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Was that Al's worst coaching job?

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Any important game is Al's worst coaching performance. This is the most talented team UM has fielded in a decade. He is 6-4. The dude sucks.
 
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jerzeycane said:
HarryCarayisGoat said:
I mean, that's gott a be up there.
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6 weeks ago in Atlanta...and it's not even close
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Without question. That was the game that ruined this season. Has any of teams that we lost to been better than us? Am I crazy for thinking we should be a one loss team at worst. Pathetic coaching job this season. All 4 losses are directly attributable to poor coaching decisions.
 
Al Golden losing to the defending national champions in the middle of 26 straight wins is a bad coaching job? Let's go back and review the game shall we.

Up 23-10, throw a pass to the endzone, Berrios drops the TD that would have made it 30-10. Golden's fault obviously.

The FG on that drive is missed. Obviously that was on Golden.

Come out running a little more, but still moving the ball in the 2nd half, but the TE fumbles. C'mon Al, protect the ball.

Again, run the ball some more, still moving it, but Kaaya is missing open guys this half. That's on Al, he controls Kaaya' accuracy.

The defense looks to make a stop, but a tipped pass goes for a TD. Obviously Al made that ball tip at the appropriate angle for them to catch for the TD.

Again, running the ball, but Kaaya is still missing his throws when needed. All on Al.

Kaaya throws into triple coverage to end the game. Al threw the pass really.

C'mon guys. Be real here. The players did not make the plays to win. They came out milking the clock, but were still moving the ball on the ground with 4-5 yards a carry. The problem was when they'd let Kaaya throw, he was not accurate in the 2nd half. Nothing is on Al. We still were trying to get 15 yard passes over the middle and had the guys, Kaaya was just getting his passes batted at the line or just missing guys completely every time.

Al didn't turn the ball over 3 times, miss a FG, or look like an idiot blocking on an XP. Al didn't let a tipped pass get caught for a TD. Al did not drop a TD pass to make it 30-10 that would've likely sealed the deal. The players simply did not make enough plays to win. They almost did, but just didn't.

Please return to being a moper, call me a slurper. I don't care. I still believe we'll wipe the floor with UVA and Pitt. If we struggle or even lose, I'll come back here and start having 2nd thoughts. But right now I think we win out easily and are likely to get a favorable bowl game. I feel we'll win it too.
 
A favorable bowl? Back to irrelevance in San Antonio most likely. We are 5th choice in the acc.
 
Yes, with the way the team has been playing, the bowl match up will likely be someone who isn't playing on the same level as Miami and Miami should finally win one.
 
Canes21 said:
Yes, with the way the team has been playing, the bowl match up will likely be someone who isn't playing on the same level as Miami and Miami should finally win one.
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You're so confident in Golden's coaching ability that your bowl game analysis boils down to, "Look I feel pretty good about winning the bowl game provided Miami plays a ****** team currently playing like ****."
 
Hcane said:
It's not just his coaching... He can't recruit big time players. It's all connected.
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Don't tell that to the people who ride with Golden. They'll tell you with a straight face that he has done a great job recruiting over the past three years but the roster doesn't have enough talent on it to win the worst division in college football. Top of the line recruiter though...
 
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I actually thought he did a good job in the first half. The mistakes were genuinely players not executing but the play calling and general preparation was solid. The 2nd half was more emblematic of why many of us are so frustrated by Golden. FSU adjusted and we didn't. We got conservative on offense and passive on defense. And the clock management and play calling on that final drive was abysmal.
 
rex karz said:
TRock305 said:
Any important game is Al's worst coaching performance. This is the most talented team UM has fielded in a decade. He is 6-4. The dude sucks.
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Starting a true frosh at QB is 3 losses guaranteed.
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If only Golden had some sort of control over which HS QB's he could get onto the roster so that he wouldn't be in the position of having to rely on a "guaranteed three loss true freshman" four years into his tenure. Oh well. Until the NCAA introduces some sort of process where college coaches try and induce HS football players to come play for their teams, it is what it is.
 
Republicane said:
Canes21 said:
Yes, with the way the team has been playing, the bowl match up will likely be someone who isn't playing on the same level as Miami and Miami should finally win one.
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You're so confident in Golden's coaching ability that your bowl game analysis boils down to, "Look I feel pretty good about winning the bowl game provided Miami plays a ****ty team currently playing like ****."
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No, I am confident in the way the team is playing right now will get a match up that favors them in a bowl game because they are not going to be playing top 10 teams. If they make the plays, they can beat just about anyone in the nation. With an 8-4 record, we're not getting a world beater in a bowl match up. We'll likely get someone who is barely better than Duke and we should roll unless the team lays an egg the rest of the year.
 
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