Answer The Question (Part III)

In this three part series we have been focusing on what Miami needs to do to beat Clemson, win the ACC and compete for a National Championship Title.

Others have tried to copy this great idea (I know you are reading this and you know who you are) with a slight twist because it was, in fact, such a great idea.

In Part I of the series we answered the obvious question: How does Miami stack up talent wise versus teams like Clemson and the other playoff teams like Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma. Most knowledgeable college football fans already knew the obvious when we told you that Miami trails these teams in recruiting over the last 3-5 years by a significant margin.

Head coach Mark Richt recruited very well last year, is killing it this year with his #Storm18 class and still has a long way to go to make up the talent gap that has been created over the past five years. We wish him luck and success.

The top four teams average 10 five star and 44 four star players per team.

Miami has just 2 five stars and 24 four star players on their current roster. 

In Part II of the series we looked at the most glaring and obvious issues on the current team: Offensive woes that resulted from poor execution, poor QB play, poor play calling and game planning and key injuries that impacted the team during the season. At times it looked like a complete cluster *&%$.

All of these factors created the perfect storm (pun intended) for the 2017 UM offense that at times looked unstoppable (Notre Dame)and at other times could not get out of their own way (Pitt, Clemson, Wisconsin and others).

To be clear Miami trailed Clemson in every offensive category that counts: Scoring  (Clemson #21, Miami #57, Total Offense (#31, #58), Rushing Offense (#33, #73) and Passing Offense (#50, #52).

In Part III of the series we are going to look at a few more statistical categories where the Hurricanes must improve if they are going to win something more than the weak Coastal Division of the ACC and compete with the Big Boys.

These categories are:

Third Down Conversions - Offense: Clemson #10, Miami #123

First Downs - Gained: Clemson #12, Miami #89

First Downs - Allowed: Clemson #11, Miami #68

Time of Possession: Clemson #44, Miami #119

It doesn't take a rocket scientist, an MIT grad, the GEICO Gecko or our own prominent resident statistician TonyCane to do the math and figure out what went wrong with the Miami Hurricanes in 2017.

On offense the Hurricanes could not get a first down to save their lives and had way too many three-and-outs. This usually resulted in poor field position, too many punts (with a poor punter to boot, pun intended) and often times put too much pressure put on the young, aggressive and at times worn out defense.

On defense the Hurricanes could not get off the field on third down, gave up way too many first downs overall and too many conversions on third down even when the defense had other teams in third and long. In fact there were times during the season when fans would use this statement as a punchline: "The other team has us just where they want us, in third and long!"

Solution: Next year the Hurricanes must convert 45% or more on third downs on offense. They also must get off the field on defense on third and 7 yards or more. Or 11 yards or more. Or 17 yards or more. Or, well, you get my drift.

Comments

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol Go Canes. That's great hahaha. Classic Jam.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 09:57 PM

Real talk, thats my jam. If you are mocking Dolly, you and I have PROBLEMS. Grrrrrrrr.

[Go Canes!!]

I think if you both watch this video everything will be alright:

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

[Terrance Sullivan]

No Seriously Epi I clowned the posts that were rumoured on Cane Insight and U decided to take personal shots at me. I didn't take a personal shot at you so evidently you got a issue with me. That's cool. But whatever problem you have with me say it to my face. Lord willing I will be down there as usual a number of times this year. Let's settle whatever beef you have with me. I didn't personally attack you but since you attacked me personally let's settle it Like Men. If you are man enough okay.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 09:25 PM

**** WR Jeremiah Payton 6'3" 180 Neptune Beach, FL

[Terrance Sullivan]

Epi whatever little girl.

[1mg of Epi]

you know what time it is!!! 🙌🏻 #DUUUUUVAL #Surge19

5:37 PM - 11 Jan 2018

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 09:25 PM

Mark Helfrich??

[Go Canes!!]

Any idea who they're going to see?

