Josh Pate On Miami's Meltdown vs Georgia Tech (Late Kick Cut)

[@JoshPateCFB]

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[@EDCaub]

GA Tech taking a knee on the extra point was the biggest pour of salt on a wound I've ever seen.

[@timkinley1779]

This comment would be much better if you knew the value of proofreading.

[@EDCaub]

@@timkinley1779 fixed lol

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@timkinley1779Salty comment is salty…

[@charliebakerspen]

​@@timkinley1779cause Miami would have won if they read better right?

[@ricklane471]

Actually, it was the smart play to avoid a blocked kick

[@endcensorship874]

Josh, I'ma Oregon guy (class of '90) and I'm telling you, the majority of Duck fans were not terribly upset that Mario left for Miami, because we saw the limits of what Christoballing can get you. I mean, dude had a generational QB talent in Justin Herbert and still insisted on cramming down the middle 70% of the time.

[@AA-eh7co]

dude not only had Herbert. Thibodeaux! Jevon Holland! Sewell! Amandi! and Bennet which plays for FSU now. yeah do the math.

[@benjamin5726]

@@AA-eh7co the math says that he recruits and develops talent very well…

[@cjcurtis8944]

@@benjamin5726 develops, not so much.

[@cjcurtis8944]

@@benjamin5726 but can’t coach his way out of a paper bag

[@dublinpub5363]

@@benjamin5726 He recruits...THAT IS IT. Does not develop, and has NO clock management. NONE

[@Jimmy-Mc]

Even after GT recovers the fumble, ESPN projects that Miami had a 94% chance to win. You have to really choke to give up 75 yards and a TD in 3 plays plus a spike.

[@Someone_VIP]

Or Miami’s coach is just a plain dumba$$

[@LarryGuidry-wu4ie]

Georgia Tech didn't win the game. Miami lost the game or gave it away. Game should have been over by halftime. Georgia Tech had 61 yards of total offense to Miami's almost 300. Miami beat Georgia Tech in every category except turnovers 4 of them. That many turnovers will get you beat 90% of the time. Sure the decision not to take a knee was a bad decision but Miami should have put the game away way before that .

[@Someone_VIP]

@@LarryGuidry-wu4ie nah, Miami didn’t lose the game. Coach Mario made a dumb, turd call… he alone should take the blame, yet he didn’t. Piss poor example of a leader.

[@johncollins8954]

​@@LarryGuidry-wu4ieor Mario made a dumb call that cost his team and Georgia tech capitalized on that mistake and won

[@LarryGuidry-wu4ie]

Mario didn't throw 3 interceptions nor fumble and score only 3 points in the first half that they completely dominated nor had to settle for field goals in the red zone and score less than half of the points they normally scored. The game isn't decided by one play but by all the plays that occur during the game .Failures during the game can come back to haunt you at the end of the game .

[@pschighlights]

As an FSU fan, I even almost felt a little bad after that one. Almost.

[@VLKV_loves_you]

😂 evil. 😂 I hope canes don’t spiral downwards after this one.

[@carsonnennstiel158]

As an FSU fan, it mad my bad day, into a great day. Lol

[@alexsandul5631]

Same. As an Oregon fan 😂😂😂😂

[@brett8078]

That's worse than FSU losing to GA tech on a blocked kick in 2015 returned for a touchdown

[@kingpiniv]

@brett8078 100% worse. At least FSU going for the game winning field goal was the correct decision, they just had no idea how to stop the return, which was very embarrassing. But this loss for Miami? There was only 1 possible way for them to lose this game and it's a decision that I can honestly say no other coach would be stupid enough to do. And they did it

[@318dkane]

As a Miami fan that has suffered our failures since 2001, imagine how devastated we are plus the MTSU loss last year that had the team tank the rest of the season. Painful to see 4-1 instead of 5-0 thinking Mario had us on a good track and then this stupidity!

[@jonathancollazo]

I'm right here with you man.

[@DrizzingFoTime]

Y’all went from playoff hopes to 6-6 at best in 24 hours hahahah

[@alfredosenalle9284]

It's not the end of the world. I rather have us loss a game because of one bad call by the coach , than because of being dominated by the other team. Mario does have our team on the right track and he'll learn from this experience.

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@DrizzingFoTime It's not that bad Mr Hater. We'll do better than 6 - 6.

[@I4Icculus]

As an Oregon fan. I feel your pain. Just glad it’s yours not mine.

[@AlexGarcia-ln5je]

Can you imagine being in Miami player right now.. And he's screaming at you for not doing something right in practice

[@ijustwanttonap]

Or for not holding onto the ball when it never should of been in your hands in the first place. I coached a player on their roster. I feel for the young man. He works too hard for the head coach to do something that stupid.

