Trusty Trent!

[TriStarCane]

I agree with the majority of the sentiments in this thread, but I don't blame Trent. If the dude busts his balls and does well enough to start, then good for him. The fact that we have to (potentially) ELITE pass rushers who are asked to stack and shed is what infuriates me. We should be talking about which of our two defensive ends will get to double digit sacks first this year...instead, this.

 

[rudebuddha]

Sometimes, you have to allow elite talent to "freelance".

Anybody ever heard of Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, or Lavar Arrington?

Those dudes "freelanced" on a regular basis.

Good coaches understand you have to ALLOW for freelancing ... And elite coaches actually understand how to USE the freelancing to their benefit.

Our coaches don't allow or know how to use it ...

And if you can't do either, you better be a **** genius at X's and O's ...

28-22 says our HC is no genius ...

Every heard of Ray Ray Armstrong, Vaughn Telemaque or Ray Buchanon?

 

[rudebuddha]

I agree with the majority of the sentiments in this thread, but I don't blame Trent. If the dude busts his balls and does well enough to start, then good for him. The fact that we have to (potentially) ELITE pass rushers who are asked to stack and shed is what infuriates me. We should be talking about which of our two defensive ends will get to double digit sacks first this year...instead, this.

Have you noticed that very few pass rushers across the country get to double digit sacks?

**** near every team spreads out 3-4 wr's these days, and the qb drops and fires in a couple of seconds.

It's tough to play defense these days, when offenses across the country are putting up 400+ yards. It used to be in the old 4-3 defense days that giving up 400 yards was a horrible defensive effort.

You give up 350 yards these days and you are doing great.

You have guys freelancing these days, and you give up big, big plays.

 

[canesfanmpls]

While AQM may be a savage and beastly - Trent Harris has shown his ability to have "fluid hips" and be able to back peddle smoothly into coverage - especially in third and short situations. Also Trent has put on good weight this offseason.

 

[Jassid82]

"Even though he runs a 2 minute 40, and covers under his shell when faced with adversity...The tortoise doesnt makes mistakes and does what he is supposed to do thats why Im starting him"-Donofrio

That would be funnier if the tortoise had not won that race.

Your missing the point..... Coach up the phucking hare...and get that tortoise out of my phucking face..thats why you are paid millions of dollars

This is probably the funniest thing ive seen on here all summer. Ha! Well played, Vern.

 

[Billy D Williams]

I stopped reading comments from Goldie and Donut because all they do **** me off. Why the **** they are football coaches is a mystery.

 

[Consigliere]

Sometimes, you have to allow elite talent to "freelance".

Anybody ever heard of Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, or Lavar Arrington?

Those dudes "freelanced" on a regular basis.

Good coaches understand you have to ALLOW for freelancing ... And elite coaches actually understand how to USE the freelancing to their benefit.

Our coaches don't allow or know how to use it ...

And if you can't do either, you better be a **** genius at X's and O's ...

28-22 says our HC is no genius ...

Every heard of Ray Ray Armstrong, Vaughn Telemaque or Ray Buchanon?

Classic example of a porst!!!!

 

[Canes4days]

I guess I don;t really feel like I've seen this amazing body of work from AQM to date either. Don't get me wrong..he should be the horse you roll with but I don't think anyone here has a whole lot of evidence to say AQM is a beast beyond his build.

Name one defensive lineman at Miami that has looked anything remotely close to "good". Coaching is murdering these kids' NFL stock, just ask Chick what he and his fam thinks of Golden.

Luther Robinson looked good for a play, then was benched for the year

 

[theibisrules]

[video=youtube;Hz1E-F37XmY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz1E-F37XmY[/video]

^^^^^^^^^^^
All lies as far as i'm concerned

 

[MIATL]

I have heard of them.

But I'm not sure I understand the connection to my original comment ...

Sometimes, you have to allow elite talent to "freelance".

Anybody ever heard of Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, or Lavar Arrington?

Those dudes "freelanced" on a regular basis.

Good coaches understand you have to ALLOW for freelancing ... And elite coaches actually understand how to USE the freelancing to their benefit.

Our coaches don't allow or know how to use it ...

And if you can't do either, you better be a **** genius at X's and O's ...

28-22 says our HC is no genius ...

Every heard of Ray Ray Armstrong, Vaughn Telemaque or Ray Buchanon?

 

[RaiseCane]

I agree with the majority of the sentiments in this thread, but I don't blame Trent. If the dude busts his balls and does well enough to start, then good for him. The fact that we have to (potentially) ELITE pass rushers who are asked to stack and shed is what infuriates me. We should be talking about which of our two defensive ends will get to double digit sacks first this year...instead, this.

I don't think anyone is blaming Trent Harris. I am glad that he is working as hard as he can to get better and help the team. We're all blaming our incompetent defensive scheme and coaches for implementing a scheme where 3 guys (Muhammed, McCord and Chad Thomas) who appear to have the ability to be "elite" at being disruptive, getting to the quarterback and making plays, are not able to thrive, whereas a guy like Harris, a guy who is listed as our "rush end" despite running a 5.15 forty yard dash and having the "elite" ability to do...his job, is starting.

