Golden and Coach D'O need to realize the team we have.

[Cityboy4life82]

Golden stated on WQAM that he knew the defense would be bad because of all the freshman that are playing. So why would he play to his weakness? When I criticize coach D'O or Golden it is not because I don't believe in them. I think Golden is bringing in some talent but sometimes a coach can out think himself.


Miami is like a fast break basketball team who plays best when they are playing at a high tempo while creating fast break and easy transition points. The best way to stop a high tempo/fast break open court basketball team is to force them into playing a slow half court game. This is what Notre Dame and Kansas State did to UM. They turned Miami into a slow half court team.

The reason we played well against BC, G Tech, and NC State was due to Miami being able to play high tempo (Get into the open court/Fast break) Those teams scored relatively fast which allowed Miami to play that fast tempo style. My main criticism of Coach D'O is with his bend don't break philosophy. This philosophy is hurting UM because it is forcing them into playing slow football (Half court). It would be better to play aggressive and make it either feast or famine. UM fairs better when a teams scores quickly as it allows them to play at that high tempo style.

Kansas State and Notre Dame's game plan was identical. Spread UM out and nickle and dime their way all the way down the field while chewing up 6 to 7 minutes per drive. I hope Golden realizes that it is better for this UM team to play aggressive (Bring Pressure) while either making the play or getting burnt because it allows for UM to fast break and play at a high tempo. Our conditioning and style gave us the edge in our 4 wins. Allowing teams to slow grind us is not something we are built for.

West Virginia does not have a defense and they have accepted that. They play aggressive and either make the play or get burnt. This forces teams into playing that run and gun style which favors the Mountaineers. This gives them the advantage as most teams can't keep that pace up for long periods of time. Miami needs to do the same thing.

 

[NorthFlaCane]

We blitzed a lot against Notre Dame and it didn't accomplish a **** thing.

 

[CaneAlmighty]

While I agree with your premise, it's very short sighted and only focused on the short term.
Fans like us like to think short term. Coaches and program builders like to think long term.
And Golden has time. He doesn't need to win now at the expense of not implementing his system for the long term.
And this program will be better for it 2-3 years from now. Well at least that is the hope.

 

[Cityboy4life82]

We blitzed a lot against Notre Dame and it didn't accomplish a **** thing.

All he did was send a safety blitz and corner blitz. He needs to start playing press man and incorporate some zone blitz/fire blitz schemes. The biggest mistake that NC State, G Tech, and BC did was score to quickly. All they had to do was spread UM out and run a total of 4 plays and they could have nickle and dimed UM all the way for a score.

If I was coach I am playing aggressive. I will tell my OC that we are now going to play shoot out style. Because what good does it do to give up 7 min drives..lol. How many points could a team score with only 3 plus minutes left in the quarter..lol

 

[Cityboy4life82]

While I agree with your premise, it's very short sighted and only focused on the short term.
Fans like us like to think short term. Coaches and program builders like to think long term.
And Golden has time. He doesn't need to win now at the expense of not implementing his system for the long term.
And this program will be better for it 2-3 years from now. Well at least that is the hope.

Playing aggressive is not changing their philosophy. The issue is why are we trying to play SEC football with a Conference USA defense? How many more 500 plus yard games are we going to have to give up before we realize that a ball control /smash mouth defense is not working with this group.

 

[nope44]

We blitzed ND and gave up major yards.

 

[Cityboy4life82]

We blitzed ND and gave up major yards.

Those are not the blitz packages we needed. We need fire blitz and Zone blitz packages.

 

[UMcanesfan420]

Everyone wants us to change scheme as a stopgap measure. That's all it is. We are rebuilding. Stopgap measures don't help for the future. These young kids need to learn how to perform as a unit, as one. Golden and D aren't going to compromise that for stopgap defense.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

Golden stated on WQAM that he knew the defense would be bad because of all the freshman that are playing. So why would he play to his weakness? When I criticize coach D'O or Golden it is not because I don't believe in them. I think Golden is bringing in some talent but sometimes a coach can out think himself.


Miami is like a fast break basketball team who plays best when they are playing at a high tempo while creating fast break and easy transition points. The best way to stop a high tempo/fast break open court basketball team is to force them into playing a slow half court game. This is what Notre Dame and Kansas State did to UM. They turned Miami into a slow half court team.

The reason we played well against BC, G Tech, and NC State was due to Miami being able to play high tempo (Get into the open court/Fast break) Those teams scored relatively fast which allowed Miami to play that fast tempo style. My main criticism of Coach D'O is with his bend don't break philosophy. This philosophy is hurting UM because it is forcing them into playing slow football (Half court). It would be better to play aggressive and make it either feast or famine. UM fairs better when a teams scores quickly as it allows them to play at that high tempo style.

Kansas State and Notre Dame's game plan was identical. Spread UM out and nickle and dime their way all the way down the field while chewing up 6 to 7 minutes per drive. I hope Golden realizes that it is better for this UM team to play aggressive (Bring Pressure) while either making the play or getting burnt because it allows for UM to fast break and play at a high tempo. Our conditioning and style gave us the edge in our 4 wins. Allowing teams to slow grind us is not something we are built for.

West Virginia does not have a defense and they have accepted that. They play aggressive and either make the play or get burnt. This forces teams into playing that run and gun style which favors the Mountaineers. This gives them the advantage as most teams can't keep that pace up for long periods of time. Miami needs to do the same thing.

