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    Confirmed: Jim Leavitt Does Not Like Mario

    in Our Beloved Ducks

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    On 12/31/2023 at 5:59 PM, AnotherOD said:

    So, I went back to Florida International and looked at there coordinators while MC was there (2007-2012) and I found

    This is fantastic insight!  Thanks for digging it up.  

     

    I wonder how much of that turnover are OC's realizing that they don't want to be connected with such a trainwreck.

     

    There are Miami fans who are clamouring for Dawson to be gone.  These fans are the ones who still believe MC can turn things around.

     

    You don't burn through coordinators unless:

     

    A.  You are Nick Saban/Kirby Smart and they keep getting hired away. 

     

    B.  You are a horrible coach to work with and the coordinators would rather bail.

     

    You can eliminate option A immediately for MC.  

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    A Final (Maybe) Thought on Mari-Nooooooo

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    I know, I know, it's been two years and clearly the Ducks have come out on top of that whole situation; NOT EVEN CLOSE.  There is a part of me that just can't stop watching the drama down in the south of Florida.  I happened to watch a portion of his press conference and then read the transcript. I was struck by two things.

     

    1.  I think Mario has a wheel that he spins prior to the press conference to determine his talking points.  Prior to facing the media, he gives it a spin and sees what he needs to reference..."hmmm, physicality?  Always!  Focus?  Nope used that one last week.  Let's go with "Discipline" this week.  Maybe I'll sprinkle in some toughness talk and mention that coaches need to do better and that should about cover it".

     

    This guys press conferences all have the same feel.  It's a canned, non-feeling response devoid of personal accountability.  I know that "coach speak" is part of all press conferences but there has to be passion infused into those pressers or it just comes off as blaming the players.

     

    2.  I think press conferences for him would be the same no matter what level he was coaching at. 

         

         *Press conference for the 4th grade Pop Warner championship*

     

           "Mr. Cristobal, what do you think you could have done differently?"

     

           Mario:  "Well, I thought we practiced well this week.  It comes down to physicality, we let them push us around.  We need to be more physical.  Our guard has a nose-picking problem and was slow off the ball.  Our center had to go potty during the game and it really affected the next several possessions.  We just can't have that.  We need to prepare better.  I thought the defense played pretty well, our CB got distracted by a bee on the long pass play and that hurt us."

     

    "We really worked on focus this week in practice and it needs to show up on the field.  After halftime, we made some adjustments but the players didn't get enough orange slices and they came out lethargic.  That's not how we coach em.   It really hurt when the Mike got an owie.  His mom didn't have all the bandaids she needed and that pretty much took him out of the game.  It's inexcusable for any player to be more interested in Pokemon than football but that was what we were up against today.  Next year will be different."

     

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    Watching The Pinstripe Bowl

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    On 12/28/2023 at 2:38 PM, Dr Hilarius said:

    And yet Mari-no-O STILL managed to land a higher ranked class than OBD.

     

    I just don’t get it.

    Yeah, that still puzzles me.  He must have one heck of a speihl that he gives those kids.  It obviously can't involve a scoreboard.

     

    I wonder how many of those recruits stay with Miami.  Recruiting class rankings don't win games and slogging through 7 win seasons may not be what they want.

     

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    Cotton Bowl Is Painful!

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    Yikes.  Mizzou and tOSU are putting on an absolute groaner of a game....3-0 in the 3rd quarter.

     

    tOSU is down to a true freshman QB after Kyle McCord transferred and his backup got hurt early on.  

     

    I think there have been more punts than first downs.  

     

    There is a fine line between "defensive struggle" and "offensive ineptitude".

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    U Of Miami Fans Are Hilarious!

    in Our Beloved Ducks

    Posted · Edited by Ktmguy2018

    Oh my!  I traveled down the rabbit hole of wondering how Miami Fans were taking the bowl game loss to Rutgers.

     

    Probably as well as you can imagine.  But some of the fan posts are absolute gold.  

     

    One post said "we used to be weak and lose...now we have more strength and lose"

     

    Another said "Mario just grunts at what the OC puts in front of him and probably has no idea what's going on"

     

    My favorite so far is this nugget (and I can't do it justice because it was actually a gif of the kid running into the wall):

     

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    These poor fans realize they were duped....and are now saying, "let's just celebrate recruiting victories because it ain't happening on the field"

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