[@boerhae]

How do you have confidence, as a player, that your hard work will be utilized effectively by this coach ever again? I would always be wondering what's next. "Maybe Mario will have us run a Hail Mary on 2nd down with 10 minutes left on the clock for no reason, or maybe we'll do an onside kick with the lead and just see what happens."

[@sageex3931]

Facts

[@justingoodman9352]

I've been a Georgia Tech fan for almost 30 years now (I'm 35) and the way GT beat Miami last night is how I've become accustom to seeing Georgia Tech get beat SO many times before. I honestly thought Miami was going to lateral 22 times and somehow score on that last play... Like I hate it but I basically expect Georgia Tech to somehow find a way to lose the game. It feels SO AWESOME to be on the other side of it. I also almost feel bad for Miami fans... ALMOST! 😂 Seriously, though, I DID feel REALLY bad for the Miami players... ESPECIALLY the young man at running back (#2). TV did him dirty the way they kept zooming in and showing him obviously distraught after the game was over.

[@gregoryjohnson4319]

TOO FUNNY!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@boomereaux]

50 years I’m 62 and was ushering as a Boy Scout. Watched Pepper punt on 3rd down. Curry predicted it….the legend lives. It just took 3 decades.

[@justingoodman9352]

@@boomereaux I remember GT vs UGA in 2005 or 2006 i think and they had Calvin Johnson on the team and Reggie Ball was the QB and it was like 4th and 12 around the 50 i think with like less than 2 mins left and instead of just throwing it up to Megatron to at least give them a chance... He scrambles out of the pocket and throws it away/out of bounds...😭

[@DooleyDaKidd239]

He snatched the soul out of the players and us fans ! Have 0 confidence in Mario as a coach . This is game management 101 , VICTORY FORMATION !

[@ernestgarduno1492]

He hurt Oregon when he left the way he did, it’s karma for him on what’s happening now. Unfortunately Miami is collateral damage in this.

[@MJ-qx2xw]

So much bullshit.

[@Jermeister12]

😄😄GaTech YELLOWJACKETS . The soul snatchers😀😀

[@cosmo1eleven855]

And before Cristobal at Oregon it was Willie Taggart. What ever happened to hom at his dream school Florida St? After that fiasco, he's probably a HS coach somewhere

[@DooleyDaKidd239]

@@Jermeister12 bro that ain't a flex because we literally gave yall the game

[@baconcamp2499]

Man, when Miami opted to run on that play and fumbled.. Oregon fans felt that.

[@knockout9446]

Ducks fans need to count their blessing on getting Lanning after two snake oil salesman coaches (Tagert, Mario).

[@not242]

As an Oregon fan it was wild to see Cristobal make this mistake after he did something similar to us vs Stanford 2018. The fact that he clearly didn't learn anything from that experience and made an even WORSE decision this time is very telling

[@ijustwanttonap]

This is why I would fire him.

[@knockout9446]

Even worse, Miami didn’t research Mario at all (evidently). They threw $80 million at him because he coached Saban’s lime men. Shows you how clueless Canes are. Also, he completely wasted Justin Herbert’s college career.

[@ijustwanttonap]

The 2019 Oregon vs Auburn game waa full of absurd clock management by Cristobal as well. I bet you could find many others. His use of timeouts is notoriosly bad as well.

[@dentonyoung4314]

I award Mario the Joe Pisarcik Award.

[@erikjohnson6302]

Mario will never escape this unless he wins huge at Miami. The negative recruiting against him will be off the charts. The embarrassment of this could cost him his job long term.

[@timkinley1779]

$80 million reward for a .500 head coach isn't losing.

[@gauravagochiya4218]

It already is going against him in recruiting. Jeremiah Smith just recently put a photo of Brian Hartline smoking a cigar a day after he visited Miami and watched that chokejob in person.

[@ijustwanttonap]

The negative recruiting would not be as bad if it wasn't the 1st time. To make this bad of a mistake twice just shows a lack of understanding of basic game management.

[@gauravagochiya4218]

@@timkinley1779 For the program paying that $80 million to the .500 head coach, they are losing

[@mikelee7318]

@@ijustwanttonap Exactly. Mario simply isn't very smart. Low IQ. Low cognitive function. His mind doesn't work fast enough.

[@gregorymackinnon7485]

What happened is called the Mario Cristobal special, and Oregon fans don't miss it in the slightest.

[@chucky6282]

Hahaha, we at Oregon, learned our lesson a few years ago. To the Miami fans, we told you so!

[@knockout9446]

Oregon had their snake oil salesman (Mario) leave and got a championship coach in Lanning. Ducks should count their blessings.

