In Defense Of Doomsday

Contrary to popular belief, your Miami Hurricanes could start off the 2009 season at 0-4.

Crash, bam, boom!  There goes the 'hood.  Riots everywhere. 

But, yes it is true and it could happen.

The Canes start the season by going to Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahasse. 

Miami loses to FSU 31-21 because the UM offensive line can't block a light breeze much less the Seminoles defensive line. 

The Noles rough up Jacory Harris and the Canes new offense under Mark "Miracle" Whipple who appears that he can't make a play call much less a decent sandwhich. 

Next, the Canes first home game against Georgia Tech.  GT lead dog Paul Johnson outcoaches Randy Shannon and John Lovett as the Yellow Jackets run roughshod over the Canes weak and not ready for prime time DL.  GT beats UM 27-24 and positions themselves for a serious run at the lead in the ACC. 

Miami runs up to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech and Beamer Ball.  Frankie destroys the Canes Special Teams by blocking a Matt Bosher punt for a TD and gets a turnover on aTravis Benjamin punt return that leads to a TD late for the VT win, 21-16. The Canes sulk home sadly at 0-3.

The Sooners fly into the 305 looking for blood.  They find it at Landshark Stadium and start their typical circling motion before attacking their prey. 

They strike early and often before the poor, wounded Hurricanes can attempt to respond to their attacks.  Down early 24-6 the Canes try to rally in the second half before falling to the Sharks, I mean Sooners 31-23.

The CaneNation collapses on itself and Orange and Green blood runs all over the 305...

Comments

[solarcane]

wha?

[Old Skool]

okay my God

[solarcane]

I can't wait till Capt O reads this one lol
peace

[86Cane]

SPORTING NEWS’ TOP 50 COACHES

1. John Wooden, college basketball

2. Vince Lombardi, NFL

3. Bear Bryant, college football

4. Phil Jackson, NBA

5. Don Shula, NFL

6. Red Auerbach, NBA

7. Scotty Bowman, NHL

8. Dean Smith, college basketball

9. Casey Stengel, MLB

10. Knute Rockne, college football

11. Pat Summitt, womens college basketball

12. Paul Brown, NFL

13. Joe Paterno, college football

14. George Halas, NFL

15. Chuck Noll, NFL

16. Bob Knight, college basketball

17. Joe Gibbs, NFL

18. Tom Landry, NFL

19. Mike Krzyzewski, college basketball

20. Bill Belichick, NFL

21. Adolph Rupp, college basketball

22. Joe McCarthy, MLB

23. Eddie Robinson, college football

24. Bobby Bowden, college football

25. John McGraw, MLB

26. Bill Walsh, NFL

27. Woody Hayes, college football

28. Connie Mack, MLB

29. Bud Wilkinson, college football

30. Pat Riley, NBA

31. Pete Newell, college basketball

32. Joe Torre, MLB

33. Bill Parcells, NFL

34. Tom Osborne, college football

35. Walter Alston, MLB

36. Bo Schembechler, college football

37. Toe Blake, NHL

38. Sparky Anderson, MLB

39. Al Arbour, NHL

40. Amos Alonzo Stagg, college football

41. Tony La Russa, MLB

42. Geno Auriemma, womens college basketball

43. Dick Irvin, NHL

44. Ara Parseghian, college football

45. Chuck Daly, NBA

46. Bobby Cox, MLB

47. Hank Iba, college basketball

48. Tommy Lasorda, MLB

49. Gregg Popovich, NBA

50. Herb Brooks, NHL

Coaching doesn't matter!

[JERYLCANE]

2...

[JERYLCANE]

;)

[Esteban]

1st!!

[Big Red]

So after a 0-4 start do we demand a new coach or ride out the season and hope for a 8 game winning streak.

[busy_cane]

Somebody forgot to drink the Cool-Aid!!!!

-cheers

[canechic]

Well now I am psyched......not, yikes not a good read!

[canezilla]

doomsday????are u serious,sorry this makes no sense to me

[solarcane]

86, I have to go with you about good coaches on this one, those are some incredible coaches.

