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Turnover Chain Cristobal Era

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AUcane said:
seen several tweets from OU players referring to Mario as “no fun Mario” and how taking away the chain is consistent with his lack of fun personality which - apparently - rubbed some players the wrong way. 🤷‍♂️
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Deleted member 23667 said:
A lot of us are sick and tired of the turnover chain, and I totally understand why. It's a gimmick, it's a symbol of the Diaz era, and dear God why do they ALWAYS gotta pull it out, even when we are down by 3 scores. I'm in agreement with all of this.

That said, the turnover chain, back in it's heyday, was a force to be reckoned with. It could energize the team, help shift momentum completely in our favor, and demoralize opponents. There's a reason a bunch of teams copied the concept around the country, and I believe even some NFL players have experimented with it.

So why not do this: the chain only comes out when Coach Cristobal says it comes out. Like a mid-game (or post-game) helmet sticker but way better. It would obviously have to be a potentially game changing play on defense (like when Bandy took it to the house against ND; you knew the game was over at they point). Mario obviously ain't going to pull it out if we are getting blown out or winning but playing against the FAMUs of the world. And the players would have an added incentive to make the big play.

Thoughts?
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All due respect, the Turnover Chain worked for the first ten games of 2017.

It was over when Miami lost to a four-loss Pittsburgh team in the season finale, it was really over when Clemson rolled 38-3 in the ACC title game (and mock-cut a paper chain in the locker room after) and it was dead and buried after losing to Wisconsin in the Orange Bowl.

Miami is 31-24 since that 10-0 start in 2017—losing to FIU, shutout by Louisiana Tech, rolled 62-24 by North Carolina, curb-stomped by Clemson and Alabama and getting off to a 2-4 start this year—so let's not have revisionist history about this chain's legacy. It was great for ten games, five years ago—and it's been a laughing stock since.

Tired of players celebrating mediocrity and individual achievements in games they were losing—and no way Mario is going to embrace that false bravado.

Swag comes from winning. Go win football games, go win the ACC, go compete in the playoffs—and THEN if players want to lobby their coach to bring it back, you can have that conversation.

No room for chains and rings for a once-proud program that's lost 24 football games since Thanksgiving weekend 2017.
 
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Atom Atlas said:
If I'm correct the school doesn't own the chains, Manny does... He apparently paid out of pocket for them...
Even if the school did own them I'm glad Mario 86'd them....
It was fun for a bit but the novelty wore off when Manny made a joke of it by bringing it out being down multiple TD's and players gawking for the camera... Just a bad look...
I'm all for erasing everything connected to Manny and moving forward...
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By all accounts they were on loan from that 'famous' jeweler.
 
Question...is the turnover chain just the modern day equivalent to the over the top celebrations of the 1980s and early 90s? Great when we were winning, but gaudy to ludicrous when losing?
 
Like fidget spinners the chain was cool & fresh in 2017 then got played out by a Cuban dork who can't speak Spanish that fielded undisciplined soft .500 teams. It's whack as f*ck now.
 
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OldhamA said:
By all accounts they were on loan from that 'famous' jeweler.
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Gotcha... Tis why I said if I was correct.... Thought I had read Manny paid for them... either way glad it's over.. on to bigger and better things..
 
Let's just put it like this... Did I like the chain? Yes.

Would I rather it be gone than for our players to put it on while losing by 31pts?
Yes
 
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