johnnytsunami01
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Here's a new interview with Tracy talking about UM and D'onfrio's system. A brief summary:
- Originally was going to Florida until the signing day
- Decided to stay because he loves Miami and wanted to play with Duke, Deon, Herb, Malcolm, etc.
- UF was the favorite because of T Rob
- Loved his time at Miami, but football wise if he could do it again would go to UF
- D'onfrio's system consisted for CBs dropping back practically every play
- Was not allowed to freestyle or do anything other than dropping back
- Would get in arguments with D'onfrio, Golden and even other coaches because he knew the defense wasn't going to work
- But he would always do what the coaches told him and would follow the gameplan to a tee regardless if he agreed with it or not
- Stated that what really made him good was his smarts and film study
- Was working out at Miramar prior to a game and film of the opposing team was playing on TV on replay
- Every time he looked the opponent would run the same play
- Then when the game came on Friday he couldn't believe they ran that same play
- From that moment he dedicated himself to film study
- Was constantly watching film and stated in college he knew 70% of the plays the opponent was going to run
- But regardless he couldn't do anything about it because he had to follow the system and bail
- The rest of the DBs in Miami never watched films
- Deon would watch 30 min max before getting bored and relying on keys and talent (still to this day does in the NFL)
- One thing that really shocked him was his freshman year after their first loss the team threw a party
- He didn't go, wasn't used to losing and although he didn't play he was ****ed
- That wore out and they accepted losing and were always partying after every game
- No one cared about winning, if someone would get ****ed they would look at them like they crazy
- Coaches wouldn't allow any trash talk and would threaten to bench you for the littlest things
- D'onfrio super smart and taught him a lot with nickel, but was stuck in his way and nothing would never change anything about his system
- Originally was going to Florida until the signing day
- Decided to stay because he loves Miami and wanted to play with Duke, Deon, Herb, Malcolm, etc.
- UF was the favorite because of T Rob
- Loved his time at Miami, but football wise if he could do it again would go to UF
- D'onfrio's system consisted for CBs dropping back practically every play
- Was not allowed to freestyle or do anything other than dropping back
- Would get in arguments with D'onfrio, Golden and even other coaches because he knew the defense wasn't going to work
- But he would always do what the coaches told him and would follow the gameplan to a tee regardless if he agreed with it or not
- Stated that what really made him good was his smarts and film study
- Was working out at Miramar prior to a game and film of the opposing team was playing on TV on replay
- Every time he looked the opponent would run the same play
- Then when the game came on Friday he couldn't believe they ran that same play
- From that moment he dedicated himself to film study
- Was constantly watching film and stated in college he knew 70% of the plays the opponent was going to run
- But regardless he couldn't do anything about it because he had to follow the system and bail
- The rest of the DBs in Miami never watched films
- Deon would watch 30 min max before getting bored and relying on keys and talent (still to this day does in the NFL)
- One thing that really shocked him was his freshman year after their first loss the team threw a party
- He didn't go, wasn't used to losing and although he didn't play he was ****ed
- That wore out and they accepted losing and were always partying after every game
- No one cared about winning, if someone would get ****ed they would look at them like they crazy
- Coaches wouldn't allow any trash talk and would threaten to bench you for the littlest things
- D'onfrio super smart and taught him a lot with nickel, but was stuck in his way and nothing would never change anything about his system