@coach_thartley Bringing The Boss Man up to the 904 tomorrow...you know what time it is!!! 🙌🏻 #DUUUUUVAL #Surge19

5:37 PM - 11 Jan 2018

[1mg of Epi]

coaching staffs don't win 10 games a year and have consistent Top 10 teams and Top 10 recruiting classes
Lazy coaches usually have losing records and gets fired. 5 Star Assclownish babble from idiotic dimwits
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | January 11, 2018 at 08:23 PM

Look at this post.. u can smell the emotion dripping off of it. It’s oozing hurt. My post hurt you so bad u had to lash out! A post that wasn’t even about u caused such an emotional, visceral reaction in your gut, that u just had to let out your inner 13 year old girl.

Seriously Terrance.... From now on, before u post, take a deep breath... clear your head of the insecurities u obviously have, and remember that nobody here is intentionally hurting your feelings.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Child please sit your soft ass down.

[1mg of Epi]

No worrries Go..: I have a feeling we will end up handling this just like u and soup do.

[Go Canes!!]

You guys need to grow up and handle this the way Soup and I do, like mature adults.

#werebigboys

[1mg of Epi]

schedule when they are there at 7am working. U just got to love mindless baffoons.

Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | January 11, 2018 at 08:19 PM

So.. is this gonna be another instance where u hurl insults, u get an insult hurled back, and because you are too sensiitive to handle it you start posting like a 13 year old girl whose widdle feelings got hurt? We did this a couple weeks back. Remember?

This time I’ll be gentle, and just ignore u, because I know how soft u really are.

[WWIN]

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 04:21 PM

Problem is... we're not running that system that you speak of 😂

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: 1mg of Epi | January 11, 2018 at 08:03 PM

No, but when I see film of practices, I see more standing around than I would like to see. I dont think you have to be Jon Gruden and work all the time, but you do need to perfect time management and perfect all the tiny little details that come in to maintaining a winning culture.

Should I tell them my idea for the 10th coach?

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol Lazy coaching staffs don't win 10 games a year and have consistent Top 10 teams and Top 10 recruiting classes
Lazy coaches usually have losing records and gets fired. 5 Star Assclownish babble from idiotic dimwits

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol at a 9-5 schedule when they are there at 7am working. U just got to love mindless baffoons.

[1mg of Epi]

315 five star DT from TX and the 6'5" 325 five star DT from GA to play in our defense.

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 04:45 PM

Have u heard anything regarding the work schedule of our staff? I’ve read on cis that they have basically a 9-5 work day.

[nemo2002]

5 STARS MATTER

[His Royal Dudeness]

^^^ A difference between us and Bama is they'll RS a top notch 4* kid, So next year he's like a HS 5*. Add to the that two 5* DTs they'll bring in next year and you have like 3 5* kids as freshmen, stacked behind a few years of 4* & 5* kids ahead of them. They are totally loaded.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: nemo2002 | January 11, 2018 at 05:35 PM

So true, but so do a bunch of other things. You have to put yourself in a situation where you dont need a ton of STARS every year. There are a bunch of really good 3* DTs out there that can be groomed with a RS year. If a 3* Redshirt can be as good as a 4 star HS kid the next year, then we basically have two 4* kids coming in the next year.

[nemo2002]

#STARSMATTER

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 05:25 PM

Not per cycle, just this cycle. 1 is a JC Player, 2 are competing for immediate playing time and 1 is for next years cycle so you only have to get 1.

I already said this is my opinion. Its my opinion of how to be really prepared. Im not disrespecting CMR in the slightest.

[Go Canes!!]

4 DTs per cycle would mean you have 16 at the end of four years.

I’ll go back to saying CMR has done this at the highest level for 17 years as a HC, he knows who we need to sign and how many.

[His Royal Dudeness]

2020

1. Jr Nesta
2. Sr Bethel
3. Jr Briggs
4. *So Carson
5. So Johnny 4 star
6. Fr Jonny 5 star
7. Fr Johnny 4 star

Go,

Getting a JC, 2 four stars and a project 3 star is how we get to the depth that you of all people have sought.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Maybe if I only have to recruit 1 DT for 2019, I can maybe spend a bunch more energy on 3 or 4 premium DTs and take the guy that signs early.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Next year I could be a freshman up and only need to recruit 1 guy. Thats preperation, thats how you escalate the talent level.