And to be picked by guys in the Hall of Fame in every sport really says a lot for John Wooden he had 57 first place votes out of 118 voters.

peace

[canechic]

I just love to watch the Marlins who are 3 back in wild card race.....and see that there are more cubs fans in the stands than Marlins fans...pretty bad!

Go Canes and Go Marlins!!!

[Daytoncane]

u just took the air right out of cane nation with this article lol.

[canechic]

Solar I think every house in S. Florida had a cherry hedge when were kids, lol! We used to throw those things at each other and it would leave stains on our clothes, then catch hell from Mom!

[86Cane]

Dayton...ON PURPOSE!

Wait is that an ant pile I see?

[JCane]

Like I'd inadvertently posted on the last blob, the list of top coaches is entertaining at best. Looking at Herb Brooks at #50 is crazy. He did an amazing job as the coach of the 1980 olympic hockey team, but he only got NHL coaching jobs after because of that and never really did all that much in the NHL. How does he get to #50 as an NHL coach?

[JCane]

86:

How dare you post an article like this as the month countdown is getting ready?! Don't you dare poison my Kool-Aid!

[86Cane]

Drink up JCane, drink up!

Stand in line behind Jim Jones and drink up young man!

Repeat after me: "Grape is good, grape is good"...

[Daytoncane]

and actually that coaches list kinda plays into Truth's side of the debate. for example, every year that phil jackson has won a title, he's had the best player(s) in the league on his team. you can also say that for some of wooden's teams as well.

pat summitt's players are always some of the best in the country and so are auriemma's. and another thing, dean smith should not be in front of summitt.

[solarcane]

canechic LMAO!!!!!!!!!

I used to have Cherry stains and Guava stains from head to toe long before paintball became all the rage!
thanks for that!

peace

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Oh dear Zeus, no wonder I'm eying that 'Phins blog gig already. Somebody around here has got some serious 'splaining to do!

Head Coaches hit their stride generally in year three on the job, just so you know.

[DZ8]

At least we didn't get blown out of any games. So as we finish up 8-4, is that good enough to get Shannon an extension? Going to be hard to recruit with only one year on his contract.

[DZ8]

My kool aid is still flowing...

[86Cane]

0-4, oh and four, zero y quatro.

[solarcane]

Jcane,dayton

I think lists of any kind are going to be poked at by the people that read them

Manny's for example

The Coaches' list was voted on by 118 people that are a member of their particular sports Hall of Fame.

That doesn't make them anymore qualified than we are, but seeing so many vote John Wooten to the top certainly makes him the runaway best coach in elite athlete's eyes.

peace

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

All you fools missed J's rambling on the last page of the previous blob.......Givens would be a very nice addition if you ask me.

OGV, how does Mickey Andrews come up with NOTHING and I mean NOTHING against FU for the last five friggin years, and it's the same dam offense every year??? AND get handled by GT's option.

As far as the U and The Randy are concerned, it was funny looking at that list of ACC pre-season yapping by the two-bit hacks. Everyone they picked is going to eat dirt against the U, every...last...single...one.

[86Cane]

OGV..no sense in showing up for 2009.

Let it go, let it go...LOL

[86Cane]

Cav is here...QUICK, Lance Legett!

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Calvin, yeah, Lemon might be looking at the depth chart 'cause Lord knows it's hellacious for him. lol That right there will tell us if he's a real, True U baller or not, especially once this DL starts dominating and blowing up shat in the backfield.

That coaching list left out the greatest of them all

DAN GABLE.

[solarcane]

Halley Kretschmer Miami Hurricanes

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jul/14/timeout-former-lely-cheerleader-and-current-miami-/

peace

[Daytoncane]

86 i really liked writing that last blog i wrote for the space. i woud like to do it again now that i have my laptop back.

plus somebody has to restore faith in our canes after you spiked the koolaid lol

[solarcane]

soup,

I'm going to send you some new upper right stuff sat.

peace

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

My favorite Dan Gable quote:

"SHOW UP......DOMINATE......GO HOME..."