[@richard1935]

Been waiting forever for Tech to give you a reason to talk about us.

[@raniebranson8051]

Enjoy your shine on this day of our lord lol

[@richard1935]

@@raniebranson8051 😂 Thanks brotha see y’all in another 5 years.

[@raniebranson8051]

Haha... Maybe not that long. I don't follow Tech to closely but I like your new coach from what I know of him. I'm a lifelong Colorado fan, so it can change overnight. You always have hope lol@@richard1935

[@benjamin5726]

As a Miami fan since 1998 I still think Mario can win and win big at Miami (see the Ohio State vs Oregon Game, see the Rose Bowl) BUT all of the talk about him being a bad game day coach and game manager CAN NOT be ignored anymore. It needs to be addressed and fixed by Mario Cristobal PERIOD.

[@DuckFanDane]

He’s the worst in game decision-maker I have ever seen coming from a Oregon duck fan because this is not the first time he has done this. He did it at Stanford.

[@deankoenig6438]

Ben, Winning at Oregon has nothing to do with winning at Miami.

[@justinherbertsburner1]

I promise you, as an Oregon fan, we did not beat Ohio State... Ohio State lost to the Ducks. We were unbelievably lucky and after the game I still felt like we didnt prove anything and we still had so much holes on our team.

[@Gerg-Far]

As an oregon fan we have seen this many times before, he has had years to get better

[@Gerg-Far]

​@@TheBuckeyeBusinessmangot smoked at home

[@truettbrown7876]

As someone who goes to GT that was a crazy ending!!! No way that game should’ve been close, but magic happens under Brent Key against ranked ACC teams on the road.

[@LarryGuidry-wu4ie]

Finally someone with an open unbiased mind admitting Miami should have won and gave the game away. The game shouldn't have been close. It should have been put out of reach by half time . Georgia Tech had 61 yards of offense in the first half. Before the final drive which they NEVER should have had an opportunity to have only because Miami didn't take a knee and run out the clock they had 176 yards of offense including 77 yards passing. No way they should have won that game. They were handed it on a silver platter.

[@chicken_sandwich3377]

I thought that fsu would have the worst loss to Georgia tech for a very long time (kick 6 2015) turns out Miami will great day to be a noles fan

[@Ronstar45ongod]

As a Brotha, from the DC Metro area, who now resides in Broward County/South Florida....just wanted to tell the rest of America, about, the fact that all of the job/resting conversations at the jobs, down here, WAS ABOUT THAT MIAMI vs. GT ENDING....OMG, THAT WAS ALL WE ALL TALKED ABOUT, TODAY !!!!

[@stischer47]

I read somewhere that if a team has the ball with 40 seconds left, at least 2 downs, leading, and the opposing team has no timeouts, the team with the ball has a 99.9% chance of wining. Miami decided to try for the 0.1%.

[@jonathancollazo]

snatched defeat from the jaws of victory 😆(the laughing is to hide my tears)

[@charliebakerspen]

"you play to lose the game" -mario cristobal

[@kingpiniv]

Mario is Bobby Bowden from January to August and Willie Taggart from September to December. The Canes will win the offseason again though, I'm sure!

[@maximus1318able]

Noone will ever be Bobby but Bobby. Will Taggart yes lol

[@kingpiniv]

@maximus1318able you're right, was just saying Mario can recruit with anyone lol. Mario is the guy that can buy a Ferrari, but doesn't know how to drive it

[@maximus1318able]

@@kingpiniv 100%

[@charliebakerspen]

Miami is the off-season champs every year lol

[@beammeupscottsp7952]

Lol I’m a USF fan, willie taggart basically out recruited everyone in the American conference but his coaching was one of the worst I’ve seen, hated his slogans like ‘have it day’. Snaked his way to Oregon where we all knew he would fail horribly and same went to fsu. He was over his head, here at USF we all knew what would happen if he left.l, the rest is history.

[@jeremymason802]

miami did a great job!! i hope the coaching staff keeps up the hard work!! GO NOLES lol

[@jeremymason802]

@@TheDudeAbides337 not after that performance lmao

[@williamhill7312]

You have to give Georgia Tech a lot of credit, after losing to Bowling Green, they have enough fight to stay with a team like Miami, take the ball after Miami blunders, and move it in the end zone, that's a tough group of men

[@Jermeister12]

Thanks William😀

[@FlawlessKam]

A team like Miami Lmfao. This isn’t 2001. Miami lost to middle Tennessee last year. The team is dog shit

[@Jermeister12]

Thank you Miami fans for making my friggin week😀

[@HamRadioLiveShow]

Fantastic Show. Well done. Here’s my take on Cristobal as an Oregon fan for over 40 years. 1. Great human being, 2.Excellent recruiter. 3. Accepts blame for mistakes. 4. Questionable coaching decisions that separates him from “elite coaches.” I like the man personally. He repeatedly has demonstrated an ineptitude as a head coach that can help his team reach the “top level” in college football. He’s demonstrated to be an excellent Offensive/Defensive line coach. An excellent Line Coach recruiter and developer. But not the guy you want making game decisions for your program. At Oregon, we witnessed a LOT of questionable decisions from him on the sidelines. I sincerely wish him well.

