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All Credit to Matt Porter:
CORAL GABLES — Asked if Malik Rosier‘s completion percentage last week against North Carolina was a concern, offensive coordinator Thomas Brown didn’t hold back.
“I think the whole game was a concern, if you watched us play on offense,” Brown said. “Obviously the worst performance we had this entire year. Maybe the worst one we’ve had since we’ve been at Miami.”
Brown saw “a lack of focus, a lack of execution. … It was embarrassing to see. It was embarrassing to be a part of, coaching-wise.”
Who was accountable, primarily?
“Everybody,” Brown said. “Everybody who has a Miami shirt on.”
He was upset about the completion percentage, certainly. Including Evan Shirreffs’ 1-for-3 performance when he played for a series, Miami was 17-for-41 (41.5), its lowest completion percentage since Oct. 22, 2011 against Georgia Tech (34.8).
But it was more than that.
“Guys having missed assignments — guy that are veterans, have done things a million times and never screwed it up, for whatever reason, screwed it up,” Brown said. “Ran the wrong route, cut it short, dropped ball, incomplete pass, missed blocking scheme, missed read from a tailback standpoint. Flat-out, that guy across from you hit you in the face and you didn’t do anything about it. Which is embarrassing.”
Mark Richt said in his press conference Tuesday that he was happy Rosier “has thrown very few balls up for grabs.” The interception he threw against UNC came when he “got fooled on a coverage.”
Another major concern: a lack of a running game.
Removing two sacks from the equation, Miami rushed for 2.4 yards per carry against UNC (30 carries, 71 yards). It was its lowest output of the season, and is a major concern with another good Virginia Tech defense coming to town Saturday.
“We’re not getting a lot of movement,” Richt said Monday on WQAM. “I know twice if we hand the ball off it’s going to spring out big. One might have been a 70-yard house call, so all of a sudden we’re a good running team.
“That’s how it goes sometimes in the running game. You’re banging away and banging away and then all of a sudden, bang, it spits out for a long one. Just like that long touchdown run to finish the game against Syracuse. Every once in a while it takes a minute to find a crease and then all of a sudden you’re going the distance … and your run stats are different.”
The Hokies rank ninth nationally in yards per carry allowed (3.07) and in last year’s 37-16 win in Blacksburg, saddled UM with its second-lowest output (1.45) of 2016. That includes sacks (a season-high eight on Brad Kaaya, for a loss of 57 yards). In total, UM lost 69 yards on the ground.
Rosier is a more mobile quarterback than Kaaya, and UM’s offensive line has, to the eye test, marginally improved. Pass protection has been decent, but the run blocking — at all positions, Richt said — has been poor.
Another big-time issue: third-down woes. Virginia Tech is third nationally in third-down defense (24.03 percent conversions allowed). Miami is 119th in conversion success (30.68). Winning on first and second downs on Saturday will be critical.
Miami Hurricanes OC unhappy after ‘maybe the worst performance’ of Richt era vs. UNC | Canes Watch
All Credit to Matt Porter:
CORAL GABLES — Asked if Malik Rosier‘s completion percentage last week against North Carolina was a concern, offensive coordinator Thomas Brown didn’t hold back.
“I think the whole game was a concern, if you watched us play on offense,” Brown said. “Obviously the worst performance we had this entire year. Maybe the worst one we’ve had since we’ve been at Miami.”
Brown saw “a lack of focus, a lack of execution. … It was embarrassing to see. It was embarrassing to be a part of, coaching-wise.”
Who was accountable, primarily?
“Everybody,” Brown said. “Everybody who has a Miami shirt on.”
He was upset about the completion percentage, certainly. Including Evan Shirreffs’ 1-for-3 performance when he played for a series, Miami was 17-for-41 (41.5), its lowest completion percentage since Oct. 22, 2011 against Georgia Tech (34.8).
But it was more than that.
“Guys having missed assignments — guy that are veterans, have done things a million times and never screwed it up, for whatever reason, screwed it up,” Brown said. “Ran the wrong route, cut it short, dropped ball, incomplete pass, missed blocking scheme, missed read from a tailback standpoint. Flat-out, that guy across from you hit you in the face and you didn’t do anything about it. Which is embarrassing.”
Mark Richt said in his press conference Tuesday that he was happy Rosier “has thrown very few balls up for grabs.” The interception he threw against UNC came when he “got fooled on a coverage.”
Another major concern: a lack of a running game.
Removing two sacks from the equation, Miami rushed for 2.4 yards per carry against UNC (30 carries, 71 yards). It was its lowest output of the season, and is a major concern with another good Virginia Tech defense coming to town Saturday.
“We’re not getting a lot of movement,” Richt said Monday on WQAM. “I know twice if we hand the ball off it’s going to spring out big. One might have been a 70-yard house call, so all of a sudden we’re a good running team.
“That’s how it goes sometimes in the running game. You’re banging away and banging away and then all of a sudden, bang, it spits out for a long one. Just like that long touchdown run to finish the game against Syracuse. Every once in a while it takes a minute to find a crease and then all of a sudden you’re going the distance … and your run stats are different.”
The Hokies rank ninth nationally in yards per carry allowed (3.07) and in last year’s 37-16 win in Blacksburg, saddled UM with its second-lowest output (1.45) of 2016. That includes sacks (a season-high eight on Brad Kaaya, for a loss of 57 yards). In total, UM lost 69 yards on the ground.
Rosier is a more mobile quarterback than Kaaya, and UM’s offensive line has, to the eye test, marginally improved. Pass protection has been decent, but the run blocking — at all positions, Richt said — has been poor.
Another big-time issue: third-down woes. Virginia Tech is third nationally in third-down defense (24.03 percent conversions allowed). Miami is 119th in conversion success (30.68). Winning on first and second downs on Saturday will be critical.
Miami Hurricanes OC unhappy after ‘maybe the worst performance’ of Richt era vs. UNC | Canes Watch
