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."
.... "Why are there so many coaches on Miami's sideline?... These guys all seem clueless."
Injuries or not, I don't see much future for our U BB program if last night's game was any example.
Posted by: roachcane77 | March 08, 2020 at 09:31 AM
I don't see much future for our U BB program if we don't replace the head coach.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 10:10 AM
.... "Why are there so many coaches on Miami's sideline?... These guys all seem clueless."
Injuries or not, I don't see much future for our U BB program if last night's game was any example.
Posted by: roachcane77 | March 08, 2020 at 09:31 AM
I don't see much future for our U BB program if we don't replace the head coach.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 10:10 AM
Roach,
Your wife is very perceptive. I am not a big fan of Coach L’s assistant coaches. They don’t appear to help much in-game, and they can’t recruit. Frankly, I don’t think the Canes’ staff connect with recruits like Hamilton’s staff does, and Hamilton (even going back to his MIAMI Hurricanes tenure) has always been a coach that works his players hard and stresses conditioning and toughness. Hamilton definitely develops his players, and graduates his players, and can sell that to recruits and parents.
Nemo is also right that Coach L hasn’t gotten it done.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 11:22 AM
That said, I will remain hopeful next season that Coach L will find a way to get his players to rebound better, defend better and pass the ball better.
It’s easier said than done, but those are the three areas where the Canes have suffered all season, and it starts with recruiting and ends with coaching. The Canes don’t have enough players who want to rebound and defend, and making Lykes play point guard is like fitting a square peg in a round hole. Lykes is at his best as a scorer, not a playmaker. Others on the roster should be the playmakers, whether it’s a guard, wing or big man out of the post.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 11:47 AM
Granddaughter Addison Blair with game winning walk off HR against defending state champs Saturday.
https://www.facebook.com/david.blair.1276/videos/3059215064102425/
Posted by: solarcane | March 08, 2020 at 12:40 PM
When it comes to local recruits, it should be noted that guard prospects like Gulliver Prep’s Tony Sanders and Doral Academy’s Devin Carter (both being recruited by the likes of South Carolina, Dayton, Georgia and FSU), said the Miami Hurricanes are not recruiting them.
IJS
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 01:12 PM
This kid is going to end up being the best o line prospect out of Dade since Vernon Carey.
He is THE must keep of this upcoming class.
https://twitter.com/Manny_Navarro/status/1236707397609144320?s=20
Posted by: pb | March 08, 2020 at 01:44 PM
BigWindyCane1
When it comes to local recruits, it should be noted that guard prospects like Gulliver Prep’s Tony Sanders and Doral Academy’s Devin Carter (both being recruited by the likes of South Carolina, Dayton, Georgia and FSU), said the Miami Hurricanes are not recruiting them.
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 01:12 PM
Of course not! Laranaga is looking for a 5'6" high school prospect from Tasmania, or any "top prospect" from Archbishop Molloy H.S. in NYC, and/or another marginal transfer player from some other college or university) to come here and play basketball (on a losing team) in the ACC.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 01:44 PM
lot of anti-larranaga talk on here and no one seems to understand why i have still like him
. . . next time there's a new blog, i'll be very happy to explain why!
. . . (don't feel like posting a bunch of stuff and having it wiped out for a new blog about the baseball sweep)
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 03:41 PM
but i will post this:
WINDY: "Hamilton (even going back to his MIAMI Hurricanes tenure) has always been a coach that works his players hard and stresses conditioning and toughness. . . .
Nemo is also right that Coach L hasn’t gotten it done."
ALPINE: personally, what i like about the canes is that they have a lot of fight & toughness to them . . . let's look at OT games as an example of toughness:
- canes played 4 OT games, all in the ACC: they won 3 of them including the triple-OT game AT va tech
- lost in OT vs. a deep, FSU (#1-in-ACC); remember though, it was mid-january, where we were missing several players and ran out of gas
not bad for an out-of-condition, not-very-tough team!
