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DCF in LA said:
It's embarrassing, but the university painted itself into a corner when they hand out multi-year extensions like candy to someone who doesn't deserve it. Will they have the stomach to fire him and pay him off to go away? I just don't see it, sadly, until we get crowds of 5-10k at Son Life.


And believe me, those days are coming.
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If that is what it takes(5k-10k attendance). Then that is what must be done.
 
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If only the staff could nail their jobs as well as you nailed this post. Think you hit it all. The great news out of the game is that Kaaya is the real deal and we have a qb. I liked the oline fight scenes and wished defense would take notes. Gus is a bus. Need to find something else for him to play. I shutter when he comes in in the red zone and yeah Duke would have sent #4 cartwheeling on the block when Gus left Kaaya in danger of life and limb. Need to remove those stupid screens from playbook unless it is to Duke. I like QB under center but you are right, not now. Kaaya is comfortable in shotgun and oline needs the help. Should stay in it all the time and pass down-field, Brad reminds me of our old QBs. Oh yes on Berrios, another real deal.
 
K9, thanks for the write up - hard to disagree with any of it.

Can you be more specific of what you saw in the players as they were filing out to the buses?
 
K9--great write-up, on point and good read. Your perspective and articulation makes the pain from the Canes beat down a little more tolerable.
 
Dynasty said:
Bravo, 9er. Excellent piece..great job....

Comment.....

The defense: I said before the season stated that the defense would ultimately determine Golden and D's fate here at Miami. It's been evident since the first game of the 2011 season that there were serious questions about how these guys constructed and implemented their version of a multiple defense. When breaking this system down to it's core, the front seven just isn't disruptive. We react to any and everything.

I miss our roots...I miss our 40 fronts...I miss our coverages...

- agree about the safeties. I don't think we're fast at the position. I think I remember someone posting here that our fastest safety timed at 4.6ish?

- our corners from cover-2 aren't very good at being force players.

-when you play basically 3 DTs and still get your teeth knocked out verses the run, well, then something needs to be changed.

-I don't know how D no operates "quarters" coverage, but squat the entire secondary at 8-10 yards and declare. Manipulate the box with 8-9 players. ****, playside flow automatically turns it into an eight man front.
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That. We have no explosion or pass rush from the line largely because they like to play essentially 3 dts. Presumably so we can be stout against the run but we're not. So what exactly are they accomplishing out there?
 
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Great post k9. Agree with all of it. Especially the part about getting out from under center and going spread. Our under center power running game is a disaster and has been for a long time. We love to run the stretch play out of it and more often than not it results in a loss of yardage leaving us in 2nd and 3rd and long, killing drives.
 
Another thing, one of the guys I was sitting with coaches high school football and is a knowledgeable guy. He kept mentioning how Miami's safeties were slow to align( actually the D in general) and I noticed more than once that the times NU went trips on certain occasions, that Miami would have only two defenders to that side. Again, I'm not Bud Carson, but can someone like the likes of Lu, DMoney, or Dynasty explain if my slanted eyes deceive me? And yeah, I saw linebackers covering WR's in the slot. On the Huskers first TD to Bell, UM ran a blitz, and he ran unimpeded down the seam where there was no safety help in sight( in fact, he was essentially uncovered as Miami was out-manned on that side of the formation. I could see it developing right in front of me as I was sitting in that end zone)

Dynasty about covered it, but we're simply overreactive to offensive sets. I talked about it in the picture thread I posted after the game. Also, we're expecting too much of our Safeties. They're flying down from 15+ yards deep to fill an edge that should be set through proper alignment.

If you ever watch any decent D-Coordinator in a workshop or go to a weekend seminar, the first thing they'll say is you don't stop a good RB by tackling him once he gets going. You have to make him change direction immediately. This requires that someone - either a disruptive front flying into gaps or LBs being shot into A and B gaps - force the action in the backfield. What we do is allow the offense to get their flow and hope we have a perfect tackle by a player filling from a near absurd depth. It may work on paper, but it fails more often than not in reality. Perhaps our Safeties are not great, but I think every DB looks worse than they should. Personally, I'd hate to play Safety (especially) or CB in this philosophy.

I mentioned in the "Picture Means So Much More" thread that I think it's about fear. I told D$ the same through text during the game. We operate, as a program, on fear. Ask D$ or Able what I did when we declined that penalty. I nearly lost my ******* mind. You don't vote no confidence with 9 minutes left in the game and hope for a truly lucky mistake in a later series. You've got them at 3rd and 14, you blitz and you take your shot right there.

Sad and disappointing, mostly.
 
When golden declined that, I was losing my mind in the stands. I couldn't believe it. We're basically saying we don't think we can stop a 3rd and 15 from getting a first down.
 
LuCane said:
Sad and disappointing, mostly.
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And, after 40+ games worth of data points, exactly as expected.

From a schematic/philosophical perspective, there was zero difference between what we saw on Saturday and what we saw in 2011 and 2012 against K-State.
 
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AUcane said:
K9, thanks for the write up - hard to disagree with any of it.