True U all the way from Iowa. haha

[86Cane]

86 i really liked writing that last blog i wrote for the space. i woud like to do it again now that i have my laptop back.

Posted by: Daytoncane | July 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Dayton...the door is ALWAYS open for ALL Canespacers to write for the blog.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Solar, Wooden was a very good coach but damm, how hard is it to dominate when your teams could play NBA teams and win, and the rest of college BBall has one player at best per team who could play on your team??

Ditto Phil Jackson.

Show me a guy who does great things when the talent level is fairly even and that's the great coach.

Bob Knight goes on that list, as does Lombardi, so does Paul Brown. I'd say Bill Walsh as well because he had that eye for talent, and he was a brilliant strategist, something he gets little credit for.

I'll never forget him gushing over the U's offense in the '92 NC game.

[canechic]

Marlins WIN! What a great game tonight!

[86Cane]

Solar...TOP RIGHT!

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Soup, I just read the entire blob, and that's some delusional shat right there, like IMPOSSIBLE, the way Ali used to say he couldn't be beat. haha

Whipple is going to make Mickey Andrews want to retire.

And our OL will be ready for FSU because they'll be going against a deal as talented for 30 days

[mcginns ale]

good call on dan gable the dominator

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

And Hankerson is going to start over your boy. He's hungrier, bigger and faster, and will have more YAC, and now he's finally learned how to catch everything.

[solarcane]

Capt O

The reason those guys got Those players is because they built programs, and kids wanted to go there

If you use that train of thought then in 2 more years Randy isn't a good coach, he just has all the players to win with.

Best UCLA thing was when

Bill Walton's all freshman class beat Lew Alcindor's National Champ team heads up.
That's pretty amazing recruiting there.
peace

[Daytoncane]

Solar, Wooden was a very good coach but damm, how hard is it to dominate when your teams could play NBA teams and win, and the rest of college BBall has one player at best per team who could play on your team??

Ditto Phil Jackson.

Posted by: Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer | July 31, 2009 at 10:07 PM

i agree totally cav. im not saying give them a team full of scrubs, but give those coaches one superstar (who isn't the best player on the planet) and a bunch of complementary players and lets see what happens.

[KillerBeez41]

Wow, you know that was a hell of a read if im on here ten o clock at night commenting. What sucks about that article is the fact that it could happen. It makes you wonder how this team would respond if we did go 0-4. Will they pack it in and quit on the season and try and come back next year with a better start or will they look adversity in the face and fight back. Well only one way to find out and thats when the games get started. No one has a crystal ball, the only these boys can do is keep working their azzez off until its time to strap up against an opponent not in a U uniform. With the work that these guys have been putting in, i THINK their gonna come out week in and week out to give everyone everything they've got just b/c all that work that they put in would've been for nothing. I hope they do come out every week and play their azzez off for each other, b/c the guy beside him deserves nothing less. They've been putting a lot sweat equity into being great, go out there and play like it, not for us but for your brother beside you, just let everyone marvel at the masterpiece they've made.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Dayton, yeah, Phil's easily been the most spoiled HC in the history of ANY sport at ANY level. haha Only Wooden and maybe Auerbach were similarly spoiled.

But I'll tell you, each of them understood how to make their Ferrari hit on all cylinders. I do give them credit for that, which is no small feat.

[solarcane]

soup,
top right is the embodiment of all that's good about sports Internet viewing.lol

peace

[Old Skool]

Wow such negativity.

Tis true the Canes could start 0-4.

Here are a few other possibilities:

The fault under Charleston could unleash another 7.6 and send a massive tsunami crashing into the 954

The swine flu could mutate again and becomes a killer pandemic

El Nino could weakens and enable a tropical storm to grow into a Cat 5 the size of Camille which turns Miami Beach into a parking lot

Alaska's Mt. Redoubt could erupt and send up a massive dust cloud that cools the planet for years.