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 03:43 PM
Laranaga is looking for a 5'6" high school prospect from Tasmania, or any "top prospect" from Archbishop Molloy H.S. in NYC, and/or another marginal transfer player from some other college or university) to come here and play basketball (on a losing team) in the ACC.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 01:44 PM
so you don't like the 3 frosh + transfer keith stone that he just brought into the program?
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 03:46 PM
If you really follow the blog and pay attention you can almost sense nemo doesn't have a lot of confidence in Laranaga
Posted by: solarcane | March 08, 2020 at 03:59 PM
well, maybe i have a few points to make right now . . .
NEMO: "Yeah, early in his tenure at UM a Laranaga coached team won the ACC championship. However, he did it with a team stocked with veteran players that he inherited from the prior coach (and not mainly with his own recruits)"
ALPINE: the coach you're talking about was frank haith . . . he coached here 7 seasons and DID NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE WINNING SEASON in the ACC
. . . larranaga comes here and has a winning season in the ACC in 6 of his first 7 seasons
- also, he recruited the key ingredient to the line-up: midget shane larkin
. . . after which, 2 years after taking over the team, he led them to the championship
. . . i guess you think haith would've done that? and every other coach tom, dick & harry? cause it's such an easy thing to do?
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 04:00 PM
oh, and regarding that year:
- the canes also won the 2013 ACC tourny championship becoming the first ACC school not named Duke or NC to win both the ACC regular season and tourny championships in the same season since 1974 (NC state)
. . . as my father never said: "put that in your pipe and smoke it"
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 04:02 PM
NEMO: "There are only a handful of ACC coaches (like Coach L) who have held their position for nine years of more. And among these coaches Laranaga has BY FAR the lowest winning percentage against other ACC teams - only about 50 percent."
ALPINE: careful of stats
- coach hamilton (who i DO LIKE!) coached here 10 seasons, including 9 in the Big East
- his overall record was only 144-147
- his Big East record: 73-87 over 9 seasons with only 3 winning seasons
(+ 1 Big East season title)
you gonna throw him under the stats-bus too?
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 04:08 PM
by the way, canes killed pit today, if you want to raise a broom on your flagpole
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 04:41 PM
Sorry alpine, but your stats about Hamilton's record in the Big East are not now relevant, any more than Laranagna's record two decades ago at GMU.
You need to compare the respective records of Hamilton and Laranaga against other ACC teams during the last nine years. As a matter of fact, Laranagna's winning percentage during this period (slightly above 50 percent) is nothing to brag about - especially when we finished near the bottom of the ACC last year and this year too.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 04:49 PM
If you really follow the blog and pay attention you can almost sense nemo doesn't have a lot of confidence in Laranaga
Posted by: solarcane | March 08, 2020 at 03:59 PM
"Yo ho, oh no, Laranagna needs to go!"
Who says so? Yes, me, nemo.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 08, 2020 at 04:58 PM
nemo - i'll get back to you . . . but it's stupid acting like 10 years is irrelevant
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 05:28 PM
p.s. the whole point of the hamilton stats was to show how irrelevant they can be
. . . hamilton was building up our program in a very good way!
. . . but over 10 years, taking all the stats together, he looks like he's doing a crap job
so, more info another time
peace
Posted by: alpine | March 08, 2020 at 05:34 PM
If you really follow the blog and pay attention you can almost sense nemo doesn't have a lot of confidence in Laranaga
Posted by: solarcane | March 08, 2020 at 03:59 PM
Funny,
I never picked up on that?
Posted by: 86Cane | March 08, 2020 at 05:42 PM
Nobody is gonna call out these players for worrying themselves and their own stats?? Winning is what you should be measured on.
We’re so eff’d next year.
Posted by: Butthurt Schnelly | March 08, 2020 at 05:56 PM
ALPINE: the coach you're talking about was frank haith . . . he coached here 7 seasons and DID NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE WINNING SEASON in the ACC
. . . larranaga comes here and has a winning season in the ACC in 6 of his first 7 seasons
Alpine
You’re missing the point coach L; oops I mean alpine.
