The most frustrating part

[hoops156]

The bolded is the most damning to me....and its EVERY TIME!!!!!

Like its uncanny for us to get a lead, get good field position and..........go on a 3 an out. Sh*T is like clockwork

they go into a shell.

 

[Return of the U]

Your not helping this situation showing big 10 offenses bruv.

Lol that Big 10 offense is the only one to push UGA to the brink last year, has the most WR talent in the country, and is run by a guy widely considered a Top 5 playcaller in the country.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Don’t forget it was also a 3rd down where Fletcher made that ridiculous pro Juke and took it about 20 yards or that would have been a loss of yards and 4th down punt.

No it wasn’t. It was 2nd and 2 after an 8 yard run on 1st down.

 

[Return of the U]

I like Day's offense and this isn't a crusade against condensed formations per se. It is a crusade against being predictable and letting the defense off the hook because of that. It's also a crusade against our HC/OC hiding under the bleachers everytime the offense has a chance to create some distance between us and the opponent and/or put them away. Lastly this is a crusade against Meathead coaches who coach to extend games rather than win them.

So you think our meathead coach keeps games close for the sake of keeping them close?

This team lacks a quality QB that can be trusted. It also lacks a WR or any offensive weapon that an opponent has to gameplan for, and while Fletcher is emerging as a great RB, I would like to see him do it in a few more games before anointing him.

Last time Mr. "Meathead" had a very good QB he beat conference opponents by 10+ 7 times, including a 37-15 drubbing of Utah (who finished 11-3). That team didn't have a single RB, WR or TE good enough to be drafted.

Predictability and mixing up tendencies in certain situations is a concern.

The notion that he is happy to keep games close and doesn't want to blow people out is nonsense.

 

[CaneBear0207]

I just want to get to the offseason so we can get back to DOMINATING.

 

[hoops156]

So you think our meathead coach keeps games close for the sake of keeping them close?

This team lacks a quality QB that can be trusted. It also lacks a WR or any offensive weapon that an opponent has to gameplan for, and while Fletcher is emerging as a great RB, I would like to see him do it in a few more games before anointing him.

Last time Mr. "Meathead" had a very good QB he beat conference opponents by 10+ 7 times, including a 37-15 drubbing of Utah (who finished 11-3). That team didn't have a single RB, WR or TE good enough to be drafted.

Predictability and mixing up tendencies in certain situations is a concern.

The notion that he is happy to keep games close and doesn't want to blow people out is nonsense.

its too bad meathead didnt recruit that guy

 

[MizCane]

No it wasn’t. It was 2nd and 2 after an 8 yard run on 1st down.

Well F me

 

[Return of the U]

its too bad meathead didnt recruit that guy

Meathead did recruit the guy receiver leading the Pac 12 in catches, yards, and TDs currently.

Meathead also has our WRs producing at a higher rate in one less game than 2021 - you know when we had Lashlee, Rambo, King and TVD. Better YPP too.

Meathead also built the best OL in the ACC in one season and has us in position for that to be one of the best units in the country annually moving forward.

You going to give Meathead credit for bringing in Jojo, Carr, Chance, Ray Ray, Fletcher, Citizen, Riley Williams, Lofton etc. or pretend that wasn't him when those guys are all producing next season onwards.

He has his weaknesses, but far from as bad as our board geniuses make him out to be.

 

[hoops156]

Meathead did recruit the guy receiver leading the Pac 12 in catches, yards, and TDs currently.

Meathead also has our WRs producing at a higher rate in one less game than 2021 - you know when we had Lashlee, Rambo, King and TVD. Better YPP too.

Meathead also built the best OL in the ACC in one season and has us in position for that to be one of the best units in the country annually moving forward.

You going to give Meathead credit for bringing in Jojo, Carr, Chance, Ray Ray, Fletcher, Citizen, Riley Williams, Lofton etc. or pretend that wasn't him when those guys are all producing next season onwards.