An asteroid could nudges another in deep space and send the mile wide rock crashing into the earth at 30,000 mph with the force of a million megaton bomb.

[86Cane]

And Hankerson is going to start over your boy. He's hungrier, bigger and faster, and will have more YAC, and now he's finally learned how to catch everything.

Posted by: Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer | July 31, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Email me at host@canespace.com so I can take your money.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Capt O

The reason those guys got Those players is because they built programs, and kids wanted to go there

If you use that train of thought then in 2 more years Randy isn't a good coach, he just has all the players to win with.

Best UCLA thing was when

Bill Walton's all freshman class beat Lew Alcindor's National Champ team heads up.
That's pretty amazing recruiting there.
peace

Posted by: solarcane | July 31, 2009 at 10:13 PM

>>>>

Solar, when Shannon has five NCs of his own, I'll say he's a great coach and had a great eye for talent but I don't think I'd put him in the same league as Gable, Walsh, Lombardi and Knight.

College football and basketball are the two sports where you can win on pure talent alone, especially basketball. You think it's a coincidence that Roy Williams has two NCs in four years?? I'm sure he's a very good coach but come on. I think he's better than Dean Smith personally. Dean always found a way to lose the important games. And that four corners shat was some punk shat if ever there was.

Now we all know Shannon's a brilliant strategist from his work as a DC, and he's making sharper and sharper executive decisions, and he knows how to identify his type of talent...BUT, I'd have to see him do the same or similar things where the talent was more evenly spread, like the NFL or college wrestling.

[86Cane]

Jeez...I hope U realize why I had to do it:

1. I don't think it will.
2. It could be one reality.
2. We could go belly up after four games.
3. If we do what happens next???

Stuff happens, just hope it doesn't happen to U!

[solarcane]

thanks skool now I won't be able to sleep for a week

killa b
good post you really ought to hang out here more like the old days
peace

[solarcane]

Crash, bam, boom!

soup isn't that a line from a John Mellencamp song?

peace

[solarcane]

Capt O.

lets just play this for a second

Say Randy wins a NC within three more years, he has a top 5 team every year.

When does it become just the players carrying Shannon along for the ride like you are saying Wooten did.

Does Randy stop being a good coach because he has the top program year after year.

You can't have it both ways..

Every other Coach wins because he has a great team, Randy wins because his players have a great coach.

peace

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Killerbee, that shyt ain't happenin'. Don't you worry your brain about that.

Here's my question to the Legion:

How many Canes great had better freshman seasons that sophomore seasons??

And more to the point, how many Canes greats actually PLAYED meaningful minutes their freshman years?? Dan Morgan and Clinton Portis are the only ones who really comes to mind.

Now let's look at how many blew up their sophomore and junior seasons???

Just off the top of the crown....Lamar Thomas, Horace Copeland, Randal Hill, Jerome Brown, Russell Maryland, Cortez Kennedy, Warren Sapp, Andre Johnson, Ken Dorsey, Bernie Kosar, Willis McGahee, Michael Barrow, Darren Smith, Vilma, DJ, Santana and maybe even Big Vince....

Y'all see my point.

[Six]

I can't into it all right now, but if you really ask yourself what's the difference between Men's NCAA Basketball and Women's NCAA Basketball - then you'll see why coaches in Women's NCAA don't get as much recognition, no matter how many wins they have.

I'll delve further into later if needed.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Email me at host@canespace.com so I can take your money.

Posted by: 86Cane | July 31, 2009 at 10:19 PM

>>>>

Hahaha, the Soup is HOT!!!!

Here's the starting five or six WRs...

Byrd
Hank/AJ
Benjamin
Collier/Thompkins
Streeter/DJ

Souper, what makes you think your boy has improved his speed enough to be dangerous and not just reliable???

