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The Epitome of What’s Wrong…

Restrepo is jag on any reasonable canes roster. Sorry but he is nothing special. I also think his speed since injury is gone.
 
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Gables Canes said:
I saw players laughing and goofing off on the sidelines as we were getting blown out.
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At this point in time, what else are they going to do? They don't believe in this staff and rightfully so. It has let them down and when you don't believe in the coaches (or people in real life), unfortunately most people quit playing or following them. You can bust your *** all day and where does it get you? That's not my mentality, but it's reality.

They're probably joking about what a cluster **** Mario and company have turned this place into. I don't blame them, they're right.
 
All those people *****ing about someone talking to a Pitt player after the game, they must've missed when we were good. Same **** happened then, even against FSU.

Sure, there are those guys who don't, but there's nothing unusual to see here. Just fans making up **** never having played in high school or beyond. That or they're one of the ones I mentioned above.

It was just a game, a meaningless one at that with this staff.
 
Genghis Cane said:
I could go on for pages about how poorly coached this team was all season, but what’s the point? We all get it. Mario has to make changes, and fast, or be doomed for the remainder of his tenure.

With that said, the culture of this team is broken — whether it’s Mario or someone else, the entire program needs to be blown up.

Case in point….after the game, our players (including guys like Restrepo….of all people) are posing and taking pictures with the very same Pitt players who were clowning us all game.

If I was a senior on this team and saw that nonsense, I’d beat the living **** out of my teammate. Think about how you would feel in the final moments of your career, getting blown out by a team like Pitt, one that’s been constantly disrespecting you all game, and your teammates think it’s a great idea to pull that ****? Embarrassing. Simply disgusting. No pride whatsoever.
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Yes, the culture is rotten to the core. It has been since about 2006. The football program has been neglected for far too long and that's why players that come through here are infected with the bad culture/disease that has plagued this program. It's beyond a disgrace what is going on right now. Very frustrating. Let's hope Mario can revamp it.
 
Keyman009 said:
The kids today have no heart.
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This is where culture comes in. You recruit your guys , add depth and talent then you have options when guys aren’t performing. Lack of PT is the one area you can hurt kids and hold them accountable. Take that away the problem works itself out. They’ll transfer.

If we’re having the same questions in a couple years we need to have a bigger conversation.
 
jackedaround said:
Restrepo is jag on any reasonable canes roster. Sorry but he is nothing special. I also think his speed since injury is gone.
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The problem is he works harder then the majority of this team, but is still limited athletically. He’s a decent role player nothing more. He’d probably be a better defensive back
 
CANEFAN83 said:
Yes, the culture is rotten to the core. It has been since about 2006. The football program has been neglected for far too long and that's why players that come through here are infected with the bad culture/disease that has plagued this program. It's beyond a disgrace what is going on right now. Very frustrating. Let's hope Mario can revamp it.
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We put some money in the he program one off season and people thought that would fix decades of it being neglected. USC and other schools can’t compare to this.
 
Cribby said:
We put some money in the he program one off season and people thought that would fix decades of it being neglected. USC and other schools can’t compare to this.
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i mean usc is probably a bad comparison though. they had their own issues. id compare us to Tennessee more. since the national title in 1998 what has that program done?
 
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jackedaround said:
i mean usc is probably a bad comparison though. they had their own issues. id compare us to Tennessee more. since the national title in 1998 what has that program done?
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People have been using them and Riley versus Mario and Miami. Like it’s apples to apples.
 
Offensive line sucked for like the 20th straight season and I don’t want to hear about injuries. You never hear Alabega or Georgia complaining it’s part of the game.

Until you get reasonable talent and responsible coaching for the OL forget about everything else.
 
Cribby said:
People have been using them and Riley versus Mario and Miami. Like it’s apples to apples.
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that's because they dont get it. riley brought in his OU guys and a QB1. the QB has saved that teams *** a ton.

posters need to think about kings 1st year. very similar. you need an elite and dynamic QB that is more than just a passer. in order to get better leverage having a guy who really can run as a threat and escape the pocket is huge. that isnt TVD. i think tyler is a serviceable guy but he isnt close to elite.

mario didnt take much with him. i am not sure why but perhaps he felt guilty for leaving or is too much of a nice guy.

Our QBs this year are too predictable IMO:
TVD = he is throwing
Jacurri = he is running
Jake = he is throwing an INT (joking but really jake had the chance to be the best of the bunch with proper play calling and coaching).
 
Cribby said:
This is where culture comes in. You recruit your guys , add depth and talent then you have options when guys aren’t performing. Lack of PT is the one area you can hurt kids and hold them accountable. Take that away the problem works itself out. They’ll transfer.

If we’re having the same questions in a couple years we need to have a bigger conversation.
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We likely will be having the same conversation in a couple of years.