He has his weaknesses, but far from as bad as our board geniuses make him out to be.

jojo Carr sign?

citizen hasn't been healthy once. Riley Williams doesn't see a single pass. lofton hasn't signed. we dont use tight ends in the pass game.

meathead also is 5-10 in ACC play with 2 lone ACC wins both in OT at home.

averaging 23 points a game in the easiest p5 conference in football.

its cool bro. you can keep touting the dude thats worse than Manny Diaz and more like randy Shannon bc hes a fake nice guy. **** him imo. hes a bum and been a bum

 

[Angry Ibis]

The bolded is the most damning to me....and its EVERY TIME!!!!!

Like its uncanny for us to get a lead, get good field position and..........go on a 3 an out. Sh*T is like clockwork

Clockwork....

#1 Portal Need:

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

Is this team is actually pretty **** good but coaching continues to lose us games. Two years in a row of no discipline, conservative , predictable play calling.

Now go watch Brohm put pressure on all three levels of the defense and keep Guidry / players off balance. Yet we run into the teeth of the defense selling out on every third / fourth and short. Mario cares more about an attitude and making a point instead of scoring or getting a first down.

Fact is the evidence is starting to pile up that Mario is a stubborn , hard headed former OL that refuses to adapt or think out the box. We’re now reaching the insanity level of trying the same **** at nauseam and expecting different results.

The end of the half and the end of the game is Mario and his team in a nut shell. Third and a long two we run right into the D selling out because they know how predictable we are. They then drive down field and steal a td , taking the momentum in the half. I knew then we were f’d. To end the game we blow a timeout inside the five knowing we needed it desperately if we didn’t score. We proceed to pass three times when we should’ve tried runs. Just like we run when we should pass on third and two.

The last two nails in the coffin was as bad of personal fouls as you could get. Right in front of the ref in the final seconds. No discipline.

Mario **** near flipped the roster yet we still are an idiotic team. All of this looks horrible on him. He coaches to extend games rather than trying to win them.

Lastly could our army of clueless media ask him about his “ self scouting “? Because Hellen Keller knows what we’re doing on third and two.

The "no discipline" sentiment is asinine. Miami had three penalties all day for 20 yards until two receivers foolishly lost their cool in pivotal final minute moments. To say it's an indictment on the team is unfair.

A few years back—especially under Diaz—this program was beyond undisciplined and committing boneheaded infractions every week.

You call the team "pretty good" but in your lengthy rant you never say a world about Tyler Van Dyke completely going to **** in a handbag; 11 touchdowns and one interception the first four games—11 interceptions, two fumbles and five touchdowns his next five.

Against GT, UNC, UVA and NC State—all games TVD started—Miami lost the turnover battle 15-to-5—a 3-to-1 ratio in a stretch where the Canes went 1-3.

Nobody was "coaching to extend games"; they were coaching to deal with a quarterback who couldn't read a zone defense and forgot how to play football—hence why a true freshman wound up getting a start in Tallahassee against No. 4 Florida State. Van Dyke was THAT BAD and is only back in because Williams got hurt.

As for your "flipped roster" theory, again, inaccurate.

Colonel Sanders flipped Colorado's roster with 51 new transfers and 21 new freshman; Mario welcomed 17 transfers and 26 new freshman—where a half dozen played and had an impact this year (Bain, Mauigoa, Fletcher, Brown, Williams)—and again, a roster is as good as it's quarterback and Miami's went to sh*t.

Seriously, all these years Miami had a pretty good quarterback but zero offensive line—and now the best line this program as seen in years and a veteran quarterback becomes a turnover machine. You can't make it up.

Cristobal is the CEO of this team and it all falls on him, but again where is the criticism of Dawson and Guidry? Why couldn't Guidry find a way to stop tight ends from Clemson or Louisville? The Cards had three guys with nine receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown—hauling in big grabs at the game's most important times—while Dawson is the one putting Smith in the backfield in the wildcat with zero innovation outside of running up the middle. Same for trying to always pound it with Fletcher on every 3rd- or 4th-and-short. ... and enough with the Mario handcuffs his coordinators; we all saw the article after the aTm win where Cristobal "liked what her heard" when Dawson wanted to go for the jugular on 3rd-and-4 to "ends this m'fer right here".

