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This is the make or break moment for Mario

BigSeph said:
After hearing his postgame comments, I don't think he got my message.

I didn't hear much in the way of taking responsibility or falling on the proverbial grenade. He actually said

"we fell short in so many different ways"

"didn't have a great first half"

"at the end of the game a chance to put it away, should have just told him to take a timeout right there, recalibrate, and take a knee."

"we gave them a chance, they took advantage of it and scored"

At no point did he OWN ANYTHING. He did not say "I" or "me" or "my" at any point. He even made it sound like someone else is in charge of taking timeouts.

His comment about "we talked about 2 hands on the ball" was absolutely disgusting. Know what's more foolproof than 2 hands on the ball?

Victory formation + QB kneel.

He is not going to win back this team talking like this. He's going to learn humility one way or another. After this game or after he gets fired from his dream job. Rather he learn it now.
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he said "I should have" and "we didnt coach to our standard".
 
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Beat UNC… this idiot still has a chance to turn the tide

Beat ******* UNC and get this train back on track… coach like your **** jobs on the line
 
Mario admitted it immediately. WOAT blunder. Also, the refs royally ****ed us.

The kids had to beat a terrible GT team, the refs, and Mario.
 
TexasCane90 said:
Beat UNC… this idiot still has a chance to turn the tide

Beat ******* UNC and get this train back on track… coach like your **** jobs on the line
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You actually think this team will beat UNC after tonight? After TVD had one of the worst games of his career and looked lost? After their coach stole a win from them?

I expect them to come out deader than they did tonight and get rolled.
 
NC_Canes_11 said:
You actually think this team will beat UNC after tonight? After TVD had one of the worst games of his career and looked lost? After their coach stole a win from them?

I expect them to come out deader than they did tonight and get rolled.
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Hence the “coach like your **** job is on the line” comment was made…

I thought Clemson or FSU would be the next biggest game… but being able to rally the troops and get a W against UNC is absolutely the biggest thing at this moment
 
WestEndzone said:
Mario admitted it immediately. WOAT blunder. Also, the refs royally ****ed us.

The kids had to beat a terrible GT team, the refs, and Mario.
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I didn't hear him take any personal responsibility.

It's sort of like when you apologize to someone that you crashed into with your car, and you say "Sorry our cars are wrecked."

You don't say "I'm sorry"

You don't say "I was texting while driving, I'm so sorry are you ok?"

You just give some half-apology that shows zero accountability for your actual fault in the matter.

Mario gave half-admissions of wrongdoing with zero accountability for his own individual screwup in the situation.

He shouldn't even be dancing around it! It should be clear as day and obvious to everyone, he should be saying yes, this loss is on me, I own it. I wasted the effort of these young men and I let them down. I'm going to study this film, we are going to incorporate some systems to ensure that this never happens again and if anybody wants to point fingers after this loss, point them at me, don't point them at our players because they won the game and I lost it for them.

Mario I'm giving you multiple different ways of handling this, basically any way of handling it is better than this sheepish avoidance of owning it. If I was on that team and I heard his comments, I would respect him absolutely ZERO right now. If I was a recruit and he owned it, I'd say heck yes I'm in this guy is building something. If I was a recruit and heard this crap he's mumbling, I'd start fielding other phone calls.

He has a golden opportunity here - like I said - a make or break moment.

COME ON MARIO.
 
BigSeph said:
In the grand scheme of things I doubt we were going to go undefeated and win a ship this year with this squad. Talent is improving but I don't think it's there yet.

Mario will lose this team if he doesn't take responsibility. Sometimes the hardest thing to do as a man, especially a proud man who is in charge of leading others, is to humble yourself and admit you screwed up and you screwed it up for everybody.

The team hung in there, got the lead, and the defense got the ball back for the offense when it counted.

Did Chaney need to have better ball security and just go down? Sure.

Did our secondary need to let receivers behind them on prevent defense? Absolutely not.

But the shot of Matt Lee crying on the bench says it all - he fought all game and the team had the game won, and suddenly he saw everything he worked for vanish due to BAD COACHING.

This is how teams mentally check out. This is how teams tune out a head coach, the coaching staff, everybody just gets muted and they sleepwalk through the rest of a season.

