Speed Kills

When Mike Harley learned his new offensive coordinator spent the last two seasons holding the same job at SMU, the first thing he did, of course, was study the film.
 
What Harley saw as he watched the 2019 Mustangs score touchdown after touchdown was that the receiver wearing his same number – James Proche – had plenty of touches and lots of big plays.
 
Harley was inspired.
 

"I'm looking at it like, 'Okay, he wears No. 3, too. He's catching a lot of balls. Let me study this guy,'" Harley said. "And then I looked up all the [records] for the University of Miami – the career leaders and stat leaders in yards and catches and I realized this offense can put me in the right position to break records and be remembered, from an individual standpoint. … This offense is just great for my skill set, but as a whole, on offense, everyone can eat."
 
Cam'Ron Harris had a similar realization when he, too, watched how some of offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee's former players performed last year.
 
Former SMU running back Xavier Jones totaled more than 1,200 rushing yards, a number that caught Harris' attention, particularly given his efforts to be Miami's lead back this fall after the departure of DeeJay Dallas.
 

But what Harley, Harris and the rest of the Hurricanes are learning is that if they're as to be as dynamic as they want to be in Lashlee's offense, they're going to have to make changes.
 
The biggest? Adjusting to a much faster tempo that doesn't give anyone on either side of the ball much time to catch their breaths between plays.
 
"The past two years, I wasn't in a fast-tempo offense. … It's not easy," Harris said after the Hurricanes wrapped up their second of 15 spring practices on Tuesday. "You have to get ready within eight to 10 seconds every play. We can run 30 yards and we still have to get back, every play. [Lashlee's] been on top of us, every day. If we're loafing, there's punishment. If we do the little things wrong, there's punishment. He's been on our tail, but I think that's what we need as a whole unit."
 

Added receiver Dee Wiggins, "We're going to get tired, but I mean, it's a process thing. You know we have to get used to it. So as the days go by, we've got to get better and better at it. We've got to get better at conditioning. … It's only Day Two, and we're getting the hang of it. We've just got to take it day-by-day and keep working."

Comments

[alpine]

i enjoyed the article, soup; thx!

oh, and "EINS"!

[solarcane]

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to Laurence Seymore, a 2021 Miami Hurricanes commitment. Kirby Smart and Matt Luke are showing interest in Seymore, who is a four-star offensive guard.

Seymore plays high school football at Miami Central High School. Georgia has already offered his high school teammate, who is a four-star running back, Amari Daniels. He’s been committed to Miami for almost two years now. Laurence Seymore’s original commitment to the Hurricanes came on March 31st, 2018.

That long commitment won’t stop the Dawgs from offering him a scholarship. Seymore was excited to receive an offer from the University of Georgia:

Laurence “Big Baby” Seymore
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Seymore plays in a difficult division of high school football and will be battle tested when he heads off to college. Miami Central has produced numerous NFL players including Vikings RB Dalvin Cook, Cincinnati OG John Miller, and Atlanta RB Devonta Freeman.

Seymore is 6’1.5″, 290 lbs, so he doesn’t have ideal height. He may continue to grow as he is only a junior in high school.

There are two reasons why UGA has a decent shot at Seymore:

The recent trend of elite Florida talent leaving the state for Georgia, Clemson, and Alabama.
The vast amount of de-commitments Miami has received over the past couple recruiting classes.
We’ll keep you updated on his recruiting progress.

[Harry Miller]

If we win we will have a lot better chance of keeping our recruits at home plus for once steeling a few from them.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Even field level media has decided to dump on the recruiting blunder from down under now;

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/preview?gameId=401168490

"(B)ad news for Miami senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic, who has long been regarded as one of the ACC's best 3-point shooters yet is in a slump.

His 3-point percentage was 41.1 percent as a sophomore but has since declined to 36.7 percent as a junior and 34.2 percent this season. In his past three games, Vasiljevic has made just 2 of 16 shots from deep (12.5 percent)."

Regarded by who exactly, again? Blob name changing sidtard sockpuppeteer trolls? Fake Lames?

Also love how you have to really closely read between the lines, or keep track of what's been going on the last three years, to divine that once he stopped being a reserve off the bench the team both ended up being a loser program and the numbers constantly drop as the minutes played go up. That's why it was hilarious to watch him get stapled to the bench against GT while his majority of minutes began to be handed to Beverly, who actually can play the sport and isn't a defensive liability by being a midget, even while getting pushed around by guys old enough to drink this season.

