I Have Seen It, But I Do Not Believe It

Riddle me this...Watch any given team on any given Saturday of college football. Now, tell me what do U see?

Points, points and more points scored by all offenses fast and slow, big and small, running or passing and some very talented teams and some not so much.

Then watch the University of Miami offense present their typical triple threat offensive option of stumble, fumble and fall.

The Hurricanes make scoring, and general offensive execution in general, look so hard it is simply indescribable.

How can so many teams score so many points so easily and Miami can't score even if their game, or season or life depended on it?

Tell me why, and for what reason, we make the game look so hard when it is supposed to seem so easy?

Now riddle me that?

Comments

[Harry Miller]

Give it some time.

[Go Canes!]

What Harry said.

[SOUP]

I got, got, got, got no time.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol Soup. Our Offense is drier than the Arizona Desert. We constantly fail to score SMH.

[nemo2002]

Otis! MY MAN!

[SOUP]

12 years of hard time spent.

Need to be released...FREE THE BEAST!

[Go Canes!]

Now waaiiittttt a minute!!

[SOUP]

Ottis Anderson

Position: Running back
Date of birth: January 19, 1957 (age 59)
Place of birth: West Palm Beach, Florida
College: Miami (FL)
NFL Draft: 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8

Career history
St. Louis Cardinals (1979–1986)
New York Giants (1986–1992)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)
Super Bowl MVP (XXV)
2× Pro Bowl (1979, 1980)
First-team All-Pro (1979)
Second-team All-Pro (1980)
NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1989)
NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1979)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 10,273
Average: 4.0
Touchdowns: 86

Player stats at NFL.com
Ottis Jerome "O.J." Anderson (born January 19, 1957) is a former American football running back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press (AP) with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1979, and the MVP of Super Bowl XXV in 1991 when playing with the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Miami.

Anderson was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was a football and track star at Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach, Florida before graduating in 1975. He went on to attend the University of Miami on a full athletic scholarship and earned a degree in Physical Education. During his college career, Anderson broke Chuck Foreman's career rushing records at the University of Miami, becoming the first player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in the school's history his senior year with 1,266 yards. He was named The Sporting News and the American Football Coaches First Team All-American and received All-American honorable mentions by both AP and UPI and graduated in 1979 as the team's all-time leading rusher with 3,331 yards.[1]

[SJMPARMAN]

You know, when we were changing coaches, certain decisions were made. You bought into them at the time. Not fair to your choice not to let is play out. IJS.

[WWIN]

Searles OLs have ranked in the 100s for sacks given up.

Posted by: The Dude (Casual Fan) | October 23, 2016 at 09:42 PM

Good thing we out bid GA Tech for him!

[SOUP]

Click it and weep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI

[SOUP]

SJMPARMAN...meet me in Orlando and ride with me 3 hours to a game, pay for my tickets, parking pass and tailgate and hotel and dinner and then ride back with me 3 hours back to Orlando talking about LOSING again and then, maybe THEN you can talk SMACK.

Until then STUFF it, CHOKE on it and then walk away before you get seriously HURT!

[WWIN]

Soup the answer to your riddle is simple...

Our offense didn't return any key starters like the defense... plus our defense has been great these past few years unlike our offense!

[SOUP]

WWIN...SARCASM ALERT!!!

[SOUP]

Walter Eugene "Chuck" Foreman (born October 26, 1950) is a retired American football player. He was a running back during his National Football League career, and often caught passes out of the backfield. He played college football at the University of Miami.

Foreman was a standout athlete in football, basketball and track at Frederick High School in Frederick, Maryland. His ability in football to catch passes out of the backfield was evident throughout his years on varsity at Frederick High School. He played center on Frederick High's outstanding basketball team, which narrowly missed the state title his senior year.

Foreman attended the University of Miami, where he played defensive back, wide receiver and running back.

The Minnesota Vikings first round draft choice in 1973, Chuck Foreman was selected with the 12th overall pick in the draft. He was a consensus choice as the National Football Conference (NFC) Rookie of the Year in 1973, when he rushed for 801 yards on 182 attempts and caught 37 passes for 362 yards.

