Faith, Hope And Love: These Three Remain

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love.

Many of you will not be familiar with this bible verse from the New Testament,1 Corinthians 13:13. But today is your lucky day, and lucky for you, I am very familiar with this verse. And, it holds serious meaning for us Canes fans.

Miami Hurricane fans should maintain FAITH in new head coach Manny Diaz.

It would appear to most fans that Diaz inherited a group of players who apparently are either not talented enough, not motivated enough or are not properly dedicated to the sport they play. It now seems as if only effective coaching, external motivation or roster turnover will solve this problem.

Miami Hurricane Fans should sustain HOPE in Manny Diaz.

He will find ways to cure what concerns all of us: Offensive line play, special teams, third down conversion rates on offense and defense and a general malaise that seems to let weaker teams stay in games with UM. Miami's reruiting has not been stellar but it is better than most teams they face. Yet, they simply don't play like it and many fans wonder why.

Miami Hurricane fans should LOVE their University and their team.

I attended UM from 1980-1986 and had some of the best years of my life there. I eventually graduated with honors. Both my Mother and Father both worked on campus for many years. All told, I spent over 10 years on that campus learning to love the University of Miami. I have not lost that loving feeling. 

Now, as to the football team and the current head coach, and their performance on most Saturdays...well that has to improve significantly and soon. After 20 years of greatness we have suffered through 15 years of mediocrity. Through four head coaches and countless recruiting classes the same results have been demonstrated over and over again.

We are in the most fertile recruiting ground in the Country we have to keep the best players home. We have to find other players that can make us great again wherever they may play. Recruit, coach, play and win.

And, we have to coach and motivate these players to be the best they can be.

Then, and only then, can "The U" ever be great again.

And now these three remain, faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love.

Comments

[alpine]

a "sons of anarchy" episode ended on a very sad note and this song came on, while the camera panned the wreckage of the people's emotions
. . . i bought it on itunes the next day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaPEe4EwTEU

[alpine]

the kind of stuff that angers me (#moreTransparencyClarityFairness):

"Bolden was prepared to lace up his cleats for the opener, but the day before the Hurricanes took on the Gators the NCAA unexpectedly deemed him ineligible."

[KYcane]

Happy Birthday Solar

[raizecane]

he NCAA unexpectedly deemed him ineligible."

Posted by: alpine | October 02, 2019 at 02:52 AM

********************************************

"The days of the NCAA ruling power is soon at an end"

- The Spaniard (Gladiator)

[DallasTX Cane]

Posted by: solarcane | October 02, 2019 at 12:35 AM

I’m WAY too young to have done this thing! Lol

[Old Skool]

Happy Birthday Solar
I trust you'll be hearing from a lot of the mischievous gang that hung around Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale way back when.

[solarcane]

KYcane thanks brother!

Skool thanks man,
You have a great memory

[Old Skool]

Solar
It's easy to remember. You tell a good story

[Old Skool]

The countdown begins
85 days until 86's birthday

[solarcane]

Latest pay for play rumors

California pays its player's, NCAA says it will drop them from NCAA competition.
California schools form their own conference and play states that pay.

North Carolina governor getting ready to pull trigger and pay in 2023
Basketball will be California schools verse Carolina schools.

[solarcane]

The best you will feel today I guarantee Play For Change

https://youtu.be/-g4UWvcZn5U

[alpine]

The best you will feel today I guarantee Play For Change
https://youtu.be/-g4UWvcZn5U
Posted by: solarcane | October 02, 2019 at 12:00 PM

when it comes to bringing the sunshine
. . . solar doing his name proud

[solarcane]

Big Al thanks,

This pretty much sums up they way I have always tried to roll.

"Everyone I know, everywhere I go
People need some reason to believe
I don't know about anyone, but me
If it takes all night, that'll be all right
If I can get you to smile before I leave"

Jackson Browne

[86Cane]

The countdown begins
85 days until 86's birthday

Posted by: Old Skool | October 02, 2019 at 11:40 AM

LMAO

[86Cane]

Running on Empty

[alpine]

Running on Empty

Posted by: 86Cane | October 02, 2019 at 02:02 PM

haaaaaaang on soup-y
soup-y hang on!

[solarcane]

Running on Empty

Posted by: 86Cane | October 02, 2019 at 02:02 PM

Me too

[TJL]

Jackson Brown is awesome - if u saw "The history of the Eagles" (3 hour doc) Jackson B taught Don Henley how to write songs

[Herbieibis]

Eff the NCAA. Everybody pulls out and leaves those azz holes swinging in DA Breeze. Nothing but politics with those buzzards. They pick and choose who they want to put the squeeze on. They need to worry about how college football is basically about the same 5 or 6 teams every year. Something is not right. Kept up with recruiting for almost 50 years and this stuff is getting out of hand. Look teams have spurts and decades where they are really good and then cool off. Recruiting is getting way out of hand. Take Clemson, their to do list in Oct. Can they get their 7 and eight 5 star players. Flowe and Henderson are thought to be landing there. All of the sudden Georgia is another glamour destination. High School football in Georgia has always been good but they have never recruited like they have in the last 3 years. They have recruited good before but all of the sudden 5 star city. Need a salary cap on recruiting, Ha!