[@bennihana2422]

Go jackets baby

[@matthewharrell275]

As a Georgia Tech fan that watched that unfold with my Dad sitting next to me we were so confused why they had ran the ball on that play worst decision of collage football i've ever seen in my life time. Georgia Tech didn't deserve that win and if you look at the stats you can see that we had basically no yards of running or passing. But it was crazy that we drove 74yrds in 26secs. Thats what I call nothing short of a miricle

[@fsugnome]

Miami didn't deserve it either. Glad y'all took it.

[@peachstate08]

Love your humor! Makes your show so fun :)

[@k_zildjian4460]

I was at this game, flanked by GT fans (because visitor side tickets were cheaper). The turnout for Miami Nights was better than I was expecting, but the game just felt weird, seeing all that black, with only a smattering of orange and green seemed wrong.

[@echt114]

Uniforms were hideous.

[@mikelsweeten6465]

We all need someone to fight for us the way Josh Pates fights for Mario Cristobal. I admire his loyalty.

[@jackoneill1336]

When a majority of fans arnt upset about a coach leaving for a different program it should worry the fans of the program receiving said coach

[@bigshorts5277]

I love watching miami implode!

[@newyorknole2225]

Miami has historically gone into the tank after losses. I watch Miami games more than most Miami fans because I actually stick around to watch while they are getting blown out. Go into the record books and see for yourself. Miami is THE BEST EXAMPLE of allowing 1 loss to turn into 2, 3 and even 4 losses.

[@ijustwanttonap]

Seems to happen every year.

[@remander3873]

As long as Cristobal is the coach, this will never surprise me. My oldest son attends GT, so I'm actually loving this.

[@seminolefantodd4736]

I love all of Mario's bone headed decisions. Go Noles!

[@darngooddawg]

But not as much as Duck Nation loves MC's decision to leave. 😆 Duck Nation thanks Miami for him leaving and grabbing Dan Lanning.

[@matthewlewis1014]

Anyone know why he looks like he’s constantly struggling to take a shit during every game?

[@ijustwanttonap]

​@@darngooddawgLanning coached with Norvell for a while at Memphis. I'm a big fan of Lanning. Oregon has to love how Floriduh schools keep taking your crap coaches. Not sure who is worse, Taggart or Cristobal. At least FSU had the sense to correct their mistake.

[@fsujci]

❤

[@EarlyBirdCraft]

As a FSU fan I never thought I’d feel bad for Miami, yet here we are. It’s more fun to hate Miami.

[@Curveball]

You don't really hate Miami, you have angry respect for Miami. You hate the Gators.

[@v.l.c3979]

Stay bitter. ☺️

[@ijustwanttonap]

​@@CurveballFSU fan here, no, we hate Miami as well. We really do.

[@Curveball]

@@ijustwanttonap No, that still sounds like angry respect to me. Think about the Gators and their stupid little chop clap thing. That is hate. lol

[@devtech8901]

being at the stadium, hearing the fans booing when TVD mess up was ridiculous. That was in stadium with a bunch of our recruits visiting. I am also sure the students love to get booed in their own house.

[@seangrasso8462]

I’m a senior at Miami, I just feel like you got to put this in a bigger picture. Should he be fired for this, probably not. But having all the hype last year about the U being back, to then lose to middle Tennessee was bad but a good year this year would make up for it. This team had the chance to be 5-0 heading into the biggest game for the program in years. He robbed not only the kids but the program as a whole of that. Forget the players being demoralized, at this moment that decision derailed the programs progress back to a respectable name in college football.

[@ijustwanttonap]

You might not realize this being young but the U has been back for over a decade now. At least that's what we're told. Mario took a team that was supposed to contend for the ACC title last year, got embarrassed and then suddenly his narrative was it was a rebuilding year. I iust feel like in two years Miami fans will be saying that you should of fired him after the GT debacle. FSU fired Taggart after they got handled by Miami after only a season and a half. Best decision ever. Cut bait with incompetence asap.

[@Think1stMedia]

What a Logical, rational, argument. One of the reasons I subscribe to this channel. No tune into Paul Finbauem and he may say Mario Crystbal needs to go or the season is over.

