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Phil Steele projects Miami as the nation’s most improved team
A prominent college football expert believes Miami will make a big improvement in 2020.
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Given everything Manny and staff have done this offseason, it’s hard not to lend the title of most improved team to us. If this offense works the way we all think it can and Manny proves he can at least coach a little bit, we’re in business...the winning business.
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He has Miami most improved.
That's cool but he has UNC ranked ahead of Miami in his pre-season poll and they're not on his most improved list.
UNC and Miami each finished the season last year at 6-6.
That's cool but he has UNC ranked ahead of Miami in his pre-season poll and they're not on his most improved list.
UNC and Miami each finished the season last year at 6-6.
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Phil Steele loves the Canes. I've bought his magazines regularly over the last 10 years and I always go back to reading it in December in tears.
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Lol, we certainly can't get any worse!! Seriously though, the moves we have made in both personnel as well as coaching, anyone who doesn't think things look bright is, in a word, a moron.
Yea, I get it, we have been off season champs before, but this FEELS different.
Yea, I get it, we have been off season champs before, but this FEELS different.
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Now, none of this means a god**** thing, because the ONLY thing that means anything is wins on Saturdays in the fall. But, you can't help but take note of the weaknesses from last year and:
1. QB -- Trade Jarren Williams for D'Eriq King, who was absolutely the highest priority QB on the transfer market and a consensus top 10 favorite for the Heisman. Massive upgrade.
2. K -- Trade Bubba Baxa and his traveling circus of walk-ons for Jose Borregales, a 3 year starter and former Groza award finalist. Massive upgrade.
3. OC -- Trade Dan Enos for Rhett Lashlee, finally joining the 21st century and running a modern, spread offense. Lashlee is coming off a wildly successful season with SMU in which they set all sorts of school records for offense. And he brings with him TWO assistants who have OC experience and experience in his system.
4. DE -- Trade Jon Garvin and Trevon Hill for Quincy Roche and Jaelan Phillips. Roche is a battle tested stud on the edge, who garnered the best pass rushing grade of any player in the country last year not named Chase Young. Phillips is a former #1 overall recruit in the entire country with comical athleticism and potential through the roof of a skyscraper. Massive upgrade.
5. OT -- The tackles were complete turnstiles last year. Well, that might be a little kind. Turnstiles actually move. I think parking cones might be more appropriate. Enter Jarrid Williams, an experienced, steady senior with 20+ games under his belt as a starter. The jury is out on how dominant he will be, so I won't say massive upgrade just yet, but certainly a big upgrade at worst.
6. S -- While our boy Bobby Knowles has been the butt of countless jokes here, he did play pretty well last year. HOWEVER, we all know he's not a true Miami safety. So, exit Knowles, and enter a fully healthy and ingrained Bubba Bolden, as well as Avantae Williams. Gurvan Hall and Amari Carter are back. Bolden is healthy and ready to take the next step. Tae as talented a Safety prospect as we've seen in a while. As much as I loved Jaquan Johnson, the facts are this is far and away the best Safety room overall that Manny and Banda have had since they've been here, and we know the defense is essentially geared towards those spots to make the most impact.
These were all decent to gigantic holes in the 2019 team. And every single one has not only been addressed, but addressed rather impressively. So what can we take as a "negative" for this team? Honestly, not much.
Deejay Dallas is gone, but Cam Harris has proven he can play, and we just signed THE BEST Running Back class in the entire country last cycle. While we'll certainly miss Deejay's leadership and heart, this is as talented a RB room we've seen here in a long time.
Jeff Thomas and KJ Osborn are gone, but there is certainly enough talent to go around. Likens has proven he can develop WRs. Lashlee has proven he can feed them. And a healthy Brevin Jordan helps out a ton here. I don't see much of a drop-off, if any.
