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Watched some of Coley's highlight film yesterday. Kaaya threw to him with velocity and accuracy. In one of the plays, Kaaya was leveled a second after releasing a great pass. Of course, what the highlight film does not show is his poor pocket presence and feet of stone. If he could have just shuffled his feet a bit to slip the rush, he would have gone higher. Another year in college might have improved his agility and recognition of defenses, but maybe not. He might always be a QB with a good arm, but without great QB instincts. Wish him the best, as with all Canes. But, it's time to move on to the Perry era.
 
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Salt said:
gfer1988 said:
Salt said:
Didn't help Kaaya he did not want to run the 40. I read 12 out of the 15 qbs at the combine did. He chose to sit out with the guy with the dislocated ankle and the other with the bad hamstring. Meanwhile Kaaya claimed a turf toe that nobody apparently knew he had. I am sure this scared off a few teams.
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Let's be honest. No one was counting on anything coming from kaaya running a 40. That's not why you draft a qb like him
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Even offensive linemen ran 40s. It just didn't help dispel the notion that he lacked mobility and was unathletic.

Like I said most qbs ran it despite their skill set.
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Once again. No one would be drafting him for his running ability. Oline still have to pull, get out to the flats on screens, etc. it's necessary for their position. Ability to run isn't necessary for a qb to succeed but it's a nice luxury.
 
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After FSU scored on the Dalvin Cook TD pass this year, Kaaya kept going 3 and out. Hey Broke, we know you're happy because your 2 lovers are reunited in Detroit. We get it.
 
Andrew said:
Rich is the coach and didn't mishandle anything.
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Kid should have come back but I disagree about Mark. He had 3rd year starter and should have adjusted his offense to suit Brad's skills instead of the opposite. Mark missed a chance for a massive year by slowing down Brad with that extra read in his RPO. Kid is slow footed and needed to get to pocket without hesitation. The defense got quicker but the offense got slower.
 
The biggest indictment of Kaaya is his lack of leadership. We could never win a game late. Bad. He needs a couple of years atleast. Probably be a coach in a few years if it doesn't work out

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gfer1988 said:
Salt said:
gfer1988 said:
Salt said:
Didn't help Kaaya he did not want to run the 40. I read 12 out of the 15 qbs at the combine did. He chose to sit out with the guy with the dislocated ankle and the other with the bad hamstring. Meanwhile Kaaya claimed a turf toe that nobody apparently knew he had. I am sure this scared off a few teams.
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Let's be honest. No one was counting on anything coming from kaaya running a 40. That's not why you draft a qb like him
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Even offensive linemen ran 40s. It just didn't help dispel the notion that he lacked mobility and was unathletic.

Like I said most qbs ran it despite their skill set.
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Once again. No one would be drafting him for his running ability. Oline still have to pull, get out to the flats on screens, etc. it's necessary for their position. Ability to run isn't necessary for a qb to succeed but it's a nice luxury.
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So we have established olinemen run 40s and qbs run 40s. Coaches obviously feel it is important enough to use it as a measurable Would it help or hurt an olineman's stock if he chose not to run?

That's my whole point. Not that Kaaya needed to run a 4.5. He just needed to run. Not doing so hurt him imo.
 
supacane said:
The biggest indictment of Kaaya is his lack of leadership. We could never win a game late. Bad. He needs a couple of years atleast. Probably be a coach in a few years if it doesn't work out

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I think he developed serious pocket anxiety. Some of that has to do with him and maybe that's not fixable. Some of that has to do with the fact he was getting murdered every game while running a new RPO offense that was simply a bad fit for him.

To say we could never win a game late because of him is absurd. My bigger criticism of him is the inconsistency he showed against lesser opponents. We lost most of the big games late because our defense sucked *** and his coaches went conservative with leads. Kaaya did more than enough to win the last three FSU games -- against markedly more talented teams. In the last one, he threw as clutch a TD as one can in the most intense context possible to send the game to overtime. We lost that game because we got an extra point blocked, blew coverage on Cook's wheel route, had a touchdown called back on a bogus holding call and played matador with FSU's interior line.

The Kaaya criticism has jumped the shark. He was not all-world, like many of you hoped, but he is one of the best we've had in 15 years, for whatever that is worth. To put in perspective how ****** the quarterback talent has been at Miami, Kaaya was drafted higher than any Miami quarterback in what, over 20 years? You can't say, on the one hand, that Golden/Dorito/Coley and the offensive line were the WOAT, then, on the other, say we lost those games because Kaaya sucked.

Objectively, Kaaya was an above average college quarterback. His lack of mobility severely handicaps him. And that handicap was exacerbated by ****** protection the last two years. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
dycane said:
supacane said:
The biggest indictment of Kaaya is his lack of leadership. We could never win a game late. Bad. He needs a couple of years atleast. Probably be a coach in a few years if it doesn't work out

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I think he developed serious pocket anxiety. Some of that has to do with him and maybe that's not fixable. Some of that has to do with the fact he was getting murdered every game while running a new RPO offense that was simply a bad fit for him.

To say we could never win a game late because of him is absurd. My bigger criticism of him is the inconsistency he showed against lesser opponents. We lost most of the big games late because our defense sucked *** and his coaches went conservative with leads. Kaaya did more than enough to win the last three FSU games -- against markedly more talented teams. In the last one, he threw as clutch a TD as one can in the most intense context possible to send the game to overtime. We lost that game because we got an extra point blocked, blew coverage on Cook's wheel route, had a touchdown called back on a bogus holding call and played matador with FSU's interior line.

The Kaaya criticism has jumped the shark. He was not all-world, like many of you hoped, but he is one of the best we've had in 15 years, for whatever that is worth. To put in perspective how ****ty the quarterback talent has been at Miami, Kaaya was drafted higher than any Miami quarterback in what, over 20 years? You can't say, on the one hand, that Golden/Dorito/Coley and the offensive line were the WOAT, then, on the other, say we lost those games because Kaaya sucked.

Objectively, Kaaya was an above average college quarterback. His lack of mobility severely handicaps him. And that handicap was exacerbated by ****ty protection the last two years. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I say that because of his entire career, not one or two games.

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It's funny how y'all saying kaaya didn't play as well because of richt rpo system like that something new.... We ran it last year in 2015 too....
 
0-13 when trailing at halftime & 64-124, 51.6%, 812 yards, 6.55 yards/pass, 3 TD, 5 Int, 16 sacks taken. His teams scored five 4th quarter TD's in 14 games.

Not one come from behind win, and his record against ranked opponents is bad as well.

It's not some grand conspiracy why he was drafted in the 6th round, in one of the weakest QB drafts in recent memory.

For whatever reason, some people just can't be honest about Kaaya.

I'm glad he's Miami's all-time passing leader, but he was a fairly average QB & that's just reality.
 
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252cane said:
Hurracanes said:
This makes zero sense. Wtf is there to agree on? Kaaya being the starter?

Kaaya got bad advice, made a stupid decision and now has to live with it. **** him and his arrogance for thinking declaring this year was his best choice.
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He knew he wasnt getting drafted high. He said he didnt care and just wanted a chance in the nfl.
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He said he didn't care publicly so that means he didn't care.
 
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