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[bomb]

I'm just excited to see better talent and depth this year. Brick by brick and ****.

 

[jdiaz1013]

Wait....so we are going back to Patrick nix and everyone is excited??

 

[cane since birth]

Did you see morris's slant throws they were horrible, morris was a one trick pony, fisch covered up his flaws by doing those screen plays which i wished coley ran more of those to duke, but as you saw with morris and fisch's system they couldnt do jack against good teams, also to add most of fisch's plays were first read easy throws for morris, quick hitches, slants (which morris wasnt accurate with), screens, im on the boat that coley should have ran some of those type of plays, but to give no blame to morris is completely stupid, rhe guy could not read defenses for sh¡t, which is something coley wants in his offense, morris looked for the deep ball too much, had horrible foot work and had a horrible pocket pressence, he also gave up after the FSU game, coleys play calling was suspect at times there is no doubt but having seen games again and watching morris's play, he played a big role in our struggles on offense

 

[BigCaneAl]

The kid was running for his life almost every snap - and I dont mean on the deep routes --- even in the shotgun he didnt have time

Absolutely false. SM had no pocket presence and rarely made multiple reads . Normally he'd make one read, then roll out. Usually ending up in a throw away or run out of bounds.

This....also, to say the staff didn't call inside passes is stupid. The route trees clearly had inside routes, Morris just never went to them. Granted that maybe because he seemed incapable of multiple reads, but that's on Morris. I expect us to be a much more efficient offense this year, especially on third down.

The only people who ever were inside were the TE and the occasionally the rb. The greatest strength of using a TE in the passing game is to take advantage of a lb essentially covering a receiver, but that doesn't work when the TE runs the same 5 yard hitch routes and the WR are always running deep. It's too predictable and the LB gets to stand by and wait for the qb to try and make the pass.

Go back and watch, this is completely false. We had people running inside patterns just like everyone else. Morris never looked over the middle. Period.

 

[k9cane]

I was not a big fan of the play calling last year. Would have liked to stay with the run a bit more. Certainly would like to see more slants. They are the easiest to throw and run after catch. More slants would have helped Morris last year.

when have Asian football players ever done well?

John Lee and Eugene Chung!!!

Oh, and Dat Ngyen(sp?)

 

[The Franchise]

I was not a big fan of the play calling last year. Would have liked to stay with the run a bit more. Certainly would like to see more slants. They are the easiest to throw and run after catch. More slants would have helped Morris last year.

can't throw slants with an erratic quarterback. half of the throws would go to linebackers or safeties.

This . The staff was scared of short underneath routes with Morris, high throws across the middle are bad news.

Exactly. And when everything is a fastball those short passes tend to bounce off helmets and hands and into defenders' hands.

Snickers had no touch or natural feel for the nuances of the position, and a lot of that had to do with him not being a football junkie. He never came off as a student of the game. Instead, he just relied on that howitzer.

 

[The Franchise]

The kid was running for his life almost every snap - and I dont mean on the deep routes --- even in the shotgun he didnt have time

I often wonder if you guys watch the same team I watch.

 

[k9cane]

I was not a big fan of the play calling last year. Would have liked to stay with the run a bit more. Certainly would like to see more slants. They are the easiest to throw and run after catch. More slants would have helped Morris last year.

can't throw slants with an erratic quarterback. half of the throws would go to linebackers or safeties.

This . The staff was scared of short underneath routes with Morris, high throws across the middle are bad news.

Exactly. And when everything is a fastball those short passes tend to bounce off helmets and hands and into defenders' hands.

Snickers had no touch or natural feel for the nuances of the position, and a lot of that had to do with him not being a football junkie. He never came off as a student of the game. Instead, he just relied on that howitzer.

Morris was Nuke Laloosh: million dollar arm, ten cent head...

 

[supacane]

U guys will go all lengths to defend these guys. Morris had a good season under Fisch. He wasn't throwing picks even when he didn't play well. Plus there were lots of drops. Coley was a rookie play caller. None of u know if he is any good

 

[The Franchise]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

 

[supacane]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

The offense didn't focus on that. Fisch offense did.

 

[cubin10]

The kid was running for his life almost every snap - and I dont mean on the deep routes --- even in the shotgun he didnt have time

I often wonder if you guys watch the same team I watch.

Obviously not, Morris lacked touch, understanding and smarts, he hurt the team more than he helped it against real competition. His major benefit was he increased the sales of snickers.

 

[The Franchise]

I was not a big fan of the play calling last year. Would have liked to stay with the run a bit more. Certainly would like to see more slants. They are the easiest to throw and run after catch. More slants would have helped Morris last year.

can't throw slants with an erratic quarterback. half of the throws would go to linebackers or safeties.

This . The staff was scared of short underneath routes with Morris, high throws across the middle are bad news.

Exactly. And when everything is a fastball those short passes tend to bounce off helmets and hands and into defenders' hands.