The backers are gone, but what we lose in experience and leadership, we gain in athleticism and speed. Huff and Brooks are heat seeking missiles who will miss assignments, but are going to jump off the page at you with their explosiveness. Again, another spot that is more athletic than we've been in probably a decade.
Trajan Bandy is gone, and IMO this spot is the biggest ? on the team. Who plays opposite Blades? If you want to point to any weaknesses on this team (and IMO there are not many), the #2CB spot is probably the biggest one along with who plays tackle opposite Jarrid Williams.
So with the above being spelled out, how can you possibly not think Miami will make a huge jump this year? We have 4 years of evidence now that Manny Diaz is going to field, at worst, an above average defense. We have an above average kicker. We have an above average punter. We have a superstar QB running a system he was created to run. We have speed everywhere. We have a soft-*** schedule, as it stands today. If Manny is able to motivate this team out of a wet paper bag, I fully expect a massively successful season. Steele is always on our nuts, and it rarely works out for him, but I don't think you can truthfully say any team in the country will be as improved as this one. LFG.
1. QB -- Trade Jarren Williams for D'Eriq King, who was absolutely the highest priority QB on the transfer market and a consensus top 10 favorite for the Heisman. Massive upgrade.
2. K -- Trade Bubba Baxa and his traveling circus of walk-ons for Jose Borregales, a 3 year starter and former Groza award finalist. Massive upgrade.
3. OC -- Trade Dan Enos for Rhett Lashlee, finally joining the 21st century and running a modern, spread offense. Lashlee is coming off a wildly successful season with SMU in which they set all sorts of school records for offense. And he brings with him TWO assistants who have OC experience and experience in his system.
4. DE -- Trade Jon Garvin and Trevon Hill for Quincy Roche and Jaelan Phillips. Roche is a battle tested stud on the edge, who garnered the best pass rushing grade of any player in the country last year not named Chase Young. Phillips is a former #1 overall recruit in the entire country with comical athleticism and potential through the roof of a skyscraper. Massive upgrade.
5. OT -- The tackles were complete turnstiles last year. Well, that might be a little kind. Turnstiles actually move. I think parking cones might be more appropriate. Enter Jarrid Williams, an experienced, steady senior with 20+ games under his belt as a starter. The jury is out on how dominant he will be, so I won't say massive upgrade just yet, but certainly a big upgrade at worst.
6. S -- While our boy Bobby Knowles has been the butt of countless jokes here, he did play pretty well last year. HOWEVER, we all know he's not a true Miami safety. So, exit Knowles, and enter a fully healthy and ingrained Bubba Bolden, as well as Avantae Williams. Gurvan Hall and Amari Carter are back. Bolden is healthy and ready to take the next step. Tae as talented a Safety prospect as we've seen in a while. As much as I loved Jaquan Johnson, the facts are this is far and away the best Safety room overall that Manny and Banda have had since they've been here, and we know the defense is essentially geared towards those spots to make the most impact.
These were all decent to gigantic holes in the 2019 team. And every single one has not only been addressed, but addressed rather impressively. So what can we take as a "negative" for this team? Honestly, not much.
Deejay Dallas is gone, but Cam Harris has proven he can play, and we just signed THE BEST Running Back class in the entire country last cycle. While we'll certainly miss Deejay's leadership and heart, this is as talented a RB room we've seen here in a long time.
Jeff Thomas and KJ Osborn are gone, but there is certainly enough talent to go around. Likens has proven he can develop WRs. Lashlee has proven he can feed them. And a healthy Brevin Jordan helps out a ton here. I don't see much of a drop-off, if any.
The backers are gone, but what we lose in experience and leadership, we gain in athleticism and speed. Huff and Brooks are heat seeking missiles who will miss assignments, but are going to jump off the page at you with their explosiveness. Again, another spot that is more athletic than we've been in probably a decade.
Trajan Bandy is gone, and IMO this spot is the biggest ? on the team. Who plays opposite Blades? If you want to point to any weaknesses on this team (and IMO there are not many), the #2CB spot is probably the biggest one along with who plays tackle opposite Jarrid Williams.
