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Podcast with Brad Kaaya

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Yeah Kaaya didn't beat FSU/win the acc/have any mobile ability, but he did lead us through that winning streak to end last year and he left Coral Gables with some records in his name. He chose us when we needed him and kicked off the Richt era. If Richt does end up bringing us back, Kaaya should be remembered for playing his part and knocking down those first dominoes in the line.

Good Luck to that cane in the league.
 
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Awesome that you got Kaaya on here Pete. I've loved having the mix recruits and players as guests recently.
 
I see kaaya is the next player y'all choose to bag on because he didn't beat fsu...
Just the last few years it was jacory(he did beat them once) blamed him for a lot of Miami's failures, then Stephen Morris, then duke johnson, and now kaaya whose next. People are so **** wishy washy. You praise kids before they get here and sh*t on then any chance you get when they are here.... who's next?...
 
Given his current draft projections, I'm guessing he really wouldn't have had an option to go early into the draft if we had actually finished the season on a losing streak.

I'd argue the fact that the team won is what generated buzz and interest for Brad and Njoku. Had this team not ended as hot as it did, Kaaya and Njoku would likely be viewed the same as Yearby.

That noted ... The team finished well, in part, because of how well Brad and Njoku played down the stretch. And while I'd argue both have major holes in their games, I understand why they both are making the jump.

If Tyrod Taylor can get a starting situation, Kaaya can find and keep a job. Might not be a star, but he'll earn a decent living for more than a few years, IMO.

kryptonite said:
nvlahos said:
Haven't listened to the podcast yet but that quote seems backwards..

He'd rather play for a program that's trending towards losing than winning?
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Don't be a ****. Dude said that he was comfortable leaving because Miami was in good hands and he would have stayed if they'd finished badly.
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He strikes me as an odd character.

He's comfortable to leave Miami because they're in good hands?

Firstly he needs to check that ego a little. He wasn't THAT good. Secondly, why would you leave having never won the Coastal or beaten FSU if you love the programme that much?

That said, it works out best for us that he's left early. I wish him well.
 
OldhamA said:
He strikes me as an odd character.

He's comfortable to leave Miami because they're in good hands?

Firstly he needs to check that ego a little. He wasn't THAT good. Secondly, why would you leave having never won the Coastal or beaten FSU if you love the programme that much?

That said, it works out best for us that he's left early. I wish him well.
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So you're glad he left but would like to criticize his motives?
 
kryptonite said:
OldhamA said:
He strikes me as an odd character.

He's comfortable to leave Miami because they're in good hands?

Firstly he needs to check that ego a little. He wasn't THAT good. Secondly, why would you leave having never won the Coastal or beaten FSU if you love the programme that much?

That said, it works out best for us that he's left early. I wish him well.
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So you're glad he left but would like to criticize his motives?
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There's no fooling you is there?
 
Leaves when program is good instead of leading program to greatness again...not a savage
 
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MIATL said:
Given his current draft projections, I'm guessing he really wouldn't have had an option to go early into the draft if we had actually finished the season on a losing streak.

I'd argue the fact that the team won is what generated buzz and interest for Brad and Njoku. Had this team not ended as hot as it did, Kaaya and Njoku would likely be viewed the same as Yearby.

That noted ... The team finished well, in part, because of how well Brad and Njoku played down the stretch. And while I'd argue both have major holes in their games, I understand why they both are making the jump.

If Tyrod Taylor can get a starting situation, Kaaya can find and keep a job. Might not be a star, but he'll earn a decent living for more than a few years, IMO.

kryptonite said:
nvlahos said:
Haven't listened to the podcast yet but that quote seems backwards..

He'd rather play for a program that's trending towards losing than winning?
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Don't be a ****. Dude said that he was comfortable leaving because Miami was in good hands and he would have stayed if they'd finished badly.
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So let me get this straight: David Njoku would have been a Day 3 pick/UDFA if we didn't win our last five games? :monkey-serious:
 
The kid wasted 2 years of his career playing under Al Golden and then was forced to play an RPO system that didn't highlight his skills. Before you bash the kid imagine how worse the Golden Era would've been without him.
 
A victim of the hype of the fanbase.

Kaaya was a good QB here, sometimes great.

if Pete and D$ (And ESPN) hadn't worked the fanbase into a fever pitch about how great he would be, he wouldn't receive the venom he does.

I don't think he has much of an NFL future, but I will be rooting hard for him. He certainly has plenty of talent.
 
It can be argued that Richt would not have taken this job if a guy like Brad wasn't sitting there in his Junior year eager to learn. A lot of the conversation about Richt coming to Miami was about having a great QB in place for him. And without Brad maybe there's no AR, maybe he's at Alabama right now and Miami record last year is 5-7. Stop hating on guys that were great for our program. Blame Donna for keeping all of our coaches in handcuffs
 
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JHallCanes said:
If Pete and D$ (And ESPN) hadn't worked the fanbase into a fever pitch about how great he would be, he wouldn't receive the venom he does
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The coaches were part of that hype train, too. Kaaya was All-World in practice without contact. My mistake was putting too much stock in that.

But at the end of the day, the guy had no offers when he committed to us and ended up as our all-time leading passer. He was good. In my opinion, he was our best since Dorsey. Brock Berlin gets better every year, but Kaaya was a truly prolific passer that made his receivers better.
 
Still think it was a mistake to leave early.
There was work to do as a team and for him individually.
Wish him luck because it's his call and he mainly will suffer the consequences or reap the rewards.
 
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Yea, no matter what we all think he SHOULD have done, what's done is done. Moving on.



No hard feelings towards Brad. He represents this University with absolute class.







































/BYE Felicia!




//had to
 
He'd been better than whoever the QB is this year, therefore Miami would have been better. So for that reason I wish he would have stayed.

I've just never cared for the guy, has the same loser mentality as Golden.
 
God speed to Kaaya. He's a Cane who was an honorable guy the entire time he was here. He never bytched and moaned or went in the tank even when there was unprecedented toxicity around the program and he was getting defenistrated by a two man pass rush.

The hit he took against FSU definitely concussed him. Any blow hard enough to knock a tooth out is hard enough to cause a serious concussion. But he got up, picked up his tooth and came back out to answer the bell. Came back and dropped a dime to Coley that should have put us in position to win the game and change his personal legacy. Despite that, he didn't **** on Badgley.

I'll choose to remember him as a gamer with very limited athletic ability who was a credit to my alma mater. He's an Iron Arrow guy, so he got it done at an elite level off the field. I don't think he was physically capable of ever playing QB in today's era at an elite level. But he gave us his all.
 
DMoney said:
JHallCanes said:
If Pete and D$ (And ESPN) hadn't worked the fanbase into a fever pitch about how great he would be, he wouldn't receive the venom he does
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The coaches were part of that hype train, too. Kaaya was All-World in practice without contact. My mistake was putting too much stock in that.

But at the end of the day, the guy had no offers when he committed to us and ended up as our all-time leading passer. He was good. In my opinion, he was our best since Dorsey. Brock Berlin gets better every year, but Kaaya was a truly prolific passer that made his receivers better.
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I hear ya. Believe me I wouldn't mean that as a shot towards you, but you know how much some people here hang on literally every word you guys say and take it as gospel. Not your fault.

Like you said, he was a good prospect but it's not like the world was beating down his door. A little perspective would do our fanbase some good.
 
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