Positive Thought: the season as a whole

[Consigliere]

We were extremely lucky to beat UNC and WF.

This team could easily be 7-5
(More so than 10-2 or 11-1)

We aren't even close to being near the top.

Extremely lucky. I love posts like these.

Extremely lucky is VT punting or kicking off and on two consecutive returns we fumble the ball and VT gets it back. Extremely lucky is that O'Donnell punt against VT. Extremely lucky is when we actually force a fumble on VT but Jenkins kicks the ball 20 yards forward into the VT player instead of jumping on it. 4 Fumbles (2 for each team) total and not only did VT get every one on their fumbles they advanced the ball considerably (one 20 yards and another for a TD). On our fumbles on the returns, which all came after very good returns, VT gets the ball with great field positioning.

Not sure how UNC or WF was extremely lucky.

 

[eurocane]

On a positive note, I like the fact we got tougher and fought. I like that we came out with our fist up against Pitt when evryone thought we would lay an egg.

Exactly, it's also great that we found a true playmaker in addition to Duke for the next couple of years in Stacy Coley.

Look, its simple to me. If I'll be able to watch a well prepared hard fighting and well executing Miami team in the upcoming bowl game that would change my perception of this season a lot. Another 2009 champs sports bowl like perfomance would underline that there was no progress made this year besides the positive ending of the ncaa thing.

 

[Prince_Boll]

We were extremely lucky to beat UNC and WF.

This team could easily be 7-5
(More so than 10-2 or 11-1)

We aren't even close to being near the top.

But we aren't 7-5, bud. In the past, we would have lost those games to WF and UNC. But we DIDN"T. We're 9-3 and in a good position to get 10 wins. Stop with the "Oh we should've lost blah blah blah". If this is how you base football games, then OSU could easily be 9-3 instead of 12-0. But they aren't. They're on their way to a title game pending the Big10 championship.

That's the biggest crock of **** that in the past or last year we would've lost that game.

Last year we came back against GT.

The ACC sucks and we can't win the fvckin coastal no matter how many chances we're given.

We returned everyone from last year and statistically speaking, in the ACC, defensively our numbers are worse!!

You half glass full losers were the same ones making excuses during the Shannon regime.

Wait... Are you a even Miami Hurricane fan? The definition of fan

"Fan - an ardent admirer or enthusiast who supports a sport, team, celebrity or a performing art" Now, I'd like to think I am capable of reading, and no where in that definition did I see "bash, criticize and ridicule"


GTFO off of this site

 

[JackOAT]

No solace in having back to back worst defenses in UM history and the reason for it possibly returning next year

Wut? Cornelius, Highsmith, Rodgers, Gaines, Green, Robinson return next year?

Nope, but the guys that couldn't beat them out (that were recruited by this staff) will

 

[DeadPoets]

We were extremely lucky to beat UNC and WF.

This team could easily be 7-5
(More so than 10-2 or 11-1)

We aren't even close to being near the top.

But we aren't 7-5, bud. In the past, we would have lost those games to WF and UNC. But we DIDN"T. We're 9-3 and in a good position to get 10 wins. Stop with the "Oh we should've lost blah blah blah". If this is how you base football games, then OSU could easily be 9-3 instead of 12-0. But they aren't. They're on their way to a title game pending the Big10 championship.

That's the biggest crock of **** that in the past or last year we would've lost that game.

Last year we came back against GT.

The ACC sucks and we can't win the fvckin coastal no matter how many chances we're given.

We returned everyone from last year and statistically speaking, in the ACC, defensively our numbers are worse!!

You half glass full losers were the same ones making excuses during the Shannon regime.

Wait... Are you a even Miami Hurricane fan? The definition of fan

"Fan - an ardent admirer or enthusiast who supports a sport, team, celebrity or a performing art" Now, I'd like to think I am capable of reading, and no where in that definition did I see "bash, criticize and ridicule"


GTFO off of this site

I've forgotten more about hurricane football than you'll ever know.

What's wrong with criticizing coaches/players?

I provided facts - that statistically, in the ACC, on defense we're worse!!

So gtfoh with that super fan bullsh!t.

 

[zone3cane]

We lost to Duke

10-2 Duke. Yes. And we won the ACC in basketball over Duke.

Go on.

SMH Dandy lets not go full pathetic now

Name one reason, other than us being Miami and them being Duke, why we should be any better than they are in 2013.