So with the above being spelled out, how can you possibly not think Miami will make a huge jump this year? We have 4 years of evidence now that Manny Diaz is going to field, at worst, an above average defense. We have an above average kicker. We have an above average punter. We have a superstar QB running a system he was created to run. We have speed everywhere. We have a soft-*** schedule, as it stands today. If Manny is able to motivate this team out of a wet paper bag, I fully expect a massively successful season. Steele is always on our nuts, and it rarely works out for him, but I don't think you can truthfully say any team in the country will be as improved as this one. LFG.
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If you're a Miami fan & you don't think he's right, you're either not really a fan or you're a mopey batty boy who needs to toughen up & quit crying about last year...
- Hiring a proven X's & O's uptempo offensive guru in Lashlee
- Hiring a very good OL coach who's a West Va Trickett disciple
- Hiring a WR's coach who has developed two 1st round draft pick WR's in the last 2 drafts & has a long extensive history as an OC
- Hiring the greatest Safety in Football history in iconic legend Ed Reed
- Hiring Telly Lockette who's a long time South FL coach with great recruiting acumen & high level community respect
- Hiring Benedict Hyppolite who's a young up & coming coach with good local HS recruiting connections that will be groomed into a legit full time position coach in a few years
- Hiring Edwin Pata & Terry Jefferson from FAMU, both being well versed in South FL HS football & are good additions to the recruiting department
- Hiring Dominique Nwoko from UGA to be our new Graphics creative designer
- Landing one of the most dynamic weapons at QB in D'Eriq King
- Getting a DE who was top 5 in sacks last year in Quincy Roche
- Getting a transfer Kicker in Jose Borregales to replace Basura Baxa
- Getting a good RT in Jarrid Williams to sure up our offensive line
- Getting the former #1 ranked player in the Nation in OLB/DE Jaelan Phillips (even though it didn't happen this offseason)
- Getting Zach McCloud to Redshirt & return for a 5th year
- Getting Issaih Walker from UF (will be a starting LT in the future, not this year though)
- Getting 13 TF's to early enroll including 4 WR's & 2 RB's who will all be able to play day
- Getting 5 Spring practices before the C19 shutdown when many teams didn't even get a chance to start their Spring camp
- Maintaining White Hot recruiting momentum despite last seasons L's
- Having the bill that allows Florida college athletes to be paid for name, image & likeness signed at the University of Miami Carol Soffer Indoor Practice facility.
I could go on, but regardless of how much you don't wanna believe or still will be a scared "I don't wanna get my hopes up" type fan, it can't be denied that we've had an impactful offseason & done just about every single thing we could to put ourselves in the best position possible to have a winning season.
Off just OC & QB alone we definitely improved.
- Hiring a proven X's & O's uptempo offensive guru in Lashlee
- Hiring a very good OL coach who's a West Va Trickett disciple
- Hiring a WR's coach who has developed two 1st round draft pick WR's in the last 2 drafts & has a long extensive history as an OC
- Hiring the greatest Safety in Football history in iconic legend Ed Reed
- Hiring Telly Lockette who's a long time South FL coach with great recruiting acumen & high level community respect
- Hiring Benedict Hyppolite who's a young up & coming coach with good local HS recruiting connections that will be groomed into a legit full time position coach in a few years
- Hiring Edwin Pata & Terry Jefferson from FAMU, both being well versed in South FL HS football & are good additions to the recruiting department
- Hiring Dominique Nwoko from UGA to be our new Graphics creative designer
- Landing one of the most dynamic weapons at QB in D'Eriq King
- Getting a DE who was top 5 in sacks last year in Quincy Roche
- Getting a transfer Kicker in Jose Borregales to replace Basura Baxa
- Getting a good RT in Jarrid Williams to sure up our offensive line
- Getting the former #1 ranked player in the Nation in OLB/DE Jaelan Phillips (even though it didn't happen this offseason)
- Getting Zach McCloud to Redshirt & return for a 5th year
- Getting Issaih Walker from UF (will be a starting LT in the future, not this year though)
- Getting 13 TF's to early enroll including 4 WR's & 2 RB's who will all be able to play day
- Getting 5 Spring practices before the C19 shutdown when many teams didn't even get a chance to start their Spring camp
- Maintaining White Hot recruiting momentum despite last seasons L's
- Having the bill that allows Florida college athletes to be paid for name, image & likeness signed at the University of Miami Carol Soffer Indoor Practice facility.