[@mikeschaeffer7262]

Forgot to mention he did this at the end of the Stanford Oregon game a few years back. A mistake is a once over. A trend signifies incompetence

[@bertraminc9412]

GT Alumn here.... replay from the GT end zone angle shows elbow down and then ball stripped a few slo mo seconds later. Refs must not have been able to say the elbow was down from that angle and I couldn't either. But the elbow stops at the ground... it probably was down but that's not how this works... they have to have proof that the call gets reversed and the refs didn't have it. Also, Miami came in the better team but GT didn't play poorly. They played extremely well and with great motivation. The got it done by playing hard, up until the fumble. And then they got it done after the fumble so they were the better team on the day. You can't cut out the coach staff from the game overall... you can't say, "no we won, if we would have taken a knee". You don't get to cut out the decisions of the coaches. That is part of the overall game and this is proof. How many times have QBs made obvious mistakes that cost the game. This is the exact same thing.

[@ijustwanttonap]

If it gets reversed I would imagine GT would of had 1 more shot to get the fumble.

[@bertraminc9412]

@@ijustwanttonap Yeah presuming the coach kept running but I think the scare from the first fumble would have kicked his mind into taking a knee at that point.

[@ijustwanttonap]

@@bertraminc9412 Somehow I doubt it

[@WalkerSportsLounge]

Its All About The U... In the offseason When the games come around, its anything but

[@BonesJJ]

All great points by Pate. Yes the program is moving in an upward trajectory. All I can say is wow just about everything the Oregon fans said about Mario we’ve seen a couple times now : the poor clock management, lack of in game adjustments, and everyone has to be hoping he doesn’t handcuff Dawson after this game. These little hiccups kind of make me feel like Mario is the guy to stack the team with talent, hopefully he’s the coach to lead them to a title but if not the guy after him will have stacked roster to succeed. Like Tony Dungy with Tampa and Gruden getting the title.

[@knockout9446]

Mario was paid $80 million to keep the Canes irrelevant.

[@demcanes01]

As a die hard Miami guy this was disgusting and honestly a fireable offense. I’m not saying to fire Mario but this was as bad as it gets.Not taking a knee and then the refs not overturning what was clearly not a fumble because his elbow was down made it even worse! Mario took a win away from the kids who bust their ass for him week in and week out in practice . DISGUSTING

[@Jermeister12]

HaHa😊😊

[@okrajoe]

In the words of Boz Scaggs -- Danger, there's a breakdown dead ahead. Maybe you're in way above your head!

[@Dboux12]

One thing I’ve noticed is van dyke doesn’t audible when he sees the defense in certain formations, they know what the play is yet we still run it. Then as I’m watching Colorado , Shadeur is calling an audible and changing formation every other play.

[@chadchadderton]

That's because TVD simply is not that good. Don't get me wrong, he's above average (slightly) and he's definitely not horrendous or anything... he just simply is not close to being elite no matter how much miami fans will criticise people for saying it.

[@timkinley1779]

But he is proclaimed as a 1st round pick by Miami fans.

[@ijustwanttonap]

Or maybe if Miami had a staff that cared about something more than recruiting he would be better. The scenario described should make you look at coaching.

[@damonselman636]

"Would you fire Cristobal." I seen a fair amount Oregon games under Cristobal especially those game after that upset of Ohio State. If I ran Miami at the time, I wouldn't have hired him in the first place.

[@daveanderson393]

Oregon fan here mario did this 2018 Stanford game!! Said same thing afterwards 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Curveball]

Did the Miami RB's left elbow have to bust through the stadium floor for him to be ruled down or what?

[@beammeupscottsp7952]

I honestly thought he was down though, elbow touched so why was it ruled a fumble?

[@Curveball]

@@beammeupscottsp7952 I guess the guy doing the replay of the fumble was from Atlanta Ga. I normally do not complain about calls, but this game was really bad. Like a Miami TD was called back on a hold, the T.V. crew tried to show the hold and went, "Uhhh....I didn't see anything." Edit: I do complain about bad calls during the game, but I rarely comment online about things like holds and the like. But that fumble is different. That isn't subjective. You can clearly see the RB's elbow was down before the GT player's arms snatch upward to make the ball come loose. You cannot watch that and think it's a fumble unless you're biased for whatever reason.

[@beammeupscottsp7952]

@@Curveball I mean it looked pretty concrete that he was down, I’m not even a fan of Miami nor GT. I hate to think college football is scripted but come on man lol

[@briancoy297]

He was definitely down, but that's the problem when you give the refs a chance to decide the game. If they had taken that knee, the only thing we'd be talking about today was Miami escaping with a game they should have won handily. Luckily for them this happened early enough to still make some waves should they happen to win out.