Haith could recruit, not coach; so because haith couldn’t do anything with these kids is not news; we needed a coach like coach L to get us to a higher level; once he maxed out after 4 or 5 years, we should of moved on; change while on top NOT at the bottom; this is the reasons our AD’s since Jankovich (rip) have pretty much sucked
Posted by: AeroCane | March 08, 2020 at 08:03 PM
Alpine,
I am willing to give Coach L the benefit of the doubt on the last two seasons, and I don’t think Coach L or his coaching staff could actually believe that Lykes can be compared to Shane Larkin (or even Angel Rodriguez). There is really no comparison.
Larkin is a true point guard that makes his teammates better. Larkin is a true point guard in both inclination and fact — Lykes isn’t. Plain and simple. Lykes is a scorer who looks for his shot first. I have seen him play for three years, and he is what he is. That isn’t Lykes’s game. Don’t make Lykes into something he isn’t or has no desire to be, and maybe he will thrive
If Larkin or Rodriguez had played point guard for this Canes team, they would be a better team immediately
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 08:51 PM
Glad to see my Canes get a much deserved sweep against Pitt. They look good!
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 08:53 PM
If you want to run him you have to do it with the sidtards worst nightmare, bad publicity, to wit; https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401168546
"The Orange fell to 56-54 in the ACC in the past six seasons."
Guess The Pimp's not the only one who needs to get dismissed?
"The Orange's 14 losses are the most in the regular season Boeheim has had in his 44 years at Syracuse."
But then again, UM basketball was picked to finish ninth preseason and ended up in a three way tie for 10th so they didn't underachieve any significantly more than everyone just about expected them to wasting a floor spot on the recruiting blunder from down under this season.
Still need three wins to end the season as a winning team if there's any postseason at all . . .
Posted by: orange 'n green in the vein | March 08, 2020 at 09:36 PM
https://twitter.com/stefan_adams305/status/1236686667869798401?s=21
I have been hearing about this recruit Savion Collins since 9th grade. LAURENCE Seymore is also the real deal. Seymore doesn’t have ideal height, but he is as nasty and strong as they come. And MacLaughlin is a true legitimate Offensive Tackle prospect with a very high ceiling.
The Canes have a really good class so far, and some phenomenal targets on our board. This could be our best recruiting class in years if we win like we are supposed to
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 08, 2020 at 10:55 PM
speaking of sweeps, here's the latest vs. FSU (take it anywhere you can!) ...
CANES SWEEP SEMINOLES
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – In front of a lively home crowd, the University of Miami men's tennis team got right back to where they left off, following a two-week hiatus, securing its first top-25 victory of the 2020 spring campaign.
No. 31 Miami extended its winning streak to six matches, moving past No. 25 Florida State, 4-0, Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
"Great team win. It is always great to beat Florida State.," fourth-year head coach Aljosa Piric said. "This is one of the matches that we look forward to playing, because it is a big rivalry match regardless of rankings or implications. It is always going to be a tough one and our guys responded.
. . .
Overall, the win moved Miami to 3-0 in conference play for the second straight season, the first time the Hurricanes have accomplished the feat since joining the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
In addition, the Hurricanes have now won consecutive matches in their series with Florida State for the first time since winning five straight from 1995-2001. Sunday's sweep marked the 20th by Miami in the series history, while the Canes improved to 50-19 against the Seminoles.
The sweep also marked the eighth of the season for Miami and second in ACC play.
Miami will return to the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday when the Hurricanes welcome second-ranked North Carolina to Coral Gables at 3 p.m.
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 03:06 AM
OGV: "wasting a floor spot on the recruiting blunder from down under this season."
interesting ... vasiljevik is again instrumental in moving the canes past a team (this time syracuse) and moves to #2 in made 3-pointers on the all-time canes list . . . but you dis him again
did vasiljevik brush off your advances to him?
. . . 'cause your over-the-top disgust for him sure reeks of "spurned lover"
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 03:12 AM
Anyone else on here be glad when basketball season ends?
