...is that Mark Richt is going to HAVE to put together the coaching performance of his career whereby he gets the absolute most out of his players and makes the CFB playoffs in dominant fashion. He simply must play for a National title without a roster full of 5* kids. He must show that Miami doesn’t have to “out-athlete” the competition, rather he must show the ability to scheme distinct advantages that gets the most out of 3 and 4* kids. He has to put pride aside and either get an innovative OC in here or rethink his approach to offensive football. My Eagles just won it all, running RPO, but they utilize motion to identify coverage. Our offense could become that much more effective and efficient just by simply adding such a basic concept. It would give us the opportunity to get the ball to our best playmakers while getting rid of the ball quickly and decisively. It’s a beautiful thing to watch when run properly and with a competent and confident QB.
Moreover, I know a lot of you guys might not want to hear this, but we are going to have to FINALLY humble ourselves and adopt the philosophy of scheming to supplement our talent deficiencies. In other words, we are going to have the become Boise State’s of the cfb world, whereby we use intelligent design rather than star on star tactics. And It has to be done with an underdog mindset-that proverbial chip must be slammed on our shoulders once again. We FIRST won with attitude more so than having 5* kids at every position. We HAVE to get back to our roots and field a team full of hungry, talented kids that are being put in the best position to overachieve and win big through grit and sacrifice. We can’t continue to stand on the shoulders of Micheal Irvin and Ray Lewis, guys. It’s time to have a new generation of kids that are willing to sacrifice and play with reckless abandon every single Saturday and provide new, stronger shoulders to stand on, recruit on, and thrive on. Of course, these new shoulders must have chips on them.
The days of Miami landing the likes of a Tyson Campbell or a Patrick Johnson (and every other 5* in between) aren’t necessarily over, but to land these kids consistently will require such sacrifice. It costs to sign a 5* kid...and that cost is high. These kids and their coaches, family, handlers aren’t stupid. They see the same **** we see week in and week out. Think they didn’t catch the fact that our season was smoke and mirrors? Lol. Guys...no more nose in the air, flexed pinky fingers while sipping champagne arrogantly in a dimly lit jazz club. We look in the mirror and see that same jazzy broad we’ve always seen, but to young, fresh eyes- we are waaay past our prime and not as pretty as Clemsina Jackson or that thick Alabamia Jones, lol. We have to reinvent ourselves in order to give ourselves a real chance at becoming, once again, innovative and hungry. That’s the only way we break this cycle. We can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. It’s time to become the new, hungry upstart Miami again.