Foreman was named NFC player of the year by The Sporting News in 1974 and by UPI in 1976. He was named All-Pro in 1975 and played in five consecutive Pro Bowls (1973–1977). Foreman had 3 straight seasons rushing for 1,000+ yards (1975–1977) and scored a then NFC record 22 Touchdowns in 14 games during the 1975 campaign. Foreman just missed a rare NFC 'Triple Crown' (rushing yards, receptions & TDs) in 1975 as well. During the last regular season game of 1975 the Vikings were playing the Buffalo Bills at Rich Stadium on Saturday, December 20 --- a nationally televised game on CBS --- during a classic Buffalo, NY snowstorm. Foreman was having a fantastic game despite the conditions. He finished with 85 yards rushing, 10 receptions and four TDs in less than three quarters. After Foreman's third score (which gave him 21 TDs for the year, one shy of the NFL mark), Fran Tarkenton joked in the huddle, "Anybody who gets to the one-yard line, go out of bounds. We want some touchdowns for Chuck."

During that same season, Foreman also led the NFL in receptions with 73, a record for receptions by a running back. Foreman amassed 51 touchdowns over a 3-year span (1974–1976). Foreman played in 3 Super Bowls with the Vikings. Injuries plagued him throughout the 1978 and 1979 seasons and Foreman was subsequently traded to the New England Patriots, where he spent the 1980 season before retiring.

His pass-catching ability out of the backfield, combined with the ability to make the first tackler miss, was a key in the Minnesota Viking offense, which was sort of a precursor of the West Coast Offense which became popular in the following decades. Chuck is widely known as "The Spin Doctor" for his elusive way of avoiding would-be tacklers.

[WWIN]

Soup...

It's CMR FIRST year here... the offense is not suppose to look competitive right now... slow your role give it a couple years first! You'll love those RPO's by then!

[Go Canes!]

Here's what I see happening currently.

Think it's safe to say none of these players would be here, committed or recommitted unless someone of CMR's reputation and track record wasn't hired. There are probably a few more I've forgotten about.

Dee Jay
CJ Johnson
Ahmon Richards
Finley
Carter
Haskins
McCloud
Perry

There's some top notch current and future playmakers there imo. There will be a lot more where those came from.

And yes, I know we have talent at the top, but when you get beyond that we see O-linemen that can't challenge underperforming starters, no WR's to replace ones with the drops and true freshmen at half our defensive positions during games.

We need very good players, lots and lots and lots of them.

CMRs sub-par play calling has been well documented. All that being said we are a blocked PAT from OT and a piss poor TD catch call from OT in two of our losses.

Oversimplification? Sure. But so is the scapegoating going on.

The reality is things kind of suck right now, but there's a lot of things he is improving, fixing and teaching that are going well too.

[Go Canes!]

p.s. Tonight is why Angry Soup is by far my favorite Soup.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

Posted by: Go Canes! | October 23, 2016 at 11:57 PM

We know all the resasons why. Fact is, if Richt were better, then we are 6-1 and we are talking about adding depth, but still winning the Coastal. Its not that he's calling bad plays every once in a while or he relies too much on the run or whatever. Its that he doesnt seem to know how to attack a blitz. That said, Im hoping he says holy sh*t I cant believe I effed that up so bad and he makes the change so that we win out. But we still have lost 2 games we shouldnt have and you know damn well what winning thoss two games would have meant. Richt is a guy that wants to win a lot of games. So Im not in the he wont figure it out boat. Im in the if he doesnt, I think he'll hire an OC boat.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

Some people forget how often under AG we looked like we'd never seen a blitz before. I remember the Louisville bowl game when it looked like Louisville invented the blitz.

Attacking the blitz used to be our bread and butter. Ever since KD11 left every QB has struggled with it to varying degrees. A tall QB is supposed to be able to quick strike to a TE or a drag route/slant WR on a blitz. Look at tge sacks, everyone is running deep. I think because on most we were 3rd down and a bunch, Richt figured we should throw for the 1st. Not a bad strategy if the line holds up. It would be better to hit the TEs or Berrios running to see if they can pick it up or be very close, say 4th and 2 rather than 4th and 14. At least on 4th and 2 you can realistically go, or tell the D when you blitz we hit you. Eventually you will start converting or, keep them from blitzing having shown you can handle it. The blitz will be coming hard at Kaaya the rest of the year.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

How can so many teams score so many points so easily and Miami can't score even if their game, or season or life depended on it?

1. Our offensive line is not talented enough or deep enough to run Gus Edwards behind and just blow through Ds for 6 or 7 yards. It doesnt do a good enough job for the faster backs shifting and opening holes. Watch Yearby and Walton making cuts behind the OL and you'll see, they are working much harder than say Fournette at LSU who doesnt have to cut until hes 2 yards past the trash. Our RBs are giving heroic efforts for 5 yard runs.
2. The offensive line cant hold blocks long enough to let the recievers get open. As Brad is working through his long progressions, he gets pressured or sacked.
3. This is the most important. The OC isnt adjusting his calls to the conditions of the game. VT stacks the box with blitzers on third down, but the OC still wants Brad to hang in there waiting for a deep route to get open. The OC has no pressure option for Brad to throw to. There is no chip block release to the TE, no crossing route to a wr.