2019.

1. Jr Ford 6'5" 315 NT
2. Jr Bethel 6'3" 290 DT
3. Sr JC Player 6'2" 310 NT
4. So Silvera 6'2" 300 DT/NT
5. So Briggs 6'4" 290 DT
6. *Fr Carson 6'4" 285 DT
7. Fr Johnny 4 star NT

For 2020 you could have Ford declaring & the Sr JC Player graduating. Meaning you need to target only 2 or 3 guys depending on how good of talent you can swing.

Seriously, 4 DTs is optimal, its setting us up for the future.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 05:03 PM

4 DTs in one cycle should be our goal and it can be done. Im not asking for a miracle here. Im not asking for two 5*s and two 4*s. Im saying one playable NT from JC, a 3*... two blue chip prospects at DT, we already have Nesta and we need Briggs to buy in, he says we lead... and one 3* kid that Coach Kul thinks can play after some work.

Now that might not be their goal, Im saying that would be mine and I gave my reasons for it.

[Go Canes!!]

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 04:53 PM

The only way you accumulate that many good interior linemen is time.

You can't do that in one full recruiting cycle.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 04:53 PM

1. Willis
2. Ford
3. Bethel
4. JC Player
5. Nesta
6. Briggs
7. Carson (Redshirt)
8. Martin? Needs to make a name for himself or grab a scholly at Indiana.

[1mg of Epi]

I did not know anybody who went UF had any heart at all.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 04:44 PM

We'll be fine isnt the goal to take the next step though.

We need 4 starters and 3 on the bench learning so they are pushed in too early. The more deep and talented that backup squad is, the better we will be with coach Kul working on them.

We need at least 2 playable NT for ACC play. Ford is 1 assuming he hits needed weight. We need a JC guy to spell him and Nesta will get a chance here also. That makes 3.

We need at least 2 playable DT for ACC play. Willis will draw double teams if he is as disruptive as we think he can be. Thats great news for Joe & Jon. Need Bethel to give us very little drop off. Who is Martin? Briggs can get reps here if he makes weight. Need another project guy behind him (Carson) or this kid we just offered (Langham), because he'd put us 1 up on DTs for next year.

Thats called being prepared, something every great coach obsesses over.

[Go Canes!!]

Also, I know stars matter, but remember RJ McIntosh, our best DT, was a 3 Star player.

So were Garvin and Ford in a bunch of recruiting sites.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: 1mg of Epi | January 11, 2018 at 04:33 PM

All Im saying is we will never beat Bama trying to be Bama. Theyve got a ten year head start and several million more dollars. We have to adopt their way of being obsessive about every little detail, while being different on the field, going for a different kind of athlete is some ways. Once we can recruit with those guys, then we can bring in the 6'3" 315 five star DT from TX and the 6'5" 325 five star DT from GA to play in our defense.

[Go Canes!!]

Two DTs and we will be fine as long as Willis doesn't end up crapping out. DT has to be the toughest position to recruit for, everyone needs one and there aren't enough good ones to go around.

We already have Ford, WIllis and Bethel. We'll be getting one the best in the country in Silvera and one of the tops in the stat in Briggs.

Can't do anything about the fact DJ decided to bail and Norton/McIntosh both left early.

And as far as replacing 3 stars with 3 Stars, that's simply not true.

We have 19 signees and 14 are ESPN 300 4 star players. That's with DJ Ivey and Scaife, who was dominant as you can get in the Army game, listed as 3 Stars, which is ridiculous.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Wow, former #Storm18 recruit Randy Russell's career is over. I guess Florida found some serious condition in him.

[RCCF]

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22045053/florida-gators-recruit-randy-russell-heart-condition-stop-playing-football

Randy Russell Career Over!!

