Rellyrell
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Most of you will see this thread tomorrow morning, either being on the East Coast or simply drinking your pains away...so I apologize for this long post, in advance.
I was able to re-watch this “game”, and there were a lot of alarming trends that have mimicked the last 2 coaching regimes, in particular.
If we’re being honest, this team is who we thought it was. There was a split among this board about hiring Richt. Being honest for a moment, a colleague and Texas alum/booster told me back in 2015 after the news came of the hiring that Richt was a good, well respected coach, but that we would be complaining about his abilities to coach on field. He went on to say, rumors are he likes things his way, only.
The nepotistic hire of his son as the QB coach was alarming. You know who also made a nepostic hire that was detrimental to our team? Golden. We ridiculed Golden for not firing his former teammate and long time friend D’Onofrio, as our def gave up opportunity after opportunity. Now? We see our QB play bleed opportunity after opportunity w **** poor development and fundamentals. That comes under the tutelage of Jon.
We criticized both Shannon and Golden, hiring guys w little to no experience, along w questionable journeymen experience. On our staff, we have J Richt, Patke, Simpson, Rumph, Banda, and Harley. We have Searles, and Diaz. The aforementioned group of assistants would be consider quality control or Grad staff members on any other staff. With the latter two, both have shaky back grounds as position coaches and coordinators.
With Golden, we clamoured for our offense to make a 1st or the def to get off the field or stop making bone headed plays. Are we not still echoing these same sentiments, today?
We begged for the long losing streaks to stop; now, we’ve had back to back seasons w 4 game skids.
The embarrassment on National TV against marquee opponents, an opportunity to shut up the nay-sayers....yet, here we are in the Richt era still getting embarrassed on National TV, proving the nay-sayers, correct.
Folks, I love this school; it’s the first team outside of Chicago I rooted for, the 1st team that introduced me to college football. I’ve been rocking w Miami for 31 yrs of my life. My home girl just got accepted to Miami’s Law School and we celebrated like no other. Even though I never attended as a student, I’ve been on campus multiple times to visit frat, to tour w my little relative as she was contemplating attending Miami, and each time it felt like home.
When I saw today’s game, it reminded me that my 1st love hasn’t changed in 14 yrs. Hiring Richt was a great PR move, it’s yielded on campus divideds, but it was still safe. That’s the problem; The U is not safe. The U is about swag. Swag is not just about winning, as Richt says. Swag is punching a team in its mouth and looking at the refs like I dare u to hit me w a flag. Swag is having a good time playing the game you love. Swag is about instilling fear the moment that coin is flipped. Swag is making adjustments, rallying the team EVEN when ur up.
Our Swag has been lost. We have a coach who rather be safe, than take risk. A coach who rather be comfortable than uncomfortable to make the hard decisions. There was no passion from the staff; just a bunch of bewildered looks, and that emulated through our players.
Talent has been wasted for a while here. Opportunities flushed down the toilet. The boogie men are not the handlers or bags that’s ruining this program; it’s the cavalier approach w recruiting and when faced with on field adversities that’s now become our real nemesis.
Today wasn’t about 1 game. 1 game I can handle...no, it’s much deeper than 1 game. It’s a culture that’s been engrained here and now being perpetuated by the new staff. Lack of discipline, unimaginative play calling on both sides, and no unity have been an on going theme here. Sure, we’ll blow out The Savannah States and FIU’s of the world, and that'll make a couple of fans happy. Richt may even win another Coastal, and some will be happy with that...but what I’m seeing is a veteran lead team look like a team full of freshmen. U know, I saw that w UGA Richt’s last couple of years, too.
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Here’s hoping that this history will be more mid 80’s and 90’s and not mid 2000’s.
I was able to re-watch this “game”, and there were a lot of alarming trends that have mimicked the last 2 coaching regimes, in particular.
If we’re being honest, this team is who we thought it was. There was a split among this board about hiring Richt. Being honest for a moment, a colleague and Texas alum/booster told me back in 2015 after the news came of the hiring that Richt was a good, well respected coach, but that we would be complaining about his abilities to coach on field. He went on to say, rumors are he likes things his way, only.
The nepotistic hire of his son as the QB coach was alarming. You know who also made a nepostic hire that was detrimental to our team? Golden. We ridiculed Golden for not firing his former teammate and long time friend D’Onofrio, as our def gave up opportunity after opportunity. Now? We see our QB play bleed opportunity after opportunity w **** poor development and fundamentals. That comes under the tutelage of Jon.
We criticized both Shannon and Golden, hiring guys w little to no experience, along w questionable journeymen experience. On our staff, we have J Richt, Patke, Simpson, Rumph, Banda, and Harley. We have Searles, and Diaz. The aforementioned group of assistants would be consider quality control or Grad staff members on any other staff. With the latter two, both have shaky back grounds as position coaches and coordinators.
With Golden, we clamoured for our offense to make a 1st or the def to get off the field or stop making bone headed plays. Are we not still echoing these same sentiments, today?
We begged for the long losing streaks to stop; now, we’ve had back to back seasons w 4 game skids.
The embarrassment on National TV against marquee opponents, an opportunity to shut up the nay-sayers....yet, here we are in the Richt era still getting embarrassed on National TV, proving the nay-sayers, correct.
Folks, I love this school; it’s the first team outside of Chicago I rooted for, the 1st team that introduced me to college football. I’ve been rocking w Miami for 31 yrs of my life. My home girl just got accepted to Miami’s Law School and we celebrated like no other. Even though I never attended as a student, I’ve been on campus multiple times to visit frat, to tour w my little relative as she was contemplating attending Miami, and each time it felt like home.
When I saw today’s game, it reminded me that my 1st love hasn’t changed in 14 yrs. Hiring Richt was a great PR move, it’s yielded on campus divideds, but it was still safe. That’s the problem; The U is not safe. The U is about swag. Swag is not just about winning, as Richt says. Swag is punching a team in its mouth and looking at the refs like I dare u to hit me w a flag. Swag is having a good time playing the game you love. Swag is about instilling fear the moment that coin is flipped. Swag is making adjustments, rallying the team EVEN when ur up.
Our Swag has been lost. We have a coach who rather be safe, than take risk. A coach who rather be comfortable than uncomfortable to make the hard decisions. There was no passion from the staff; just a bunch of bewildered looks, and that emulated through our players.
Talent has been wasted for a while here. Opportunities flushed down the toilet. The boogie men are not the handlers or bags that’s ruining this program; it’s the cavalier approach w recruiting and when faced with on field adversities that’s now become our real nemesis.
Today wasn’t about 1 game. 1 game I can handle...no, it’s much deeper than 1 game. It’s a culture that’s been engrained here and now being perpetuated by the new staff. Lack of discipline, unimaginative play calling on both sides, and no unity have been an on going theme here. Sure, we’ll blow out The Savannah States and FIU’s of the world, and that'll make a couple of fans happy. Richt may even win another Coastal, and some will be happy with that...but what I’m seeing is a veteran lead team look like a team full of freshmen. U know, I saw that w UGA Richt’s last couple of years, too.
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Here’s hoping that this history will be more mid 80’s and 90’s and not mid 2000’s.
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