[solarcane]

programs that are tough at home since 1999

LSU
57-11
VT
58-9
UF
53-11
Ohio St
59-10
Texas
54-6
Boise
62-2
Oklahoma
60-2

peace

[Daytoncane]

86, i'll be sending you my write up on the hellacious a** whooping we'll be laying on ga tech.

i had to snort a line of cherry flavored koolaid after readin this blog. kids don't try this at home.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Solar, JJ needs to be on that list somewhere as well. True, he had the talent but the fact that no one else has won a title in college and NFL says a helluva lot.

[Six]

Also, the Sporting News is about 20 pages worth of rough colored toilet paper.

You want to talk about a good coach?

Edward C. Gallagher, head coach of Oklahoma State Wrestling. His teams won the National Championship in 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940.

Gallagher had 50 All-Americans and 26 individual champions.

Pat Summitt my a**

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Six, I never heard of Gallagher. To win NCs in the middle of the Depression says a helluva lot. Americans couldn't figure out how to eat and he's churning out All-Americans and winning NCs.

And yeah, Pat Summit's doing some good work but that's another talent you win, no talent you lose sport. Hell UConn's guy should be on there if Summit's on there.

[Six]

Also, Edward C. Gallagher's teams went 138-5-4 with 19 undefeated seasons and 11 NCAA Titles.

19 Undefeated seasons. 11 NCAA Titles.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

i had to snort a line of cherry flavored koolaid after readin this blog. kids don't try this at home.

Posted by: Daytoncane | July 31, 2009 at 10:38 PM

>>>>

LOL.

The only way 0-4 happens is if the entire team and staff TAKE OFF THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR VACATION.

Yeah, I said it. Remember where you heard it.

[solarcane]

Six,

If I had to pick one guy that seems to be everything a coach is supposed to be 24/7 it would be Ediie Robinson.

peace

[86Cane]

Souper, what makes you think your boy has improved his speed enough to be dangerous and not just reliable???

Posted by: Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer | July 31, 2009 at 10:36 PM

Cav...my boy AJII REMAINS the lead dog until proven otherwise.

I'm not sayin' that Byrd or Collier isn't better, I'm just sayin' PROVE IT!

[Six]

Ya Cav, the guy was a genius.

He basically was a master strategist at leverage and was said to have invented over 400 wrestling holds.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Solar, that home win list is straight puzzy compared to our 58 straight. How many #1 teams did those teams play?? Top-ten teams??? Non-conference teams??? Hell, top 25 teams..lol

[solarcane]

Six,
I'm not that familiar with college wrestling

How big was his national competition in those days?
I have no idea how many schools were big time wrestling programs, and who the cakes were.

peace

[86Cane]

i had to snort a line of cherry flavored koolaid after readin this blog. kids don't try this at home.

Posted by: Daytoncane | July 31, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Recovery in this sense is typically swift and comnplete. I usually try to mix my koolaid with tequilla for MAX effect!

[Six]

solar - Eddie Robinson doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves. I saw a special on him, with interviews from famous coaches and one of the coaches that was the most impressed with Robinson was some guy named .. Vince Lombardi.

Lombardi said some amazing things about him.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

19 Undefeated seasons. 11 NCAA Titles.

Posted by: Six | July 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM

>>>>>

Dam. Has anyone written a book about him??

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Ya Cav, the guy was a genius.

He basically was a master strategist at leverage and was said to have invented over 400 wrestling holds.

Posted by: Six | July 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM

>>>>

Wooooowwwwww. So he basically invented Modern wrestling.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

I'm not sayin' that Byrd or Collier isn't better, I'm just sayin' PROVE IT!
Posted by: 86Cane | July 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM

>>>>

Haha, Hankerson will do all the talkin' and walkin'.

[86Cane]

Where are pb, dj, truth, J, ron mex and others when U need them?

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

86. good question.

Six, yeah I forgot about Robinson. He must have been doing a lot right at a small college like that without all the blue chip talent.

[solarcane]

Six,
you are always good for the facts on the current issues I really appreciate what you bring here.

peace

[86Cane]

Captain...Hank? Hank?? HANK???

U must be on the Manny plan???

[solarcane]

PB is under the sea in Bimini I believe

peace

[AngryCane]

"And Hankerson is going to start over your boy..."