[1mg of Epi]

And catching cannbe taught... look at hankerson

[1mg of Epi]

Most feel the same as you probably do, Schwarts is just a track star. I think Dorsett was also coming out of HS. The reason I like Schwarts over the other guys is that I feel Miami should go full blown spread O and I think dude can go ANIMAL in that system.

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 04:21 P

At the very least, the d has to account for speed.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Herbieibis | January 11, 2018 at 04:27 PM

We can not do that yet. We arent back yet. Thats why I say we need to do things our own way until we can. Speeeeeeed. I do agree we need bodies at DT though. Most people think Briggs is a Miami lean, he just said Miami is in front, hopefully we can lock him up with Nesta and grab a big bodied JC kid. A 4th project kid like Carson would be as good as Miami can hope for at this point.

[His Royal Dudeness]

I feel like Miami's system should only recruit the absolute fastest guys. We should live and die by it. Speed in space. Talk about a marketing/recruiting gimmick also!

[Herbieibis]

We need more than 1 DE to come in. Lost Harris, Thomas, and Johnson. Garvin and the Jackson boys left, unless I’m forgetting someone. Stated many times we need more than 2 Dt’s This cycle. Campbell is a must get as we need good corners. We have plenty safety types.
Offensively we need tackles. Richt says he wants to add 7 to 8 more players and i’m Wondering where they are coming from aside from Silvera 50-50 guys like Briggs, Campbell and Chat the DE.
We must build depth and quality of talent. If we bring in 25 then at least 16 need to be 4 star or better. Bama already losing 5 JR.S and will just replace them with more 4 and 5 star players, we couldn’t stand those kind of losses. We are still replacing 3 stars with 3 stars.

[His Royal Dudeness]

*Schwartz* my bad. His name is funny though, its like a white guy being named Deonte Brooks.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: WWIN | January 11, 2018 at 03:37 PM

Most feel the same as you probably do, Schwarts is just a track star. I think Dorsett was also coming out of HS. The reason I like Schwarts over the other guys is that I feel Miami should go full blown spread O and I think dude can go ANIMAL in that system.

[WWIN]

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 02:06 PM

I don't care for Schwartz but wanted Moore!

[RCCF]

Posted by: SinisterCane | January 11, 2018 at 11:39 AM

Great Post

[His Royal Dudeness]

Another OC name I like is Jedd Fisch. He's now worked under Harbaugh, Carroll, Mora Jr. & Spurrier, guys that know football. He knows Miami well enough, under Richt he can bring in some new ideas. If Im Richt, Im sending my son off to learn under another HC so he can grow as a coach. Im also gonna zero in on a ST coordinator and possibly move Banda to LBs. I think this move is important for Banda and Rumph if they ever want to be coordinators.

[His Royal Dudeness]

WW,

I wanted Pope, Schwartz and Moore myself. Speeeeeeeeeeeeeed & spread O.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 01:36 PM

The war for 2018 is not over. This class still has holes but it does seem more and more likely that we are going to close with Nesta & Briggs at DT & Chatfield at DE. If Richt can use some of those good Christian values to convince Goss that Miami is the place to be, then its arguably over. I still want to see another LB and Tyson f*cking Campbell, but I'm not getting my hopes up for SoFL's best CB, he & PS2 are SEC bound.

[WWIN]

^^^^^^^^^
Right now we're at 50% with the chance to land Campbell

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 01:22 PM

Very good news has been around Hillery for a minute. If he can hold down the fort at OT, we have a chance to win the Coastal again.

[WWIN]

Ohio and UMike...My must gets for 2018 are...

Josh Jobe
Mark Pope
Xavier Williams
Gurvan Hall
Lorenzo Linguard
Tyson Campbell

Get this 6 and the class is a automatic A+ 😂! Who y'all got???

Posted by: WWIN | December 29, 2016 at 04:44 PM

[Go Canes!!]

