chipbrierre
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I really didn't want it to come to this. Really I didn't. Wanted Miami to at least win the game.... but again, the Canes were dumbfounding in their loss. Making all Canes fans wonder, will Miami ever be able to stop shooting themselves in the foot?
Where to begin, where to begin. Let's start with Duke's QB Brandon Connette...
The guy had 5 TDs. 5 TDS!!!! And it wasn't as though he scored all those points with flair or impressive moves, he waltzed into the endzone 4 times and had an easy TD pass. For the second straight week the Canes defense has allowed a QB who isn't exactly special by any means, look like a 1st round draft pick or even a Heisman candidate if you want to go that far. The defensive line could not find a way to push back the line of scrimmage and ALLOWED him to move up the field. It was just terrible.
Yea the guy has played well before coming into the game, but to do what he did to a team that was at one point a top 15 defense was awful. Speaking of one point in time for this defense...
Third straight week of 500+ yards of total offense and 40+ points allowed
Even Patrick Stewart knows that's bad
Exact stats are as follows: 1,609 yards of offense and 131 points this defense has given up over the three week stretch of losses.
And I'm putting the blame on three factors: D-Line is awful and has no depth, D'Onofrio and Golden didn't adjust gameplan on the fly, and POOR tackling yet again.
Only 2 sacks on Duke's QBs on the day. Not to mention Duke's running game amassed 358 yards and 4 TDs. That's on the D-Line for doing a bad job of filling running lanes. Also linebackers weren't able to provide support once the RBs broke through the line of scrimmage. That's on the players and the coaches, I think everybody can agree on that. I didn't get a chance to listen to post-game, but I don't even need to really. I don't want to hear what happened, I just want to see what coaches and players plan to do to fix this giant conundrum they've now put themselves in. And it sucks for everybody. Fans, coaches, players, trainers, etc... I've been through this when I worked with football during Randy's final year. Everybody is scrambling to fix things and it brings down the morale of everybody. But that's the nature of the beast.
Not only that... but the Canes player KNEW that Maryland had beat VA Tech! They knew this game was now for the COASTAL! And apparently Herb Waters said it hurt them! That should motivate you even more! You're back in the drivers seat! At least that's how I'd look at it
I just don't see a scenario where the coaching staff all stay intact following the season. It's horrible to think that at the beginning of the year D'Onofrio had a solid defense and has let it degrade to this level. It's truly, utterly shocking. I'm not going to outright say that D'Onofrio is straight up to blame, because there are more factors involved than just one coach. But it does stem down from his decision making and gameplanning. So pick your poison.
This upcoming week is going to be a rough one for the Canes, as everybody is now questioning the credibility of the foundation for Golden's program. I'm not yet convinced he's not the guy, but if action isn't taken to fix the problems that have plagued Miami over the past 3 seasons... my faith will begin to shake. All I can say is... at this moment... it seems as though
So everybody TRY to keep a level head if you can. But I don't blame you for being sour about all that's happened. I sure am.
Next week Miami takes on an abysmal UVA team that hasn't won an ACC game this year. They're last game they were shellacked by North Carolina 45-14. But knowing how things have gone for the Canes... I'm going to say the Cavs have a VERY good shot to get their first... on UM's Senior Day... in Miami... with no fans in attendance. That's how bad it's going to be for the rest of the season.
But hey! At least the Canes basketball team is back and playing great at the moment!
Oh yea that's right... they aren't much better either.
They play College of Charleston tomorrow night.
Hang in there Canes fans..
[video=youtube;yHMjlJDYcts]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHMjlJDYcts[/video]
Where to begin, where to begin. Let's start with Duke's QB Brandon Connette...
The guy had 5 TDs. 5 TDS!!!! And it wasn't as though he scored all those points with flair or impressive moves, he waltzed into the endzone 4 times and had an easy TD pass. For the second straight week the Canes defense has allowed a QB who isn't exactly special by any means, look like a 1st round draft pick or even a Heisman candidate if you want to go that far. The defensive line could not find a way to push back the line of scrimmage and ALLOWED him to move up the field. It was just terrible.
Yea the guy has played well before coming into the game, but to do what he did to a team that was at one point a top 15 defense was awful. Speaking of one point in time for this defense...
Third straight week of 500+ yards of total offense and 40+ points allowed
Even Patrick Stewart knows that's bad
Exact stats are as follows: 1,609 yards of offense and 131 points this defense has given up over the three week stretch of losses.
And I'm putting the blame on three factors: D-Line is awful and has no depth, D'Onofrio and Golden didn't adjust gameplan on the fly, and POOR tackling yet again.
Only 2 sacks on Duke's QBs on the day. Not to mention Duke's running game amassed 358 yards and 4 TDs. That's on the D-Line for doing a bad job of filling running lanes. Also linebackers weren't able to provide support once the RBs broke through the line of scrimmage. That's on the players and the coaches, I think everybody can agree on that. I didn't get a chance to listen to post-game, but I don't even need to really. I don't want to hear what happened, I just want to see what coaches and players plan to do to fix this giant conundrum they've now put themselves in. And it sucks for everybody. Fans, coaches, players, trainers, etc... I've been through this when I worked with football during Randy's final year. Everybody is scrambling to fix things and it brings down the morale of everybody. But that's the nature of the beast.
Not only that... but the Canes player KNEW that Maryland had beat VA Tech! They knew this game was now for the COASTAL! And apparently Herb Waters said it hurt them! That should motivate you even more! You're back in the drivers seat! At least that's how I'd look at it
I just don't see a scenario where the coaching staff all stay intact following the season. It's horrible to think that at the beginning of the year D'Onofrio had a solid defense and has let it degrade to this level. It's truly, utterly shocking. I'm not going to outright say that D'Onofrio is straight up to blame, because there are more factors involved than just one coach. But it does stem down from his decision making and gameplanning. So pick your poison.
This upcoming week is going to be a rough one for the Canes, as everybody is now questioning the credibility of the foundation for Golden's program. I'm not yet convinced he's not the guy, but if action isn't taken to fix the problems that have plagued Miami over the past 3 seasons... my faith will begin to shake. All I can say is... at this moment... it seems as though
So everybody TRY to keep a level head if you can. But I don't blame you for being sour about all that's happened. I sure am.
Next week Miami takes on an abysmal UVA team that hasn't won an ACC game this year. They're last game they were shellacked by North Carolina 45-14. But knowing how things have gone for the Canes... I'm going to say the Cavs have a VERY good shot to get their first... on UM's Senior Day... in Miami... with no fans in attendance. That's how bad it's going to be for the rest of the season.
But hey! At least the Canes basketball team is back and playing great at the moment!
Oh yea that's right... they aren't much better either.
They play College of Charleston tomorrow night.
Hang in there Canes fans..
[video=youtube;yHMjlJDYcts]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHMjlJDYcts[/video]
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