Just got home from work... Whom are you guys talking about?

I tell ya the 4-Wide line-up I'd like to see is Byrd, AJ, Streeter, and Hankerson.

With an RB with sweet hands that can catch a pass in the flat. Or you can throw-in Blur Benjamin as the 5th Receiver!

That'd be as hot as Salma Hayek's dance in From Dusk Til Dawn!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=albIAvi6zag

[solarcane]

U must be on the Manny plan???

beverage out the nostrils!
I hope Collier beats the sand out of Manny when he reads that 15th stuff

peace

[86Cane]

Cav....when U asked: "What is Manny smoking?" in reference to his rankings of the top 60, I wish I could tell U what he said!

[86Cane]

AJ IS gonna be top 10, maybe top 5...

I KNOW NOTHING!

[solarcane]

I'd say if soup has the editing tools open, and I know he does by the time you read it it will look something like this

1 AJ maybe even AJ #1 twice.
2 Mr Shields
3 Susan from the Hampton
4 R Shannon
5 J Harris
6 Bosher

aight i'm out
peace

[Six]

solar - it's all for Canespace, that's all it is ... the way I see it, the more info everyone has in their coconut -or- can share if they find it somewhere, we all benefit from it as a fan base

It's like the problem Tampa has with its fan base that listens to local sports talk radio during drive time. The same guy that is basically on the Clear Channel station (which has a BLOWTORCH of a signal transmitter) on drive time, has been here for wayyyyy too long. That same guy has passed his idiocy onto the listeners, they're basically a bunch of lemmings just following him off the cliff.

I can't stand a fan base like that. There's nothing new brought to the table, so the entire fan base suffers b/c of it. Bring in fresh ideas, make people think, bring in facts or ideas to help your fan base expand their minds, etc.

That's why Canespace is so great. A whole bunch of different minds, helping each other along with way, so in the end we're a much stronger fan base b/c of it.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Cav....when U asked: "What is Manny smoking?" in reference to his rankings of the top 60, I wish I could tell U what he said!

Posted by: 86Cane | July 31, 2009 at 11:01 PM

>>>>

That's good because I'm sort of wondering what he was smoking when he said he didn't know why Bailey and Sam didn't switch positions earlier. hahaha j/k

Manny knows I like to give him a hard time but I always tell him how good he is.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Captain...Hank? Hank?? HANK???

U must be on the Manny plan???

Posted by: 86Cane | July 31, 2009 at 10:58 PM

>>>>

Haha, make sure you tell him that. Seriously, Hank is probably the hungriest WR on the squad right now. I'd say even moreso than my man Byrd. Plus, he has the size and speed to really make it count.

With him Byrd, Streeter and AJ in the rotation, it's going to be very difficult for DBs, even without Blur, Thompkins, Collier and Davon.

Whipple is seriously like a kid in a candy store but you'd never know it listening to him speak publicly.

ALTHOUGH, did you catch his statement about the U's tradition, I believe was the word he used. "We've won 5 NCs AND PLAYED FOR TEN."

He's in there alright, hungry for #6.

[Six]

Cav - I dunno if anyone has, but if they haven't, I'd be damn surprised. I'm sure Gable had a lot to say about him, considering how good he was as well.

Oklahoma State wrestling is sick. Iowa as well, of course, but Oklahoma State team wrestling is the standard.

The guy after Gallagher, Art Griffith - he didn't let the program slip at all. 8 Titles in 13 years (3 consecutive championships) .. 27 individual championships .. 64 All-Americans .. 10 undefeated seasons .. and extended to 27 consecutive dual meet victories set by Gallgaher's squads, to 76 consecutive dual meet victories.

When Tommy Chesbro took over, he had a record of 227-26. That was from the 1970's to the mid 1980's.

John Smith is there now, and has been since 1991. Right now, he has 239 wins - most in Oklahoma State history.