[pb]

Seymore is a must keep for this upcoming class. Best O-lineman out of Dade in a long, long time and he's been solidly committed to us forever.

We can't crap the bed and give him reason to look around!

[86Cane]

oh, and "EINS"!

Posted by: alpine | March 04, 2020 at 12:07 AM

Ahoj and dobre den!

[305Prophet]

It would be nice this 2021 recruiting cycle not to have a full class of decomits.
Already have 5 or 6. Maybe we can keep it under 10 with a couple more wins.
Only way to stop the trend of So. FLO. KIDS WEARING out the highway going North is to have multiple years of success on the field. 2 or 3 years in a row should cut the pipe line to more than half and slow the traffic to schools like Bama, Georgia Clemson and LSU. Florida has also been a thorn in our side.
UNC is on the rise and is taking the state. Already have 5 four star players from the state that doesn't typically have the overall depth of talent.

[CGNC]

party peeps! Happy Wednesday!

[alpine]

Blob name changing sidtard sockpuppeteer trolls? Fake Lames?
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | March 04, 2020 at 09:54 AM

- like all of canespace, al pines for more OGV gangsta esoterica . . . like "sidtard sockpuppeteer trolls" (which means? anyone who can translate?)

- ya know, i thought "fake lames" referred to blake james? or are you trying to spread your wit by using this epithet on "others"?

- since you've used these epithets ad nauseum, OGV, couldn't you spend one of your weekends doing a 48-hour brain-storm to come up with something new? you'd be doing canespace a favor!

[alpine]

OGV:
. . . herb led me to believe that you're a basketball genius; and i remember seeing (december? january?) a couple posts that i thought were cool
. . . but this post could easily win a "crap of the month" award, and is all too typical of what you bring to this blog
. . . with windy being the only other blogger to post about basketball, we could use something INTERESTING from you!!!!
but you seem more interested in creating a mysterious persona on here, rather than focussing on how you could ADD to canespace

. . . it's a persona that reminds me of a mix of a 50's james dean, a cigarette pack rolled up in the t-shirt sleeve;
together with a newer hoodie-wearing, hitch-in-his-walk, smack talker, who's 13-yrs. old

- jmo, but you ERR, trying to spout off in Eruditic Ridiculing Riddles
it's not workin'
the gong has been gonging . . .

[nemo2020]

Strong take, Alpine!

[alpine]

Even field level media has decided to dump on the recruiting blunder from down under now;
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/preview?gameId=401168490
"(B)ad news for Miami senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic, who has long been regarded as one of the ACC's best 3-point shooters yet is in a slump.
His 3-point percentage was 41.1 percent as a sophomore but has since declined to 36.7 percent as a junior and 34.2 percent this season. In his past three games, Vasiljevic has made just 2 of 16 shots from deep (12.5 percent)."
Regarded by who exactly, again? Blob name changing sidtard sockpuppeteer trolls? Fake Lames?
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | March 04, 2020 at 09:54 AM

about your post:

1- in what universe is the media "dumping" on vasiljevik, by noting he "has long been regarded as one of the ACC's best 3-point shooters"??

1a- OGV: "Regarded by who exactly, again?"
. . . hello? do you watch games?! EVERY announcer i've listened to made a point of talking about his 3-pt. prowess; as well as him being money on FT's (almost 90%)
. . . opposing teams have to keep someone on him, which can help spacing for others

2- a slump can happen to shooters, (one of the heat's best shooters, nunn, just got out of a longer slump), and that's why, in a recent post, i mentioned that miami really needs vasiljevik to get back to the 40+% on 3-pointers and the 15-points per game that he used to put up regularly (he's averaging 13.2 points per game, despite the slump)

[alpine]

OGV: "you have to really closely read between the lines, or keep track of what's been going on the last three years, to divine that once he stopped being a reserve off the bench the team both ended up being a loser program and the numbers constantly drop as the minutes played go up. That's why it was hilarious to watch him get stapled to the bench against GT while his majority of minutes began to be handed to Beverly, who actually can play the sport and isn't a defensive liability by being a midget,"
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | March 04, 2020 at 09:54 AM

- what are you talking about here?!
our last game was the GT game you're talking about: vasiljevik played 26 minutes (3rd most on the team)! and beverly only 12
. . . LOL regarding "stapled to the bench"!!

