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The Calm After The Storm

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OldhamA said:
Let's see how good Michigan State are first before crowning them.

Those other two wins are against Portland and Kent State. I didn't even know they had football teams.
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CiS’s favorite coach, Nick Saban, played for Kent State.

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Relly you been my guy for a long minute. But I think it’s fair to be upset that WE BLEW IT. Everything you said is spot on but guess what? WE , not them, are to blame for the result.

There were a lot of things that had to happen to lose that game. Drops, muffs, poor clock mgt. poor play calls. It all added up to only an 8 PT loss on the road in a packed night game. That’s encouraging but it also makes it sting more. We blew that fam. That game was ours to snag. They didn’t dominate us. We dominated them actually. And it doesn’t matter. It’s an L for us because just a few controllable things were botched. Man this loss has irked me all day. More than any blowout because after blow outs I have to admit we aren’t any good. But after last night? Even our worst potential game plan, clock mgt., WR play, and ST play could’ve still been enough to win with just one of those not being that bad. I’m irked man.

I just hope these guys are locked in and wanting to bully and smash everyone in the schedule to set up a second chance at making a statement against Clemson. Because that’s the only opp on the schedule we have.
 
htownkidd said:
Just a matter of time, and they are still a LONG ways away up front, especially on O. They better fix it before they are playing in Madison, East Lansing etc. in Novembers in a couple years or ole Lincoln is going to need some stabilizer medication.
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Yes definitely those Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio St o-lines are gonna bury USC if they don't figure that out before they switch conferences
 
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MiamisMoperiestMopes said:
University of washington went 4-8 last year. Was 10th in the pac-12 in total offense. New head corch this year. 3-0. laid the wood to Michigan state and are 3rd in total offense nationwide so far. Small sample size yes but stop making excuses.
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Doesn't discredit what I said and what I said is universally accepted as fact.

Of course there can be exceptions, but that's not the norm or what is happening at Miami and to say it wouldn't happen under coach X is guessing.
 
A lot of good points. It seems like a lot of people forgot that this team nearly started 1-5 last season. Assuming Mario had the secret fix was short sighted and dumb. The fanbase needs to realize Mario has made some progress through three games but he managed the game poorly yesterday. The staff created a solid game plan. Key moments the players and staff made critical errors. If year 3 or 4 and these same issues are present then it’s time to panic.
 
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LustNCanes said:
It takes time to build a champion..... Horrible clock management, atrocious ST's, and the nasty funk of the last 15 yrs is still lingering.
But we have a HC and staff in place that will change our outlook by year 2 and by year 3 we should be humming.

Great post @Rellyrell....... Patience is key...... BTW, OC needs to get it together, tho
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Clock management by the new coach is definitely the fault of the last coach/last 15 years. Good point

**** you Diaz for still coaching the STs!
 
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The goal of the offense is to score points. I don’t care how you do it. I get it that they have a style of play they want to run. But if what you’re doing isn’t working or you don’t have the players to accomplish it, it’s the coaches job to make a change. Either get the players right or change the playbook to adapt to what you got.
 
Biscayne Buckets 8 said:
Relly you been my guy for a long minute. But I think it’s fair to be upset that WE BLEW IT. Everything you said is spot on but guess what? WE , not them, are to blame for the result.

There were a lot of things that had to happen to lose that game. Drops, muffs, poor clock mgt. poor play calls. It all added up to only an 8 PT loss on the road in a packed night game. That’s encouraging but it also makes it sting more. We blew that fam. That game was ours to snag. They didn’t dominate us. We dominated them actually. And it doesn’t matter. It’s an L for us because just a few controllable things were botched. Man this loss has irked me all day. More than any blowout because after blow outs I have to admit we aren’t any good. But after last night? Even our worst potential game plan, clock mgt., WR play, and ST play could’ve still been enough to win with just one of those not being that bad. I’m irked man.

I just hope these guys are locked in and wanting to bully and smash everyone in the schedule to set up a second chance at making a statement against Clemson. Because that’s the only opp on the schedule we have.
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I completely agree w/ u. It was our game and we handed it to them on a silver lining.

Allow me to oblige u & the rest of the board, if I may:

2019:
Miami v. UF
We take a 13-7 lead in to half. We give up the lead in the 3rd qtr. We then take the lead in the 4th qtr, when DeeJay makes a helluva run. UF then takes the lead 24-20. UF throws an int at the 4 min mark, & we return it to UF’s 25 yrd line. We stayed at UF’s 25 yrd line & lose.
Stat line from said game?
Total Yards:
Miami - 301
UF - 304

1st Downs:
Miami - 20
UF - 17

Time of Possession:
Miami - 36:13
UF - 23:47

We also won the turnover battle


Miami v. UNC
UNC takes a 17-13 lead into half time. They take a 20-19 lead into the 4th. We take a 25-20 lead w/ 4:30 left in the game. We give up a 4th & 17 w/ 2:55 left in the game in their territory. We give up the eventual game winning TD w/ 1 min left the game. J Will drives us all the way down for a game tying FG; wide left from 49 out.
Stat line from said game?

Total Yards:
Miami - 488
UNC - 389

1st Downs:
Miami - 27
UNC - 22

Time of Possession:
Miami: 35:23
UNC: 24:37

And yes, these r two examples of heart breaking losses under a 1st yr corch in Diaz, but what about the heart break losses to FSU & ND in 2016, where we literally had the games in hand & simply fumbled away victories under Richt. Last year, against UNC, down 45-34, get the score to 45-42…get the ball back, GET TO UNC’s 13 yrd line, just to throw an int.