That program is what the definition of "dynasty" truly is. It's a juggernaut and a machine.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Alright. Peace out girl scouts. LOL. I just had to say that and crack myself up. lololol Fantasy kills me with that every time he says it. haha

[drewz2]

what is all this talk about 0-4? as long as they go 1-3 and finish with a bowl game ... any bowl game that is, randy should get some kind of an extension. .. how do we expect a head coach to settle in if we only give them 3 years?
he made improvment from year 1 to year 2 which shows progress

he is recruiting some very good players and they are all athletic and fast

plus randy doesnt wanna leave, he wants the U to suceed so i would want him to stay awhile barring some monumental collapse

[Esteban]

Gallagher? The guy who smashes the watermelons? He coached wrestling?

[Loco]

You want top coaches? Try 20 national titles in 25 years. Let me say that again. TWENTY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in TWENTY-FIVE years. That's utterly unheard of, but its what Jack Clark has done for Cal-Berkeley rugby

[SebastianDaIbis]

I just finished up the article and now I can go eat the eggs and bacon that sizzled up on my burning red forehead ;)

Good thing I also know that AJ will be the leading receiver for the year or this computer screen would of went thru my wall

Well off to punch an F$U neighbor of the F-U fan down the block just to calm myself down

[The Wizard]

I keep hearing that we will be running the "Pro-Style" offense. I'm looking at our depth chart and I really believe our strength to be the receiving corps. I know that Jacory's strength was the 5-receiver set. Who's to say we don't run a significant amount of 5-receiver sets ? I look at it this way. I'll put out my 5 best receivers against anybody's 5 top cornerbacks. Maybe their #1 and #2 corners can nullify my #1 and #2 receivers. Now my #3 receiver should be a little better than their #3 corner. My #4 receiver should be much better than their #4 corner and my #5 receiver should absolutely be a total mismatch against anybody's #5 corner. That is where Whipple ATTACKS ! If the defense plays a zone coverage, we eat them up with the underneath stuff to AJ, Hankerson,Streeter and Graham. It's all about getting the desired match-up.
It's going to be a fun year. I truly believe Whipple will see to it. Sept. 7th can't get here soon enough for me !

[canezilla]

wizard how about putting coop out wide and having a linebacker cover him

[86Cane]

I'd say if soup has the editing tools open, and I know he does by the time you read it it will look something like this

1 AJ maybe even AJ #1 twice.
2 Mr Shields
3 Susan from the Hampton
4 R Shannon
5 J Harris
6 Bosher

aight i'm out
peace

Posted by: solarcane | July 31, 2009 at 11:33 PM

Actually, it would read like this:

1. AJ II (tie)
1. AJ II (tie)
1. AJ II (tie)
4. Sean Spence
5. Mike James
6. Susan from the Hampton
7. Mr. Shields
8. Sam Shields
9. Mini-me / UM SunSation
10. Lacy the UM Cheerleader

[86Cane]

wizard how about putting coop out wide and having a linebacker cover him

Posted by: canezilla | August 01, 2009 at 08:37 AM

SHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh...not so LOUD!

[86Cane]

Zilla...U wanna give away our FIRST play against FSU or what?

[Esteban]

wasn't the secret James being lining up in the slot last year? Ain't none of that surprising. Although James is still probably the better route runner of the two from the slot position - but James honestly ran better routes than most RBs you'll find any where. Now only if he could stay healthy.

[KillerBeez41]

Solar I'm always around man, I just dont post as often as I used to. LOL, Cav. I dont worry about that stuff my man, I just watch and enjoy the games, sometimes. What I get from what every one is talking about it that Whipple is going to have some quite a bit of motions and shifts to confuse and/or confuse the defense. He could also use it to his advantage to find out if some teams are in zone or man. But it all comes down to execution, and the only part that I worry about is the offensive line. If guys start seeping through the cracks within that offense of line its gonna be tough to call anything. But it seems like Whipple has a plethora of plays which means the offense is very diverse to help combat some of our weaknesses.

[DZ8]

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2009/08/top-60-countdown-no-14-dt-marcus-forston.html

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