What I'm seeing and hearing...

[jkdood]

Yes to all of this. You can't win if the other team knows what's coming. To make matters even worse, SMU is excellent at run defense. They were ranked number 11 in the country coming into our game. So not only were we predictable but we played to their strength.

It's clear the opps have dutifully studied the reports and game films and are now well-prepared for what we've been running, and continue to run as the season drags on with the usual late swoon. On the bye weeks why aren't we adjusting our schemes and practicing and training them... or are we out drinking pina colada dancing salsa and spending our NIL?

 

[RVACane]

Like any normal team the OC should be calling all plays
Meatheads boy toy needs to get the f out of the way

 

[CaneThang2020]

Being a loyal UM fan is depressing….

My Dallas Cowboys and my Miami Hurricanes…same stuff every year

 

[Ironmanfootball]

Sunk cost fallacy. If you missed, you missed.

Jordan and Kwame

 

[Hurricane23]

I don't think this is true at all. What advantages does Miami have that Ole Miss doesn't currently have?

A bigger, more known brand to start, a better tradition, the fact thats it’s in southern Florida

 

[Angry Ibis]

Bro the majority didn’t want Mendoza here B4 the szn started & you know this very well there were ppl calling him Emory on steroids….when Beck committed here the overwhelming consensus on this board was a more efficient offense as opposed to Cam Ward because Beck would take more check downs.

Several did not trust the Mendoza or Emory will be our 2025 QB rumor in September/October before the season played out and/or we knew who would be available. Then, at the end of the recruiting cycle, we got Beck -- after Mendoza went to IU, Mateer went to OU, several other QBs were off the market.

Then once we ended up with Beck -- the board went voice of the Hecht -- efficient, better team, more balanced -- while pesky mopes indicated that we lost a generational QB1, RB1, TEs 1,2 and maybe 3, OL and 4 WRs, etc. Slurpers also went full blame on Bobo, we are getting 2023 Beck, Beck is no longer cheeks... the Cavinders aren't true Canes, Beck da God...

And -- we are now hearing we are not playing to the strength of our QB --- where have we heard that before....

 

[NicKane]

Brohm won the B1G West his last year at Purdue, and won 9 games the year before that. Georgia tech last year played UGA just as close as we played GT.

Mario also beat 11 win teams in Wisconsin, Ohio State at Oregon. He lost to a 9 win auburn team, by six points. Said Auburn team played national championship LSU closer than any other team — 23-20, lost to UGA by 7 lost to a 11 win UF squad, and beat Alabama.

Went 3-1 against Washington during his time there. Utah was pretty **** good throughout his tenure. The Arizona state team he lost to had Herm Edwards as the HC, Likens as the OC, freshman Jayden Daniels at qb, and Brandon Aiyuk at wideout.

Indiana just took Cal Berkley’s quarterback and Syracuse had Kyler McCord; OSU’s previous QB. He threw for more yards than Cam Ward. USC’s only loss (5-1) in 2020 was against Oregon. That USC team had Amon St. Brown, Drake London, and a pre injury Bru McCoy who would transfer to Tennessee and perform as the second best WR on a 11 win SEC team.

Brandon Dorlrus, shoutout Macho, made all-conference three teams and went in the fourth round. Jevon Holland, Troy Dye, Deommodore Lenoir, and Noah Sewell are all players taken outside the first two rounds that are still active in the NFL. He helped turn DJ Johnson into a third round pick after he looked like a five star scrub here.

Winning 72% of conference games keeps the train running. No way Mario goes 1-10 against OSU like James Franklin. Everything D$ wrote is accurate but the guy had helluva resume before taking this job; and his 10-2 output last year wasn’t as bad as it looked.

These are all the things I used to say to myself, while, ignoring all of his deficiencies and weaknesses. I’m done doing that, Mario has to change those things or he will fail here. Those are the facts.

 

[hoops156]

Be careful with the raw numbers. We had 38 pass attempts, and 40 rushing attempts, but Beck had 5 rushes, and I believe only 2 were actual runs. 1 was kneel down. 2 were scrambles, so that's a called pass. Also, Toney had 2 rushes, I think 1 of those was a bubble.

So I think we actually called 41 passes, and 36 runs. In a game we either led or were only down by at most 4 the entire game. Either way, nowhere near enough do to what you said, which is attack their clear weakness. Average depth of target is pathetic. Short-yardage creativity is pathetic. I thought the actual mix was better, but not aggressive enough. And the early down runs were more varied...we didn't just run duo 35 times, contrary to popular belief.