LOL

 

[NorthFlaCane]

So there's no way to redeem a season after a bad loss?

 

[SmokeyRone]

Terrible season. 4th in an extremely weak Coastal and it wasn't even CLOSE, three blowout losses, two to inferior teams, the team got worse as the season progressed (a Shannon hallmark). Only positive was that UF had it's worst team in their history, and we played them very early and didn't have the opportunity to digress.

Now that the NCAA cloud is gone, I'd say Golden's excuses are also fin.

 

[zone3cane]

Terrible season. 4th in an extremely weak Coastal and it wasn't even CLOSE, three blowout losses, two to inferior teams, the team got worse as the season progressed (a Shannon hallmark). Only positive was that UF had it's worst team in their history, and we played them very early and didn't have the opportunity to digress.

Now that the NCAA cloud is gone, I'd say Golden's excuses are also fin.

BOOM the most scathing part of it all is the part about the team getting worse as the season progressed which is the 2nd year in a row that has happend.... against the weakest schedule in history.

While you see teams w/ real coaching get stronger during the season all over CFB.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

While you see teams w/ real coaching get stronger during the season all over CFB.

Yeah......like Bama, Baylor, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame, LSU & Texas A&M. Oh wait.......

 

[thebizzness]

You'd have more luck digging to China with a spoon than getting a positive reaction out of this board

 

[RiDLer80]

While you see teams w/ real coaching get stronger during the season all over CFB.

Yeah......like Bama, Baylor, Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame, LSU & Texas A&M. Oh wait.......

Bama lost their rivalry game against another top 5 team on the road. Not a bad loss.

Baylor got whooped against a top 10 team on the road.

Oregon-they're not being coached by Chip Kelly anymore. This is a first year HC. Who's says they have "real" coaching?

UCLA-Losses all against top 15 teams and they just won their rivalry game unlike us who got stomped vs FSU and lost at home to VT.

ND-Bad loss at Pitt and a loss at Stanford late

LSU-Loss to Bama late and against a tough Ole Miss team

aTm-A couple of tough road losses late to two top five teams

No team had the bad losses that we had late.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

Why not hold these teams "close" wins against subpar opponents against them as you are us? Baylor VS. TCU, Navy VS. Notre Dame, LSU VS. Arkansas, T A&M VS. Miss. State.

Vanderbuilt just about lost to a Wake team last week (minus it's only two offensive weapons that played against us). Franklin is widely considered one of the hottest coaching candidates in the country. His team must be getting worse down the stretch.

 

[SmokeyRone]

If that ladywith the 9mm from Alabama was a Canes fan, she would shoot anyone that said this was a positive season.


LOL! If this was a positive season, then Shannon's '09 season was absolutely fantastic!

 

[TexasCane90]

 

[CaneAlmighty]

No solace in having back to back worst defenses in UM history and the reason for it possibly returning next year

Wut? Cornelius, Highsmith, Rodgers, Gaines, Green, Robinson return next year?

Nope, but the guys that couldn't beat them out (that were recruited by this staff) will

You really think players like Figs, AQM, McCord, Carter, Kirby and othe younger players won't end up being better players then those mentioned?

 

[Ernie McCracken]

Terrible season. 4th in an extremely weak Coastal and it wasn't even CLOSE, three blowout losses, two to inferior teams, the team got worse as the season progressed (a Shannon hallmark). Only positive was that UF had it's worst team in their history, and we played them very early and didn't have the opportunity to digress.

Now that the NCAA cloud is gone, I'd say Golden's excuses are also fin.

BOOM the most scathing part of it all is the part about the team getting worse as the season progressed which is the 2nd year in a row that has happend.... against the weakest schedule in history.

While you see teams w/ real coaching get stronger during the season all over CFB.

That's called not having depth.

 

[Muffin Man]

Terrible season. 4th in an extremely weak Coastal and it wasn't even CLOSE, three blowout losses, two to inferior teams, the team got worse as the season progressed (a Shannon hallmark). Only positive was that UF had it's worst team in their history, and we played them very early and didn't have the opportunity to digress.

Now that the NCAA cloud is gone, I'd say Golden's excuses are also fin.

Dude, I have to say, your posts are just absolutely ridiculous. Let's break this down.

1) You keep posting that we finished 4th in the coastal. This is not true. We finished third: (http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/1/acc-conference).

2) "It wasn't even close." We literally finished 1 game back in the coastal. 1 game. How is that "not even close"?

