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Spring observations after two weeks

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JHallCanes said:
Forgot Wes was on the team

Snl Season 47 GIF by Saturday Night Live
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He's no Sean Spence but there's hope for him yet.
 

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DMoney said:
I know people are taken aback by my Elija Lofton praise, but it's a pretty consistent refrain when you talk to coaches and practice-goers. At least one person in the building believes he's the best running back on the team, on top of everything he does as a TE.
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100% agree with this based on my own personal observations. I was at practice as recently as yesterday with a long time and well respected local coach. His shares this same sentiments.

Lofton is probably the best overall player on the team. He can do it all on offense and could probably be our best linebacker if he got moved over there. He is the real deal. Our best “football player” on the team.
 
JHallCanes said:
I mentioned the kid from Rutgers earlier because when it comes to options these days you never really know. He could have connections we don’t know about and Miami is a great destination for anyone. We’ve got money. That opens up the options.
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It’s an interesting hypothetical but one factor to consider is the relationship Mario has with Monkey Boy. Schiano was seen at practice last week and by all account serves as a mentor to Mario. That might present an obstacle in back channeling a player from Rutgers.
 
Gables Cane said:
It’s an interesting hypothetical but one factor to consider is the relationship Mario has with Monkey Boy. Schiano was seen at practice last week and by all account serves as a mentor to Mario. That might present an obstacle in back channeling a player from Rutgers.
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Agreed! I moreso was just using it as an example that there’s probably more options out there than people realize given we don’t know Heathermans wants at the position and his connections

We’ve got money and we are willing to spend if the coaches say “I need this”

There’s a couple spots I hope we don’t need to portal because maybe it means the young guys are stepping up if that makes sense
 
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Alright got it Elijah Lofton is the best player on the team

Let’s just let that one go to the back burner until we start playing for real. I don’t doubt it’s true it’s just why keep parroting it and keep placing absurd expectations on a kid that has barely scratched the surface here

It’s why we can’t have nice things here
 
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Ironmanfootball said:
Beck has a little TVD in him with taking less sacks and throwing more picks. I hope they can get Lofton involved in the check down game
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Beck only did in 2024 because his receivers/RBs and OL were letting him down and he was trying to play hero too much. I said this in another thread earlier this week. His INTs doubled from 2023 to 2024, and y’all should watch the difference in how he was with and without Brock Bowers, Kendall Milton, and Daijun Edwards. They also had a better OL in 2023 (one guy went first round in the draft and I think they lost a couple others too).

Point is, if y’all are only looking at 2024 Beck, it’s a poor comparison as to what to expect at Miami as he will have much better protection and HOPEFULLY will not still have those habits in his head.
 
caneingville said:
Beck only did in 2024 because his receivers/RBs and OL were letting him down and he was trying to play hero too much. I said this in another thread earlier this week. His INTs doubled from 2023 to 2024, and y’all should watch the difference in how he was with and without Brock Bowers, Kendall Milton, and Daijun Edwards. They also had a better OL in 2023 (one guy went first round in the draft and I think they lost a couple others too).

Point is, if y’all are only looking at 2024 Beck, it’s a poor comparison as to what to expect at Miami as he will have much better protection and HOPEFULLY will not still have those habits in his head.
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Remember hearing this about 2022 TVD
 
DMoney said:
There aren't 5'10 and 6'0 guys running around anymore.
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I understand what you're saying, but you have to be careful with that; those undersized 5'10 and 6'0 guys, according to experts, probably had no business being on a decent D-1 team. Yet they were here in Miami because they were better than a lot of those so-called 4- and 5-star guys who were 6'2 and 6'4 but underperforming.

The old saying applies: It's not the dog in the fight; it's the fight in the dog. These guys were quietly overperforming, while the other guys who were supposed to be all that and whom we were enamored with were underachieving. We used to have a saying in the NAIA: "Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane."

So it wasn't their fault that Miami has largely sucked. Give me the 5'10 (if that) Restrepo any day over most of the WRs I've watched the last couple decades
 
Ironmanfootball said:
Remember hearing this about 2022 TVD
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And TVD never broke the bad habits. That’s why I included the last sentence of my post with regard to Beck’s future.

But the point of my first paragraph still stands. To get the full picture of Beck, people need to look at both of his starting seasons. UGA offensively was two completely different teams.
 
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caneingville said:
And TVD never broke the bad habits. That’s why I included the last sentence of my post with regard to Beck’s future.

But the point of my first paragraph still stands. To get the full picture of Beck, people need to look at both of his starting seasons. UGA offensively was two completely different teams.
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Bowers and Monken
 
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Ironmanfootball said:
Remember hearing this about 2022 TVD
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In what world is TVD even remotely close to Carson Beck? Like seriously. Beck is better than him at every aspect of the game of football. Mike Ryan said this last week and he's kind of right; If Beck wasn't injured right now, he'd have less questions about him coming into Miami than Cam Ward did. Every single person on this board was worried about Cam's decision making, his fumbling issues, the level of competition he played in, and some of you even questioned whether he could win the locker room over. This time last year, if you were to ask 10 scouts who was the better NFL prospect, every single one would have probably said Beck. Ward obviously came onto Greentree and proved everyone wrong almost immediately, and is definitely the better qb as of today. You know what helped put Ward on the national spotlight, having one of the best offensive lines, WR rooms and running games in the country. If Beck recovers fully, there is no reason he can't put up video game numbers in 2025 with this offense


Carson Beck had one of the worst olines in the SEC, the 110th ranked running game in the country, and his Wrs had the most drops in college football. Yet he still threw for 3,500 yards and 30 tds. I know TVD dealt with some injuries, but his numbers have never come close to that
 
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