Can you be more specific of what you saw in the players as they were filing out to the buses?
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Im not gonna name names, but guys seemed like they were good with everything, like it was fine. Lotsa smiling and stuff. Again, I don't want to make too much of this because these guys are meeting up with friends and families but I just recall how the Johnson/Erickson players would react to losses( some would cry right on the field or be in disbelief just watch that BYU game in 1990 and the immediate aftermath). But this stuff is very reminscent of what I saw after the Clemson loss at 2004( and I mentioned it on Grassy back then).

Losing has to be a worse feeling, than whatever emotion you get from winning, if you want to be that type of program UM once was and what Bama and FSU are now. Perhaps that's unfair and not a lot of fun, but that's the deal.

BTW, seeing Golden's press conferences quotes, good grief, for a guy who once said all the right things -- now he's saying all the wrong things. I don't even know what to say anymore....
 
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AUcane said:
K9, thanks for the write up - hard to disagree with any of it.

Can you be more specific of what you saw in the players as they were filing out to the buses?
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Im not gonna name names, but guys seemed like they were good with everything, like it was fine. Lotsa smiling and stuff. Again, I don't want to make to much of this because these guys are meeting up with friends and families but I just recall how the Johnson/Erickson players would react to losses( some would cry right on the field or be in disbelief just watch that BYU game in 1990 and the immediate aftermath). But this stuff is very reminscent of what I saw after the Clemson loss at 2004( and I mentioned it on Grassy back then).

Losing has to be a worse feeling, than whatever emotion you get from winning, if you want to be that type of program UM once was and what Bama and FSU are now. Perhaps that's unfair and not a lot of fun, but that's the deal.

BTW, seeing Golden's press conferences quotes, good grief, for a guy who once said all the right things -- now he's saying all the wrong things. I don't even know what to say anymore....
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I was a kid, but I'll never forget the loss of temper I had after that game. Eyes welled up and all. Didn't know what to do with myself. I remember my family thinking I was out of my mind.
 
LuCane said:
k9cane said:
AUcane said:
K9, thanks for the write up - hard to disagree with any of it.

Can you be more specific of what you saw in the players as they were filing out to the buses?
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Im not gonna name names, but guys seemed like they were good with everything, like it was fine. Lotsa smiling and stuff. Again, I don't want to make to much of this because these guys are meeting up with friends and families but I just recall how the Johnson/Erickson players would react to losses( some would cry right on the field or be in disbelief just watch that BYU game in 1990 and the immediate aftermath). But this stuff is very reminscent of what I saw after the Clemson loss at 2004( and I mentioned it on Grassy back then).

Losing has to be a worse feeling, than whatever emotion you get from winning, if you want to be that type of program UM once was and what Bama and FSU are now. Perhaps that's unfair and not a lot of fun, but that's the deal.

BTW, seeing Golden's press conferences quotes, good grief, for a guy who once said all the right things -- now he's saying all the wrong things. I don't even know what to say anymore....
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I was a kid, but I'll never forget the loss of temper I had after that game. Eyes welled up and all. Didn't know what to do with myself. I remember my family thinking I was out of my mind.
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Our team has been neutered. They accept mediocrity. Golden was quoted today saying "we were close to winning". Seriously makes me want to punch something.

How would you feel as a player if your leader has that attitude. If you are constantly coached to be afraid...to play reactive. Its a failure of philosophy. The man does not fit here.
 
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LuCane said:
k9cane said:
BTW, say what you want about Steve Spurrier(personally, Im a fan, yeah, I know, I know) but Golden needs to take notes on several fronts from this guy:

http://www.lostlettermen.com/articl...spurrier-blasts-gamecocks-after-victory-video
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The reality is I prefer he doesn't take anymore notes from anything. Be authentic. His real, natural version doesn't appear to be a good fit for our program and kids.
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He lacks testicular fortitude.....to put it delicately.
 
At the end of the day we were two stops from winning that game. Two freaking stops man.

It seems so close, but we are actually so far away.

I am tired of losing to teams with less talent than we do.

Two freaking stops man. That's the underlying theme of this coaching staff.

They better figure it out quick, because if a and when you get fired from the U, no more head coaching for you.

If you can't win in Miami you can't win anywhere else.
 
k9cane said:
AUcane said:
K9, thanks for the write up - hard to disagree with any of it.

Can you be more specific of what you saw in the players as they were filing out to the buses?
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Im not gonna name names, but guys seemed like they were good with everything, like it was fine. Lotsa smiling and stuff. Again, I don't want to make too much of this because these guys are meeting up with friends and families but I just recall how the Johnson/Erickson players would react to losses( some would cry right on the field or be in disbelief just watch that BYU game in 1990 and the immediate aftermath). But this stuff is very reminscent of what I saw after the Clemson loss at 2004( and I mentioned it on Grassy back then).

Losing has to be a worse feeling, than whatever emotion you get from winning, if you want to be that type of program UM once was and what Bama and FSU are now. Perhaps that's unfair and not a lot of fun, but that's the deal.

BTW, seeing Golden's press conferences quotes, good grief, for a guy who once said all the right things -- now he's saying all the wrong things. I don't even know what to say anymore....
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Obviously, neither does Golden know what to say. Speechless!
 
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