Also: “You are upgrading the roster tremendously bringing in this group of guys. If you’re a Canes fan, you have to be very excited about this group of early enrollees.” - @PeterAriz on the new Canes recruits. @560WQAM

[Go Canes!!]

Just heard Ariz on QAM here locally.

Talked a lot of recruiting but found it interesting he said OT Zakonte Hillery was scout team MVP. Said he coaches love him and Gaynor.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: TonyCane | January 11, 2018 at 12:29 PM

Who are we gonna be though? The team that gets JUCOs and builds up 3 stars or the team that gets talented 4s and 5s that go pro early. Neither is an excuse for poor ST play. We must have a plan for excellent ST play and it cant be just the players striving for perferection there. The coaches have a duty to perfect their systems for the athletes they recruit. No wasted time, everything planned out to the smallest detail then executed daily with maximum effort.

[TonyCane]

Go Canes...true, and at times an absurd amount of their roster are JUCOs. It’s the biggest reason they were able to dominate us in 2012 - we had a high amount of freshmen playing, and they had a high amount of 22 and 23 year olds who had three to to four years of strength and conditioning under them.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 11, 2018 at 10:22 AM

I guess Yurcich is my number 1 guy now.

Posted by: 86Cane | January 11, 2018 at 09:50 AM

Chris Partridge is my number 2. Lets go get a coach!

[SinisterCane]

Grad Transfer tracker

https://gradtransfertracker.com/

We need all the help we can get

[His Royal Dudeness]

Lol, thanks for the love gang.

[1mg of Epi]

Dudes got the blueprint. Get your resume together and go here to submit:
http://www.hr.miami.edu/careers/index.html

Maybe we can put together another banner campaign, this time to hire The Dude in that 10th coaching slot.

[Old Skool]

Dang. Was hoping @ would take me to the end instead of doing the four page scroll and advance

[Old Skool]

@

[Go Canes!!]

Posted by: Aerocane | January 11, 2018 at 10:29 AM

💯

[Aerocane]

Excellent blogging today Dude!!

[Go Canes!!]

Sorry TD: SOURCE: former #Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich is the new Chicago Bears OC. Adam Schefter was the 1st to reporter the move.

[Go Canes!!]

We play a ton of young guys on special teams, true freshmen included.

Kansas State probably redshirts about 90% of their roster so they likely have guys with 3-4 years experience out there.

http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/roster/kansas-state/90820

[86Cane]

Miami ST efficiency: 117

Kansas State ST efficiency: 1

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 01:31 AM

Problem is he ain't going anywhere:

Sean Snyder

Associate Head Coach
Special Teams Coordinator
Year at K-State: 23rd
Hometown: Greenville, TX
Spouse: Wanda
Children: Katherine, Tate, Matthew

http://www.kstatesports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=150&path=football

[Go Canes!!]

What I dont want to see is a last minute hey I knew a guy once from UGA hire.

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 11, 2018 at 01:27 AM

Hasn't done it once yet. He pulled guys from across the country to put together this staff when he got here.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Great work His Royal Dudeness.

[His Royal Dudeness]

K, Im done blog hogging.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Miami ST efficiency: 117

Kansas State ST efficiency: 1

[His Royal Dudeness]

Miami needs offensive help, help at LB and at ST for their 10th coach.

Lets say its an OC... we want to hire someone who has successfully coordinated an offense for about 3 years, and comes from a place where the HC grooms good coaches. Also we need to know Miami doesnt have the pull power to tale from the top programs, this leaves UGA, Bama, Ohio State, LSU, Auburn, USC, etc as teams we can not take from. We need to look for guys that come from places like Oklahoma State. Mike Yurcich please everyone! A Gundy graduate with Miami talent could be very high scoring.

LB & ST. Here we can poach a position coach from one of the big dogs that is looking to build his resume and add coordinator experience to his name, or we can go the OKST route again and poach a ST coordinator from a school like Kansas State where Sean Snyder may need to build his resume if he ever wants to be a HC.

What I dont want to see is a last minute hey I knew a guy once from UGA hire.