Snickers had no touch or natural feel for the nuances of the position, and a lot of that had to do with him not being a football junkie. He never came off as a student of the game. Instead, he just relied on that howitzer.

Morris was Nuke Laloosh: million dollar arm, ten cent head...

You need a gym rat at that position. The game is too complex these days to roll out of bed on Saturday and just start slinging it. Unless you're a freak athlete like Manziel or Vick you need to be a gym rat. I don't think Snickers ever really cared enough about football. He was one of those new age renaissance guys.

 

[Cans4life]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

Morris was incapable of throwing a screen pass. He'd either throw into the dirt or directly into the back of a lineman. He was a one trick pony.

 

[k9cane]

The kid was running for his life almost every snap - and I dont mean on the deep routes --- even in the shotgun he didnt have time

I often wonder if you guys watch the same team I watch.

Obviously not, Morris lacked touch, understanding and smarts, he hurt the team more than he helped it against real competition. His major benefit was he increased the sales of snickers.

Morris is the classic example that arm-strength is oftentimes the most overrated aspect of the qb position and perhaps the most over-valued trait. For very 'wow' throw, he'd make just as many, if not more passes/decisions that made you 'wince'

In baseball he'd be that guy with a 97-mph heater, but still has a ERA of 4.58 for a simple reason -- lack of command and control

 

[The Franchise]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

The offense didn't focus on that. Fisch offense did.

I don't remember this dynamic fish offense that you do. We had a little run against some horrible defenses at the end of 2012. Other than that, we were pedestrian at best and really bad against any good teams.

I also don't remember the brilliant screen game under fish.

How did the ppg and yards/game compare between 2012 and 2013 without our best player for much of 2013? I'm guessing the offensive numbers were relatively close.

 

[deleted1998]

### There will be subtle changes in UM’s offense: Expect a more controlled passing game (bubble screens, short and intermediate routes) with fewer deep balls. UM will still try to go deep selectively but likely not as much as Stephen Morris did.

### UM loves what freshman running back*Joe Yearby*is going to*add, and coordinator James Coley said there’s a package with both Yearby and Duke Johnson playing together (with one lining up at receiver).

With the exception of Jedd, every OC Miami has had in the last decade plus, either goes deep or throws a bunch of bubble screens. What in the **** ever happen to intermediate throws? Not every throw has to be 50 years down field or thrown right away to the receiver. If I see a player this year catch a 10-15 yard cross I'll be ecstatic.

 

[k9cane]

can't throw slants with an erratic quarterback. half of the throws would go to linebackers or safeties.

This . The staff was scared of short underneath routes with Morris, high throws across the middle are bad news.

Exactly. And when everything is a fastball those short passes tend to bounce off helmets and hands and into defenders' hands.

Snickers had no touch or natural feel for the nuances of the position, and a lot of that had to do with him not being a football junkie. He never came off as a student of the game. Instead, he just relied on that howitzer.

Morris was Nuke Laloosh: million dollar arm, ten cent head...

You need a gym rat at that position. The game is too complex these days to roll out of bed on Saturday and just start slinging it. Unless you're a freak athlete like Manziel or Vick you need to be a gym rat. I don't think Snickers ever really cared enough about football. He was one of those new age renaissance guys.

Exactly, more than ever, that QB is an extension of your OC and if you don't have that 'first one in, last to leave the building' guy as a QB, you're in trouble. I remember Kenny Kelly, having this same problem, I remember a coach on the UM staff during that period flat out telling me and a friend,"Kenny Kelly, simply was not a student of the game." Right there, was all I needed to know why Ken Dorsey was our leader from that period.

That's why I love Kaaya's future, he loves football. This is what he wants to do with his life. It's not just a hobby or extracurricular activity

Kevin Olsen? Well, uhhh, yeah....

 

[supacane]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

Morris was incapable of throwing a screen pass. He'd either throw into the dirt or directly into the back of a lineman. He was a one trick pony.

He threw alot of screens under Fisch. Not much under Coley because Coley offense is not built like that

 

[The Franchise]

Duke had 4 catches last year. That's not just Morris. U guys blame Highsmith and Rodgers etc for every problem on D and every problem on O on Morris.

How often did we see Duke leak out of the backfield on pass plays with no one near him while Snickers was locked in on his primary option? I know I saw it a ton. If the RB consistently leaks out into the flats and the QB either doesn't see him or doesn't want to check it down to him, then that's on the QB.

Morris was incapable of throwing a screen pass. He'd either throw into the dirt or directly into the back of a lineman. He was a one trick pony.

That's the way I remember it. He never sold the screen game either. His ball handling and fakes were horrible. Again, I think a lot of that had to do with him not spending extra time perfecting the nuances of the position.

Kaaya is already better than him in the play action sell game because he studies guys like Manning and Brady and is constantly working on the little things that can buy his receivers a step here or there.