You only get so many chances

miamimike01 said:

You think you can do better? Put in your resume.

Otherwise, STFU

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miamimike01 said:

Gotta lotta cot**** know-it-alls here.

Amazing how a message board can fix the program

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MizCane said:

Notre Dame has it figured out. Easy schedule and lost to a worthless program and ran the table. Can we get that schedule?
Indiana also a joke. Got the brakes beat off them by a very suspect OSU team.

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Number1CanesFan said:

What you said is true. When I said "Back to square 1 a la FSU", it's about the QB and WRs. We have 1 returning WR with experience and none of the backup QBs or backup WRs got meaningful game experience this year. That's back to square 1 as none of the passing stats in 2024 matter for 2025.

I'm deeply disappointed in the lack of development of the WRs. Development includes game reps. Everyone talks about the development of Restrepo, George, and Horton. Yes, they improved under coach Beard, but none them were his recruits. They were all Manny recruits. Horton was recruited by Manny and stuck with his recruitment when Mario was hired. My only point in stating this is that in 3 years of WR recruiting in the Mario era, only 1 WR (Horton) has had significant game development. We've recruit3d talented WRs. The coaching staff made the decision not to play them.

Why is this important? It's important because game reps are a part of development and trust. It's the very reason why Mario will hit the portal for 2 veteran WRs and a QB. The 2025 WR snaps will go to Horton, Trader, and 2 WR portal transfers. That will mean ONLY 2 recruited WRs will play any significant snaps in 4 years under Mario. It's the same insanity over and over again. They want to only play guys with experience whenever possible, but don't get the young talent snaps. Horton had more catches last year than the entire 2024 WR backups combined.

The decision not to play talented, but inexperienced players is a choice. They will portal over the WR room in 2025 because they want experience.

For reference, Clemson has 6 WRs with 15 catches or more this season, plus another 2 WRs with 5 catches. 5 catches is more than any Miami backup WR. Clemson's top 6 WRs have 178 receptions (66, 33, 30, 25, 15, 15). None of them are seniors. The 3 leading WRs are a sophomore and 2 freshman.

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miamimike01 said:

You think you can do better? Put in your resume.

Otherwise, STFU

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flips said:

The insiders have been saying that Sam Brown was always going to be a 1-year player, regardless of whether he performed well or not. Makes not getting Trader - at least - significant reps this year all the more perplexing. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see much more upside to Horton. We played him more and more as the season went on, and he struggled to be more than a short yardage/possession receiver. You're spot on with concerns about the WR room. We really don't know what we have with the guys that are returning.

Optimistically, while our receivers were very productive as a group their raw talent level should be replaceable in the portal. We haven't had a true #1 WR in years. If we can land a #1 in the portal, land a servicable slot receiver, and Trader replaces George I think we'll be alright.

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miamimike01 said:

BREAKING: if anyone from the coaching staff reads this BS, just check here in case you have no idea what to do. This board has all the answers.

Amazing that no one signs checks from UM to this board

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Number1CanesFan said:

That's the thing. I DON’T want portal WRs. We have plenty of talent in the WR room. Get them reps and let them eat.

We have a bowl game that none of the 4 top WR should play in nor Cam Ward, which I'm 100% certain he won't.

It's a great opportunity for the WR room to get reps with Emory and audition for 2025. If they bring in transfers, I'd expect some of our best talent to transfer after the Spring. Enough is enough. Mario recruited these top talented players. They can't sit another year getting little to no game reps. It's their time to shine.

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Hoyacane1620 said:

Clemson had a lot of injury issues which is why so many backups got snaps. They also pulled some of their starters and replaced them with the younger guys when they struggled with drops .

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Number1CanesFan said:

We have a WR room full of talent, but only 1 returns with experience. The staff went all in on the 2024 season playing only 4 WRs with little comcern for 2025. I didn't agree with it. You have to constantly nurture talent with playing time. Keep them engaged and growing eith 3-5 reps per game. Now we have a bunch of talented, inexperienced WRs that podcasters and fans are already calling for the portal. I believe Mario will portal over them as he prefers experience over talent.

Quite frankly, I'm sick of the transfer portal. The grass isn't any greener for most of the players in the portal. Even the one's with experience. In 3 years, most of our transfers didn't pan out. They took $$ and snaps away from young players that could fully develop with game reps. Don't bring in more than 3-4 transfers that we absolutely need. Time for the young talent to eat.

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flips said:

I appreciate what you're saying, but I think we need to land 2 WRs from the portal: an outside #1 WR-type & a slot WR. The former we have to knock out of the park. We can't go into next season expecting Horton to be our #1 WR; it'd be unfair to him and his skillset. He's improved each offseason, but his record shows that he's a nice possession receiver, not a downfield threat. Assuming Brown is gone (which I don't understand why he would leave at all) our WR room consists of:

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Horton​

Trader​

Carr​

Robinson​

Joseph​

Kirk​

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Moore​

Toney​

Upshaw​

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That's 1 out of 9 who has produced significantly. Joseph and Kirk are canidates to portal out. Toney reclassified, so I assume he's young for his class and likely could benefit from a redshirt. Moore looks like he needs to get a lot stronger before he will contribute. With Trader's talent we have to assume he can replace George. Would be nice to have seen more from him on the field this year though.

Get a #1-type in the portal to replace what we thought Brown was going to be. Get a slot WR in the portal too, and if Carr/Joseph beats him out that's well and good.

EDIT: And our problems at WR are because we only have 1 WR from '22/'23 classes (Horton) on our roster (still playing WR) who's contributed. Just god awful recruiting at WR in Mario's first two classes. That's why we have to get a couple of portal guys

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Number1CanesFan said:

I don't agree on poor recruiting. The staff has made it a point to play experienced players whenever possible. Our top recruited talent on defense hasn't really seen the field. You had Lyles, Frederique, and Patterson getting playing time. That's it.

I pointed out in other posts that 2 of Clemson's top 3 WRs are true freshman and the 3rd is a sophomore. Dawson and Beard didn't play any other with any significant snaps because they didn't have to and went all in on Ward with 4 WRs.

This need for the portal is all their doing. They made the choice not to rotateWRs. Don't scape goat the players for coaching decisions.

I hope Horton is thebonly only 1 of those 4 WRs to play in the bowl game. The bowl game should be about the 2025 season and an opportunity for young players at all position groups to get their footing heading into the Spring.

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