[His Royal Dudeness]

If I were Miami, I'd be trying to get my former players into coaching under elite coaches, some within the program and some from the outside. Like right now, Dorsey needs to get himself on one of those great staffs where you develop as a coach. Maybe move himself into the OC role later. Then maybe Miami can have an experienced OC or future HC option.

[His Royal Dudeness]

^^^ Thats the last stage, your system is so good, you just manage your managers.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Look at Saban's hire of Derrick Ansley. Im telling you its perfect. He brings in a guy that worked under Mark Stoops as a DB coach to coach his DBs and teach him his system. Now Ansley is off to CSU to coordinate a defense. If he does well, he'll be back to take the place of whoever Saban chooses to replace Pruitt who is off to Tennessee.

[His Royal Dudeness]

^^^ Alot of typos sorry. I almost always post from my phone. Still I think that suns it up pretty well. That is in my opinion a great coaches checklist. That can be done at any school im America to varying degrees. I think there are 1 or 2 traits that Richt needa to work on, jmo.

[His Royal Dudeness]

One thing I think Richt shares in common with elite ciaches is, his ability to get players on board with his way to do something and he does it by getting them to trust him. Saban & Carroll have this. When a player keeps messing up a drill by not using the right technique a bunch, its usually because he thinks his way is better, he doesnt trust the coach is trying to teach him a new habit that will make him a better player. This is the same thing that happens in work places around America really. Its the great managers/coaches that get people to buy into the process and the processes accountability. The next step to football greatness is being an expert in tried and true drills, while being open minded to new ideas. You cant demand that every one should grow if you yourself will not. I also think that great coaches run their practices down to the smallest details in methodical way. Every second has meaning, no waste, its a fluid machine that can answer any question that may arise, theres always an answer because every possible thing has been thought up, at least damned near close. I think so far, if you are really striving to create a football environment that I am describing, you will try to surround yourself with highly qualified people that know their jobs. The last stage, the Nick Saban stage if you will. You are now coacbhing coaches to manage your machine. They get it now, youve opened their eyes to the massive amount of effort it takes to make this thing right and now you are passing the gift down to the next guys.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: 🐜🌀 | January 10, 2018 at 02:56 PM

Where are you heading?

[His Royal Dudeness]

No Jet Sweep to Thomas, no Fake Jet Sweep to Thomas. When we get a man look, we dont run crossing routes short, instead we try deep throws. This is a man up and beat your cover like you are 1st round pick offense.

[1mg of Epi]

question, what speed on this team did we not TRY to get the ball to this season?

Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 10, 2018 at 08:27 AM

I wouidnt say we didn’t try to get the ball to the fast guys, but how we tried to do it was from a very limited number of plays. Also We too often threw 50/50s in the end zone to short guys. We never used motion to clear out a running or passing lane. We rarely used tempo as a strategy....

Important things when your qb may have been drunk all season

[RCCF]

-"I came to the conclusion going forward the thing we needed to do was bring in a different perspective, different ideas in terms of going forward to what I believe is our ultimate goal, and that is winning a Super Bowl,'' Rivera said after firing Shula and Dorsey.

-One of Turner's strengths has been developing young quarterbacks, such as Troy Aikman, Philip Rivers and Drew Brees. Newton, 28, is coming off his worst two seasons in terms of passer rating.

Who does Cam have to target besides Hurricane Olsen? and even he wasn't 100%.... Blame Dorsey tho!!

[RCCF]

Offensive coordinator Matt Canada and LSU have split in a ‘mutual separation’. Canada was the country’s highest-paid offensive coordinator this season.

All I need to know...buddy wouldn't accept less money so he accepted the Axe!

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol Go Canes!

[Go Canes!!]

From Twitter:

UPDATE: LSU officially announced Steve Ensminger will be Matt Canada’s replacement at OC.

That’s like trading in a Benz for a 2002 Saturn because the voice in the navigation system isn’t sexy enough.

[RCCF]

Posted by: His Royal Dudeness | January 10, 2018 at 02:50 PM

Totally Agree!!

