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BlackKeysFan said:
I expect Kaaya to be given a fair shot to win the job and I think it comes down to the wire. Kaaya is Coley's boy. Either way, its an interesting opportunity to start a new era of canes football fresh and hopefully get some continuity at the QB position (other than 4 years of Jacory)
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I have high hopes for Kaaya, but I don't think he is coming in and starting this season game 1 unless Olsen gets hurt too; just not enough time to really learn the playbook and get on the same page as the rest of the offense.
 
This is a curse for Olsen because we are breaking in 3 new OL, but it is a blessing because we have the QB tree up and going. Olsen will now hand it to Kayaa, hopefully in two years.
 
2 pages and i havent seen one post about how this will affect his grades..its not all about football guys..
 
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Olsen was doing "better than last year" which is saying that he was doing better than he was at a time where the HC actually had to call out a true freshman that was redshirting for his lack of commitment.

This year he was clearly behind another now-injured QB who frankly, IMO, was going to be a bottom half of the ACC talent at best this year. A guy who came in from Memphis. I'm not exactly sure why anyone is excited. Olsen's only accomplishment at Miami so far is to beat out Gray Crow. Unless you are a sucker for the star rankings and want ex-plumbers and mailmen to decide who is good and who isn't. All Olsen has done since he signed with UM is make poor decisions. His avoided DUI, his getting called out by Golden, his getting left home from the bowl game. Its been quite a year for young Kevin. Not sure why anyone outside of the star-****ers is rolling with him. I don't trust him.
 
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Olsen was doing "better than last year" which is saying that he was doing better than he was at a time where the HC actually had to call out a true freshman that was redshirting for his lack of commitment.

This year he was clearly behind another now-injured QB who frankly, IMO, was going to be a bottom half of the ACC talent at best this year. A guy who came in from Memphis. I'm not exactly sure why anyone is excited. Olsen's only accomplishment at Miami so far is to beat out Gray Crow. Unless you are a sucker for the star rankings and want ex-plumbers and mailmen to decide who is good and who isn't. All Olsen has done since he signed with UM is make poor decisions. His avoided DUI, his getting called out by Golden, his getting left home from the bowl game. Its been quite a year for young Kevin. Not sure why anyone outside of the star-****ers is rolling with him. I don't trust him.
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You raise some fair points with regards to why one wouldn't want to trust him.
But sometimes players grow out of that stuff.
He does come from a football family, so there is hope.
Let's hope he has matured.
 
bomb said:
Olsen was doing "better than last year" which is saying that he was doing better than he was at a time where the HC actually had to call out a true freshman that was redshirting for his lack of commitment.

This year he was clearly behind another now-injured QB who frankly, IMO, was going to be a bottom half of the ACC talent at best this year. A guy who came in from Memphis. I'm not exactly sure why anyone is excited. Olsen's only accomplishment at Miami so far is to beat out Gray Crow. Unless you are a sucker for the star rankings and want ex-plumbers and mailmen to decide who is good and who isn't. All Olsen has done since he signed with UM is make poor decisions. His avoided DUI, his getting called out by Golden, his getting left home from the bowl game. Its been quite a year for young Kevin. Not sure why anyone outside of the star-****ers is rolling with him. I don't trust him.
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Still think that was mind games from Golden.
 
OldhamA said:
bomb said:
Olsen was doing "better than last year" which is saying that he was doing better than he was at a time where the HC actually had to call out a true freshman that was redshirting for his lack of commitment.

This year he was clearly behind another now-injured QB who frankly, IMO, was going to be a bottom half of the ACC talent at best this year. A guy who came in from Memphis. I'm not exactly sure why anyone is excited. Olsen's only accomplishment at Miami so far is to beat out Gray Crow. Unless you are a sucker for the star rankings and want ex-plumbers and mailmen to decide who is good and who isn't. All Olsen has done since he signed with UM is make poor decisions. His avoided DUI, his getting called out by Golden, his getting left home from the bowl game. Its been quite a year for young Kevin. Not sure why anyone outside of the star-****ers is rolling with him. I don't trust him.
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Still think that was mind games from Golden.
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This. Obviously he wasn't ready as a freshman but I think Golden knew he may need Olsen this year and wanted him focused, while Olsen was probably adjusting to his first time being away from home, plus going to school and being a major D1 football player. Golden usually is hard on certain kids. Remember Tracy Howard's first year.
 
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MedleyCane said:
bomb said:
Olsen was doing "better than last year" which is saying that he was doing better than he was at a time where the HC actually had to call out a true freshman that was redshirting for his lack of commitment.

This year he was clearly behind another now-injured QB who frankly, IMO, was going to be a bottom half of the ACC talent at best this year. A guy who came in from Memphis. I'm not exactly sure why anyone is excited. Olsen's only accomplishment at Miami so far is to beat out Gray Crow. Unless you are a sucker for the star rankings and want ex-plumbers and mailmen to decide who is good and who isn't. All Olsen has done since he signed with UM is make poor decisions. His avoided DUI, his getting called out by Golden, his getting left home from the bowl game. Its been quite a year for young Kevin. Not sure why anyone outside of the star-****ers is rolling with him. I don't trust him.
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You raise some fair points with regards to why one wouldn't want to trust him.
But sometimes players grow out of that stuff.
He does come from a football family, so there is hope.
Let's hope he has matured.
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His story so far is very similar to a kid named Johnny Manziel. Just sayin...
 
