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The Franchise said:
Not everyone's destined to be a star. He's lucky to be here based on his inability to throw a pass and his lack of movement skills.

That La Tech appearance gave me Kirby Freeman flashbacks. He couldn't even juke or run away from a defensive lineman, and he looked like a Pop Warner QB trying to throw the football.
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I believe it was when he rolled out right that I knew for a ******* fact he was not the one lol
 
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The Franchise said:
Not everyone's destined to be a star. He's lucky to be here based on his inability to throw a pass and his lack of movement skills.

That La Tech appearance gave me Kirby Freeman flashbacks. He couldn't even juke or run away from a defensive lineman, and he looked like a Pop Warner QB trying to throw the football.
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He peaked in High School... He's a classic high rated QB who couldn't hang in college & wound up a bust.

Some of us tried to explain that to people on the board but the Cult of Tathaniel would always become unruly & irrational whenever anybody would try to have a honest discussion about him, then it would turn into "yOuR jUsT hAtiNg oN tAtE!" Like nah, nobody was hating on the kid, it's just a fact that he's not any good & has no arm talent.

The biggest Red flag from day 1 was the fact that as soon as Ryan Day became HC he immediately went & got Fields, he had seen Tate in practice for 2 years as the OC/QB's coach & knew his ability (or lack thereof) more than anybody else & the first chance he got he said No thanks lol. Ryan Day is one of the best QB developers & gurus in college football, if he didn't want Tate that was a clear indicator he was damaged goods.

Now he gets beat out by Perry & a TF in TVD, that's 3 different OC's/QB coaches who have seen Tate up close & personal in practices & have all said, "Nope!". Not bashing or talking bad about him, just stating the facts.

Hopefully people will now put the delusional love affair to rest, he's not ever gonna start a single game at Miami & once he graduates he should probably transfer.
 
Liberty City El said:
He peaked in High School... He's a classic high rated QB who couldn't hang in college & wound up a bust.

Some of us tried to explain that to people on the board but the Cult of Tathaniel would always become unruly & irrational whenever anybody would try to have a honest discussion about him, then it would turn into "yOuR jUsT hAtiNg oN tAtE!" Like nah, nobody was hating on the kid, it's just a fact that he's not any good & has no arm talent.

The biggest Red flag from day 1 was the fact that as soon as Ryan Day became HC he immediately went & got Fields, he had seen Tate in practice for 2 years as the OC/QB's coach & knew his ability (or lack thereof) more than anybody else & the first chance he got he said No thanks lol. Ryan Day is one of the best QB developers & gurus in college football, if he didn't want Tate that was a clear indicator he was damaged goods.

Now he gets beat out by Perry & a TF in TVD, that's 3 different OC's/QB coaches who have seen Tate up close & personal in practices & have all said, "Nope!". Not bashing or talking bad about him, just stating the facts.

Hopefully people will now put the delusional love affair to rest, he's not ever gonna start a single game at Miami & once he graduates he should probably transfer.
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He's similar to Tebow in a lot of ways. Once upon a time there was a chance a QB with limited arm talent could become a starter in CFB. CFB has changed a lot in the last 15 yrs, and those days are long gone.
 
Apex Predator said:
He's similar to Tebow in a lot of ways. Once upon a time there was a chance a QB with limited arm talent could become a starter in CFB. CFB has changed a lot in the last 15 yrs, and those days are long gone.
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Yeah he’s about half the size of Tebow, but otherwise just the same. They are nothing alike. Two completely different playing styles
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Yeah he’s about half the size of Tebow, but otherwise just the same. They are nothing alike. Two completely different playing styles
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I don't think he meant similar in playing styles, more so similar in having a cult following while not being that good of a passer & having minimal arm talent.

Teblow was a lot more successful obviously as a college QB, but played on an all-time talented team & had an offensive staff that understood how to mask his deficiencies & utilize his skill set in order to make them a winner. He also played in an era of college football where you could get away with not being able to throw all that well & still succeed.
 
Liberty City El said:
I don't think he meant similar in playing styles, more so similar in having a cult following while not being that good of a passer & having minimal arm talent.