We can score but the OC has to stop asking so much from an OL that is not good.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

As far as scoring goes and not just moving the ball. Its going to be tough even if Richt adjusted his play calls. Why? Because the OL still isnt good enough to consistanty whip a D for rushing yards so the RB can find pay dirt. Brad does a good job on quick strikes, but down by the goal line the D squeezes down (unless you are AG) so they can immediately hit the ball. This is where having outstanding indivual players is good stuff. If you have a real fast player you can run him across the bckside of the endzone, but not if the line cant hold up. So the best option for a throw in the endzone for points is probably going to be play action.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

According to Rivals, Miami has lost two 4* kids recently leaving us with 4 total. Lol. Thats sh*t.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

This keeps up and soon we wont be the most talented team in the coastal.

[Sarasota 'cane]

It's a good thing social media wasn't around when Butch was rebuilding and assembling "one of the greatest college football teams of all time" or he never would've made it to year 3!

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | October 24, 2016 at 01:06 AM

Youre doing that thing were you think people want him fired, but all they really want is a proper OC.

[Sarasota 'cane]

I'm not doing any "thing". Today you want a new OC, next year you'll be calling for his head. I've been around here long enough to see how the delusion festers.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

If the OC sucks, I'll call for the OC's head. ;) I like Richt. I think he'll do well here, but he's clearly shown the OC game has passed him up. Maybe he gets better as the year goes on, if he doesnt he should hire someone to come in and help his teams score points. This isnt non results based job that AG made it out to be. Why cant we hold coaches to the same standards that we would players?

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

“I probably did the worst job of the season having Brad (prepared with) answers vs. everything he was going to see,” Richt said. “I take a big chunk of responsibility there.” -Mark Richt

^^^
This guy knows. If it keeps up, I think he takes a look around. He's not going to beat his head against the wall, he has too much stuff to do.

[Sarasota 'cane]

I personally think it has more to do with the "jimmy's & the joe's". There was no depth heading into the FSU game and every week since it's just gotten worse.
I think we will most likely lose to ND, NC State, and Pitt as well and it won't matter who the OC is.
The offensive line is offensive. There's no pocket for Kaaya who also seems so slow to react at times. I think we've been made to believe that the talent level is better than it really is, and those are the starters I'm talking about! It drops off exponentially from there.
I believe UM needs 2-3 recruiting classes before we can sniff the ACC Title but I'm not sure the fan base will wait that long. Once the fan's plant the seeds of discontent the recruits will go elsewhere. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of suck.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

^^^ Then we better find a way to win with what we have. We have to be able to pick up a blitz so people will stop blitzing us.

[TonyCane]

Dude, that's my biggest red flag, and I've been posting about this since the summer. We actually have a weaker recruiting class at this point in the season than we did under Golden the last two years. Or at best on par. A new head coach always sees a bump up in recruiting for his first class. What exactly is going on?

[Go Canes!]

Rivals is so whored out it's ridiculous. This shows we have 9 four star kids plus Ford who may be a 3 Star but has offers from a ton of big time program.

Rich can recruit, that's undeniable. Got to give the man some time.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/school/_/id/2390/class/2017/miami-hurricanes

[ColaCane]

You can knock Brian Edwards off the list, as he's decomm'ed.

[TonyCane]

What would be the more accurate to use? Rivals or ESPN, or another service. There's a big disparity between The two.

[30CINCO]

Tony, I believe 247 is the site that has the ratings combined from the other sites. If you are interested in the avg rating, that would be your best bet.

[BigWindyCane1]

CMR is assembling a pretty good class. I believe Henderson de-committed because he wants to play WR in college, just like Tyler Byrd did last year. I think Byrd and Henderson are elite talents at the CB position, but they want to play offense. The Canes are being real with these prospects.

CMR's class last season was small, but very good. This year will also be very good. A couple of good tackles will make a big difference in CMR's offense. CMR needs a win to turn this thing around a salvage this season.

Based on the way Kaaya and Thomas have performed, I don't think any Canes will be leaving early this year. That could provide the Canes with more experience next year to make a serious run. The four freshmen who are starting will be sophomores, and everyone else will return stronger than ever.

As OGV said, it is the second year where you typically see most of the gains for a new coach. Still, I would like to see these Canes finish the season strong as 9-3 or 8-4, then a Bowl win. That is progress.