You guys dont get it.. Golden has no confidence in Olsen none whatsoever, You can go back and look at his comments 4 months ago. No way a coach changes his mind that quick about a player. Despite what you want to belieeve even if you think he can run this team I doubt Golden thinks that. IF golden has no confidence in Olsen, his playcalling will reflect that. We will be a conservative, low risk offense. And yea that can work...but not with this defense. Olsen underwhelmed last year with his physicality, maturity, effort, and practice habits and Im saying all this from reading between the Golden lines ( go Look it up) and hearing what other players had to say. I know Golden was a psych major but I dont remember him saying one good thing about Olsen untill this spring. Thats not the guy you want as your starting QB.


What even scares me worst is if he gets hyrt and Crow has to play. naa letmme take that back.. I wish we had a runnning QB as our back up... My fingers are crossed here but, i'm no rookie this doesnt look good. Please no Ken Dorsey comparisons... The only hope I have is the Olsen bloodline..that should be your only hope too. I dont think he's ready yet...
 
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well im glad we have the deepest receiver group this school has seen in the past decade. people compare him to marve please go look at the team. his leading receiver was a freshman
 
I find it difficult to be excited. bomb and blackvern pretty much covered it. With Williams out of the mix, the main element to push Olsen to get his **** together and be more focused has been removed for now. Williams wasn't as gifted but we lost a chunk of our passing game and a guy who fully understands the playbook for those crucial times in a game where you have plenty of options on the table to draw from. Now we have to simplify the offense again. Why can't this team catch a break anymore?
 
Our best offense will consist of single back formation – to include Beau out wide at times; until we get in goaline situations.
(Note: I know Beau isnt the best blocker, but dude is talented with the football in his hands, and I think he's a nightmare mismatch that we need to exploit.)

Standard & Shotgun:

WR - S. Coley
WR - Dorsett

X QB - Olsen RB - Duke/Yearby

WR - H. Waters
WR - Malcolm/Beau

Short-Yardage:

WR - S. Coley
TE - Dobard

X QB – Olsen RB - Tucker/Gus

TE - Walford (Motion H-Back)
WR - H. Waters

IMO, we don’t have the personnel for our traditional Pro style Offense, because the guys that we’ll need to depend on are young, and coming off injuries. And half of the offensive line is inexperienced; hard to be a smash-mouth team in those circumstances.
 
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Shogungts said:
BlackKeysFan said:
I expect Kaaya to be given a fair shot to win the job and I think it comes down to the wire. Kaaya is Coley's boy. Either way, its an interesting opportunity to start a new era of canes football fresh and hopefully get some continuity at the QB position (other than 4 years of Jacory)
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I have high hopes for Kaaya, but I don't think he is coming in and starting this season game 1 unless Olsen gets hurt too; just not enough time to really learn the playbook and get on the same page as the rest of the offense.
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He already has the playbook, he would only need to get a rapport with the offense. Golden gave each commit a playbook the week after they signed
 
i don't understand how anyone other than a rival fan could look at this as a positive situation. although some of you don't like golden you at least have to respect his opinion and he felt williams was the leader by a lot. we can all hope the light bulb goes off for olsen but i would have felt a lot better about him had he won the job outright as opposed to having it handed to him by default.
 
blackvern said:
You guys dont get it.. Golden has no confidence in Olsen none whatsoever, You can go back and look at his comments 4 months ago. No way a coach changes his mind that quick about a player. Despite what you want to belieeve even if you think he can run this team I doubt Golden thinks that. IF golden has no confidence in Olsen, his playcalling will reflect that. We will be a conservative, low risk offense. And yea that can work...but not with this defense. Olsen underwhelmed last year with his physicality, maturity, effort, and practice habits and Im saying all this from reading between the Golden lines ( go Look it up) and hearing what other players had to say. I know Golden was a psych major but I dont remember him saying one good thing about Olsen untill this spring. Thats not the guy you want as your starting QB.


What even scares me worst is if he gets hyrt and Crow has to play. naa letmme take that back.. I wish we had a runnning QB as our back up... My fingers are crossed here but, i'm no rookie this doesnt look good. Please no Ken Dorsey comparisons... The only hope I have is the Olsen bloodline..that should be your only hope too. I dont think he's ready yet...
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While I agree Olsen may not be ready yet, this is how I believe a QB truly learns....thrown to the wolves.

Mr. Immature from last year has the entire team, coaching staff and fan base relying on him now, like it or not. This is his chance. No way to know how he handles it, but I guarantee between his father and brother and other NFL influences, he is hearing big time about taking advantage when the time comes and cutting out the bull****.

We all know Golden's preference...and many of us were just fine with an older, more veteran, albeit less physically gifted, Williams. IF and I stress IF, you are right about Golden still having zero confidence in the kid...well, he better learn how to get some quick...and taking our deepest and likely strongest position at WR away from the kid in order to get ultra conservative will be the dumbest thing he could do IMHO. Sure, we want Duke getting his touches...but we better keep defenses honest and let the kid rip every so often.

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Here is the notes following Olsen's Elite 11 which i trust alot

5- Kevin Olsen, Wayne (N.J.) Wayne Hills, committed to Miami



Olsen is noticeably bigger physically than when we’ve seen him in the past and that growth should only help him continue to progress as a player. The Miami commit was the second most consistent performer after Browne and usually got rid of the ball in a timely fashion to go with being accurate. We also liked Olsen’s fiery demeanor and feel he’s an ideal fit for the Canes in that regard as well as being a heady, talented distributor of the football to the consistently fast skill talent Miami signs. Olsen has the chance to be the best quarterback at the U since Ken Dorsey, who won a National Championship in 2001.

The biggest thing i like about Olsen is Olsen’s fiery demeanor I think we have been missing that for quite a while now from the qb position. i think he is one of those people. after the first touchdown, he just lights you up. but i also fear because of that he can throw alot picks because he may get too confident. i believe we have a good shot to be 10+ wins with him. the defense will need to help him alot.
 
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