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What Are Your Expectations For 2024?

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What are y'all expectations for this upcoming 2024 season?

I've wanted to temper my expectations for this year cause the fear of being let down this year would probably be the worst since 2003?

However, it would be smooth brain to ignore the absolute upside an elite QB brings to a team that had shown offensive improvement last year, while leaving too much meat on the bone(pause?).

Historically, Guidrys defenses take a jump in year 2. There may be multiple question marks in the secondary, but this could be our best pass rush group since 2020.

In recent days on CIS, there have been talks about 'patience', 'just win now', 'top 10 offense', 'soft schedule.'

So throwing those buzzwords out the window, what are y'all expectations?


Obviously, context matters, so just assume we're healthy.

For me, anything less than an ACC Championship and a CFP home game would be a let down.
 
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Optimally; I would like to see players being put in the best position to make plays that fit their skills. I’ll be watching the play calling from Dawson very closely. Both sides of the ball need this to be true, for this season to be a success. I would like to see more discipline from our trench players as well. Limit your mistakes and magnify the oppositions. Of course, just win.
 
You’re expecting an ACC ship and a CFP home game? Gee, why not demand a natty? I get WANTING those outcomes, but expecting? Given the last 20 years?

My expectations? 10 wins. I don’t care if that means 9-3 and a bowl win. 10 wins likely puts us back into national relevance. 10 regular season wins likely puts us on the ACC championship game.

Oh and beat the Gators. Let’s start with that.
 
I'm a little concerned that we might be a target for acquisition. That never ends well for me. I find it hard to adapt to a new set of overlords with different priorities than the ones I've gotten used to. The boss recently purchased a vacation home and took off the entire month of March. For someone as hands on as he's always been, this is out of character. I know he trusts his son Jimmy, who's done a decent job as COO, but he's not the leader type. He's the kind of guy who can make sure the train keeps moving but can't get it started from a stop.
 
Expectations? Why the same as every year of course.


To see improvement. To see areas of concern from last year being fixed. To see the team beat teams with less talent. To see the team at least look like they belong in the games against teams with equal or greater talent.

It's pathetic how low the bar is, but here we are. Let's see a team and staff that learn from mistakes and improve.
 
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10 regular season wins.

Whatever happens after that is a bonus.

Anything that happens less that that is a failure.

I would love to throw beating the gator and fsu into this, because I really do expect that. But no matter what happens with each individual game, as long as we win 10 of them in the regular year, it’s definite progress and it will definitely still leave the door open that this staff/program can start to compete annually for championships very soon.
 
After Mario taking over a decent winning team and having a 5-7 and then a 7-6 record its time after all the money spent on paying Coaches and players to have a breakout season so anything less then 9 wins is failure on Mario's part.
 
I wish I had expectations, but the last 20 have kicked those out the door for me. Hopefully Dawson / Mario isn't as bad as I feel the combination of the two is and we see some life on offense. Defensively, just hoping there's some answers to questions and we stay healthy there as depth is young and untested.

Hope by midway through the season I can match a number to a name. It's starting to look like those high school all star games all over college football.
 
10 win regular season (barring injury) or its a complete disappointment honestly. You can't bring in all this upperclassmen talent at pivotal positions and not turn it into an ACC championship appearance/flirting with the CFP in my opinion. The "foundation" should be solid by now and those difference makers leaves no room for excuses.
 
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I quit trying to predict our record a few years ago. I always ended up disappointed. I want us to win the ACC. Do I expect it to happen? 🤷🏾‍♂️
Go Canes 🏈
 
**** improvement, **** upward trajectory, **** stacking talent. He lost all that going under .500 his first two seasons. Results are needed in 2024.

It’s Year 3 and it’s time to win. This roster (on paper) is arguably the very best in the ACC.

- We have the best QB in the conference and a dark horse Heisman contender
- We have a top 3 RB in the conference and borderline Top 10 in the country
- We have two All-Conference OL, another that’s very good inside in Cooper entering his third year
- We are the only team in the country to have THREE 800+ yard WRs + ample depth options
- We have Arroyo back from injury + returning Riley Williams
- We have a TF All-American at DE and we get Mesidor back + picked up Alston
- We picked up THREE transfer DTs, including out-bagging pretty much everyone for Barrow
- We have a second-team All-ACC LB that tied for the team lead in sacks, we picked up a starting LB from one of the best defenses in the conference, and Wes is entering his third year.

Apart from a few corners and safeties, this team should be a shoe-in for 9 wins with any competent coach running the show. He’s done about 90% humanely possible to bring in players ready to win now. The schedule is probably going to end up being top 25-30 easiest amongst P4 teams.

10 wins, ACC Championship appearance. Win 2/3 at worst vs. UF, Louisville, FSU.

The ACC is the very definition of mid. It’s time to start whooping some mid teams. Show us what you got Mario, you’ve got all the toys you need. Now it’s time to win.
 
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