Hilarious how it's Mario supposedly micromanaging his coordinators when plays don't work, but all the glory to Dawson and Guidry when something good happens. Mario needs to close strong on the trail, hit the portal hard, figure out if Dawson is staying or going (and find a better option if he's gone)—and then the clock is ticking even more year three, with Miami needing to be back year four.

Again, everybody's swinging from Norvell's nuts right now—dude was 8-13 after his second year, with an 0-4 start (and home loss to Jacksonville State)—before he started turning things around the next year... while y'all thought Lincoln Riley had it solved after 11-3 last year (despite garbage defense and getting his schnutz pushed in by Utah twice—which was apparently a huge deal when it happened to Cristobal, but Riley gets a pass.) Now Riley goes 7-5 with a Heisman-winning quarterback and nobody wants to talk about USC's big score anymore. Hilarious.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

Don’t forget it was also a 3rd down where Fletcher made that ridiculous pro Juke and took it about 20 yards or that would have been a loss of yards and 4th down punt.

True but again nobody said you have to pass on every 3rd and short. I love the running game but ours doesn't even attempt any counters off of tendency to keep the defense honest. That's what this whole discussion is about.

 

[Cribby]

The "no discipline" sentiment is asinine. Miami had three penalties all day for 20 yards until two receivers foolishly lost their cool in pivotal final minute moments. To say it's an indictment on the team is unfair.

A few years back—especially under Diaz—this program was beyond undisciplined and committing boneheaded infractions every week.

You call the team "pretty good" but in your lengthy rant you never say a world about Tyler Van Dyke completely going to **** in a handbag; 11 touchdowns and one interception the first four games—11 interceptions, two fumbles and five touchdowns his next five.

Against GT, UNC, UVA and NC State—all games TVD started—Miami lost the turnover battle 15-to-5—a 3-to-1 ratio in a stretch where the Canes went 1-3.

Nobody was "coaching to extend games"; they were coaching to deal with a quarterback who couldn't read a zone defense and forgot how to play football—hence why a true freshman wound up getting a start in Tallahassee against No. 4 Florida State. Van Dyke was THAT BAD and is only back in because Williams got hurt.

As for your "flipped roster" theory, again, inaccurate.

Colonel Sanders flipped Colorado's roster with 51 new transfers and 21 new freshman; Mario welcomed 17 transfers and 26 new freshman—where a half dozen played and had an impact this year (Bain, Mauigoa, Fletcher, Brown, Williams)—and again, a roster is as good as it's quarterback and Miami's went to sh*t.

Seriously, all these years Miami had a pretty good quarterback but zero offensive line—and now the best line this program as seen in years and a veteran quarterback becomes a turnover machine. You can't make it up.

Cristobal is the CEO of this team and it all falls on him, but again where is the criticism of Dawson and Guidry? Why couldn't Guidry find a way to stop tight ends from Clemson or Louisville? The Cards had three guys with nine receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown—hauling in big grabs at the game's most important times—while Dawson is the one putting Smith in the backfield in the wildcat with zero innovation outside of running up the middle. Same for trying to always pound it with Fletcher on every 3rd- or 4th-and-short. ... and enough with the Mario handcuffs his coordinators; we all saw the article after the aTm win where Cristobal "liked what her heard" when Dawson wanted to go for the jugular on 3rd-and-4 to "ends this m'fer right here".

Hilarious how it's Mario supposedly micromanaging his coordinators when plays don't work, but all the glory to Dawson and Guidry when something good happens. Mario needs to close strong on the trail, hit the portal hard, figure out if Dawson is staying or going (and find a better option if he's gone)—and then the clock is ticking even more year three, with Miami needing to be back year four.

Again, everybody's swinging from Norvell's nuts right now—dude was 8-13 after his second year, with an 0-4 start (and home loss to Jacksonville State)—before he started turning things around the next year... while y'all thought Lincoln Riley had it solved after 11-3 last year (despite garbage defense and getting his schnutz pushed in by Utah twice—which was apparently a huge deal when it happened to Cristobal, but Riley gets a pass.) Now Riley goes 7-5 with a Heisman-winning quarterback and nobody wants to talk about USC's big score anymore. Hilarious.

