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Al Tin is a big fat pvssy. He corches like Jerry Slambuttsky is wrist deep in his big wide flat butt. His defense flat quit on Big Pvssy today too. There's some serious dysfunction going on with this team.
 

I think some of the players would be inclined to agree with that perspective. I know we're joking and whatnot, but today is a ******* sad day. I tried to compare it to some of our past losses. All of those at least led to some "light" at the end of the tunnel. I'm genuinely unsure if this one will.
 
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He should have been asked about that terrible decision in the post game interview. Would've loved to hear his justification for putting the game in the hands of a defense that is downright pathetic.
 
He should have been asked about that terrible decision in the post game interview. Would've loved to hear his justification for putting the game in the hands of a defense that is downright pathetic.

South Florida media is bigger pvssies than Big Pvssy Al Tin. They won't ax any of the tough questions.
 
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His actions speak very loudly here that he is sold on his defense and has the confidence in them. D'Onfrio is going no where

Yes, that call to not go for it spoke volumes. Golden obviously, AFTER ****** EVERYTHING, still had the faith in our defense to get off the field.

That call unfortunately was all we needed to see as far as where Goldie is with Onforio.
 
I remember Jimmy Johnson said you had to be more aggressive and gamble more frequently on the road. He did that not only at Miami but with the Cowboys. Perhaps the pivotal game of his Dallas regime was the 1992 NFC Championship game at the 49ers, where the Cowboys were 4 point underdogs. Johnson passed on a short field goal late in the game, with the Cowboys leading by 11. He knew an 18 point lead would put the game away. Emmitt Smith was stuffed on the play and the 49ers drove more than 90 yards to get back in the game, down 4. Undaunted, Johnson told Norv Turner to remain aggressive. Aikman hit Alvin Harper for a huge gain that set up a touchdown and launched the Dallas mini dynasty of the '90s.

Today when Golden punted down 8 I thought back to Johnson's directive and concluded that Golden simply doesn't get it. I guarantee the win percentage was considerably higher by going for the first down. At home you might trust the vulnerable -- to put it mildly -- defense to manage a fluke stop, but on the road you had to grasp the likelihood that Duke would march the field again, all but ending the game.

Besides, you had already blown a time out on the 3rd down play that resulted in the ridiculous quarterback draw, prompting the 4th and 1.

I still say the hidden culprit today was all the empty sets, particularly on 3rd down. Duke was more than capable of allowing 50 themselves, if we ran the ball more frequently and challenged them with base looks. Once we resorted to empty sets it made us as fragile as Duke looked when they used drop back passes instead of aggressive running plays.

At least we were competitive into the fourth quarter for a change. And I wish my hooked tee shots were as cooperative as that Duke field goal. I thought you couldn't talk to a hook?
 

I think some of the players would be inclined to agree with that perspective. I know we're joking and whatnot, but today is a ****ing sad day. I tried to compare it to some of our past losses. All of those at least led to some "light" at the end of the tunnel. I'm genuinely unsure if this one will.

The only light at the end of this tunnel is the oncoming train. I'm done trying to compare this team to other UM teams because no other UM team has been remotely close to this horrible defensively. As long as we play this style of defense, we will be a **** program.
 
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USC, on probation, with 30+ schollies taken away, had about 51 or 52 kids suit up tonight and they beat a really good, physical, Stanford team. Don't tell me it's talent.
 
All of those at least led to some "light" at the end of the tunnel. I'm genuinely unsure if this one will.

The "light" is that Golden is a good to great recruiter. He'll stock the talent.

My concern is that he isn't a 3 or 4 year and toss his *** coach. After sticking with us through the NCAA stuff, and seeing how well he does with the student athletes and media.....we might be stuck with him for a long stretch. And, even after he brings in his fellas and develops them his way, chances are we'll always be mediocre or just a bit better with this on-the-field approach.
 
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