But like I've been saying for a couple weeks now, it's Groundhog Day with this offense. Every single week, it's the same game. We average about 5.5 yards per play, we have good success rates but very little explosives, and we don't score any points because we have SO MANY PENALTIES on offense that we can't overcome because we're not explosive, so drives die.

How many three-and-outs did we have? Zero, I believe. You know how hard it is to have zero three-and-outs, and have a drive start on your opponents nine yard line, and only score 20 points?

Every game is a ******* carbon copy of the last.

the offense has zero intention to score. its basically just a method to suck time

 

[TrumpyCane]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it stated that Mendoza wanted to come here, but we were slow playing him looking for a bigger fish? Could’ve sworn after Beck declared for the NFL, ala Cam Ward, we went full blown to flip him from his decision, & he took full advantage of our offer. Thus Mendoza went to the school that prioritized him.

That’s how I remember it after it was reported he entered the portal & Mendoza’s father allegedly being close to Mario.

Trumpycane wants to you to check the date friend

 

[TrumpyCane]

@Memnon

TrumpyCane knows you're not a fan of Beck what do you make of his PA numbers being very good compared to his drop back?

hy aren't we doing PA out these short yardage situations?

 

[Shogungts]

And why are we playing to keep scores low? This approach isn't benefiting us. Scoring more points, especially with a strong defense, can put pressure on the opposing team. Imagine if we could get a lead like 21-0; teams would struggle to catch up. Our explosive plays in games like against Florida State often made the difference, and leaning more into that explosiveness could be key.

Not only this, but bc of the way we play, if we fall behind we struggle to catch up.

 

[hoops156]

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yeah how i remember it is this way - he never wanted to come here. also, playing for cignetti with the coaching hes getting right now up there is a no brainer.

 

[hoops156]

Not only this, but bc of the way we play, if we fall behind we struggle to catch up.

thats why lville was over when it was 14-0. we play too slow and lack explosion to get quick scores. its why our 2 min drill is really a 8 min drill because their intention is to leave no time on the clock.

FSU played to stop the run, but couldnt hang with our WRs. Lville played us like a fiddle. SMU couldnt hang our with receivers either, but we stopped testing their secondary really after the jojo pick. the better secondaries will eat our offense alive. the worse secondaries, we refuse to test bc were scared of our own shadow.

i keep thinking about this - i really wished lville had blown us out if we were going to lose that no matter what. it would have forced us to change our approach vs going with the status quo because we kept it close due to defense.

 

[Ryanmilli]

This isn’t defending Mario because it’s his team and everything that happens with it is his responsibility. He’s got the most blame in this, period. But nobody in a billion years will convince me that the section on Dawson’s play-sheet for short-yardage has nothing but 13 personnel A-gap runs.

Not 13 for 13 in a single game. Never.

I posted this elsewhere, but I went back and watched some UH condensed film just to satisfy my curiosity on the extent of Mario’s meddling. Even with Holgorsen looking over Dawson’s shoulder, it all looked very similar—the A/B runs, the WR screens, the disjointed feel to the downfield passing game.

I will say UH under Dawson ran fewer condensed sets outside the red zone and did have a bit more tempo (not Lashlee tempo, but they didn’t huddle as much). I think that alone would be helpful at UM.

The condensed sets and conservatism were evident in Dawson’s UH red zone approach. As one example against Memphis in 2022, UH had a goal-to-go situation (inside the 5 I believe), and ran 4 times out of condensed sets and did not score. If memory serves they had two trips in a row inside the 10 where they came away with zero points.

 

[STG]

You guys are delusional. You cannot even name ten coaches who aren’t bums unless you start talking about unproven coaches who aren’t in the p4; who gives af what Diaz and Richt were in their first 3 years when they had to get the first train outta town because the roster was trash af after the third season. Every HC has flaws.

Mark Richt and Mario are actually builders which is why their successors were able to elevate off of those foundations. Manny spoke to his quarterback commit twice in twelve months lmao.

Some coaches who were hired in 2022: Lincoln Riley, Mario Cristobal, Brian Kelly, Brent Venables,and Billy Napier. Mario is just doing fine amongst this group. Is 7-2 Steve Sark who lost to UF the answer to our problems? Remind again of his record in the PAC12? Is Chris Peterson who won 62% of his PAC12 conference games the answer? Kyle Whittingham forgot how to coach the years Mario was in the PAC12; a decade after going undefeated and beating ‘Bama?