Teblow was a lot more successful obviously as a college QB, but played on an all-time talented team & had an offensive staff that understood how to mask his deficiencies & utilize his skill set in order to make them a winner.
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I can’t think of two more dissimilar people physically and even talent wise than those two. Tebow was a horrible passer with a horrible long wind up and release time, but he had a strong arm, and was accurate enough in college. And he was a 260 pound fullback. I don’t see any similarities at all other than the melanin. Anyway, I ain’t saying one more thing because I hate talking about that shmuck
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
I can’t think of two more dissimilar people physically and even talent wise than those two. Tebow was a horrible passer with a horrible long wind up and release time, but he had a strong arm, and was accurate enough in college. And he was a 260 pound fullback. I don’t see any similarities at all other than the melanin. Anyway, I ain’t saying one more thing because I hate talking about that shmuck
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I don't think he was making a physical comparison, but a comparison in how they had a cult following despite not being very good passers.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
“He’s similar to Tebow”

Reality: He's nothing like Tebow.

Don’t make me explain it to you because I hate talking about that teabagging fake religious ****.
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Not sure why u call him fake religious. The guy has done some pretty amazing things outside of football. His work and contributions to special needs children is second to none.
 
skeeper said:
Not sure why u call him fake religious. The guy has done some pretty amazing things outside of football. His work and contributions to special needs children is second to none.
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Don't care. Truly religious people don’t advertise their good deeds. And I can find a million people that have done a lot more than he has. He comes from a family of religious bigots, and I don’t wanna hear it
 
Liberty City El said:
I don't think he was making a physical comparison, but a comparison in how they had a cult following despite not being very good passers.
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Then that’s what he should’ve said. At least teabag’s following is based to an extent, on college production, although that’s not the only reason. Timmy boy also appeals to a certain redneck chic. Tate’s is based on his appearance on a TV show, a long ago good HS career, and social media hype.
 
Sorry if I offended anyone with the religious stuff. I just have a real blind spot of dislike for the turds and their Tebow worship. Not trying to offend anybody’s religious feelings or beliefs.
 
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Liberty City El said:
He peaked in High School... He's a classic high rated QB who couldn't hang in college & wound up a bust.

Some of us tried to explain that to people on the board but the Cult of Tathaniel would always become unruly & irrational whenever anybody would try to have a honest discussion about him, then it would turn into "yOuR jUsT hAtiNg oN tAtE!" Like nah, nobody was hating on the kid, it's just a fact that he's not any good & has no arm talent.

The biggest Red flag from day 1 was the fact that as soon as Ryan Day became HC he immediately went & got Fields, he had seen Tate in practice for 2 years as the OC/QB's coach & knew his ability (or lack thereof) more than anybody else & the first chance he got he said No thanks lol. Ryan Day is one of the best QB developers & gurus in college football, if he didn't want Tate that was a clear indicator he was damaged goods.

Now he gets beat out by Perry & a TF in TVD, that's 3 different OC's/QB coaches who have seen Tate up close & personal in practices & have all said, "Nope!". Not bashing or talking bad about him, just stating the facts.

Hopefully people will now put the delusional love affair to rest, he's not ever gonna start a single game at Miami & once he graduates he should probably transfer.
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Hard to argue with this take. I had hopes he could be an impact player here but not being able to get on the field in a season suffering through Jarren and N'kosi was telling...
 
Liberty City El said:
He peaked in High School... He's a classic high rated QB who couldn't hang in college & wound up a bust.

Some of us tried to explain that to people on the board but the Cult of Tathaniel would always become unruly & irrational whenever anybody would try to have a honest discussion about him, then it would turn into "yOuR jUsT hAtiNg oN tAtE!" Like nah, nobody was hating on the kid, it's just a fact that he's not any good & has no arm talent.

The biggest Red flag from day 1 was the fact that as soon as Ryan Day became HC he immediately went & got Fields, he had seen Tate in practice for 2 years as the OC/QB's coach & knew his ability (or lack thereof) more than anybody else & the first chance he got he said No thanks lol. Ryan Day is one of the best QB developers & gurus in college football, if he didn't want Tate that was a clear indicator he was damaged goods.

Now he gets beat out by Perry & a TF in TVD, that's 3 different OC's/QB coaches who have seen Tate up close & personal in practices & have all said, "Nope!". Not bashing or talking bad about him, just stating the facts.

Hopefully people will now put the delusional love affair to rest, he's not ever gonna start a single game at Miami & once he graduates he should probably transfer.
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Funny thing is if you watch him play without the hype beast 5 star froth, you see a very short guy with minimal arm talent and average evasiveness. You shouldn’t need anyone to tell you about his capabilities when he looked physically overmatched against sorry *** La Tech defenders. Watch him feebly try to cut it loose or shake a La Tech DL.

