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It’s time for Mario to hire an actual ST coach

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I’ve been saying it all season…Enough with paying these analysts and all hands on deck to run the ST room….invest the money in a former Pro ST coach that’s sitting on his couch

We’ve been absolutely atrocious in Special Teams this year

0 blocks (outside of xp blocked)

GT and FSU lead the country in blocked kicks….

0 returns

It’s inexcusable for how many athletes Miami recruits to not be able to do some serious damage on Special Teams


NCAA removed the limit on game day coaches. So there’s 0 excuse now…
sports.yahoo.com

NCAA ends limits to on-field college football coaching staffs

Teams will now be permitted to have an unlimited number of coaches provide instruction on gameday.
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We're just unlucky when it comes to ST. Didn't Diaz hire someone from thee NFL and we were still cheeks in that department??
 
Make a call to a guy like this that lives and breaths ST



Mark Tommerdahl​

TCU​

The Granddaddy of special teams coordinators, Tommerdahl has been at the top levels of the game longer than many of us have been alive. The Minnesota native (like myself) has made a whirlwind of stops at Alabama, New Mexico, Minnesota, Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech, ULM, Cal, Utah State, Purdue, and Texas Tech before TCU. Tommerdahl has coached multiple award-winning punters and kickers, including Austin McNamara, Trey Wolff, Matt Anderson, and Ryan Allen.
 
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I would like to see it. How many coaches are we allowed now? The problem could be there is not a spot. But it needs to be addressed.
 
BeastMode said:
Urban Meyer was the ST coach when he was coaching

Miami hasn’t had a ST coach since Mario got here.

It’s wild to me that Mario has done this. ST is just as important as other two phases of the game and he had decided not to have a coach for it.
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And it has always been a cornerstone of Hurricanes football.

He is well aware of that.

He should be livid we have no returns.
 
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You guys do know there is someone coaching special teams, right? He just doesn’t have the title “special teams coach”. Maybe he’s not doing a good job and they need to hire someone else but it’s not like there’s nobody coaching them.

Also, I’m definitely concerned with our kick coverage. We give up all together too many long returns but a lot of these special teams plays don’t impact overall results as much as fans may think.

Notre Dame leads the nation in blocked kicks (tied with Louisville) the rest of the list of teams near the top are mostly terrible teams with a few decent ones sprinkled in. There are 21 teams with 3 or more blocked kicks. Three of them are top 25 programs. FSU is tied for second nationally and they’re 2-9.

Kickoff returns is very similar. Oregon leads the nation in kickoff return average. The next closest top 25 teams are Boise who’s 27th and Miami at 29th. Nobody else in the top 30 in kickoff returns is any good.

Of the top 40 punt return teams, only three are top 25 programs. Tennessee is the highest at 11th. Indiana at 26th and Ohio State at 39th.

Kickoff return defense and punt return defense have more quality teams near the top so stopping returns seems to be more important than getting them yourself.

Miami is 123rd in kickoff return defense and 80th in punt return defense so those areas definitely need to improve.
 
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DTP said:
You guys do know there is someone coaching special teams, right? He just doesn’t have the title “special teams coach”. Maybe he’s not doing a good job and they need to hire someone else but it’s not like there’s nobody coaching them.
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The coordinator is Danny Kalter who is an analyst and it’s a staff effort (all hands on deck) with Mirabal and other coaches helping with it
 
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305407cane said:
Not a lot of teams let up two kickoff return touchdowns. Plus we never get any kind of punt return
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Please please go back and watch any return against Miami and tell me which long return we don't have a player blocked in the back that is never called. Watch CMC go crazy on the sideline this past Saturday....it's never called just like holding is never called against our DL!!
 
I don't think ST is a priority for Mario.

To me, the biggest problem is that its used to give the 2nd and 3rd string players a chance to play.

ST is one of the 3 phases of the game. Its equally important as offense and defense.

The best 10 guys need to be out there. NOT the guys who are developing.

The other problem is that our players (SoFl guys) tend to be extraordinarily low IQ, and that's a recipe for disaster.

I dont understand what the concept is for punt returns either. It seems to be to just allow the entire punt team to run down there unchecked and surround #35 so he can fair catch the ball.

The whole ST is very Mario-esque.
 
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