[@beammeupscottsp7952]

@@briancoy297 True, Miami won’t recover from this though, this’ll loom over for the rest of the season.

[@swiftzzy2774]

The fact that you still have hope for Miami kinda tells me you’re on to something and very well more on the logical correct side, I even said win or lose we would’ve been mad and fired up but it was worse when we loss. I hope we go out there in Chapel Hill and take our anger on them and come out on top, we got a lot to work on ever since the GT Disaster, Go Canes!!

[@ijustwanttonap]

We?

[@abuckeye26]

I don't think they were trying to add another score, their running back at the time had 99 yards and I read that he had been battling injury and was putting in the time and doing everything right in the program so I think they wanted to get him a hundred yard game

[@demcanes01]

HORRIBLE DECISION BRO GTFOH

[@saltydog6241]

You’re giving Mario too much credit. I simply don’t think he was aware of the situation and that kneeling for the win was an option and/or the smart move. The guy is a moron.

[@DMS-pq8]

The fact he's done this twice is hilarious

[@kmir224]

when's the other time?

[@DMS-pq8]

@@kmir224 When je was the HC at Oregon

[@thenameisyosh]

As an FSU fan…this was AMAZING

[@eyejoydesigns]

Of course there is the obvious take-a-way (knee), but more important is the game is not over until the final whistle is blown, and that applies to the season. I think the shock caused Miami to stop playing and lead to the results. Even after the fumble (whether is was or wasn't) GT was on the far end of the field, no timeouts and only 26 seconds on the clock. Most people would agree pulling off a win in that situation would be nearly impossible, but they did it. So hats off to GT. Having said that, if you think Miami season is over, then you're thinking the same the Miami team did after the fumble. Imagine Miami winning the next 3 games. You say there is no way. That's what they said about GT. And they did it despite the odds. This game is not the end of the world and it won't define Miami unless the let it. What they do next will define them. Yes, we still have great coaches, great players, and a great University. Go Canes!

[@dominicesposito7659]

Canes are garbage, y’all better win next Saturday or your recruiting class ain’t gonna go to Doak Cambell south, they’ll come to the main campus here in Tallahassee

[@ijustwanttonap]

Great coaches don't do that garbage. I watched Miami give up a few times last year. We'll see this year. Winning the next two was going to be tough regardless. Miami players may very well look at this staff and wonder what is the point.

[@eyejoydesigns]

They may, but if they give up that easy, then it wouldn't say much for them. I don't think that is the case. Miami attracts big thinkers and big players that why they got another huge commitment yesterday (the day after the blunder) @@ijustwanttonap

[@eyejoydesigns]

Your thoughts reflects more on you than them. @@dominicesposito7659

[@PauMaz]

Interesting insight on the Miami debacle. Josh, things happen during “the fog of war.” It will be very interesting to see how the Canes respond.

[@kendalllodman]

Josh’s story about the mechanical pencil makes me question the validity of him being a recipient of the HOPE scholarship. 😅😂

[@pnut3844able]

Don't let him lie to you, pretty much everyone gets the Hope scholarship

[@nortonfrickey1708]

It's not that complicated to just take a knee to end the game when the outcome in your favor has already been decided.

[@jonathancollazo]

As a fan what hurts the most is the missed potential. I see what this team can be and can do. You're about to grind a tough game out against GT (credit to them, they always play UM hard) and then you lose on the most boneheaded dumb decision possible.....?? C'mon man. How can you be expected to win tough games on the road if you can't even do it at home?

[@Jermeister12]

Yes it was😆

[@nickpoly48]

A few points to make, but first. I completely agree with not firing for this, and it being a complete bone headed decision. Just to push your point even more on that topic. Let’s say he doesn’t learn and does this once every 5 years. I’ll gladly take 5 top 10 recruiting classes in a row to give up 1 stupid decision game. Because let’s be honest, who else loses that way and gets a 4 star commit in less than 24hours. Aside from that, i did notice you had the fumble playing on screen, can we not bring up how obvious it was that his elbow was down before the defender attempted to strip the ball. I feel bad that these kids on Miami have to keep playing the 12th man in black and white. Let’s take a second to review. Chaney’s fumble, is not a fumble, which lead to GT 6 points. She’s Cooper’s holding call, which lead to removing 7 from Miami. Mauigoa’s roughing the passer which took them out of their own end zone. No holding on GT O-line that lead to King running TD. Constantly holding Miami’s defenders and not one call. Bain is probably the most held defender this season, with not one call. He was even being held as he sacked King. I know the usual saying of don’t leave the game in the ref’s hands, but this is getting too obvious and way too often.ACC refs kept this GT team in the game. All that to say, yes the coach ultimately lost this one, but just like everyone says Cristobal should have never put Chaney in that situation, Cristobal should have never been in the situation either. And before people say I’m excusing him, no I am not. He could have won the ugly game and escaped with a W, but there is enough blame to go everywhere. Not just him.

