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The Reality of Our Situation

NC_Canes_11 said:


The reality of our situation is we got kids who were told they weren’t good enough to play here, clowning us as they prepare to play for a conference championship that this team wasn’t good enough to make
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Looks like he's got plenty of time to work on his jumper too still

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FL Cane said:
I said before this game that this was the most important Hurricanes football game in 22 years. With an OSU loss today, a Miami win would've clinched an ACC Championship Game and CFP Berth. No more. Here's where things stand today, emotions aside:
  • This is - without a doubt - the worst Miami loss of the Mario Cristobal Era. Miami needed to find a way to win this game and they absolutely blew it.
  • Miami started the game hot with a 21-0 lead, and followed up an elite 1Q by giving up a 42-17 run to Syracuse. Inexcusable and honestly, unforgivable.
  • Mario Cristobal has a choice to make at the end of this season regarding his defensive staff. It's an easy one: Mario should dismiss the the entire defensive staff, top to bottom. He needs to hire a proven DC and let that DC build his staff from the bottom up.
  • Lance Guidry is one of the worst defensive coordinators in Miami Hurricanes History. He is huge reason why Miami may have wasted a Heisman level QB in Cam Ward.
  • Shannon Dawson has zero feel for the game. Our offense went into a shell which gave Syracuse the opportunity to get back into the game. Whenever something is working, he flips the switch and goes away from what's proven to work.
  • Again, there is ZERO reason that any team should be able to come back down 21-0 against the best offense in the country.
  • We continue to make back breaking mistakes in the form of (1) penalties or (2) turnovers. It's been a problem the entire Mario era, and there's no sign it'll stop anytime soon. We, unfortunately, have some shortsighted and emotional players.
  • There's been a common refrain with Mario over his career: elite recruiter, but a subpar gameday coach that'll cost a team 1-3 games a year. The buck stops with Mario as HC, though he's not the primary reason for today's loss. One massive mistake though was his choice to kick the FG. We needed to go for it there; at worst we back them up.
  • This season feels much like the end of the 2017 season: a disappointing end that derailed a potentially special season. 10 wins is "progress" for the program, but with a Heisman QB and the #1 team in the country, the result is disappointing regardless.
  • Miami - amazingly - still has a path to the CFP. With losses to a 7-5 and 9-3 team, and a margin of loss of 4 and 5 points, there's an argument to be made that we are better than any of the 9-3 SEC teams. Alabama and Ole Miss have far worse losses than us. Texas hasn't beat anyone. And if Texas losses tonight and A&M losses in the SEC championship, there's a shot. Boise could also lose in its conference championship game. OSU losing also throws a wrench into seeding Nevertheless, this team doesn't deserve it.
  • The goal now is two-fold: hope for a CFP miracle, and if not, hope for a bowl win (which we haven't done in 8-years). 11-2 is progress that can be sold to recruits, as disappointing as today was.
Ultimately, this season - even if it really ended today - was "progress." However, the progress was shallow and well under expectations. We hit the bare minimum, and we did not over perform. To ever be close to elite, Miami has to consistently beat the teams they're expected to beat. We're not at that level yet - and the honest truth is - we may never be under Mario Cristobal. Mario reminds me a lot of Ed Orgeron. He's a coach that will only win with the right mix of elite talent and above average coaches.
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Dawson- Martinez.....if your OC doesn't see it, then as head coach you ORDER him to run #6.

FG- Don't understand that one bit...not that I matter, but why? What was the thought process .. no way we're we making a stop and if we were going to make a stop coulda done it if you failed on 4th down.

Have been a Mario guy up till now. I see what others are saying...he ain't it. He is a liability on game day.
 
OldhamA said:
I think we're going to have to hire a new OC and a new DC in the offseason.

Dawson won't get a better opportunity to be a HC after riding Ward's coattails all season and Guidry has to be fired.

It's a weird place to be in after a 10 win season.
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Guidry just got an extension, so he will probably be here next year. WOOHOO! 🤬
 
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zipcode said:
GT should have beaten Georgia last night. Mississippi lost at home to Kentucky and SC was blown out by Mississippi. It will be close, but I think we squeeze in.
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We really do have a shot. Honestly it looks like this right now (in no particular order just the teams that get in):

-Oregon
-Penn State
-Texas
-Indiana
-Notre Dame
-SMU (they get in even if they lose to Clemson)
-B12 Champion
-Boise/UNLV/Tulane
-Georgia
-Tennessee
-Ohio State
-????

