doesn't see what a unique opportunity he has. I don't understand how he can realize that the defense Diaz runs is representative of the type of athletes we are surrounded with yet not realize the same thing in regard to the offense. It's like someone starving to death while being locked in a supermarket. It's mindblowing.
In regards to our special teams I'm not even going to comment. It's the definition of self evident.