- the game before vs. ND, vasiljevik played 30 minutes (2nd most to wong's 31 minutes), while beverly played only 18;

- and the game before that vs. VT (3 OT's), vasiljevik played 44 minutes (2nd to stone's 47)!!! while beverly played just 9! i even posted about this, asking if someone knew if beverly was sick, 'cause i like beverly a lot, particularly because he's mostly a better ball handler than vasiljevik

. . . if you're counting, vasiljevik played 100 minutes the last 3 games to beverly's 39

-OGV: "the numbers constantly drop as the minutes played go up" . . . huh??!!
in the 5 games he played at least 40 minutes, his pts were: 15 (clemson), 13 (pitt), 19 (fsu), 18 (NCS) and 6 (VT)

- re: beverly
he's still a frosh … and in 574 minutes, he's had 67 TO's; vasiljevik in 948 minutes has only 26 TO's (wong 43 TO's in 561 minutes; i thought beverly played much better than wong the first 1/3 of the season, but then wong passed him; wong excelled as a frosh the last third of the season)
- offensively, they both have the same avg FG% (beverly .412; vasiljevik .411%), but vasiljevik is hitting .342 on 3's to beverly's .250; vasiljevik hit .875 on 64 FT's with beverly hitting .750 on 52

- the main reason i spit on your vasiljevik-bytch-feast, is that vasiljevik is someone who plays with a lot of heart . . . despite his midget'ness, for example, he averages 4.2 rebounds per game!
. . . you, on the other hand, are one of the worst bloggers on here, 'cause you're lazy & repetitive & spiteful and you stopped trying to up your game a long time ago! you need to get with felder and do some off-season training (soup can give you plenty of tips)

- would i feel better if we had more and better players? of course! who wouldn't?!
. . . but as i've said many times (to no effect) here: the FBI committed a crime against us with their insunations that were never cleared up, which caused our recruits to all jump overboard and decimated an entire class class

- WE WOUND UP WITHOUT A SINGLE SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR!!
. . . and the best juniors/seniors (lonnie walker, dewan hernandez, bruce brown) already took their skills to the pros early

- SO WE ARE LEFT PLAYER-POOR
+ we are not really a basketball school
+ we've had a number of injuries
= we've had to play vasiljevik, and under the circumstances, he hasn't disappointed me

- but yes, i look forward to having our frosh back as sophmores, together with some good new recruits
. . . and if we can keep them together and NOT be bitten by the injury bug, in their junior year, i think we can field a damn good team!

[solarcane]

Big Al,
Remember that prescription bottle way in the back of the kitchen cabinet on the top shelf, and what the doctor said?

[alpine]

no pro, solar
. . . found prescription, emptied it with a beer, (good advice, by the way!),
. . . life would go on except i have to get to bed
nite

[alpine]

"nite"?!

damn, i mean "peace"!

[solarcane]

Peace always my friend

[BigWindyCane1]

I haven't done an analysis yet, but if I had to guess, I would say that Vasiljevik's struggles are in large part a function of a lack of ball movement by the Canes on offense this season, and Vasiljevik being asked to do more than he should.

Many good three-point shooters are "spot up shooters," so they rely on someone who drives and dishes out to the three point line, or a big man who also passes out to the three point line. The Canes are last or next to last in the ACC in assists, and probably have the highest assist-to-turnover ratio in the ACC.

Three-point shooting percentages (and frankly all shooting percentages) typically drop for most good shooters when they have to create their own shot and/or shoot off the dribble. Assists are usually a function of ball movement and good (high percentage) shots.

This season, Vasiljevik (and all of his teammates, frankly) has had to dribble and shoot and create his own shot much more than in the past. He has also been asked at times to take on a playmaker role, which is not something he can do. To his credit, he is trying to rebound and play defense more, but the Canes are among the worst in the ACC in rebounding and defense.

That is just my two cents. I watch the Canes play, and I just see two much one-on-one shot creation. It is fine to have that when the shot clock runs down, but there is too much of a reliance on individuality to score.