3) While we did get blown out by FSU, so has everyone this year. It's clear this FSU team is legit, as much as it pains all of us to admit it.

4) "Team got worse as the season progressed" -- any chance the team regressed because it lost its best player?

5) Don't try to downplay the UF win. It was an enormous win. Never mind that it was a very different Florida team from the one at the end of the season, it's a rivalry game, and possibly the last for a while. That win was huge. No question about it. Also, not sure what you mean by "didn't have the opportunity to digress." If you mean that we were lucky to play them early before we "regressed," I don't even know what to say to you. Look at UF's depth chart and mentality at the end of the season and compare it to September 7th. UF fell apart much more drastically than we did.

6) The ending of the NCAA debacle had nothing to do with the outcome of this season. If you're going to use the NCAA cloud as an excuse, then it has to be extended at least over next year. The argument is that the cloud prevented Golden from signing the best talent. How the **** does the cloud going away make any difference one week to the next? Why would it no longer be a valid excuse? If it was a valid excuse before, it remains so until at least next year, when the freshmen recruited without the cloud can get some PT.

 

[zone3cane]

Terrible season. 4th in an extremely weak Coastal and it wasn't even CLOSE, three blowout losses, two to inferior teams, the team got worse as the season progressed (a Shannon hallmark). Only positive was that UF had it's worst team in their history, and we played them very early and didn't have the opportunity to digress.

Now that the NCAA cloud is gone, I'd say Golden's excuses are also fin.

BOOM the most scathing part of it all is the part about the team getting worse as the season progressed which is the 2nd year in a row that has happend.... against the weakest schedule in history.

While you see teams w/ real coaching get stronger during the season all over CFB.

That's called not having depth.

that's called having an inferior Head Coach running this program further into the ground for the 3rd time in a row..... and what makes Al Golden worse then Shannon and Coker is that he feels like he can keep doing whatever pathetic bs he is doing that isnt working b/c he has blind followers like 85% of the ppl on this website who will slurp up whatever bs excuse he can come up with.

Depth issues is Al Golden's fault, Talent issues is Al Golden's fault, being out coached 98% of the time he is out on a field is Al Golden's fault, continuing to have the worst defensive coordinator w/ the worst defensive philosophy on this staff is Al Golden's fault.

and i know you all have sunk to such low pathetic levels of excuse making but regardless of talent and depth issues none of that explains why Miami got it's *** handed to them by Duke and VT.... it's the same players last year dumbasses, and Miami beat both of those teams.

The reason why they beat us this year is b/c Cutcliffe and Beamer are superior Head Coaches that took advantage of the glaring problem w/ this team.... which is Al Golden and D'onofrio's inability and unwillingness to make ANY adjustments week to week.... while they think it's a sign of "respect" (delusional) that no team runs their playbook against Miami, and they just copy and paste whatever the team from previous week did to rape this pathetic defense.....

NEWS FLASH GOLDORITOS, it's not a sign of respect it's sign that these coaches in the weak ACC of all places, laugh at ur dumbass when they look at tape of how this team is coached up and all of the glaring wholes in this pathetic defensive scheme.

THAT ALL SUMS UP TO GRADE F LEVEL CORCHING and AL GOLDEN IS THE FACE OF IT SMH SO SAD

 

[jkaz1]

We should be 11-1 right now. Absolute cupcake schedule with the exception of Florida and FSU - the only teams that had more individual talent than us. We did a great job to beat Florida before everyone got injured on their team then gave games to two less-than-stellar teams in VT and Duke.

No charity write-ups from me.

Get it done.

I'll steal from Espn for this stat: Miami can still win 10 games, an important measuring stick for programs. Roughly one quarter of the 124 FBS teams have a shot at 10 wins this year. The Canes are one of them.

Make no mistake, winning the bowl game and 10 games would be huge for this program and probably the best thing this senior class will leave here. (10 games or beating UF)

The last 10 years have been like watching the VT game over and over. We are right there but we just cant break through. Winning 10 game would be that break through. I dont care we lost 3 in a row. We beat every team on the schedule we should have beat and lost 2 50/50 games. We won 2 of those 50/50 games last year.

If we win 10 games this year I think it will make the JR class that much hungrier because they know the only next step is the ACC title game and they have to make it.

Don't let the thought of losing the bowl game enter your head in this thread. Lets just hope for a positive match up and go out and win and finish the season ranked.