The Faction

Ferentz is making $5M less a year than Cignetti. He is on a totally different plane as far as compensation is concerned. You have gone from needing to break 10 wins once every 5 years, to winning 9 games regularly so that's more in line with a $12M a year coach. If Indiana is truly happy with breaking 10 wins once every 5 years, they could be spending substantially less.
That's fair. I assumed Ferentz was making more without looking it up. I still feel like Indiana's current history in college football will allow him to get away with more than the usual big-time program, but obviously this is an investment in him to raise the overall standard of the program. While his leash will be longer than most, obviously, a lack of results at that price will eventually catch up.
 
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Well yeah I'll be "The Faction" all day. If you never played Football I can see why scoring on Stanford in the 3rd Quarter doesn't offend you.

I can see why running up the middle every play doesn't offend you...

Playing 3 WRs and 1 TE instead of 4 WRs to spread the Defense out..

Paying 3 Million for Carson Beck instead of Mendoza/Somebody else.

Playing Bro Ball giving teams hope and every week you're in a Dog Fight. Instead of killing everybody so your starters can rest.

Yeah I'm "The Faction"

Can you please enlighten us with some examples of teams that “killed everybody” so their starters could rest this week ?
 
I started nothing. You are an unhappy moron. You attacked me from the rip with your first comment. I fired back. You cannot understand nuance. It's ok, you have your Faction Brotherhood to be angry right along with you.

If you want to insult me, at least make it funny or good. You're 0 for 2 so far. Clot shot? All that tells me is that you are a Jan 6 supporter (I don't care either way - it's a football board, not CNN vs FoxNews vs Internet Sleuths) and dumb for making that assumption. WhaleHole? I guess the second one has potential if someone with an IQ over 75 helped you. I'll spare you another wife insult because you don't have one. Now that I know just how dumb you are, I kinda feel bad for you. You don't even realize you are proving my point each time you double down.

Go Canes

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No, not a lefty. I used to make my paycheck killing Communists wherever I found them - and once had the luxury of finding 22-25 bathing - AK-47's by the bank out of reach.

Took days of testing the first week in the 7th grade - and my test scores indicated my knowledge was equal to college, second year, ninth month. 12 years old chronologically . . .

If you know anything about how IQ is determined - well - that's clearly not a concern of yours - but you can do the math.

You didn't insult my wife - you insulted yourself. She accidentally brought some of you in the house - until I pointed out she had accidentally stepped in some of our wolf's ****.

My apology for pointing out you are stupid - I thought you already knew. Everyone else did.
 

Degrees, jenius. Degrees of improvement.

If you've been driving a '52 Studebaker for years, hit the jackpot and pay out lots of money to purchase a Ferrari 360, why would you do that - since you can't/won't/refuse to exceed 45mph?

Just because we sucked for so long - why after spending all this money - do we stay in first gear? Ever hear of second gear? Third gear? Fourth gear? Fifth? Sixth?

Hail(sp), we can run up the middle - actually run into the wall up the middle forty or fifty times a game - and rehire Clappy. And save the school lots of money. Just give Clappy the three plays - and done.

Another one. Those clot shots are really disastrous. Lucky you don't have that turbo-cancer - yet.
 
Ok, we now know you're homophobe too... I'm just waiting for the obligatory angry veiled racist response and then you will have hit for the cycle on this thread.

Now it's 90% futile runs up the middle. Earlier it was all the runs. Which is it?
There are far more folks on this thread who agree with my take than don't. It's ok to not agree with the finer details. The main theme - some fans set unattainable goals then complain when we don't hit them - still remains true. When you come out of the gate like a scorched D-bag, name calling and insulting, no one will listen to what you're saying, even if you're right....which you're not, at least not about this.

Lastly, I'll leave the crayon eater comments alone because I have a lot of respect for the armed force and cops (that goes along with your clot shot comment, right?). However, have you considered that football and armed forces battlefields aren't really the same? I get the analagous nature of the two, but they are not one in the same.

