You can blame Gattis, but it’s Mario

[Gables Cane]

I refuse to suspend reality for comfort. We’re just fooling ourselves if we thing Mario is going to elevate our program. We have a huge sample size from which to draw sound conclusions. He’s not the guy. Oregon succeeded in spite of Mario, not because of him.

Let’s say for argument sakes that you are right. Mario is not the answer.

Do you actually think after one season that the University of Miami is going to fire Mario? No chance. None. Zero. Zippo. Nilch.

 

[Docholliday03]

This team is horrible in every aspect, that’s coaching. I don’t care how bad your talent is you have to be good at atleast something. This team fails everywhere. The coaching staff is trash. All the 5 star players in the world won’t fix that.

 

[Mackmiller974]

What is his offensive philosophy?

If he wants to run the ball, there are plenty of spread guys that run the **** out of the football and score a ****-ton of points.

He could've hired one of them.

Mario wants a power spread offense that can be multiple. He wants to one series run 12 personnel while running the ball and using play action and killing the clock then maybe later run 11 personnel while Uptempo and airing it out. The problem with that is the playbook is massive and it makes things difficult to learn. It's why the offense looks like we're just asking Madden and throwing a bunch of different **** at the wall. Lashlee playbook was simple with not a lot of variations, when you do that players just play fast and don't have to think much.

 

[NosniknoT]

He would hire Paul Johnson as next OC anyways. Bringing the wishbone back to the ACC!

 

[Shogungts]

Exactly!

Just like I tell my investors all the time, just give me the money now & don’t worry about it when you’ll get your return, in 10 or 20 something years we’ll all be richer than we are now, or dead.

Then they always say something about a ponzi scheme or something like that, but once I get the money I stop listening...

Nevin? Is that you?

 

[BS85]

Mario needs to get out of his own way and hire an elite OC and let him run the offensive show. His style of play has no business in our offense. He should learn from Dabo and be a CEO type that focuses on recruiting.

It's his only hope since he sucks at everything else outside of coaching up the o-line which Mirabal can do anyway.

The biggest red flag with this is a CEO head coach needs to nail his hires and he so far has been horrid at that as well.

 

[caneworld]

It’s communication. When Gattis has two guys running routes that end up in the same spot, they should be able to talk and decide who gets to catch it.

I agree... rock, paper scissors to see who should catch the ball

 

[bobbo31]

Mario is a Butch guy, in fact he has his own Bill Miller X2 as his coordinators. The Erickson Bratkowski/Lubick team is a fond distant memory.

So it was just instilled in him by his mentor, just seems odd none of his approach came from his playing days. Kind of ironic that had he been in a power run game scheme he wouldn't have had 2 titles here, no way a 250 lb OT would have been on the team.

 

[RozayCane]

The nerve of Gattis chewing out guys like X on the sideline..

X gives his heart to this program, and could probably call a better game did him.

 

[RealRussellPumps]

 

[Canesrule230]

It's his only hope next he sucks at everything else outside of coaching up the o-line which Mirabal can do anyway.

The biggest red flag with this is a CEO head coach needs to nail his hires and he so far has been horrid at that as well.

Agreed man but given that we're stuck with him and he's not an elite coach at either side of the ball I think it's the only path to any type of success.

 

[caneworld]

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The purge of coordinators can't come quick enough...

 

[252cane]

What is his offensive philosophy?

If he wants to run the ball, there are plenty of spread guys that run the **** out of the football and score a ****-ton of points.

He could've hired one of them.

A lot of spreads are based off the run. People hear spread and automatically think air raid.

 

[neilrogers99]

So it was just instilled in him by his mentor, just seems odd none of his approach came from his playing days. Kind of ironic that had he been in a power run game scheme he wouldn't have had 2 titles here, no way a 250 lb OT would have been on the team.

You are right. I don't know the scuttlebutt regarding Mario's, or any other former players aversion to Erickson (He won two NC and had his strengths and weaknesses like anyone else.), but clearly this group has more in common with Butch. Recruiting is the strength, coaching is below average to bad, and in this day and age of the transfer portal I don't think stacking chips is possible.

 

[1mg of Epi]

What about Steele? FSU unbalanced and going through us like a knife thru diarrhea, and none of the coaches ever thought to shift anybody over?

 

[ADELPHI]

Let’s say for argument sakes that you are right. Mario is not the answer.

Do you actually think after one season that the University of Miami is going to fire Mario? No chance. None. Zero. Zippo. Nilch.

Agreed. But I’m not going to play rah rah guy in the meanwhile when the outcome is not in question.

 

[bobbo31]

You are right. I don't know the scuttlebutt regarding Mario's, or any other former players aversion to Erickson (He won two NC and had his strengths and weaknesses like anyone else.), but clearly this group has more in common with Butch. Recruiting is the strength, coaching is below average to bad, and in this day and age of the transfer portal I don't think stacking chips is possible.

Thanks, I was 5-8 during Mario’s career here so all I can really do is go back to the stats and some of the game film during that period of time. I didn’t really understand what I was watching during that time and I obviously didn’t follow spring and all the minutia back then either.

 

[Gables Cane]

Agreed. But I’m not going to play rah rah guy in the meanwhile when the outcome is not in question.

Agreed. I’ve said in other posts that my indifference with the program is at an all-time high (low).

 

[Canefancarlos2]

I understand why fans are upset. However, I am not ready to give up on Mario.

Don’t get me wrong…what I’ve seen this season on the field has been unwatchable. But, there is no chance he gets fired, so I have no choice but to blindly support him. I‘m hoping he makes changes to the staff and the new hires make up for his ineptitude on the field.

I know that doesn’t sound like a massive endorsement, but it’s the truth. We don’t have any other realistic option. He isn't going anywhere.

Scary as **** I'm not sure if we will be any good if we have 5 star players at every position

 

[cway313]

Exactly!

Just like I tell my investors all the time, just give me the money now & don’t worry about it when you’ll get your return, in 10 or 20 something years we’ll all be richer than we are now, or dead.

Then they always say something about a ponzi scheme or something like that, but once I get the money I stop listening...

**** they looking for new clients?