I could go on, but regardless of how much you don't wanna believe or still will be a scared "I don't wanna get my hopes up" type fan, it can't be denied that we've had an impactful offseason & done just about every single thing we could to put ourselves in the best position possible to have a winning season.
Off just OC & QB alone we definitely improved.
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QB-huge upgrade
OL- we up grade two ways. young pups are a year older and we got a dam good player out of the portal. ****t even our depth is upgraded
TE- another year for two studs is an upgrade.
RB-two complete studs coming in who could really be huge for us. they really fit this offense
DL-man they are going to be nasty
LB-might be addition by subtraction. Young guns got speed and length and the old man is a true MLB and was playing out of place before
Db-more of the young kids growing up and filling into there roles
ST-lol this might be the biggest upgrade minus the offensive coaching staff over haul. Still hard to believe they couldn't just ask some soccer players to come try out for kicker last year.
Coching staff-see above. This has to be one of the biggest upgrades.
OL- we up grade two ways. young pups are a year older and we got a dam good player out of the portal. ****t even our depth is upgraded
TE- another year for two studs is an upgrade.
RB-two complete studs coming in who could really be huge for us. they really fit this offense
DL-man they are going to be nasty
LB-might be addition by subtraction. Young guns got speed and length and the old man is a true MLB and was playing out of place before
Db-more of the young kids growing up and filling into there roles
ST-lol this might be the biggest upgrade minus the offensive coaching staff over haul. Still hard to believe they couldn't just ask some soccer players to come try out for kicker last year.
Coching staff-see above. This has to be one of the biggest upgrades.
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Bingo.
And while I've said MANY times on this board that Manny's side of the house--just from a strictly football sense--performed admirably last year, just as it had the past 4 years, we can't hide him just behind the defense.
When you're the HC, you're the head of the snake. If any part of the snake fails, it's on you. So to me, this is it. If he can't have a VERY successful season with what you and I wrote in this thread, it's over for me. No Year 3. There are far too many immediate improvements that we both listed for this to be anything other than a make or break year for him. Any good coach wins a lot of games with this team vs this schedule, and frankly any good coach absolutely blisters probably 75% of our schedule with this talent and staff surrounding it.
So, last year is over. I'll never get over FIU, but we can't do anything about it now. All we can do are the things we've both mentioned. So I've put last year behind me, but this is go-time. No good coach goes 7-5 with this team in these circumstances. It's time to win or he has to go, because something is clearly broken behind the scenes.
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See, there you go again! @RVACane do you see what I’m talking about? Well, it’s time to call me homer, El!
We winning everything! Undefeated!
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Problems have been found and removed/replaced. The team is better at every position besides corner and that’s only because the younger guys haven’t played much if at all yet. The biggest issues last season were, in no particular order:
Offensive scheme/ play calling
Inexperienced offensive line
Inconsistent/immature quarterbacks
FCS level field goal kickers
All of those issues have been addressed
Offensive scheme/ play calling
Inexperienced offensive line
Inconsistent/immature quarterbacks
FCS level field goal kickers
All of those issues have been addressed
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Well, when you put it like that.....I don't feel as bad about the pants coming off.
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Might want to wait until the meeting you're in is over.
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