What makes this even more difficult to understand is that the rush end in our defense has to be able to generate pressure, given that the other 3 starters all weigh over 290 lbs and are supposed to occupy 2 gaps instead of getting to the QB. We are literally going to play 4 guys in our front 7 who all run slower than a 4.9 40 yd dash, and then we're all going to wonder why the opposing QB has 8 seconds to throw the ball. Any scheme that is not able to utilize the talents of the players is ineffective, and as long as we can't find a way to utilize the talent of guys like AQM, McCord and Thomas, we're going to see the same passive, mediocre defensive product on the field.

 

[INCaneFan]

I guess I don;t really feel like I've seen this amazing body of work from AQM to date either. Don't get me wrong..he should be the horse you roll with but I don't think anyone here has a whole lot of evidence to say AQM is a beast beyond his build.

Yes, the AQM hype is crazy at this point. Last year it was Chocolate.

The last person I heard all kinds of hype about to then explode on the scene besides Hester was McGahee.

 

[poncho0091]

I remember when everyone criticized Randy for letting players fly around. I miss that.

 

[jruiz]

"Even though he runs a 2 minute 40, and covers under his shell when faced with adversity...The tortoise doesnt makes mistakes and does what he is supposed to do thats why Im starting him"-Donofrio

I had to check to make sure that Donofrio didn't actually say that. Really wouldn't have been surprising in the least if he did.

 

[407cane]

I guess I don;t really feel like I've seen this amazing body of work from AQM to date either. Don't get me wrong..he should be the horse you roll with but I don't think anyone here has a whole lot of evidence to say AQM is a beast beyond his build.

Exactly, We have numerous cases of missed talent opportunities where first round talent and draft picks happen where the players never produced here (which is so frustrating).

But then there’s cases like AQM where we haven’t seen flashes of greatness other than a high school tape from NJ. he has done pretty well at practice and scrimmages but certainly hasn’t dominated and won over the hearts of the fan base or coaching staff. so now all of a sudden golden is the reason? i don’t get it sometimes. If a player does amazing then it’s because the player is amazing despite the coaching staff, and if a player does bad,then it’s because the coaching staff seems to always be the reasoning

I was a golden supporter until the GT game last year. I understand he has many faults but not EVERYTHING is on Golden

 

[miamilaw07]

"Even though he runs a 2 minute 40, and covers under his shell when faced with adversity...The tortoise doesnt makes mistakes and does what he is supposed to do thats why Im starting him"-Donofrio

Not the best analogy, the tortoise won that race...

 

[JHallCanes]

Golden would have hated Sean Taylor. He cant have guys just out there utilizing their god given ability and playing football.

 

[rudebuddha]

I have heard of them.

But I'm not sure I understand the connection to my original comment ...

Sometimes, you have to allow elite talent to "freelance".

Anybody ever heard of Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, or Lavar Arrington?

Those dudes "freelanced" on a regular basis.

Good coaches understand you have to ALLOW for freelancing ... And elite coaches actually understand how to USE the freelancing to their benefit.

Our coaches don't allow or know how to use it ...

And if you can't do either, you better be a **** genius at X's and O's ...

28-22 says our HC is no genius ...

Every heard of Ray Ray Armstrong, Vaughn Telemaque or Ray Buchanon?

The point is that all the guys you mentioned played in a different era of football.

You have one or two guys freelancing and doing whatever they feel like, you end up having a huge hole in your defense, which a decent qb and one of his 4-5 receivers will exploit.

 

[MIATL]

Respectfully, that's not accurate.

Just like offenses have evolved, so have defenses.

And the best defenses allow for free-lancing.

You know the play in the Super Bowl that won the game for New England?

That was a free-lance.

That guy jumped a route, and completely gave up his outside position. If he plays that technique the way it's taught, maybe it's an incompletion. But that kid free-lanced, and made a play on the ball that left him vulnerable to an outside release .... And it won New England a championship.

I have heard of them.

But I'm not sure I understand the connection to my original comment ...

Sometimes, you have to allow elite talent to "freelance".

Anybody ever heard of Junior Seau, Troy Polamalu, or Lavar Arrington?

Those dudes "freelanced" on a regular basis.

Good coaches understand you have to ALLOW for freelancing ... And elite coaches actually understand how to USE the freelancing to their benefit.

Our coaches don't allow or know how to use it ...

And if you can't do either, you better be a **** genius at X's and O's ...

28-22 says our HC is no genius ...

Every heard of Ray Ray Armstrong, Vaughn Telemaque or Ray Buchanon?

The point is that all the guys you mentioned played in a different era of football.

You have one or two guys freelancing and doing whatever they feel like, you end up having a huge hole in your defense, which a decent qb and one of his 4-5 receivers will exploit.