We hadn’t beat Clemson since 2010; were elated that the ACC snubbed us to let Notre Dame play them in the ACC championship game after losing 38 to 3 LMAO; and now after we beat them yall are acting like our ain’t stank this whole time ahahaha. We’re flipping Clemson recruits & it is met with yawns. They were on a four game winning streak against Miami with a combined point differential of +148. Or in other words, ann average victory of 37 points per game. They scored 20 points on us.

Manny lost to a 5 win FSU team ending our streak of four straight wins. The only P4 team with 8 wins he beat was NC State in 2020. In 2019 he beat 3 teams with 8 wins, on his way to a 6-7 finish that included losing to Butch Davis at FIU LMAO. He also lost to his future employer; Duke. He barely beat App State and Central Michigan. His previous employer Mack Brown smacked him upside the head. Guy was putrid in big games.

Did Bill Belichick and Bill O Brien forget how to coach and UNC/BC should’ve kept Mack Brown and Jeff Hafley? Or is the NFL just easier than the ACC?



************ is quoting sports betting lines to make a point. Pathetic.

You sir have officially become the KING OF CLOWNS on this site. You gotta be Mario or related to him. Never read more trash than what you have posted.

The best though is you writing this;

"************ is quoting sports betting lines to make a point. Pathetic.",

when you actually wrote this;

"He lost to a 9 win auburn team, by six points. Said Auburn team played national championship LSU closer than any other team — 23-20, lost to UGA by 7 lost to a 11 win UF squad, and beat Alabama.

You must be legally ruhtarded.

 

[JHallCanes]

Brock is out for the Syracuse game. But yeah I want to see Gilbert. Bauman has basically given us nothing so can the freshman give us nothing as well?

Problem with the money being paid to players is sometimes you feel you gotta pay them and play them

Yeah and I do think fans jump the gun a lot as well

I mean people were losing their minds for guys like Kevin Olsen to play and then he did and you realize why he hadn’t been starting

But like you’re saying…what’s the downside really?

 

[L A M P]

Read the OP but not the thread. Didn't address if Mario knows he's the problem & willing to address it in off-season. His success here depends on it. On the surface he seems toO egotistical to adapt. IDGAF TBH

 

[Alex_Dynamix]

Everyone did, because there was absolutely nothing Mendoza demonstrated that made any of us comfortable about him playing here.

And the mere fact that people talk him into the first round of the NFL draft is more of an indictment of this years QB class than anything else.

I agree I don’t think he has the traits of a number 1 QB in the draft but everyone was wrong about him as a college QB. He is a very good in terms of college & I liked what I saw from him even at Cal. I think it’s clear that he is certainly better than Beck.

 

[Shogungts]

thats why lville was over when it was 14-0. we play too slow and lack explosion to get quick scores. its why our 2 min drill is really a 8 min drill because their intention is to leave no time on the clock.

FSU played to stop the run, but couldnt hang with our WRs. Lville played us like a fiddle. SMU couldnt hang our with receivers either, but we stopped testing their secondary really after the jojo pick. the better secondaries will eat our offense alive. the worse secondaries, we refuse to test bc were scared of our own shadow.

i keep thinking about this - i really wished lville had blown us out if we were going to lose that no matter what. it would have forced us to change our approach vs going with the status quo because we kept it close due to defense.

I think Michigan winning the championship a few years ago was the worst thing that could have happened to us as it likely validated Mario's belief of how a team should play. Never mind that it took Harbaugh close to 10 years to get them to a title with most of that time, them not being in any real serious threat of contention.

 

[hoops156]

I posted this elsewhere, but I went back and watched some UH condensed film just to satisfy my curiosity on the extent of Mario’s meddling. Even with Holgorsen looking over Dawson’s shoulder, it all looked very similar—the A/B runs, the WR screens, the disjointed feel to the downfield passing game.

I will say UH under Dawson ran fewer condensed sets outside the red zone and did have a bit more tempo (not Lashlee tempo, but they didn’t huddle as much). I think that alone would be helpful at UM.

The condensed sets and conservatism were evident in Dawson’s UH red zone approach. As one example against Memphis in 2022, UH had a goal-to-go situation (inside the 5 I believe), and ran 4 times out of condensed sets and did not score. If memory serves they had two trips in a row inside the 10 where they came away with zero points.

traditional air raids arent known for their exquisite running game. tbh, we dont need some exotic stuff. we just need to change how we get to what we want to do. were so predictable in our formations. add some eye candy in there to get to what we want to do so at least it forces the defense to second guess.