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Saban said we needed to lose.

TboneJones said:
"In my opinion, Miami needed to lose. I used to tell our team all the time when we played a game like that, we needed to lose. Because we need to learn from the things that we're not doing to create the habits we need to have to play winning football on a consistent basis.
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Nick Saban on ESPN College GameDay

Saban only had 2 undefeated national championship teams. I agree with Saban. I think the loss to Louisville is a focus shifter for us.
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I’m hoping, it’s the penalty problem. That’s the thing that needs to get cleaned up the most in my opinion. That has been a constant and I’m really hoping they get that thing cleaned up. If we do, there’s no reason we don’t go undefeated the rest of the schedule.
 
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stormsurge said:
coaches got some lessons they need to learn too
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this is what scares me though... I'm more of a sunshine pumper than doom and gloom, but I'm getting Golden/D'nofrito vibes as far as being stubborn to all h*ll with Mario/dawson/mirabal.... yes, last week was due to more than just the run game.... but, I put the boring/predictable run game as the root of the O problems.... and that is obvious to even the most casual fan.... Every week our run game has been getting shut down more and more.. shocker... if folks getting paid MILLIONS can't see that and adjust, then they shouldn't be in that spot..
 
NJshoreCane said:
C'mon.
Now note the last 2 years.
Mario is Mario, but let's not drag him into the Slingblade/Prison Guy level.
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NJshoreCane said:
Exactly.
Bill's record his first 2 years:
13 wins, 20 loses, 1 Tie.
And he'd be the first to own up to it.

Edit to others:
I'm comparing Parcells to anyone.
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Mario Cristobal has a career record of 89-76 through Week 6 of the 2025 season. He is 27-16 at Miami, including 13-12 in the ACC.
 
If we run the table and win the National Championship in January, how many here or other UM sites will still post (or upvote) something along the lines of "it was a good finish, but Miami never should've lost to Louisville" ... ?
 
We'll be saying this a couple times every year with Mario.

Get used to it. One more loss of either SMU or @ Pitt will occur and then 10-2 ND will get the spot ahead of Miami.
 
Hold My Beer said:
If we run the table and win the National Championship in January, how many here or other UM sites will still post (or upvote) something along the lines of "it was a good finish, but Miami never should've lost to Louisville" ... ?
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How about we lower expectations and ask for an ACCCG appearance first in order make the dance FOR the MNC?
 
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TboneJones said:
"In my opinion, Miami needed to lose. I used to tell our team all the time when we played a game like that, we needed to lose. Because we need to learn from the things that we're not doing to create the habits we need to have to play winning football on a consistent basis.
"
Nick Saban on ESPN College GameDay

Saban only had 2 undefeated national championship teams. I agree with Saban. I think the loss to Louisville is a focus shifter for us.
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TboneJones said:
"In my opinion, Miami needed to lose. I used to tell our team all the time when we played a game like that, we needed to lose. Because we need to learn from the things that we're not doing to create the habits we need to have to play winning football on a consistent basis.
"
Nick Saban on ESPN College GameDay

Saban only had 2 undefeated national championship teams. I agree with Saban. I think the loss to Louisville is a focus shifter for us.
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The most important thing is how our leaders respond. This is my biggest piece of optimism lies there. I have very little faith in Mario. But I do believe in the senior leaders.

But I am ready to be hurt again
 
This mindset is fine so long as your head coach has the ability to self reflect on the product he has created. Unfortunately, Mario has shown an aversion to this. Sure, he changes coaches and that is a positive step. However, he really needs to change the entire offensive philosophy. It is borderline Iowa bad in terms of creativity and use of the modern game. My bet, he continues to pound a square peg into a round hole.
 
TemplarCane said:
Saban was able to get his teams to refocus. He would echo Jimmy Johnson by telling you it's difficult to have a team 'up and motivated' every game. Especially college players used to winning and hearing how great they are. Rat poison is real.

Can Mario coach the team into rebounding rather than collapsing?

Stanford is a bad team with a lot of injuries, travelling across country for a night game against a team that should be angry and looking to beat the crap out of someone.

We'll see.
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Mario’s Canes never seem angry and looking to hit someone, like you think they would.
 
The writing was on the wall with the far too conservative offensive play calling all season.

We have been playing to not lose instead of playing to win all season. Let’s see if the coaching staff can learn how to attack.
 
miamicanephins said:
Mario Cristobal has a career record of 89-76 through Week 6 of the 2025 season. He is 27-16 at Miami, including 13-12 in the ACC.
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I know...
and?

Forget it...
Why?
Because you think i'm defending Mario.
Mario is a guy that gets a team to a 9-10 win level after he builds his team. That's who he is.

You think that tweet comparing his record to Norvelle and Napier, and not applying the last 2 years as context, hammers home some kind of point...then that's fine. Same with your examples above.

I stated who I think he is, which isn't the best endorsement, but I can still be reasonable.

That Parcells' comment was in reference to season records, btw,
 
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TboneJones said:
"In my opinion, Miami needed to lose. I used to tell our team all the time when we played a game like that, we needed to lose. Because we need to learn from the things that we're not doing to create the habits we need to have to play winning football on a consistent basis.
"
Nick Saban on ESPN College GameDay

Saban only had 2 undefeated national championship teams. I agree with Saban. I think the loss to Louisville is a focus shifter for us.
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Think the coaches needed the loss also. You can’t be smug all season and do the a gap run.
 
Is it possible that having one game between 2 bye weeks, effectively 1 game played in 3 weeks time, is not a good thing? I am writing this sarcastically because anyone who has ever coached at any level knows that once a season starts and a team is playing well, the last thing you need are repeated stoppages of play.

I’m not here to make an excuse but some will take it that way. In particular, tackling will take a negative turn with the off weeks as you simply can’t tackle in practice the way teams tackle in games. Game speed also suffers on offense and defense.

We were all rightfully worried about 7 straight games, but we paid no attention to how the bye weeks could ***** us. I believe they did.
 
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