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Number1CanesFan said:
We've done thst pretty consistently on our redzone misses. It's so predictable and we're not good enough to impose our will when the defense knows what's coming.
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if the mindset was to make it four down territory from the beginning then I can't understand why we didnt take a shot on a fade in the corner on the earlier downs. you can take a shot earlier and still run the ball after that. we ran a terrible pass call on the biggest down of that drive.
 
Number1CanesFan said:
It's just a poor mix of plays or really lack of mix. Everyone knows we're going to try to run it in. Why not just play action on 1st down and take the easy score.

They're trying to impose will with guys thst can't.
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running the ball isnt bad. the issue is how we go about it. were doing it stubbornly and dont do it to take advantage of the defense. even the best passing offenses can still run the ball well.
 
Number1CanesFan said:
It's just a poor mix of plays or really lack of mix. Everyone knows we're going to try to run it in. Why not just play action on 1st down and take the easy score.

They're trying to impose will with guys thst can't.
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Definitely not disagreeing

That was a tough part of the game to watch knowing it was probably going to come back to bite us
 
Gocanes1990 said:
I think you nailed it. I wonder what the blown coverages were about… I’d add the adjustments made on defense were impressive. Miami beat Miami again. I’m an optimist. It just beats the alternative. We have two hard games left, FSU and Clemson. If we keep improving we should drop one of those two. Keep this class together, hammer the portal for our biggest needs at LB, DE and WR.
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If I told you 27 points would be their total before the game what would you think? We allowed six points in the second half. So there was adjustments . As for the busts it’s unlike anything i‘ve ever seen.
 
JHallCanes said:
Yessir totally agree

I don’t “hate” the desire to run it in a few spots that we did. At some point we gotta be like ok guys…do you want this or not?

But I’m with you. Not absolving Gattis. The only thing I thought was somewhat shaky was not taking the field goal

I’m all for going for it on 4th down for the TD but losing two OL in two plays is tough. Could see it going both ways for sure
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Like Mallory. We used him majority in the slot or flexed out wide. Why did it take five games ? Even though we’ve known for four years he’s a bad in-line te.
 
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Cribby said:
If I told you 27 points would be their total before the game what would you think? We allowed six points in the second half. So there was adjustments . As for the busts it’s unlike anything i‘ve ever seen.
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As the models I run predicted, I would have said Miami gets an L

Post in thread 'Final Regular Season Record, take 2' https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/final-regular-season-record-take-2.180476/post-6142727


"...Based on data so far, expected score should be...

UNC 45-ish
Miami 23-ish..."


UNC underperformed significantly and should be embarrassed. Canes performed right on target.
 
Cribby said:
Like Mallory. We used him majority in the slot or flexed out wide. Why did it take five games ? Even though we’ve known for four years he’s a bad in-line te.
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It was why I was getting so defensive about the Mallory venom on this board

Lashlee gave the blueprint

Mallory is clearly a good target for us in a certain way but Gattis has got him doing mind numbing ****

He’s obviously not a complete tight end but he’s shown how he can be a weapon. Not that hard either
 
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Gattis blew the entire first quarter and the entire second quarter until the last drive before half time.

He even blew a 3rd quarter drive trying to keep fitting in a few runs.

Hes not getting props for that first half after 2 weeks of preparation.

TVD set 2 personal records today. Threw for 500 yards in essentially ONE HALF of football. Could be sitting here 5-0 but he wants to keep forcing the run.

His route trees are still atrocious with TVD having to do Mahomes **** to make things happen. Shots down the field are still not open.

Gattis does not rate a GOOD. You're way off.
 
Cribby said:
It’s a what have you done for me business and wins is all folks care about but I came away pretty positive. After all the negativity from MTSU then getting down two td’s there was some resolve today. They could’ve packed up shop after the early onslaught. On top of that adversity we lost three OL and Ts left early with the same issue. There was also some growth from the most maligned group on the team the receivers. Which leads me to the good.

Good

1. Gattis

I have to give some props to Gattis albeit it took four games to mold the offense to the players. He used more space and far better pace today. Majority of the alignments today had more space and implementing more Rpo played a big part.

2. TVD

Ironically after TVD has a sit down with the OC and qb coach about adjustments to the offense we saw the real TVD. As I’ve been saying quality coaches play to the kids strengths not the other way around. Great bounce back game after everyone was trying to make him the lone scape goat.

3. Receivers

I saw multiple guys grow up today and some show up and introduce themselves to CFB. Ladson, Brashard , Redding and my man Colbie Young took big steps. There was some confidence gained by that group and I look forward to watching their growth.

4. Sagapolo

Coming off an injury with no burn he was thrown into a tough spot and held up pretty **** well. I thought he deserved a shout out.

Bad

1. Run blocking

After seeing drastic improvement the first few games we’re now back to seeing the same issues from years past. No push from the interior OL which is forcing Miami to be one dimensional. I know teams have been outnumbering us at times because of the pass game issues but today there was times it wasn’t numbers , it was just guys getting their butts whipped. It’s very discounting to see that performance against a very suspect front.

2. Drops

There was a minimum of four drops today that left yards on the field. The rb’s and te’s need to be better in the pass game. 85 had a great day but his third down drop was huge , there was tons of grass in front of him because of the blitz. Tvd lofted a dime out there while staring down the heat. If coaches put you in that position you have to make the play. Same with Knighton on the fumble. It’s inexcusable.

4. Tackling

The missed tackles in space continues to be a problem. There’s so many tackle attempts where guys refuse to wrap up. The amount of YAC teams get off missed tackles is just insane. I’d love to see the stats with yards after contact by opponents.

Ugly

1. The redzone

The big bad wolf continues to be an issue even though we were gifted multiple first downs by UNC on one drive. Yet the coaches contour to be hard headed forcing the run especially inside the five. We can’t move teams so why continue to force it leaving points off the board. I know Mario is a former OL but at some pount he has to swallow his pride and realize this offense is better suited to finesse. At least until he gets his guys in. This is by far some of the worst redzone play calling I’ve ever seen.

2. Blowing coverages

In all my years of watching football I’ve never seen this rate of coverage busts. I mean multiple huge gainers two weeks ago and then more today. I expected to see a bunch of shell coverages , keeping the ball in front of the db’s but we still found away to give up free points. Once we stopped blowing coverages and missing tackles the game plan was good enough to win. When we made them drive the ball the ball things improved. There was thirteen points score after the early onslaught.

3. Starting slow

This continues to be an issue. Every week we start slow or are sleep walking and that puts you behind the eight ball . I feel like I’ve been griping about this for years.

4. Third down conversions

The momey down in football on both sides of the ball is third down and we continue to struggle with them defensively. If we can’t figure a way to get off the field on third downs the losing will continue.

Coming out of this i actually see a silver lining for the first time all year. All I’ve wanted was to see improvement from the staff and players. I know that sounds crazy but the macro has always been more important than the micro. We at-least know the staff all though hardheaded they’re willing to adjust. Even if it’s only because they had to. Now we need to see a steak of wins , moral won’t cut it going forward.
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There were a LOT of slow starts last year as well.
 
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