My point is bro, Saturday; Saturday was nothing new. This team last yr folded in clutch moments. Sure the scoreboard looked sexier, but it was the same results. That’s y I said there’s something about a culture fix that takes more time than anything.

I’ll put this out there, since I brought up SC:
Riley may just turn SC from bottom dwellers to 1st class in yr 1. Our fan base may look & say: “But look what Riley did at SC…Mario sucks.” The culture at SC is different b/c it’s not even remotely the same team! They have a QB from a winning program starting, 2 WRs from a winning program, a RB from a winning program. Dammit, this ain’t even the same SC team from 2021! Lol. Us? Fortunately & unfortunately this IS the same team from 2021, so yeah, Mario is going to have to clean up bad habits, but Mario will also need to clean up some habits of his own. That clock mgmt was unbelievable & completely unacceptable.
 
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Rellyrell said:
OK, my friends. Breaking News:

We lost.

Who would’ve known that a team who barely went 7-5 last yr, w/ a QB who really had only one real target that’s no longer here, would lose a game on the road in a hostile environment to a SEC team? I get the anger; there’s plenty of blame to go around this game:

-From The Coaching Staff: clock mgmt was atrocious, and play calls in the green zone (commonly referred to as red zone) was head scratching

-From The Players: The Special Teams unit was god awful, & it literally cost us the game. Poor tackling on a couple of drives led to A&M close to putting a final nail in the coffin. Those pesky drops that was reported in camp? Yeah, they came out at night, like The Freaks; and while the OL did well throughout the game, costly penalties took steam out the boat on several occasions.

Those are the facts; but, there appears to be another fact some refuse to accept. It’s a fact I stated on @LeedsCane podcast, it’s a fact that I created a thread on. The fact is, this team is good, but it’s not great. This team, this culture that has been riddled with bad evals, fit pieces, and an overall lack of winning is still here. Yet, some convinced themselves that just b/c a new staff w/ some hot names came on board, that would change this culture in one year; how?

I tried to tell u guys numerous of times stop comparing us to SC, why? B/c SC is the only game in town; they are So Cal’s team. SC have won a Nat’l title in the past 18 yrs, we haven’t. SC have won their conference several times in the past 18 yrs, we haven’t. SC have won multiple NY6 bowls in the past 18 yrs, we haven’t. Friends, let me be clear, & I need u all to truly understand this: The chit that’s talked about other schools, they’ve all faired better than us in the last 18 yrs.

Here’s the silver lining; a change have been seen:

-The OL is playing way better than we’ve seen in some time.

-Our RB room, while not 2001 worthy, has 3 guys who can get theirs w/ 2 of those RBs who are small in stature, but big in heart & effort

-Our defense, while filled w/ some holes, have been holding us down while the offense have been trying to find its sea legs.

We were in this game until the clock struck zero. There are no moral victories; the fact is, we did lose to a bad 8&4 team, and we can blame ourselves on several things, but that’s the point. As long as I can remember, this Miami Hurricanes team have shot themselves in the foot, & it’s from little things that snowball in to bigger issues. That’s culture, folks. That’s what u can’t account for on paper. Mario has been transparent this entire time, yet the reason you feel this vitriol is b/c despite what u saw from The Spring Game, despite what Mario continue to say, u saw us beat up on BCU & come out & smoke So. Miss in the 2nd Half. That stubborn 15-0 mentality crept in & now u’re disappointed faced w/ reality. That’s shame on u, not on them.

Listen, I’m not always right, but my post history shows I’m more right than wrong. I don’t get emotionally caught as most fanatics, I try to base things on facts (hence, y I provide current & historical stats/records, etc.) The fact is, TVD is missing his #1 target, Rambo. Our WR room is filled w/ 3rd down, chain movers, not play/difference makers that can stretch the field or game plan around. The defense has “some guys”, but that too is lacking play makers throughout.

We’ll win next week, against another poor G5 team, and I promise, we’ll see the 14-1 crowd rear it’s head, but when I said I see this team as an 8 win regular season team, I didn’t look at names on the roster, I looked at a change in culture. I looked at an offense that want to be ran v. personnel to run it.

If u’re calling for Gattis’ or Mario’s head after one defeat, that’s b/c u drank the Kool Aid as opposed to being reasonable in realizing that 80% of a roster that scraped by to go 7-5 is still here, while a big part of that production on O is gone. R-E-L-A-X; this is not a 1yr turn around; it’s a 2-3 yr joint. Our portal hits were not difference makers; it was depth guys. Also, remember this roster is still fairly young, where our best players are Sophomores, which means they too are still learning.

There’s a lot to look forward to, but at the same time, realize that calling every team on our schedule weak hasn’t meant chit in 18 yrs. Sit back, enjoy the process, criticize certain things, but don’t blow it up after one game. Lol. Stop sipping Kool-Aid; it’s bad for ur teeth & mental health.
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When I feel lost, I find the light in the words of my spiritual advisor, Dusty Rhodes.

 
Rellyrell said:
There’s a lot to look forward to, but at the same time, realize that calling every team on our schedule weak hasn’t meant chit in 18 yrs. Sit back, enjoy the process, criticize certain things, but don’t blow it up after one game. Lol. Stop sipping Kool-Aid; it’s bad for ur teeth & mental health.
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Amen
 
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