Some thoughts on the game

[edge]

Great post. Love the insight from Howard's mom.

 

[NVA CANE]

Great post D$.

Golden is the man and there is no one I would want to run this program more than him. If Nick Saban knocked on Miami's door tomorrow and said he wanted to coach Miami I'd still take Golden everyday of the week and twice on sunday.

Wow. LMAO.

Laugh all you want. Golden wanted the job when no other coaches except for clown *** Randy Edsall and some dude from the Canadian league. And he could have left when the Shapiro BS happened and didnt. So yeah I would stick with Golden like he stuck with the program (regardless if he used it to get a raise). He still stuck with it.

 

[Jeepinjimmy]

in regards to the rehabbing of players, wont it be nice when Al and co just have to develop the incoming classes and not rehab seniors who had the tools but were not coached right. Our future is bright.

 

[DMoney]

in regards to the rehabbing of players, wont it be nice when Al and co just have to develop the incoming classes and not rehab seniors who had the tools but were not coached right. Our future is bright.

Great point.

I imagine Golden recruits his guys with contingency plans, i.e. "if Player A doesn't put on the weight for an every down role, we can use him like this and this." Every class has attrition, but I suspect Golden will get more mileage out of his signees.

 

[CanesAreAble]

My thought from the game is I can't believe Paul Johnson punted on 4th and a foot with 2 minutes remaining, and it's even more bizarre that there's been so little discussion of it.

Football fans have really been brainwashed into inept evaluation of variables and applied probability if they think a punt even threatened to be the correct decision. For an aggressive coach like Johnson who goes for it on 4th down all the time not to recognize the immense value of making the first down to all but end the game was one of the most idiotic decisions I've ever seen during a Canes game. He bought (the likelihood of) 30 or 40 yards with a punt. That doesn't begin to make up for what he forfeited, and he properly paid for it. In college games the clock finds every excuse to stop down the stretch. Two minutes and one time out was an eternity, particularly when Georgia Tech hadn't demonstrated any ability to slow the Canes. Also, in the NFL there's a massive difference between touchdown likelihood if you take over at the 10 or 20 as opposed to significantly further upfield. But the percentage doesn't vary nearly as dramatically in college. It's like Paul Johnson and other college coaches don't differentiate, no doubt because football commentators have spent decades pushing flawed conventional wisdom thinking.

I thought for sure he would go, and breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't.

That said, I remember it being closer to 4th and 2, but I very well could be wrong.

 

[CaneSuger]

And Al Groh is from the Bill Parcells school of defense. Does Bill Parcells defense suck too in your world?

**** they MAD

I watched the first quarter, saw no sign Tech putting pressure on Miami’s QB, hit the record button and went to a car show. I wasn’t going to waste my time watching that game.

September 22nd, 2012
10:56 pm


I may have to rethink my position on CAG. No pass rush to speak of. Looked like #1 was always lined up at least 10 yards from his man on pass coverage….436 yards of pass offense for Miami….over 500 yards total offense….defense we saw the 1st 3 games was not on the field today

I'm warning you all. Pay close attention.

Al Groh's defense sucks. Golden and No D'Ofrio are from the Al Groh school of defense.

 

[UMcanesfan420]

I really can't wait til another year or two when Golden has his recruits as upperclassmen. Its going to be beautiful.


I really hope Golden turns out to be the guy who actually stays here for a long time. I have complete confidence that he can build a program akin to what Saban has in Bama. We still have a ways to go and obstacles Saban will prob never have to worry about in the SEC but Golden will get us there.

 

[Port Knox]

... Feliciano, Henderson, Bunche, Flowers , and Ben Jones leaning on you for a whole game is something that brings about fatigue, and it took a while, but in the end we won a war of attrition which is extremely impressive considering we were on the road against an experienced team.

FIFY

What a game by the entire OL

 

[DaUson]

Even though Miami threw 50-something times, still felt like they pounded the rock and played hard nose football. If Morris can consistently make throws this offense would be NICE.

Duke and james got almost 200 yards rushing, over 300 total from scrimmage. Those screens to them are basically extended running plays as well.

We ran quite a bit. Seems we threw way more because we were down.