If you served, thank you for your service (I know, weird comment given the arguing, but it's true - thank you). If you didn't, seek psychiatric help.

Have a nice day. I have a job to attend to now so I won't be as quick to respond.

Go Canes.

Homophobe? Literally, that's a fear/panic (phobos) of a goober-smoocher. Does it sound like I fear you?

You might want to break out a dictionary - even if you have to borrow one - on occasion. If you're going to insult someone - at least get the terminology correct.

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports - has a piscpoor up the middle play calling trend have to do with racism? I'm talking about football, and your butt-hurt self is desperately trying to inject racism into the discourse. Like trying to shove a quarter in a dime slot - it doesn't work.

Race is never - ever - a consideration with me on any level - but YOU seem to be preoccupied by 'racism.' You need to drop that crap - you look like an idiot trying to make a connection - where there is none.

I have news for you. Football is a game of strategy and tactics. Executed.

Wartime fighting is a practice of using strategy and tactics. Executed.

You don't do stupid, wasteful pushes where your opponent is strong. You don't repeat the same tactic over and over and over. And they're waiting for you.

You don't need to respect anything I did - I did it because I was good at it. And, I enjoyed it. No clock. No time outs. No halftime. No second place. And nothing was out of bounds.

I know a losing plan when I see it. I know a flawed scheme when I see it.

The absolute worst commanders were those who came into the fight with their tactical approach they determined would be followed regardless.

The best commanders approached with a general idea - but upon examining the terrain, concentrations, and both forces - quickly shifted to maximizing his advantages.

I haven't seen that with this staff until the second half of our last game - and oddly - it worked. Like it's worked for two millennia.

As for us fans who "set unattainable goals," the second half showed clearly that we were right - because previously - we never knew what was attainable.

Because we were stuck on the stupid middle.
 
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No, not a lefty. I used to make my paycheck killing Communists wherever I found them - and once had the luxury of finding 22-25 bathing - AK-47's by the bank out of reach.

Took days of testing the first week in the 7th grade - and my test scores indicated my knowledge was equal to college, second year, ninth month. 12 years old chronologically . . .

If you know anything about how IQ is determined - well - that's clearly not a concern of yours - but you can do the math.

You didn't insult my wife - you insulted yourself. She accidentally brought some of you in the house - until I pointed out she had accidentally stepped in some of our wolf's ****.

My apology for pointing out you are stupid - I thought you already knew. Everyone else did.
No s.hi.t you're not a lefty. Even dummy wolf poóp stuck to your wife's shoe could tell that. I'm amazed that you've tried several times to accuse me of being one, but there's no evidence of that anywhere in what I've written. You make a lot of assumptions....and you know what happens when you ASSume, right?

Thanks for the clarification on the IQ stuff. I now know that you don't have a college degree - every self-proclaimed smart person without a degree feels this need to point stuff like that out....along with letting anyone who will listen know that "a college degree doesn't really mean anything." Until it does and it's actually required. Oh and truly smart people rarely find the need to tell others how smart they are - the others already know.

Thanks for your service. And I genuinely mean that.

And man, your insults stink. Like worse than our running game in the first half. You are persistent though.
 
Homophobe? Literally, that's a fear/panic (phobos) of a goober-smoocher. Does it sound like I fear you?

You might want to break out a dictionary - even if you have to borrow one - on occasion. If you're going to insult someone - at least get the terminology correct.

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports - has a piscpoor up the middle play calling trend have to do with racism? I'm talking about football, and your butt-hurt self is desperately trying to inject racism into the discourse. Like trying to shove a quarter in a dime slot - it doesn't work.

Race is never - ever - a consideration with me on any level - but YOU seem to be preoccupied by 'racism.' You need to drop that crap - you look like an idiot trying to make a connection - where there is none.

I have news for you. Football is a game of strategy and tactics. Executed.

Wartime fighting is a practice of using strategy and tactics. Executed.

You don't do stupid, wasteful pushes where your opponent is strong. You don't repeat the same tactic over and over and over. And they're waiting for you.