Let's be honest, coaches today have a huge *** problem and IMHO, it's NIL combined with the portal. It can flip your roster, but you're still essentially signing some mercenaries. Seems we're the highest bidder on some or let's be frank, they wouldn't be coming here if not for it. They can lose and still yuck it up on the sidelines because their wallet is fat, in particular as a lot of them came from nothing.

I think it's telling as **** how there's a major disconnect between the players and the staff. They're playing worse than last year and that isn't because they got worse. So you get your guys, some bought, some not, but they're all buying a list of goods. Will Mario deliver? If not, the portal is there and there's more money to be made elsewhere that's winning.
 
I don’t post a lot but here are some thoughts on what went wrong this year from a fan of over 20 years.

- Injuries - We had little to no depth to be able to absorb injuries at key positions this year (Zion, Rivers, Chaney, Citizen, TVD, Arroyo, Restrepo).
- Subpar recruiting - especially at key positions (tackle, DT, LB, WR, CB, DE). Manny was a **** recruiter and did a **** job of recruiting LBer and defense as a whole. We need more speed in the back seven and more size at DT (of the Jackson mold). Enough of the G5 level prospects that are instinctual and understand the system. Don’t get me started on the walkons.
- Culture - This needs to be instilled from the top down. As much as I love Richt for 2017 and driving fundraising for the IPF. He had one foot into retirement the second he arrived, did a poor job recruiting (success was with Golden players) and hired his unqualified son. Players see that and take the same nonchalant approach. Manny was unqualified and a people pleaser and was always trying to win the PR battle. With Rad, Mario and Zo (not to mention Money), this is the first time we have an organization structured for success. Also, Blake James sucked and lied about building champions.

Here’s why I think we will be successful:

- talent acquisition- we are in a unique position to turn over this roster fast with the lift on ICs, immediate eligibility for transfers and a strong recruiting class. In years past thing would have taken significantly more time. Because of this, we can ruthlessly push out kids who shouldn’t be here or don’t buy in.
- resources - new facilities being built, reported 5 million dollar war chest for transfers and ability to make changes to the staff.
- Knowing what success looks like - anyone bringing up Mario’s record from FIU needs to stop. That place sucked and continues to suck since he left. Across Bama and Oregon he has seen success. To think he could make the infrastructural changes to Miami after two decades of neglect was naive. Massive organizational shifts take time both in football and business.

With that said here are things he needs to do this off-season.

- Get rid of both coordinators - Gattis gets a lot of flack but Steele has been subpar as well. Let the new coordinators fire whoever they need to outside of Mirabal. Ideally, I’d love to keep K. Smith, Field and our DT coach.
- Defense - I’d love to stay in a 4-3-4 or 4-2-5 base defense but I ultimately don’t care as long as we are using an attacking style. I also think we need a young defensive mind that can recruit and relate to the players.
- Offense - punt Gattis into the moon, actually Pluto. I know we had success with the spread and I’m fine with that coming back but I am not married to a system. What I want to see is more tempo (this check with me **** is for the birds) and creativity. We are in the golden age of offensive creativity in football. Also, be more positionless at skill positions and focus on playmakers getting on the field.
 
Restrepo is a clown. Dude called a fsu player goated after losing to them.

Get these pussies out of miami. Bring back the ***** gauntlet for these *******.
 
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Genghis Cane said:
It’s different when it’s Senior Day and that’s the last time most of you teammates will ever play the game again. We’re comparing apples to oranges here.
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It’s certainly a deep contrast to Ed Reed literally in tears and feeling ‘hurt’ at halftime simply for not completely dominating a really good team just cause “Jaquine said to”
 
We recruited a ton of kids with low floors and didn’t push them to their ceilings. Some have/had high ceilings like JW0 but aren’t close to reaching their full potential.

Moving forward, can we land kids with higher floors that still have upside? Or so we land the Harbours of the world that have low floor/high ceiling evals with no chance of playing real good ball for 2-3 years? Talent evaluations will determine a ton moving forward.

Getting the higher floor kids on the roster helps. Bring in portal kids usually means higher floor as they have developed for 1-4 years. We still have to develop all kids to get closer to their ceiling.
 
Here is the epitome of last nights game. JW0 was jawing on the Pitt sideline with coaches and players. Not even sure why as we were already down. He continued to jaw with them all the way up to the snap of the next play. and what happens on that play? He misses an open field tackle that leads to a 70 yard TD. That my friends was as embarrassing as it gets.
 
TimeBum said:
I'd be upset if the season wasn't over. If someone is angry that I want to talk with my old high school buddies on the other team as we go into the offseason, I'd tell them to grow the f#ck up.
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I feel better now. Pitt blew us out but obviously they were 100% S Florida players so what’s a pickup game among friends. MTSU also.

You know them I would chat too. 4th quarter long completion and we point first down was funny too.

Safety and LB play was funny. It was all a comedy show. Talk to your friends nobody gave a **** anyhow.
 
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