Ryan Day told us first. Our eyes should have confirmed it. Lash never even thought about the dude.
 
Liberty City El said:
For the first time in a long time we have some good depth on both sides of the ball.

And with how often Diaz likes rotating players in, having solid depth is a recipe for success.

The backend is strong at Safety & Striker has good versatility, LB group is about 7 deep & the DL is extremely deep.

To me CB is still a question mark & will come down to how often will Couch & Christian Williams play, we gotta start getting those guys more reps.
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His player rotating is going a cost him just like it cost Miami some td's that one year they played LSU. Your starters are starters for a reason. Diaz needs to learn how to situational sub... you don't sub your entire defense or close to it ever. Dumbest **** ever. Just my opinion on Diaz thinking you have to substitute a lot especially defense. AVg to below avg coaches do that especially when they do it in great numbers. I remember golden doings that dumb chit year one vs Maryland a lot especially on defense. Know how that ended.
 
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I was sounding the alarms on him not being good from the moment guys were celebrating his highlights in garbage time against Rutgers as something meaningful. The Tate delusion was a real thing here for sure.
 
I said to myself.. I said “self, there’s no way in **** we will have THREE 4-stars, a 3-star, and a transfer guy in our QB room in 2019 and NOT manage to get consistent QB play.”

“Not possible... Enos will produce.”

JW’s 2019 supplier said, “nucca hold my beer...”
 
The Franchise said:
Funny thing is if you watch him play without the hype beast 5 star froth, you see a very short guy with minimal arm talent and average evasiveness. You shouldn’t need anyone to tell you about his capabilities when he looked physically overmatched against sorry *** La Tech defenders. Watch him feebly try to cut it loose or shake a La Tech DL.

Ryan Day told us first. Our eyes should have confirmed it. Lash never even thought about the dude.
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Bruh, this **** took time off to be with his girl during the season. That’s beyond comical. He’s lucky to still have a very expensive scholly. Lash wants Nada to do with him.
 
Miami Nights said:
His player rotating is going a cost him just like it cost Miami some td's that one year they played LSU. Your starters are starters for a reason. Diaz needs to learn how to situational sub... you don't sub your entire defense or close to it ever. Dumbest **** ever. Just my opinion on Diaz thinking you have to substitute a lot especially defense. AVg to below avg coaches do that especially when they do it in great numbers. I remember golden doings that dumb chit year one vs Maryland a lot especially on defense. Know how that ended.
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Ordinarily I would agree with you, but in this case we have quite a few starters who are practically equal to their backup, I believe you give the starters the bulk of the snaps when they are head & shoulders ahead of the other guys but in this situation that's not really the case, particularly at LB & Striker

Also, you have to factor in that in today's era of ball kids transfer at the blink of an eye, and because eligibility gets granted so easily there's really no incentive to sit on the bench anymore if you can just transfer to another school & be granted eligibility in a month or two.

I get what you're saying & I agree with it to a certain extent, but for us especially this season we actually have some good depth on Defense which means we can be more versatile & throw different sub-packages out there to give offenses different looks. You don't wanna get too crazy with subbing if there's a drop off in play which is what Diaz would do in the past, but this season I don't really see a big drop off at too many spots on the Defense, most of the 2nd team guys are good enough to be rotational starters on this Defense.

At LB particularly, I have no issue with heavy subbing, Sam Brooks is a starting caliber LB & our fastest LB, if he were an upperclassmen with experience he would be starting but Diaz always defers to veteran players first. But we have a versatile group of Backers, what Jennings lacks in raw sideline to sideline speed Brooks makes up for it, but what Brooks lacks in experience Jennings makes up for it being a 4th year Red Junior. Same with Huff & McCloud/Steed, so at LB I got no issue with frequent subbing.

At DT too, with guys like Jordan Miller, Jared Harrison-Hunte, Jason Blissett & Jalar Holley there's no reason to give all those snaps to Ford & Silvera only, we got a bunch of capable bodies behind them, better get them boys plenty reps or we'll be complaining about depth if they hit the Portal due to lack of playing time. Same thing with DE's as well.

I don't agree with over subbing at Safety, I think you should find your 2 guys & have a 3rd designated Nickel S for specific packages but I agree with not going crazy with the heavy subbing there.

At CB, normally I'm against subbing at all if you have 2 good corners & a solid nickel, in this case I don't mind some subbing at Boundary & Nickel because outside of Al Jr we really don't have any proven Corners who can consistently cover & I wanna see what we got with Couch & C Williams.
 
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