I should’ve stopped reading this post in the first sentence and that’s because I’m far too busy to converse with slow people. So I just skimmed through instead.

We currently sit at 120th in penalty yards and that’s after finishing 103rd last year. Then mix in two penalties that almost finished the game then the last one that did finish it . Imagine if that last penalty doesn’t happen then go watch where the ball was caught. This has been one of the most undisciplined teams in CFB the last years and played a key part in why we lost. That’s one of the few areas Mario has been consistent. As for as Tvd I’ve been hard at him but maybe not as hard as some because I knew all the injuries he‘s been playing with, I actually posted this. Yet your coach keeps rolling him out there when he should’ve sat another two games.

Sometimes I’m amazed at how ignorant and uneducated some of the posters are on here then have the nerve to call somebody’s comment out as “ asinine“. How rich? Now I’ll let you get back to fellating Mario but I’ll leave you with this. It’s a nice motto to leave by.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt -

 

[sdaly12]

Mario's best is putting together a team that's tough, fyzical, and will be a tough out every week. But he will get stuck out every week. Poor man's Paul Cryst

needs to hire an assistant to help with clock mgmt. & in game strategy , seems conservative to a fault. need tto keep his hands s off offense...... its time to abandon the power spread as well........

 

[90scane]

I should’ve stopped reading this post in the first sentence and that’s because I’m far too busy to converse with slow people. So I just skimmed through instead.

We currently sit at 120th in penalty yards and that’s after finishing 103rd last year. Then mix in two penalties that almost finished the game then the last one that did finish it . Imagine if that last penalty doesn’t happen then go watch where the ball was caught. This has been one of the most undisciplined teams in CFB the last years and played a key part in why we lost. That’s one of the few areas Mario has been consistent. As for as Tvd I’ve been hard at him but maybe not as hard as some because I knew all the injuries he‘s been playing with, I actually posted this. Yet your coach keeps rolling him out there when he should’ve sat another two games.

Sometimes I’m amazed at how ignorant and uneducated some of the posters are on here then have the nerve to call somebody’s comment out as “ asinine“. How rich? Now I’ll let you get back to fellating Mario but I’ll leave you with this. It’s a nice motto to leave by.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt -

Another quote I like:
It takes 2 years to learn English. It takes 60 to learn when not to speak.

 

[BoxingRobes]

If you don't think Miami is an undisciplined team, you are not watching them, listening to the radio broadcast, or looking at the box score. There is no way you could come to that conclusion without simply not having any idea what you're talking about.

Perhaps we've been so undisciplined for so long that when we are just having brain melts late against Louisville it looks like we're disciplined because we didn't have 6 penalties that came before it like it did earlier in the year? I'm not sure.

I'm not even saying this is a Mario thing...outside of 2017-18 with Richt where we were a Top 50 team in the nation in penalties per game, we are regularly in the bottom half, many times in the 100s...

2019-2023 penalties per game national ranking - 91, 106, 109, 112, 105.
Someone like Jahfari Harvey or Ragone or JHH, Couch, Keontra...ya know, the old dudes that have been here forever, I don't think any other players in America have seen more flags thrown on their teams during their time here. An absurd amount of penalties.

2017, 2018 under Richt were good, Top 50 in the nation in penalties per game.

2009-2016 - 107, 128, 105, 62 (our 9 win season under Golden), 105, 56, 56, 116, 94.

I don't think you'll find a Power 5 team in the nation with that consistency of sub-100 years in penalties, and we've done it under every coach we've had. Its a disease.

 

[mcnaire2004]

If you don't think Miami is an undisciplined team, you are not watching them, listening to the radio broadcast, or looking at the box score. There is no way you could come to that conclusion without simply not having any idea what you're talking about.

Perhaps we've been so undisciplined for so long that when we are just having brain melts late against Louisville it looks like we're disciplined because we didn't have 6 penalties that came before it like it did earlier in the year? I'm not sure.

I'm not even saying this is a Mario thing...outside of 2017-18 with Richt where we were a Top 50 team in the nation in penalties per game, we are regularly in the bottom half, many times in the 100s...