[@ijustwanttonap]

The ACC refs suck (I know as an FSU fan) but let's be real. There is no way in hell this should of ever been on the refs. Don't ever allow ACC refs to screw something up because they will. This is 100% on Cristobal. Plus, his poor game management exceeds well beyond that series. It's been terrible over a long period. He won't just lose you this one crazy game. Over the course of seasons Miami will lose close games to good and bad teams due to his bad decisions. You got a great recruiter but a bad coach. The ceiling is limited.

[@bill4536]

Yes Miami gave GT the opportunity to win the game by running the ball instead of kneeing. But GT did strip the ball out (even though the RB looked down) and took 2 plays to score the game winner. So yes Miami lost the game, but GT does deserve credit for keeping it close and taking advantage of Miami's blunders

[@zackrusagee3529]

It’s called VICTORY FORMATION for a reason

[@joshtutor5606]

Didn't Mario essentially blame the RB?...It wasn't just one bad decision, it was also a terrible defensive stand right after and it was the second time this has happened with him.

[@Cifer77]

I really don't think the lack of kneeling is a big as people are saying it is. I've seen plenty of teams run out the clock with run plays over the last decade. The RB just knows to use both hands, and fall over quickly. That Miami back was fighting for extra yards for some reason...

[@HeyHey-du2fm]

Not when they only up by 3 they don't 😂

[@ijustwanttonap]

Just no. Stop it. Kneel the heck down. Don't try to defend that.

[@SwagCane]

He was obviously down in the 1st place and the ref is suspended for 2 weeks because they publicly admitted they got it wrong. Miami should be undefeated still.

[@stischer47]

Shoulda, coulda, woulda...ain't what is.

[@JeffGilligan-q7t]

My dog makes a mistake only once. He did something very similar in a game Oregon seemed to have won, but the fumble lead to a Stanford recovery and TD that sent it into overtime, and a Stanford upset win.

[@DB-cx6cb]

❤❤❤❤❤Give kudo to Tech for scoring under seconds!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Miami has never recovered since Alabama humbled them with Jay Barker against the Thuggish canes losing National Championship simply never have recovered.😎😎😎

[@duckydewer]

True, this should not cost Cristobal his job. But he didn't learn from his mistake from 2018; he did it again against GT. People, more importantly fans, are buying in? Not by the size of the crowds at Miami's home games they are not. That's just a fact. Will the crowds come back, hard to tell. Love the show.

[@8DecadesLife]

I disagree. How can Miami players now believe that their coaches are making the right decisions & putting them in the best positions to win? When players start doubting their coaches, bad things happen.

[@mikemoola2101]

10 months later and Georgia Tech just upset #10 Florida State 24-21 with a last second field goal. Florida State didn't have the option to run a victory formation.

[@trenthorne]

I'm a Tech fan, so while I appreciate you giving them credit (sort of) for holding Miami to 3 in the first half and having the skill and foresight to execute on the gift given to them, I acknowledge that this game was Miami's to lose and they made a terrible decision - but there was 0 guarantee that Tech would recover the fumble and go 75 yards for a TD with 27 seconds left in the game against a team like Miami. To me, that is just as amazing as the poor game mgt decision to run the ball on 3rd and 10 with a minute left in the game.

[@TirpitzLuminare]

Do you need to fire Mario? No, obviously not, but Miami really needs to be ready for more disappointment. Mario losing games he should win is simply par for the course folks. This is from a life-long Duck fan.

[@1980hgf]

This is not a fireable offense. It is a point when you call the coach up and say knock that shit off seeing as how he's done it twice in 2 jobs. That should be enough to get him to correct. If not, he does it again and he should at least be on a very hot seat (and only that if his season is otherwise going well).

[@TirpitzLuminare]

@@1980hgf Josh talked about people texting him and asking; "You gotta fire Mario for this, right?" This is why I structured my post in the way I did. That being said, Mario isn't long for Miami, he's simply a mediocre (at best) coach. Phenomenal recruiter, inept coach.

[@johnmbrown7515]

You are a good man Joshua in your attempt of a balanced analysis of this sad situation. However, this has to affect all the positives you mention going forward. Can't believe Oregon got paid for The U taking CristoBAIL off their hands.

[@Gmac_Greg_M]

MC doesn’t learn from his mistakes though. He doesn’t get better. He did this vs Stanford when he was coaching Oregon.

