People figured out that he couldn't throw to all parts of the field and schemed against him. He was done as soon as teams figured him out. I'm just shocked it took teams so darn long.
Boom. This ^^^
Gotta love all the anti-Richt comments; as if Mark wasn't the head coach in 2017 when Rosier had a good season.
Success breeds success and in 2017 the getting was good; the Canes were a lucky-break team the first ten games of the season.
Early pushovers with Bethune-Cookman and Toledo. East first road game at Duke (after Arkansas State cancelled and Florida State postponed.)
Pretty good outing at Florida State, which became great after a miracle final drive and touchdown catch.
Miracle 4th-and-10 grab against Georgia Tech a week later, survived a feisty Syracuse squad and needed to force a late turnover to get out of 1-6 North Carolina with a win.
Benefit of two prime time home games against two toughest foes; Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. Survived sluggish start against Virginia—down 14 twice early—only to roll late.
Exposed at Pittsburgh in the season finale. Destroyed by much better Clemson team in ACC title game. Outlasted by a tougher Wisconsin squad in Orange Bowl. Once beaten and figured out, Rosier was never the same—as the same mistakes in the three-game losing streak were on display in last year's opener against LSU.
Rosier rode the wave as long as he could've. Had Miami lost at Florida State—that 10-0 start probably would've looked more like 6-4, as the mojo and find-a-way vibe wouldn't have been the case in those mid-season ACC games (nor would it have been a #7 versus #3 match-up against the Irish and a non-undefeated UM wouldn't have gotten GameDay or that type of crowd energy against Notre Dame.)
Rosier overachieved tremendously in 2017 and was swiftly brought back down to earth in 2018. He was always an average-at-best kid who was destined to be a back-up at Miami, but depth chart issues put him in a starting role when Brad Kaaya left early.