The promising element for the future is that the Canes have a number of players who can make plays when things break down. But next season, they need to fix that issue with the lack of assists and ball movement or they will continue to struggle on offense.

[HerbieIbis]

Dam Alpine, did u take the TonyCane stat class?
All I said is that, OGV speaks plain English when it comes to basketball observations but football, it's busted up pig Latin. U would need a WW11 decoding machine to decipher what he is talking about.

[86Cane]

Remember that prescription bottle way in the back of the kitchen cabinet on the top shelf, and what the doctor said?

Posted by: solarcane | March 04, 2020 at 04:25 PM

What he said.

[305prophit]

Michael Irvin may be transfering. Not expected to participate in Spring practices while he figures out what he is going to do.

[AeroCane]

FAU 11
Us 2

Not good!

[AeroCane]

Irvin should transfer - he won’t play anyway

[nemo2020]

Tough loss tonight against a good UVA basketball team.
Final score 46-44.
Ouch!

[alpine]

Remember that prescription bottle way in the back of the kitchen cabinet on the top shelf, and what the doctor said?

Posted by: solarcane | March 04, 2020 at 04:25 PM

What he said.

Posted by: 86Cane | March 04, 2020 at 05:51 PM

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actually, it's been a very "challenging" couple of weeks
. . . the OGV outburst WAS "just what the doctor ordered"
. . . to use an earlier metaphor in a different way, OGV was the barber pole on which i could bleed my black bile out
. . . and afterwords i slept wonderfully

so THANK YOU OGV for your timely post!

(i think i might have gotten a shout out from nemo after my first post yesterday . . . if so, thank you sir)

[alpine]

Tough loss tonight against a good UVA basketball team.
Final score 46-44.
Ouch!
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 04, 2020 at 10:55 PM

"tough loss" is exactly right!
. . . several of my organs were clenched big-time during long parts of the game

- our D came to play last night!
. . . forced them into lots of TO's and difficult shots; kept a top-tier team below 50!!

- but the vaunted VA defense also showed up
. . . felt like most of our scoring came off amazing shots ... but mixed in with lots of untimely TO's and misses

- with the exception of lykes in the 1st half (out injured most of the 2nd half), i didn't think anyone stood out on the O side of the ball (though i appreciated stones' pair of 3-pointers)

anyway, good game ... would have been extremely heartbreaking, if we had needed that game for the postseason . . . since we didn't, chalk it down as another learning experience for our team

[alpine]

damn, mompremier pours in 23 pts and the canes women still lose to the worst ACC team by 15??!!

- really glad i stopped watching the women a week or 3 ago

- meier has her off-season work cut out for her

- and what's up with baseball? were we REALLY written in as #1 for a while??!!

. . . after having to watch that "season" our football team just had, i thought the karma gods would give us a little more push
. . . but the gods seem to be channelling their inner "terry porter"

[UMike]

Winning will keep the commits from bailing. Bama wasn't stockpiling talent before Saban, Clemson wasn't until they started winning etc. I still clearly remember A. Cooper saying his love for winning outweighed his love for staying home. We win they will stay. Simple

[BigWindyCane1]

We win they will stay. Simple

Posted by: UMike | March 05, 2020 at 05:26 AM

💯❗️

[AeroCane]

Sad state of sports at the U
Both basketball teams suck
Baseball is not very good
Football last season was worse than terrible
Only hope:
Hitters start hitting
Lashee and king are the real deal

[HerbieIbis]

2 whole runs against FAU. Time to melt the metal and go buy some new ones!

[nemo2020]

"tough loss" is exactly right!
. . . several of my organs were clenched big-time during long parts of the game.

Posted by: alpine | March 05, 2020 at 03:58 AM

Alpine, I realize that it must be hard for you being so aroused during UM basketball games. However, you really ought to keep your pants zipped - especially when you are watching the games live at the Watsco Center.

[solarcane]

Van Dyke to Keyshan what the future will look like

https://twitter.com/i/status/1235571406865403905

[solarcane]

Posted by: nemo2020 | March 05, 2020 at 10:19 AM

Lol!

[roachcane77]

Michael Irvin II enters the transfer portal.

Not surprised...

Appeared in 31 career games for the Hurricanes. He caught 11 passes for 111 yards.

Good luck elsewhere Michael.