You don't need to respect anything I did - I did it because I was good at it. And, I enjoyed it. No clock. No time outs. No halftime. No second place. And nothing was out of bounds.

I know a losing plan when I see it. I know a flawed scheme when I see it.

The absolute worst commanders were those who came into the fight with their tactical approach they determined would be followed regardless.

The best commanders approached with a general idea - but upon examining the terrain, concentrations, and both forces - quickly shifted to maximizing his advantages.

I haven't seen that with this staff until the second half of our last game - and oddly - it worked. Like it's worked for two millennia.

As for us fans who "set unattainable goals," the second half showed clearly that we were right - because previously - we never knew what was attainable.

Because we were stuck on the stupid middle.
Go have (another) drink.

Sail on Sailor.
 
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No s.hi.t you're not a lefty. Even dummy wolf poóp stuck to your wife's shoe could tell that. I'm amazed that you've tried several times to accuse me of being one, but there's no evidence of that anywhere in what I've written. You make a lot of assumptions....and you know what happens when you ASSume, right?

Thanks for the clarification on the IQ stuff. I now know that you don't have a college degree - every self-proclaimed smart person without a degree feels this need to point stuff like that out....along with letting anyone who will listen know that "a college degree doesn't really mean anything." Until it does and it's actually required. Oh and truly smart people rarely find the need to tell others how smart they are - the others already know.

Thanks for your service. And I genuinely mean that.

And man, your insults stink. Like worse than our running game in the first half. You are persistent though.

Quote where I referred to you as a lefty. Do it.

See - it never happened. You're a liar. You make stuff up in your squash that never happened. Clot shots!

I have two degrees. Two degrees, obtained simultaneously. Electives in one - mandatory in the other. Just doubled up.

I note you don't know how to compute IQ, given chronological age - and counting up to the age as of test results. Shocking. It has to do with chronological age and intellectual age. I tried to help a bit . . . and I'm North of . . .

My insults stink? Normally, I'd be somewhat offended, but since you already you have a problem keeping up - it's apparent the clot shots really scrambled your RNA which in turn altered your DNA - which makes you no longer human - but an GMO or Genetically Modified Organism.

You could actually be patented. By the clot shot manufacturers.

You're dismissed.
 
I mean, @Lance Roffers is right on this, and I’m sure he’ll speak to it on his breakdown this week if he does one. There’s a reason underdogs try to shorten the game, fewer plays gives more weight to each individual play which favors the team that’s less likely to win down to down. A few fluke plays here and there are way less impactful in a game with 150 total plays than one with 75.

I’m not saying we should be running at a USF tempo, but the tempo in the first half was detrimental.
On a message board of useless posters, there might not be a more useless one than Lance Roffers.

Michigan won a national championship less than *two* years ago with a *less* explosive offense than ours.

They were 69th in total offense. 41st in yards per play. 50th in yards per rush.

They went 15-0.
 
Quote where I referred to you as a lefty. Do it.

See - it never happened. You're a liar. You make stuff up in your squash that never happened. Clot shots!

I have two degrees. Two degrees, obtained simultaneously. Electives in one - mandatory in the other. Just doubled up.

I note you don't know how to compute IQ, given chronological age - and counting up to the age as of test results. Shocking. It has to do with chronological age and intellectual age. I tried to help a bit . . . and I'm North of . . .

My insults stink? Normally, I'd be somewhat offended, but since you already you have a problem keeping up - it's apparent the clot shots really scrambled your RNA which in turn altered your DNA - which makes you no longer human - but an GMO or Genetically Modified Organism.

You could actually be patented. By the clot shot manufacturers.

You're dismissed
Epic rant bro.

You’ve insinuated it several times that I’m a lefty when you mentioned the vaccines and the commie commentary, as if being a lefty makes someone less than and a loser. Accused was close enough.

I don’t care enough about this to waste more time replying to you on this thread. You’re dug in on the topic, you’re mad and there’s nothing I’m going to write that’s going to have you consider anything else. I’m sure we will cross paths in the future on some other topic where nuance challenges you.
 
