I'll say this...we have been conditioned to expect failure.
Coker failed simply because he got lazy and could not recruit for his offense at a level to replace outgoing talent. That was his fault.
Shannon failed in part because he was put on a bargain level budget for staff and facilities at the same time a college football arms race had begun, and because his recruiting began to fail in the end.
Golden failed primarily for sticking with a defense antithecal to South Florida athletes. For five years we had a coach that refused to change a scheme that was simply not working. Five years of many people pointing out the obvious, but nothing changing. That was his fault.
Richt was the opposite. His offensive scheme failed to account for the talent of his athletes, and was ultimately as bad for Miami as D'No's schemes were for the defense. That's another three years of failure. That was his fault.
At minimum, it has been EIGHT YEARS with Miami suffering from either a very bad system on defense or on offense. We have not seen above average coaching on both sides of the ball simultaneously in a very, very long time.
Putting it another way, if 2016 - 2018 Manny Diaz had been defensive coordinator under Al Golden and had free reign, Golden would likely still be our coach. Or he would have gotten the head coaching job at Penn State in 2014.
If Jed Fisch had been the offensive coordinator under Mark Richt and had autonomy for the offense, I could see Miami only losing 2 games in 2016, 1 game in 2017, and 1 game in 2018 (make it 2 if you count the ACC title game).
We've been conditioned to believe that we're worse than we actually are. This is a talented, young roster whose primary question mark is going to be the quarterback (Williams or Tate). Talent-wise, we're on the level of Clemson from about four years ago. But we are heads and shoulders above everyone else in the Coastal. With decent coaching on both sides of the ball, I don't see why we should not go 7-1 in ACC regular season play this year.
I saw how horrible Jalen Hurts played against UGA in the college football playoffs last year, and after a year of being a backup, I saw how well Hurts played in the SEC championship this season. Hurts improved tremendously, and I feel pretty confident in saying that Enos had something to do with that improvement.
I am willing to give Perry, Weldon, Martell and Williams a chance as long as Enos is the Canes QB coach and OC.
Posted by: BigWindyCane | February 10, 2019 at 03:09 PM
I want Williams to compete with Martel for the starting position.....I just do not want troublemakers and we had enough trouble ON the field and these guys have had numerous chances to get it right....it is obvious they do not want to get it right and are not for the team winning...they just want to say i was at the U with that U on my hat.....neither wants to do what is right....except for what is right for them....cut their dumb azzes loose...
Posted by: VA Cane | February 10, 2019 at 03:49 PM
I think the new self enforcing small team group leaders will be beneficial.
I'm looking forward to Brevin Jordan knocking J4 right over the back of the bench during a game at least once this year.
Posted by: solarcane | February 10, 2019 at 05:16 PM
Brad wore concrete cleats & collapsed when the wind blew. I think that was his biggest drawback - slow & nowhere near quick. Great arm. But needed perfect OL play and didn’t have any instinct for movement in the pocket.
Posted by: DallasTX Cane | February 10, 2019 at 02:28 PM
Yep. If he could release the ball in under 3 seconds, he was money.
Anything after that , hide the women and children because it will get UGLY.
Posted by: TruCane81 | February 10, 2019 at 05:18 PM
Now THAT'S a LINEUP! Must have been a great show!
Posted by: roachcane77 | February 10, 2019 at 02:36
One of my all time favorites roach.
Some really great songwriting there.
Posted by: solarcane | February 10, 2019 at 05:20 PM
Preach VA!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | February 10, 2019 at 05:25 PM
Sure BK had concrete feet, at least he had enough QB smarts to throw the damn ball outta bounds and live for another play. Let's see Malik and Perry were getting sacked as much as BK were despite being better athletes but that's most likely because they were athletes playing QB and don't know how to read defensive schemes. The OL has great for years.oh and turnovers from the QB position. BK threw 24 picks total in 38 games from 2014-2016. Malik and N'Kosi have thrown 26 picks in 26 Games in 2017-2018. My general point is give me a QB that is going to get us a 3 TD'S to 1 INT's Ratio and 60 completion percentage for 2019 with our Defense and get special teams fix and let's Ride.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | February 10, 2019 at 05:36 PM
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Posted by: solarcane | February 10, 2019 at 05:42 PM
I'm looking forward to Brevin Jordan knocking J4 right over the back of the bench during a game at least once this year.
Posted by: solarcane | February 10, 2019 at 05:16 PM
If you could PROMISE this I would buy season tickets for that reason alone. But you can't, so I won't.
Posted by: 86Cane | February 10, 2019 at 07:12 PM
Ha 86 I love it.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | February 10, 2019 at 07:29 PM
My general point is give me a QB that is going to get us a 3 TD'S to 1 INT's Ratio and 60 completion percentage for 2019 with our Defense and get special teams fix and let's Ride.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | February 10, 2019 at 05:36 PM
💯 with this statement. 60% completion percentage and 3-1 TD-INT ratio is the floor, and with this defense, the Coastal Division and ten wins will be a given
Posted by: BigWindyCane | February 10, 2019 at 07:39 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 86Cane | February 10, 2019 at 07:39 PM
BWC exactly brotha.
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | February 10, 2019 at 07:53 PM