[🐜🌀]

One more thing we do not want Donaldson at T he is a guard. That was the problem this year with McDoormat playing out of postion just because he was our best lineman. What we need is two guys one at tackle and one at guard to replace the left side of the line. If that happens then you'll know what are offensive line is going to play like. It's imperative that two guys not ND and TSL have stepped up and allow the right side of the line maintain their continuity.

line man

[Terrance Sullivan]

Great work His Royal Dudeness.

[🐜🌀]

I thought I had a sweet gig but I need your HRD I was always wanted to go Big Sky country. I read about a Lake in the Northwest not sure which state but you can see the Northern Lights.

[His Royal Dudeness]

I know it may seem like I am down on CMR with a few of my last statements, but that couldnt be further than the truth, Im just telling you why he simply cant be considered an elite coach yet. I cant tell you what a big deal it is just to be back at the table again with some of the SEC schools. Winning the Coastal is nothing to take lightly when you consider where weve been. Hard Rock going big on game nights again. Seriously CMR has been a huge shot of good drugs to the program.

[His Royal Dudeness]

First of all I want to heap a bunch of praise onto this coaching staff for what #Storm18 already is, outstanding. The talent level of these kids coming in are far and away better than the last staff. Richt's staff will be starting at a more advanced stage than Golden's or Shannon's staff ever did. That said, we can not let what we have done blind us to the work that is still needed to be done. Here is my opinion on the bare minimum needs we still have for NSD.

1 OT. Assuming everyone steps up, STL locks in at LT, Donaldson or Hillery at RT, Scaife can fill in for injury, we still need at least 1 guy to come in that can realistically start by 2020.

2 or 3 DTs. Assuming Ford is the man at 6'5" 310 and he's just a big bad bully, and that Willis is a dynamite rusher, and Nesta is a monster, and Bethel can spell Willis effectively, we still need a JC guy that can help Ford and another DT to develop like Briggs.

1 LB or 1 DE. Just depends on what Rousseau is. In fact because no one really knows what he is, its better to play it safe and get 1 of each.

1 DB. Probably a CB so Blades can move to FS. Whoever it is he needs to be able to play at Miami as at least a Mike Jackson type. We cant be taking projects anymore at DB, we are so close to having a really good unit.

If we cant close with these guys, it should be considered a battle lost, even if the overall 2018 war is a win.

2019
1 QB
2 RB
2 WR
2 OT
2 G or 1 G, 1 C
2 DE
2 DT
2 LB
2 CB
2 S

Bare Minimum. JMO.

[His Royal Dudeness]

Posted by: CaneRock | January 10, 2018 at 01:08 PM

I dont think we are going to get that. I think what we need is UGA's OL, Bama's RBs, OkST's WRs and Clemson's QB to run this O.

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Yes Sir CaneRock!

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IDK about not throwing it to the fast guys, but I do think Richt needs to take advantage of Homers speed outta the backfield more often.

Like on that tunnel screen to Berrios...the better option would've been to Homer who had a LB on em'.

Also size mismatches, like on a slant to Berrios in the bowl game...the better option would've been to go to Langham who had a "mouse in the house" on His slant.

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CMR and Co just killing it in recruiting:

https://twitter.com/peterariz/status/951147802805055491?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message

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Posted by: Go Canes!! | January 10, 2018 at 11:37 AM

Its all about how you use it in your system. Always make it a positive and use it as an advantage

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Don’t know if this will actually be a disadvantage for us since we already play so many freshmen.

AFCA executive director Todd Berry says there’s “unanimous support” among coaches for a new redshirt rule, allowing redshirting player to play in 4 games.

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Ariz: Goss OV on 1/26. NP-F not happening.

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Ariz: Just spoke to new Miami grad transfer interior OL Venzell Boulware from Tennessee. Since he graduated in 3 years and redshirted as a freshman, he has two years to play at UM. Posting story shortly #Canes

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Tennessee says 6'3" 305 RG.