I think it's between us, Bama, and South Carolina. There's no reason for Ole Miss to jump any of us right now in this group. Miami has the better overall record, and the closer losses. Bama and South Carolina have a better win, but they both have terrible losses. Bama to OU and SCAR to Ole Miss in a blowout. TBD. I will say if Clemson beats SMU we're ****ed, because there's no way 11-2 SMU with two ranked losses gets left out.

If, say UGA gets blown out by Texas in the SEC championship, maybe UGA gets left out. Same for Penn State in the B1G championship. But these are outliers and unlikely to happen.
 
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CTCanes said:
Especially when you want to limit Syracuse touches on offense. Not one person watching in all of the USA thought Miami could stop McCord. Run Martinez, eat clock and score. Seems simple but Dawson always complicates things.
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Eat the clock? You wanted us try and have an 7 minute drive just to tie the game?
 
FL Cane said:
I said before this game that this was the most important Hurricanes football game in 22 years. With an OSU loss today, a Miami win would've clinched an ACC Championship Game and CFP Berth. No more. Here's where things stand today, emotions aside:
  • This is - without a doubt - the worst Miami loss of the Mario Cristobal Era. Miami needed to find a way to win this game and they absolutely blew it.
  • Miami started the game hot with a 21-0 lead, and followed up an elite 1Q by giving up a 42-17 run to Syracuse. Inexcusable and honestly, unforgivable.
  • Mario Cristobal has a choice to make at the end of this season regarding his defensive staff. It's an easy one: Mario should dismiss the the entire defensive staff, top to bottom. He needs to hire a proven DC and let that DC build his staff from the bottom up.
  • Lance Guidry is one of the worst defensive coordinators in Miami Hurricanes History. He is huge reason why Miami may have wasted a Heisman level QB in Cam Ward.
  • Shannon Dawson has zero feel for the game. Our offense went into a shell which gave Syracuse the opportunity to get back into the game. Whenever something is working, he flips the switch and goes away from what's proven to work.
  • Again, there is ZERO reason that any team should be able to come back down 21-0 against the best offense in the country.
  • We continue to make back breaking mistakes in the form of (1) penalties or (2) turnovers. It's been a problem the entire Mario era, and there's no sign it'll stop anytime soon. We, unfortunately, have some shortsighted and emotional players.
  • There's been a common refrain with Mario over his career: elite recruiter, but a subpar gameday coach that'll cost a team 1-3 games a year. The buck stops with Mario as HC, though he's not the primary reason for today's loss. One massive mistake though was his choice to kick the FG. We needed to go for it there; at worst we back them up.
  • This season feels much like the end of the 2017 season: a disappointing end that derailed a potentially special season. 10 wins is "progress" for the program, but with a Heisman QB and the #1 team in the country, the result is disappointing regardless.
  • Miami - amazingly - still has a path to the CFP. With losses to a 7-5 and 9-3 team, and a margin of loss of 4 and 5 points, there's an argument to be made that we are better than any of the 9-3 SEC teams. Alabama and Ole Miss have far worse losses than us. Texas hasn't beat anyone. And if Texas losses tonight and A&M losses in the SEC championship, there's a shot. Boise could also lose in its conference championship game. OSU losing also throws a wrench into seeding Nevertheless, this team doesn't deserve it.
  • The goal now is two-fold: hope for a CFP miracle, and if not, hope for a bowl win (which we haven't done in 8-years). 11-2 is progress that can be sold to recruits, as disappointing as today was.
Ultimately, this season - even if it really ended today - was "progress." However, the progress was shallow and well under expectations. We hit the bare minimum, and we did not over perform. To ever be close to elite, Miami has to consistently beat the teams they're expected to beat. We're not at that level yet - and the honest truth is - we may never be under Mario Cristobal. Mario reminds me a lot of Ed Orgeron. He's a coach that will only win with the right mix of elite talent and above average coaches.
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Add to that the fact that Mario doesn't care about Special Teams. He is such a low football IQ coach, that he has no idea what's going on in the game.
His coordinators are in the same boat... div 2 ceiling.
At least work the refs instead of standing like wide eyed buffoon on the sidelines
 
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NC_Canes_11 said:


The reality of our situation is we got kids who were told they weren’t good enough to play here, clowning us as they prepare to play for a conference championship that this team wasn’t good enough to make
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**** lol
I forgot all about Brinson too
 
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