2019-2023 penalties per game national ranking - 91, 106, 109, 112, 105.
Someone like Jahfari Harvey or Ragone or JHH, Couch, Keontra...ya know, the old dudes that have been here forever, I don't think any other players in America have seen more flags thrown on their teams during their time here. An absurd amount of penalties.

2017, 2018 under Richt were good, Top 50 in the nation in penalties per game.

2009-2016 - 107, 128, 105, 62 (our 9 win season under Golden), 105, 56, 56, 116, 94.

I don't think you'll find a Power 5 team in the nation with that consistency of sub-100 years in penalties, and we've done it under every coach we've had. Its a disease.

Well the culture is literally to dance, fight, and talk trash. Players get reminded of that by the media all the time. Or at least they used to. I think we all enjoyed CMRs speech on swagger when he got here. "It's not swaying on a kick off and letting them run it back 40 yds. Not giving up a big play then talking trash after the tackle" ect ...

 

[Canezum5]

While I 100% hated that call and want to see PA built off those 3rd and short looks, we also got our two biggest runs from a condensed formation with a loaded box of 9. When guys get washed or lost in the wrong gap with a loaded box, you usually give up a big play because no one is there to clean it up on the backend.

I spend Saturdays watching a ton of CFB and particularly the teams that have a chance to win a natty (UGA, OSU, and Bama).

While you expect power football from the SEC schools, I was surprised the last few weeks by how many condensed formations Ryan Day has run into a loaded box and they worked.

Their RB (who is similar to Lamar Miller imo) made a guy or two miss on each of their big runs.

On Saturday we had our two longest runs from condensed formations on 1st and 10.

The crusade against condensed formations isn't 100% on point, not even close.

We absolutely need to use PA on those and short 3rd and 4th down plays, but I do wonder how much our TEs having the dropsies impacts that.

We also need a mobile QB and a WR who can command some respect. Watch UNC, FSU, OSU etc. and there are times where the box should be loaded but the opponent keeps 2 safeties deep respecting the pass threat on early downs. Does not happen for us.

Louisville TE had 6 catches all season before our game. 6. Do they even have a TE rated nearly as high as Skinner and Phillips? Or nearly athletic.

Previous drops aren't an excuse to not trust your players. Especially when plenty of our players have made mistakes and given countless chances, TvD being one.

The crusades against the condensed sets are valid. You can't just look at a tram running condensed sets and make those vague comparisons without factoring in down and distance, personnel matchups, and coordination of plays off said looks.

We've also had plenty of big runs out of 2x2-01 personnel sets. **** I don't think we've been stuffed behind the LoS when in ace back 2x2.

Teams legit sat in 2 high safety looks against Tyler for weeks on end and we did nothing to counter it. So I'm not sure where you got that "does not happen for us" cause that's BS.

We pass against light boxes and run on heavy boxes like imbeciles and rarely make defenses pay. Film doesn't lie.

None of those teams you listed would ever trot a guy like Cam McCormick out there and allow the defense to key on him. So you can't compare what we do to any of those teams. We run a condensed set and line up a non threat in trips bunch.

Ryan Day and Phil Lindzz would NEVER

 

[Canezum5]

So you think our meathead coach keeps games close for the sake of keeping them close?

This team lacks a quality QB that can be trusted. It also lacks a WR or any offensive weapon that an opponent has to gameplan for, and while Fletcher is emerging as a great RB, I would like to see him do it in a few more games before anointing him.

Last time Mr. "Meathead" had a very good QB he beat conference opponents by 10+ 7 times, including a 37-15 drubbing of Utah (who finished 11-3). That team didn't have a single RB, WR or TE good enough to be drafted.

Predictability and mixing up tendencies in certain situations is a concern.

The notion that he is happy to keep games close and doesn't want to blow people out is nonsense.

So did louisville.. Brohm made this season easy af for him and plays to his limitations.

Like a good playcaller he focuses on making defensed think and not forcing his QB to do things he's not good at. Like us waiting till the EOS to finally ask Tyler what plays he struggled with

 

[HurricanesR1]

It's really important this offseason that the staff relays the importance of recruiting, physicality, competition, honesty and transparency, discipline and getting back to work.