[Herbieibis]

How do u stay on top Bama 69 4 and 5 star players. OSU next. FSU in top 6, doing less with the most as usual same with USC. Wisconsin has like eight 4 and 5 star players. I think we have 34. Aside from OSU the Big Ten nothing but a bunch of grinders.

[VA Cane]

Screw Billy Joel.....he sucks.....bad fake musician....pop icon....LOL....a NY jerkoff!!!
How about..."The Good Times are Killing Me"....Top Jimmy...google the cat check Top Jimmy by Van Halen....Top Jimmy and The Rhythm Pigs outta LA in the late 80s.....hard R and B big party guys......forget Billy he is a sellout!!!
Solar for you.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP1DffjKLs4

The Good times of UM football....killing me...cause now we are so bad...enjoy solar.....

[BigWindyCane]

I read CMD’s remarks on Lingard, Nelson and Clark, and I am becoming concerned about CMD. Nelson and Clark are the worst OL starters in the last two decades, and Lingard is an Uber talented R.B. that the Canes have coveted. Lingard has the ability to take it to the house every time he touches the football. I don’t understand

[solarcane]

VA straight up nasty!
Thanks checking out more.

[solarcane]

Very very few bands can pull off decent Queen covers.

These guys absolutely kill.
Cool azz band name too.

Small Town Titans

https://youtu.be/NU1oVqfmq34

[solarcane]

Manny and Williams on Lo and should he stay or should he go

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article235676692.html

[86Cane]

I don’t understand

Posted by: BigWindyCane | October 02, 2019 at 09:13 PM

Now U are catching on.

NONE of us do.

#FHL

[solarcane]

Windy,
sometimes I think Manny has too much shyt on his plate now and he tries to use all the coaching cliches on the press while he tries to figure out what is really going on.

Hopefully this VT game builds a lot of confidence and we play up to our potential.

I hope Lingard isn't another A Richards, best player on the team with bones made out of plaster of Paris.

[AeroCane]

I read CMD’s remarks on Lingard, Nelson and Clark, and I am becoming concerned about CMD. Nelson and Clark are the worst OL starters in the last two decades, and Lingard is an Uber talented R.B. that the Canes have coveted. Lingard has the ability to take it to the house every time he touches the football. I don’t understand

Posted by: BigWindyCane |

Finally - you get it!

[nemo2002]

Which team has the better offense?
Miami - which scored 17 points against Central Michigan two weeks ago; or Western Michigan - which scored 31 points against Central Michigan last week?

How about UM's defense?
We held CMU to 12 points.
WMU held CMU to 15 points.
So, arguably, we're a little better than WMU.

Incidentally, Wisconsin defeated CMU by a margin of 61 points. In contrast, UM defeated CMU by only 5 points.

I hope we do better against V Tech.
We really need a good ACC win, even if it's against a really bad ACC team.

[AeroCane]

I’d like to see a lot of Rousseau, hill, bolden and lingard- then I’ll have a little faith this coaching staff ‘may get it’. If I see a lot of patchen, Carter and knowles I will understand that this coaching staff is gutless and going no where; Jmo

[Go Canes!!]

Love me some Billy Joel.

[AeroCane]

Nemo - agree
But what makes anyone think we are not a really bad ACC team? Because we think we are good? Because we are Da U? Because we have a great coaching staff? Because we beat mighty Bethune cookman? Etc LOL

[solarcane]

Aero this is why

Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder. People who have it can't tell what's real from what is imagined. Delusions are the main symptom of delusional disorder. They're unshakable beliefs in something that isn't true or based on reality

[Go Canes!!]

Posted by: nemo2002 | October 03, 2019 at 07:23 AM

We scored more points against North Carolina's defense than Clemson.

Does that make our offense better than Clemsons?

[AeroCane]

Thx solar!
Can we say the 2 or 3 names on here who qualify (even tho they
are all nice and Cane fans!)
Lol

[solarcane]

This is exactly what I said on here last week.( It is also why J4 doesn't have big numbers right now)

"The biggest next step at quarterback that the Miami coaching staff wants to see Jarren Williams execute in 2019?

Be decisive and get the ball out quickly.

Miami coach Manny Diaz talked about that next step on this week’s Hurricane Hotline.

“He did a good job during the first two games of just getting the ball out,” Diaz said of Williams. “He has great accuracy and at Miami we talk about getting the ball to our athletes.”

During Miami’s last game against Central Michigan, Diaz believed Williams was focused on waiting for receivers to come open deep rather than anticipating those throws.

“In this offense, you take what is available and Dan Enos does great job of calling shot plays,” Diaz said. “You have to read your key and if the safety does what you want him to do, then let it rip. Don’t wait to see the guy open. If the safety doesn’t do what we want him to do, then you have to get it to the open guy and let him catch and run.”