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Epic rant bro.

You’ve insinuated it several times that I’m a lefty when you mentioned the vaccines and the commie commentary, as if being a lefty makes someone less than and a loser. Accused was close enough.

I don’t care enough about this to waste more time replying to you on this thread. You’re dug in on the topic, you’re mad and there’s nothing I’m going to write that’s going to have you consider anything else. I’m sure we will cross paths in the future on some other topic where nuance challenges you.

I'm not mad! I didn't accuse you of being a Lefty. I have no idea what you are - nor do I give a ****. The topic was UM football and what is a pattern of clearly limited, unproductive play calling.

I never insinuated you're a lefty - as you claimed I did - you came up with that all by yourself. Now you're just wanting to back out of what you said.

If you don't want to continue - then just stop coming back for more.

Maybe no one else will - but I'll call your BS out.
 
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Epic rant bro.

You’ve insinuated it several times that I’m a lefty when you mentioned the vaccines and the commie commentary, as if being a lefty makes someone less than and a loser. Accused was close enough.

I don’t care enough about this to waste more time replying to you on this thread. You’re dug in on the topic, you’re mad and there’s nothing I’m going to write that’s going to have you consider anything else. I’m sure we will cross paths in the future on some other topic where nuance challenges you.
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The kind of person who brags about loving to kill communists is always such a loser, too.

It's cringeworthy.

I was doing my job. They were the designated enemies.

Some are good at making hasty judgements - you're apparently not.

Context. Slick suggested I was like the Jan.6 crew - Lefties.

I merely replied how I'd dealt with Lefties.

I'm sorry I "cringed" you.

You sound like you're really . . . sensitive.

Tell mommy bad man made you cringe.
 
Politics... Off Topic... Insults...
But he killed a bunch of communists, bro! All while ****ing himself at the sight of a vaccine.

Actually, I was mostly on WEZ - and when these first came out - I told everyone that an mRNA shot is NOT a vaccine.

You see, as a kid - I wondered how vaccines worked - and found out.

I knew mRNA had nothing to do with a vaccine.

Sure as **** - those vaccines killed millions world wide - and untold additional millions with very bad reactions they still haven't recovered from.

So - you clearly got your clot shots too!

The more commies I killed, the less killed we got. Men understand that concept.

You sound like a girl - haven't seen many of those here. Maybe daddy can explain things to you.
 
I hope none of you are misconstruing my criticism as a source of pleasure. Not once in my life have I or will I root against the University of Miami. I will never root for us to lose, I will never root for anyone to fail, I will never root for mediocrity. Not even making this some sort of **** measuring contest, but I’d reckon I’ve attended more games in recent memory than a lot of people on this board.

What I am doing, and what many of us are trying to allude to, is that the product on the field the last 3 games is not indicative of the team YOU GUYS think they are. It is not indicative of any sort of progress - we are not any better than we were at the beginning of the season. I think it’s impossible to argue against imo. We’re worse, clearly worse. Every statistical measure indicates that.

And so we do this song and dance year over year, where people are posting we’re the best team in America, we have a top 2 roster in America, we’re going undefeated, there’s no team clearly better than us in the country…etc etc.

And so now we have these two groups that have some insatiable desire to hate and dunk on each other, so that’s that.

What I will stand on is that if anyone is encouraged by yesterday - I didn’t say happy with a win, I didn’t say we can’t be happy we’re one step closer to 11-1 - they’re lying to themselves. Or they’re delusional.

Do you think it’s a coincidence that pretty much every respected poster on here is back to taking jabs at Mario, or concerned about the trajectory of the team relative to expectations after Week 4? You think they want to do that? Or are they sick of beating their head against a wall, seeing the same issues arise at similar points in a season year-over-year?

Anyone referencing a score, well it just fits the narrative. That’s really all there is to it.
Miami has been nowhere near the best team in the nation talk ever since the mirage 2017 season and even then we weren’t considered the “best” team in America . Stop it
 
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