Mario HAS to walk into that locker room, gather this team together and say

"Guys, I know how hard you worked and I know how much you wanted this win and I messed it up for you. I'm sorry. I promise you right here tonight that I will never let that happen again. I want you to learn from mistakes and I preach it every day but this is my mistake and I own it. We aren't going to watch film of that game ever again. I don't want anybody in this room to spend another moment reliving it. I'll watch that tape, I'll study my mistakes, and I promise you that I'm not perfect. Nobody is. I'm working hard to build this program but sometimes I focus so much on the big picture that I suck at the little things and I'm going to improve. Hang in there with me and let's keep building.

Together."
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If you think we’re going anywhere with someone who needs a timeout to do pre school level math IDK what to tell you
 
NC_Canes_11 said:
You actually think this team will beat UNC after tonight? After TVD had one of the worst games of his career and looked lost? After their coach stole a win from them?

I expect them to come out deader than they did tonight and get rolled.
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Fort_Lauderdale954 said:
If you think we’re going anywhere with someone who needs a timeout to do pre school level math IDK what to tell you
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What's the main criticism of Mario?

Great recruiter, good program builder, not a good gameday coach.

If he takes responsibility right now, improves as a gameday coach, and shows some leadership, you don't think we can live in the top-10?

The only thing that appears to be stopping Mario (and our program) right now is Mario's ego.
 
BigSeph said:
I didn't hear him take any personal responsibility.

It's sort of like when you apologize to someone that you crashed into with your car, and you say "Sorry our cars are wrecked."

You don't say "I'm sorry"

You don't say "I was texting while driving, I'm so sorry are you ok?"

You just give some half-apology that shows zero accountability for your actual fault in the matter.

Mario gave half-admissions of wrongdoing with zero accountability for his own individual screwup in the situation.

He shouldn't even be dancing around it! It should be clear as day and obvious to everyone, he should be saying yes, this loss is on me, I own it. I wasted the effort of these young men and I let them down. I'm going to study this film, we are going to incorporate some systems to ensure that this never happens again and if anybody wants to point fingers after this loss, point them at me, don't point them at our players because they won the game and I lost it for them.

Mario I'm giving you multiple different ways of handling this, basically any way of handling it is better than this sheepish avoidance of owning it. If I was on that team and I heard his comments, I would respect him absolutely ZERO right now. If I was a recruit and he owned it, I'd say heck yes I'm in this guy is building something. If I was a recruit and heard this crap he's mumbling, I'd start fielding other phone calls.

He has a golden opportunity here - like I said - a make or break moment.

COME ON MARIO.
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Bad analogy. Never admit fault in a car wreck.
 
BigSeph said:
What's the main criticism of Mario?

Great recruiter, good program builder, not a good gameday coach.

If he takes responsibility right now, improves as a gameday coach, and shows some leadership, you don't think we can live in the top-10?

The only thing that appears to be stopping Mario (and our program) right now is Mario's ego.
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You trust someone who needs a timeout to know a kneel down ends the game ? 😅
 
BigSeph said:
In the grand scheme of things I doubt we were going to go undefeated and win a ship this year with this squad. Talent is improving but I don't think it's there yet.

Mario will lose this team if he doesn't take responsibility. Sometimes the hardest thing to do as a man, especially a proud man who is in charge of leading others, is to humble yourself and admit you screwed up and you screwed it up for everybody.

The team hung in there, got the lead, and the defense got the ball back for the offense when it counted.

Did Chaney need to have better ball security and just go down? Sure.

Did our secondary need to let receivers behind them on prevent defense? Absolutely not.

But the shot of Matt Lee crying on the bench says it all - he fought all game and the team had the game won, and suddenly he saw everything he worked for vanish due to BAD COACHING.

This is how teams mentally check out. This is how teams tune out a head coach, the coaching staff, everybody just gets muted and they sleepwalk through the rest of a season.

Mario HAS to walk into that locker room, gather this team together and say

"Guys, I know how hard you worked and I know how much you wanted this win and I messed it up for you. I'm sorry. I promise you right here tonight that I will never let that happen again. I want you to learn from mistakes and I preach it every day but this is my mistake and I own it. We aren't going to watch film of that game ever again. I don't want anybody in this room to spend another moment reliving it. I'll watch that tape, I'll study my mistakes, and I promise you that I'm not perfect. Nobody is. I'm working hard to build this program but sometimes I focus so much on the big picture that I suck at the little things and I'm going to improve. Hang in there with me and let's keep building.

Together."
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HE AINT MAN ENUFF. HE BLAMED EVERYBODY BUT HIMSELF. HE’S NO LEADER I WOULD FOLLOW……
 
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