[solarcane]

Aero,
I know you know I know

[solarcane]

Of all the D1 schools in the nation only Georgia Tech has completed fewer 20 yard or more completions than the Miami Hurricanes.
That is ridiculous smh

[AeroCane]

I am going to be a rebel and say we are 3-1 or 4-0 if Perry is starting
Guarantee we don’t beat FSU last year with Williams - he would NEVER of made that long throw into coverage for cager (or Landguard- don’t remember)
I’m ok with an int once in a while as long as it’s complimented with TDS

[86Cane]

Love me some Billy Joel.

Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 03, 2019 at 08:18 AM

Me too. Uber talented musician and outstading song writer who more than stood the test of time. I get that he may not be everyone's favorite musician ortype of music but how anyone can hate on Billy Joel is beyond me.

[86Cane]

That's like hating on Elton John. C'mon Mna!

[AeroCane]

I saw Elton in concert and he literally stood up and bowed very graciously after every song! He was awesome
I love Billy Joel mainly cause he loves and respects the Beatles so much
I’m a huge Beatles, Aerosmith (my wife is friends with Steven) and Led Zeppelin
If anyone really cares lol

[alpine]

Aero this is why:
Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness called a psychotic disorder. People who have it can't tell what's real from what is imagined. Delusions are the main symptom of delusional disorder. They're unshakable beliefs in something that isn't true or based on reality
Posted by: solarcane | October 03, 2019 at 09:50 AM

ouch!

- do you think it could also have to do with what kind of a fan one is?

- i watched manny kill it in the off-season in his first year

. . . in his first 4 games as a coach he is not "killing it"
. . . nor is his OC; the same OC that everyone was SURE would "kill it"
. . . do they need time to settle in? or are we already sure what the "reality" is; i.e. another set of "losers"?

- if people want to pessimise, cynical'ize, groan, throw their wheaties bowl out the window, 4 games into manny's first season, they are welcome to do that
. . . they are also welcome to call this "reality" vs. "the delusional"

- personally, (and i'm not preachin' butterflies, rainbows or even fairy dust), doing a deep-worry dive about manny & the hurricanes is not what i, as a "hopeful" fan, (who is also not crucified on some "natl championship or bust" cross), am interested in spending my time doing

- manny's in charge of about 80 18 - 22 yr. olds (inkl walk-ons) + his staff + needs to keep in touch with a shyt-load of recruits/possible recruits + all the political/financial /media role-playing & responsibilities + game planning & film-watching each week + holding practices + another 25 things

. . . i have ZERO problem cutting the dude some slack his first year; allowing him some growing pains . . . i mainly want to see growth from him this year; i particularly don't want to see him lose the team

- if i start to see us getting shellacked again by the virginia's of the world, i will get restless, even in year 1 . . . but again, worrying about this canes stuff right at this point in time? just not me

- to repeat: i have NO PROBLEM with people ditching & dissing the canes (except when they do the 4-letter word stuff with members of our team, which i hate)

. . . but please don't act like you're the only grown-ass people on this blog

[AeroCane]

There’s delusional overly optimistic fans, way too pessimistic fans and ‘reality fans’
You are what you are
One is not better or worse, just different and in our case all canes fans no matter what!
I’m a realistic fan
I don’t give a shit about off season; I care about what I see on the field and recruiting and facts!
Facts: manny has no coaching experience
Manny has no pedigree (saben, Myers etc)
Manny has never been a good recruiter
Etc
Now I still believe in him and it’s only been 4 games (3 terrible) but I want to see the best players playing; I want to see an improving product;
That’s all I got right now

[alpine]

That’s all I got right now
Posted by: AeroCane | October 03, 2019 at 03:25 PM

- it's not bad
. . . but your triangulation of overly pessimistic - overly optimistic - realist is very weak
. . . don't forget about those 50 shades
. . . and don't forget that those shadings will change, depending on . . .

[AeroCane]

Lol
Not to me - I’m a cpa - no shades lol

[nemo2002]

Posted by: nemo2002 | October 03, 2019 at 07:23 AM

We scored more points against North Carolina's defense than Clemson.

Does that make our offense better than Clemsons?

Posted by: Go Canes!! | October 03, 2019 at 09:51 AM

Yes, definitely! Clemson is overrated. 'Bama too!

P.S. Just kidding! You make a good point. But the (hard) truth "will out" I suppose, when we have a sample size larger than just one or two ACC games.

[alpine]

Not to me - I’m a cpa - no shades lol
Posted by: AeroCane | October 03, 2019 at 04:32 PM

good boy, straight as an aerrow!

[solarcane]

Nobody said being delusional was a bad thing.
I think its part of a diehard fans DNA.

Most fans of a team that has been on the skids resort to all kinds of crazy shyt to justify why everything but the program is to blame.

I know for a fact Sports Illustrated conspired with a few television personalities and ESPN to bring wrath down on us. I have heard it from dozens of conspiracy theorists on here.

[solarcane]

For my music pals on here.
Here is the newest clip from my gonzo outthere site

Q KUMBER shredding at the Surf Shack

https://youtu.be/criR4g8MbJQ

(if I can get you to smile before I leave)