[roachcane77]

Van Dyke to Keyshan what the future will look like
https://twitter.com/i/status/1235571406865403905
Posted by: solarcane | March 05, 2020 at 10:48 AM

WOW! Great body control by K Smith!

[orange 'n green in the vein]

"Posted by: nemo2020 | March 05, 2020 at 10:19 AM"

But how will the giant collection of bot followers of that profile feel about having to pull up the zipper if that's done, huh, have you considered their takes on it?

Recruiting blunder from down under is almost flushed out of the program at least finally, only took four seasons too many!

[alpine]

Alpine, I realize that it must be hard for you being so aroused during UM basketball games. However, you really ought to keep your pants zipped - especially when you are watching the games live at the Watsco Center.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 05, 2020 at 10:19 AM

lol!

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
But how will the giant collection of bot followers of that profile feel about having to pull up the zipper if that's done, huh, have you considered their takes on it?
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | March 05, 2020 at 02:12 PM

???
i'm getting old; i seriously haven't a clue what this means

[solarcane]

Qbs throwing fades Kosi with some nice touch

https://youtu.be/H96yJsVHXnA

[solarcane]

Big Al

http://m.quickmeme.com/p/3vwldm

[alpine]

http://m.quickmeme.com/p/3vwldm

Posted by: solarcane | March 05, 2020 at 03:20 PM

. . . you killed it!
. . . out of the park . . .

[solarcane]

Cincinnati fans seem to embrace Enos hiring on par with CGNC

https://twitter.com/i/status/1234947044919435266

[solarcane]

Must gave already taken the Enos gif down sorry

[solarcane]

Herb more O line

Miami football leading for commitment 2021 Top 10 center
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The Miami football program hosted Ryan Rodriguez the 10th ranked center in the country in 2021 on Thursday and the Hurricanes are the current favorites to receive a commitment per 247 Sports.
Ryan Rodriguez the 11th ranked center in the class of 2021 was impressed with the Miami football program as told to Inside the U on Thursday following his visit to Coral Gables. Miami leads for 6’3, 280 Rodriguez according to 247Sports.Com, the partner site for Inside the U. Rodriguez also posted to Twitter about his visit.

Redshirt junior Corey Gaynor and sophomore Jakai Clark are the main centers on the Hurricanes roster this spring with senior guard Navaughn Donaldson who is out injured also able to anchor the middle of the Hurricanes offensive line. Offensive tackles Jalen Rivers and Chris Washington are the only 2020 signees on the Miami OL.

New Miami football coaches, offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee and offensive line coach Garin Justice are doing an excellent job in a short time since being hired in January building the Miami offensive line for the 2021 class. The Hurricanes received a commitment from OT four-star Michael McLaughlin last week.

The Hurricanes have held on to four-star offensive guard Laurence Seymore since Lashlee and Justice joined the Miami football staff. Rodriguez spoke to Inside the U extensively about his visit. The Hurricanes are in a great position to sign Rodriguez by own account and according to 247Sports.Com

[HerbieIbis]

Need 4 this cycle and 2 of those tackles.

[BigWindyCane1]

I haven't seen Keyshawn Smith practice live or perform in camps, but his video looks very very good. This appears to be a very nice late addition to the class by Lashlee

[BigWindyCane1]

I see that OG Jakari Clark and OT Zion Nelson were working with the backups today, and CMD said that the OL looks good running the spread. OT/OG Rivers also looks like he can contribute this year, and Donaldson will be back in the Fall. Although I am concerned about Campbell at LT, I am feeling better about the OL as a whole already.

[305prophit]

They need to RS, either Clark or Nelson, if they can.

[AeroCane]

Big windy
Not to rain on your parade, but spring is when manny blows smoke up everyones asses to make us feel good until we play our first game!
Our OL sucks - they sucked last year and what has changed
I am hoping Donaldson comes back lean and mean rather than the fat, slow blob he is
And yes, I do like rivers but is really strong enough and quick enough for the college game?
Enjoy spring but enjoy it for what it is
I’m still on the ‘manny needs to prove to me he can win bus before I jump
On the bandwagon’

[BigWindyCane1]

For Tony and the others tracking scholarship counts, CMD just awarded three to walkons

https://twitter.com/canesfootball/status/1236029914375045120?s=21