Worst Miami Takes of the 2025 Season

[MikeyCanez]

A little hand up accountability project right here. I'll start:

- I was ready to send Keelan Marion to the bench after the Louisville game and ESPECIALLY after the Stanford game.

- I thought Marquis Lightfoot and Justin Scott weren't ready for primetime after the first few weeks.

- I thought we were ****ed at kicker.

Whatcha got? Be honest now.

 

[Dr. House]

"Malachi Toney is a bigger star in South Florida than Lionel Messi."

 

[The Cane of NY]

I was still pretty nervous about our defense. New D backfield, new coach. What could go wrong?

TE needed to step up. Lost some good talent there last year. Cost us, eventually.

End of the year run was refreshing. Getting rawdogged every year towards the end of the year seemed like a hard habit to break. Shows me we're backfilling our talent with potential.

Mario is becoming the dude, good for him!

 

[DontCareJustWin]

I honestly thought Pringle was going to take fletchers job mid season, boy was i wrong after that end year/playoff run.

 

[Zombie-Cane]

Wait, you were wrong at Kicker? I am not so sure about that. Perhaps not ****ed, but not great either.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

Right after the SMU loss I'll admit I was very down on Mario. It seemed to me like he would never "get it". It was about that time that the whole "Let it Rip" thing was going around the team and staff and I remember thinking how lame it thought it was. Then a funny thing happened. The team began to gel. Just a bit at first then came the first big clue the NC State game. No Keonte Scott no CJ Daniels and maybe a few others but we opened a can of Woop A$$ on those fools! 41-7. I wanted that shutout so bad!

Girard Pringle gave our rushing attack the spark it had needed all year and I thought he would take Mark Fletcher's job. Then the playoffs began lol. Sorry Mark! You are the man! Keelan Marion stepped up like a man among boys and Malachi Toney did his thing. CharMar Brown joined in and Beck was super solid. Keionte Scott came back from injury like a boss and Toure and Fitz saved the A&M game! Bain and Mesidor literally destroyed every offensive line put in front of them. All that and Mario underwent a metamorphosis. What a ride!

 

[Hufftwoseven]

I never thought Lightfoot would do anything for us. Coming into the year I thought he was another underweight DE who was going to wash out

 

[DTP]

I thought Shannon Dawson ceded all control over the offense when they ran into an 11 man front against SMU. I think his little yelling match with Mario on the sideline might have saved the season.

 

[dukebeeasy305]

I should see a bunch people confessing that they said this was an 8-4 team after the SMU loss. Or Mario is a corch and his brand of football doesn't work anymore. It's crow time and the Mopers need to be here front and center.

 

[305407cane]

I thought we would implode after Smu and the first quarter against Stanford

 

[The U is back to work]

Definitely had us losing multiple more games after that SMU loss

 

[Dr. House]

Now, on a serious note:

- Mentioned how we have a lack of care and hunger amongst players that will kick our *** in big games in a DM.

- Was sky high on Lyle and Trader. One is not even RB3 and the other is on another team.

- I wanted Mario fired before the season. My stance has softened on that end (pause).

- Said that we won't win much in November. Well...

There's probably more.

 

[supersaiyanshel]

My biggest (and only one) one was we just weren't explosive out of the backfield.

Then Fletcher found another gear I didn't know he had in the payoffs.

 

[Silver King]

That the CURSE of the ORANGE BOWL was still at work after those two losses.

 

[TooColdToHold]

I thought it was a huge red flag that all reports out of practice had a true freshman as our best receiver.

 

[Hold My Beer]

"Malachi Toney is a bigger star in South Florida than Lionel Messi."

He is in those communities where the Canes have long relied on securing football talent to be successful

 

[Hold My Beer]

@DMoney et al: "Freshman receiver Malachi Toney has caught everybody's attention in the preseason. Many are expecting him to make an immediate impact."

Me: "I done heard that **** before"

 

[MiamiVice7]

I can’t think of the last time I hadn’t watched a Canes game until the very end. Over all these years, even the 40-0 UVA game, I can’t help but stick it out no matter what. I always watch all the way through.

Maybe it was high hopes for the season or something, but when Beck threw the pick against SMU, I left the room and didn’t watch the rest. I was utterly disappointed. Felt like more than the season was ruined, for some reason it just felt like my last bit of hope drained for the program. I knew we were done.

I NEVER could’ve imagined the run we were about to go on. The most pleasant of lsurprises.

 

[Felonious Monk]

Dr. House would be a cool username.

 

[QuattroCane]

I just didn't think Fletcher was the guy. The way his game changed at the end of the season and playoffs was really shocking.