I get it....play more aggressive so they can score on us faster, so our offense can get the ball back. Gotcha!

 

[Cityboy4life82]

Everyone wants us to change scheme as a stopgap measure. That's all it is. We are rebuilding. Stopgap measures don't help for the future. These young kids need to learn how to perform as a unit, as one. Golden and D aren't going to compromise that for stopgap defense.

This is why teams lose games and coaches get fired. It is called being stubborn. Miami needs to find ways to bring pressure besides the front four. Losing games because one is stubborn is silly.

 

[Dghustla]

This is really the point I'm trying to make also. I don't place all the blame on coaches or players. IMO neither group has proved they deserve the benefit of the doubt. With that being said Coach 'O should adjust a little bit to the players he has. I love Golden and think he has the right plan to get us back to relevancy. But is apart of that plan to give up 400-500 yards a game for the another 2-3 years until 90% of our starters are Jr and SRs?

 

[Cityboy4life82]

This is really the point I'm trying to make also. I don't place all the blame on coaches or players. IMO neither group has proved they deserve the benefit of the doubt. With that being said Coach 'O should adjust a little bit to the players he has. I love Golden and think he has the right plan to get us back to relevancy. But is apart of that plan to give up 400-500 yards a game for the another 2-3 years until 90% of our starters are Jr and SRs?

Fisch adjusted. When he lost Streeter, Washington, Benjamin, and Miller he changed the style of the offense to fit the personnel he has available. Why can't the defense do that. That would be my question if I were able to ask Coach D'O

 

[UMcanesfan420]

Everyone wants us to change scheme as a stopgap measure. That's all it is. We are rebuilding. Stopgap measures don't help for the future. These young kids need to learn how to perform as a unit, as one. Golden and D aren't going to compromise that for stopgap defense.

This is why teams lose games and coaches get fired. It is called being stubborn. Miami needs to find ways to bring pressure besides the front four. Losing games because one is stubborn is silly.

Show me a team that is in a similar situation as us that has a fanbase with expectations like ours.

 

[CaneAlmighty]

This is really the point I'm trying to make also. I don't place all the blame on coaches or players. IMO neither group has proved they deserve the benefit of the doubt. With that being said Coach 'O should adjust a little bit to the players he has. I love Golden and think he has the right plan to get us back to relevancy. But is apart of that plan to give up 400-500 yards a game for the another 2-3 years until 90% of our starters are Jr and SRs?

Fisch adjusted. When he lost Streeter, Washington, Benjamin, and Miller he changed the style of the offense to fit the personnel he has available. Why can't the defense do that. That would be my question if I were able to ask Coach D'O

The only thing that changed that impacted the offense was Morris replacing Jacory. Besides that nothing changed. Fisch still leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Dghustla]

Everyone wants us to change scheme as a stopgap measure. That's all it is. We are rebuilding. Stopgap measures don't help for the future. These young kids need to learn how to perform as a unit, as one. Golden and D aren't going to compromise that for stopgap defense.

This is why teams lose games and coaches get fired. It is called being stubborn. Miami needs to find ways to bring pressure besides the front four. Losing games because one is stubborn is silly.

Show me a team that is in a similar situation as us that has a fanbase with expectations like ours.

Expectations are what keep us from falling into deeper mediocrity. Without expectations we will become the next Minnesota or Pitt Panthers. In the 40s-70s those Programs thought they'd never stop winning championships either.

I'm not saying fire the DC. I'm just saying that there needs to be some changes in his philosophy. Looks at the number of Punts we've forced in each game against FBS opponents. ND,KSU: 1, NCS: 4, BC:3, GT: 5. With a bend but don't break mentality we are not giving our offense a chance to get it's rhythm. You don't think Fisch wanted to run the ball more than 18 times? You don't think he wanted to setup our screen game or take more shots down field? Of course he did but he couldn't because with limited possessions and a mounting deficit he barely got the scratch the surface of his game plan.

 

[Angry Ibis]

How about the fact that our offense did **** against ND and KSU? Our offense MUST be productive for us to win.

Would have been awesome for the defense to hold ND to 2 points and secure that win.

 

[ssj4cane]

Blitzing is more effective when you have a few defensive lineman who can put some pressure on the Oline. We are to easy to block up front which makes it easy for the offensive line and backs to pick up blitzes. Its like a walk in the park for opposing offensive lines to block our guys.

 

[Dghustla]

Yes our offense did nothing. But did they have any help what so ever? Did they have any short fields? Did the defense give them a chance to make plays by getting the ball back? No the offense was on the sidelines freezing their butts off for 15-20 minute intervals.

 

[AUcane]

We blitzed a lot against Notre Dame and it didn't accomplish a **** thing.

The problem is that we didn't start blitzing until after we were getting worked. It was purely reactive and our defense by that time was cooked. They need to start dictating pace with regard to blitzing rather than do it in reaction to the other team

 

[WhatTheHell]

Blitzing is more effective when you have a few defensive lineman who can put some pressure on the Oline. We are to easy to block up front which makes it easy for the offensive line and backs to pick up blitzes. Its like a walk in the park for opposing offensive lines to block our guys.

??? If you are able to get pressure with your four down linemen you often don't NEED to blitz. We can't, yet we sill send no help. We basically let the other QB play the game like it's a 7 on 7 drill.