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 10:23 AM
Jose confident he can hit from 60 yds this season,
Bubba was sketchy just hitting extracooints extra points
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://247sports.com/college/miami/Article/VIDEO-Miami-Hurricanes-football-K-Jose-Borregales-comfortable-hitting-60-yard-field-goals-144702631/&ved=2ahUKEwjs8P3fzI3oAhXhguAKHcqgBD4Q0PADMAl6BAgDECo&usg=AOvVaw3AqmeZOQ2YHEthcCNlNn3X
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 10:30 AM
Anyone else on here be glad when basketball season ends?
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 10:23 AM
ouch
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 11:12 AM
Average team to begin with and and average team to finish. What's the complaint. U don't recruit at an elite level, what do u expect.
Posted by: HerbieIbis | March 09, 2020 at 12:28 PM
Anyone else on here be glad when basketball season ends?
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 10:23 AM
What's basketball season? (j/k)
Posted by: CGNC | March 09, 2020 at 02:22 PM
did vasiljevik brush off your advances to him?
. . . 'cause your over-the-top disgust for him sure reeks of "spurned lover"
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 03:12 AM
SHOTS FIRED!
Gonna make some popcorn, grab a cold one, sit back and watch this play out.
Posted by: 86Cane | March 09, 2020 at 04:15 PM
SHOTS FIRED!
Gonna make some popcorn, grab a cold one, sit back and watch this play out.
Posted by: 86Cane | March 09, 2020 at 04:15 PM
LOL!!
anyone can throw out the next volley; we all know what's comin' out . . .
just arrange the following words in some kind of order: "sidtard", "lames", "troll", "puppeteer", "midget", "fake", "slobbering"; pour in a few connection words (the/a/some/you/that/...), then try to say your sentences like a teenager pretending to be as badass as the witcher . . .
(shyt, i just realised that i now have a craving for popcorn)
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 04:50 PM
VA - forgot to say, welcome back
. . . i think you said something about being several weeks away from wifi/internet or something like that
. . . part of me's wondering what that's like; i'm ashamed to say, but it's been too long since i experienced that
Posted by: alpine | March 09, 2020 at 04:54 PM
U don't recruit at an elite level, what do u expect.
Posted by: HerbieIbis | March 09, 2020 at 12:28 PM
UNC 2020 basketball team?
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 06:17 PM
Patchan off to Colorado State
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 06:28 PM
Costco and some Wal-Marts limiting how much toilet paper you can purchase here while Dollar Tree has an abundace.
The Dollar Tree brand is a bargain in that you can also use it to sand paint off of furniture in a pinch.
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 07:01 PM
Average team to begin with and and average team to finish. What's the complaint. U don't recruit at an elite level, what do u expect.
Posted by: HerbieIbis | March 09, 2020 at 12:28 PM
Miami's win-loss record against other ACC teams this year is 7-13. Winning about 1/3 of your conference games is BELOW average. Finishing in the bottom third of the ACC is BELOW average. Consequently, . . .
BELOW Average team to begin with and BELOW average team to finish. What's the complaint. U don't recruit at an elite level, what do u expect.
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 09, 2020 at 07:19 PM
OFF TOPIC
I regret to say that I have lost a LOT of money this month in the stock market. Ouch!
To set the record straight, I am NOT blaming THAT on Coach Laranaga. (Not yet anyway.)
Posted by: nemo2020 | March 09, 2020 at 07:36 PM
Good luck to Pachtan at Colorado State. He definitely developed while he was here, and he is a starting-caliber DE in most programs. He deserves to play, but he isn’t going to take many snaps here
Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 09, 2020 at 08:23 PM
The Dollar Tree brand is a bargain in that you can also use it to sand paint off of furniture in a pinch.
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 07:01 PM
You KILL! You KILL!😂😂
Posted by: roachcane77 | March 09, 2020 at 09:08 PM
The Dollar Tree brand is a bargain in that you can also use it to sand paint off of furniture in a pinch.
Posted by: solarcane | March 09, 2020 at 07:01 PM
#Fact
Posted by: 58 Straight | March 09, 2020 at 10:08 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 58 Straight | March 09, 2020 at 10:21 PM