Robert Knowles: The hidden story of Saturday

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

- He’s terrorized on social media by even his classmates, and he is still noted for how hard he works everyday in practice.
- Diaz, Baker and Banda have made notes of his improvements (and, again, hard work) yet … hate - still.
- He steps in and starts and does s a solid job … crickets.
- And he wore the Turnover Chain.

And, when he talks about Miami he has more humility than ANY Miami player, and seemingly more love. I was impressed by his post practice presser before the BCC game, but his calm demeanor after the game really struck me. It’s amazing to constantly read posters harp about high-character guys yet for Robert Knowles … more crickets.

It’s not quite a movie script (maligned 5th year senior… survives three coaching staffs…constantly passed over on the depth chart… finally “celebrates” with one of the highest honors of a defensive player at Miami) but Robert Knowles was my favorite story on a Saturday of feel good stories.




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Crickets

 

[ShadowSpring]

I love this young man. If many of our more talented players had the heart he did we'd be undefeated right now.

 

[For_The_U]

People here have dumped on Robert for so long that they can't and won't acknowledge anything positive associated with him no matter what. It's a disgusting reflection of the tumor of our fan base.

 

[rsa coral gables]

agreed.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Mob pathological behavior by a bunch of anonymous losers reflecting the very worst in human nature.

 

[TOcane]

Bump it up.

 

[Era66]

Great to see a young man work hard and persevere through tuff times. He is playing pretty good and at least at the correct spot and not blowing assignments.

 

[Suhrthing]

That early bad game against FSU a few years ago left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. He's improved quite a bit IMO. Cant hate on him.

 

[Home Slice]

Proud of RK!

 

[HarrietTubmanCane]

- He’s terrorized on social media by even his classmates, and he is still noted for how hard he works everyday in practice.
- Diaz, Baker and Banda have made notes of his improvements (and, again, hard work) yet … hate - still.
- He steps in and starts and does s a solid job … crickets.
- And he wore the Turnover Chain.

And, when he talks about Miami he has more humility than ANY Miami player, and seemingly more love. I was impressed by his post practice presser before the BCC game, but his calm demeanor after the game really struck me. It’s amazing to constantly read posters harp about high-character guys yet for Robert Knowles … more crickets.

It’s not quite a movie script (maligned 5th year senior… survives three coaching staffs…constantly passed over on the depth chart… finally “celebrates” with one of the highest honors of a defensive player at Miami) but Robert Knowles was my favorite story on a Saturday of feel good stories.




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Excellent Excellent Excellent post!

Without a doubt, the story of last Saturday!

Hardest worker and most resilient Cane with no hype, crutch, or benefit of doubt (3 coaching staffs...wow).

 

[apfenny3]

Robs a real good dude, nice to everyone and has never caused a problem. He’s had a rough career on D but never gave up on himself and now he’s been outplaying guys like Hall that everyone’s been crowning before doing anything

 

[Captain Uberpants]

I will admit I’ve bashed him on here repeatedly but that was due to his play on the field which IMO was warranted. He just hasn’t been good his first 4 years here.

But it seems he may have improved to be a serviceable player here and him wearing the chain was a feel good moment Saturday.

 

[CANEMC]

Our Rudy.

 

[paksat]

little early for this?

 

[nvlahos]

Happy for the kid

Will be even happier if he can make a big play versus a P5 team in a big game

 

[DTP]

This is why I don't like to personally insult players. I don't know this guy. He could be the nicest dude in the world. By all accounts, he's a good teammate and a hard worker. Still, we've all seen his play the last 4 years and it's sub standard. That's not bashing him personally, he's just not good enough. It happens. If we're going to be relying on him to be a starter at safety for the rest of the year, we have some serious problems with the safety position and their coach.

 

[Cane4life18]

- He’s terrorized on social media by even his classmates, and he is still noted for how hard he works everyday in practice.
- Diaz, Baker and Banda have made notes of his improvements (and, again, hard work) yet … hate - still.
- He steps in and starts and does s a solid job … crickets.
- And he wore the Turnover Chain.

And, when he talks about Miami he has more humility than ANY Miami player, and seemingly more love. I was impressed by his post practice presser before the BCC game, but his calm demeanor after the game really struck me. It’s amazing to constantly read posters harp about high-character guys yet for Robert Knowles … more crickets.

It’s not quite a movie script (maligned 5th year senior… survives three coaching staffs…constantly passed over on the depth chart… finally “celebrates” with one of the highest honors of a defensive player at Miami) but Robert Knowles was my favorite story on a Saturday of feel good stories.




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Great post @Tetragrammaton Cane

 

[X275]

From what I've gathered, he's played better than both Hall and Carter so far, good for him. It only benefits us to see one of our own improve

 

[Cane4life18]

- He’s terrorized on social media by even his classmates, and he is still noted for how hard he works everyday in practice.
- Diaz, Baker and Banda have made notes of his improvements (and, again, hard work) yet … hate - still.
- He steps in and starts and does s a solid job … crickets.
- And he wore the Turnover Chain.

And, when he talks about Miami he has more humility than ANY Miami player, and seemingly more love. I was impressed by his post practice presser before the BCC game, but his calm demeanor after the game really struck me. It’s amazing to constantly read posters harp about high-character guys yet for Robert Knowles … more crickets.

It’s not quite a movie script (maligned 5th year senior… survives three coaching staffs…constantly passed over on the depth chart… finally “celebrates” with one of the highest honors of a defensive player at Miami) but Robert Knowles was my favorite story on a Saturday of feel good stories.




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People like Robert Knowles exemplify what it means to trust the process. He ignored his detractors and critics, kept working at his craft and has turned into a solid contributer on defense. Really happy to see him have success on the field. Keep up the good work 20.