[30CINCO]

Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | October 24, 2016 at 08:57 AM
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Didn't know Henderson decommitted already. Been hearing rumblings he would, but when he scheduled his OV, thought he would hold off.

[SinisterCane]

FuQMR ain't getting 3 years if this offensive shit show continues

HC - No current exp as a play caller and stated he gets Bored just being the HC

Thomas Brown - No exp as OC and doesn't call plays

Jon Richt QB coach - ZERO effing exp on any leveling of coaching

Stacy Searels - Oline coach who's past Olineman have a past history giving up tons of sacks

Blake is gonna have to force FuQMR's hand with these piss poor assistants

[SinisterCane]

CIS:

Former Player Insider's Perspective

Like many of you I am very frustrated with our season, However I personally work with a former Canes player from the Schnellenberger/Johnson era that offers a different perspective I had not thought of and from a player's point of view. According to him at the beginning of the Johnson era, there were about 30 players, including him, that revolted against Jimmy's approach and regime. Jimmy was a totally cut throat coach. If you did not do your job, you were replaced immediately. These 30 players were trying to transfer to other schools such as Louisville. His point is that a new coach has to have around 3 years to have his players, culture and philosophy in place. According to this former player, MR's situation is no different. The majority of our players are sub-par players. Not only were the first 4 games were against inferior competition, our Team talent is very inferior to those of the last 3 teams we've played. Defensively we are fine but that offensive line is not of MR's caliber, and as we lose games, the Team's internal negative chatter becomes louder and louder. There will be many other players leaving the team and I guarantee you that next year's offense/offensive live will look totally different than today's.

[Go Canes!]

Tony look at the offers a kid like Burns. Has offers from every big time program out there including Bama, Clemson and OSU.

Rivals has him as a 3 Star. Had that kid committed to Saban he'd have jumped 50 spots in the rankings.

[CaneRock]

Seriously, how much of this offense is Richt running? Because from what I know about Richt, He's neither a zone read, or 4 verts vs max blitz guy. Does His Son have His hand in the pot? I hope not.

[Go Canes!]

Very good question CR.

[pjdpjd]

The run pass option format being used does not suit an immobile QB like Kaaya. It is a mistake. He is a mediocre QB in terms of passing accuracy and has been missing long throws for years. But we have been so desperate for a QB that he has been overrated. Our receivers do not get open. Why? Where is the safety valve underneath? Where is Gus Edwards when we need a big RB? Anything that ties up Kaaya and slows the execution of a play is wrong. Call the play, call an audible if needed, three step drop, throw and attack. Go Canes.

[Ohio_Cane]

Got $100 on Canes at +1 vs ND this week

[NicKane (casual fan)]

According to Rivals, Miami has lost two 4* kids recently leaving us with 4 total. Lol. Thats sh*t.

Posted by: The Dude (Casual Fan) | October 24, 2016 at 12:55 AM

Rivals is a joke now dude. They lost like two thirds of there staff, most of which all went over to 247. Ask anyone in the recruiting game and they'll tell you the only rankings that matter are ESPN and 247. Rivals and scout are dead.

[NicKane (casual fan)]

TonyCane
What would be the more accurate to use? Rivals or ESPN, or another service. There's a big disparity between The two.
Posted by: TonyCane | October 24, 2016 at 08:48 AM

247/insidetheu tony. That and ESPN have the most accurate rankings as those two have the most man power and budget for evals. Rivals and scout are ancient and don't have the budgets anymore to compete.

[TruCane81]

Posted by: pjdpjd | October 24, 2016 at 09:39 AM

Yes sir, buddy.

[The Dude (Casual Fan)]

^^^ k. Thanks for the heads up.

[SOUP]

1. I personally think it has more to do with the "jimmy's & the joe's".

2. I think we will most likely lose to ND, NC State, and Pitt as well and it won't matter who the OC is.

Posted by: Sarasota 'cane | October 24, 2016 at 01:51 AM

1. Completely misses the point and is a cop out to the question that the article is based on. Miami has better "Jimmys and Joes" than the 53 teams that scored over 40 points last week. Some coaches simply do MORE with LESS. That is just a fact. Al Golden proved he could not do it and now Mark Richt (so far) is proving the same thing. You can go down the line of "small schools" who never recruit in the top 50 each year and score 40 points a game or more all the time. How? Why?

2. Let that happen and U will have Mutiny On The Bounty! Recruiting will suffer not because of the fans negative perspective but because we are still losing games to teams we should beat. U want fans to be positive then win your games dabgummit!