[@Saltlick11]

I told Miami Fan that Mario was a terrible coach and they attacked me like it was WW3. This dude did the same exact thing in Oregon against Stanford. It's the dumbest weirdest move ever in coaching. Mario can recruit, can't coach. Good guy, good recruiter, should be a Coordinator, best case.

[@joshhunter1129]

Problem isn’t the decision in an of itself, it’s the fact he clearly doesn’t learn from his own mistakes. And not just repeating this mistake, it’s the overall same program he had at Oregon, an excellent recruiter and a poor developer and in game coach

[@TheUSMCBELL]

My friend use to stick stuff in the light socket in class to get the projector light bulb to blow lol! He was a legend..

[@ShadowTwister28]

I cant say im not crying irl for real no cap but.... the U means so much to our city.... they are an extension of ourselves

[@bryantc2899]

I remember seeing that money line +900 Georgia tech, thinking lets throw down 20. That would been an easy 200$. But i instead took Oklahoma, Texas tech, and iowa state on the money line. Good day, but man i wish i would have thrown down on the jackets. Also pay attention to the prop bets for NFL, who will score the most points. Very easy week. I took Detroit and Miami, I was confident one of those was going to hit. Sure enough Detroit scored 42. 20 turned into 220. Also do yourself a favor and don't listen to the pro betters, unless you're going to bet on every single game. And you mix it up with how much you throw down.

[@benshaw7993]

But that wasn’t just a dumb decision. That was malpractice. That was so egregiously terrible that players and staff will find it tough to trust him anymore. It’s the kind of “dumb decisions“ that will have lasting repercussions. The only way they don’t fire him is if he wins 9+ a bowl.

[@ijustwanttonap]

Mario wants to run the ball and control the clock. Miami should be, and I say this as an FSU fan hoping it never happens, running the Briles offense at warp speed with a super aggressive take away or bust defense.

[@leroytheblackninjaturtle7066]

Miami fan since 2002, TVD had 3ints, it was only a bad play cuz he fumble, true canes knew we would get a crazy game lost , hope it came early, 7-5 or 8-4 we are still on schedule for that 🙌🏿

[@Stumpsville]

I'll be honest, i never thought getting electrocuted would be fun

[@cane4life758]

Miami taking a knee wasn't my issue.. My issue was the whole game leading up to end of game we should have never been in this position to begin with.

[@markrabideau4067]

you don't have an issue with not kneeling the ball?...

[@HeyHey-du2fm]

What 😂 take the GD kneel u win but that somehow isn't your main concern dam son

[@Robert-ln7yt]

Great job on reporting a very crazy disaster in the Miami game. I'm a Miami fan totally. You helped me see this from a different view point. Thanks 👍 Go Canes 🎉 I still believe Miami will have a great year.

[@DKHurricane14]

Season isn’t even close to over we still have tons of games to play and I still BLEED ORANGE AND GREEN GO CANES BABY

[@charliebakerspen]

Miami has UNC and Clemson back to back. Might get ugly

[@numvrcgreenvilleent1892]

Mario did the one thing you don't do. he left the game up to the refs and the other team. The gave GT the fumble when it was obvious down by contact. the clock manager gave them extra clock after the catch to spike the ball. Then the DB just not playing overtop in crucial moment to give up the TD, the team saw the BS and gave up. Mario getting the locker room back will be nothing short of a miracle.

[@jakepadgett5569]

I agree with pate. You can’t fire him. If you make this mistake I just don’t see how their is a path to being a smart coach who doesn’t make lots of big mistakes.

[@cerealkiller9204]

The elbow was down. It was not a fumble. But college refs have shown they don't know what the rules are.

[@davidhayes7596]

Coach said we not me . Head coach didn't own it.

[@Nolelife247]

Josh will do anything to defend Miami

[@eddiesetera7998]

bruh, I'm outta breath from that electrocution story ☠☠🤣🤣⚡🔌🔌⚡⚡

[@Mike-yj5yw]

I wish someone would at least address the fact Chaney was down. The fact the replay official confirmed it was a fumble should be at least a reprimand. He was clearly down.

[@kaydee2126]

How many football games have you watched in your lifetime. Every fan in the universe has had to deal with a bad call. Yours was just boneheaded. Deal with it. And learn to take a knee!!!!

[@Mike-yj5yw]

@@kaydee2126 I don't mind a bad call by a Ref in a split second decision. My problem is the replay clearly showed he was down & they still fuct it up. There should be some repercussions for the Refs in the replay booth that let it stand.

[@kaydee2126]

@@Mike-yj5yw now I can't be mad at you for that. And you absolutely right if I'm being honest but all I was saying is it's in the game. A bad call is a bad call and sometimes we got to live with that. But for future reference, take a knee.

[@Mike-yj5yw]

@@kaydee2126 oh don’t get me started on not taking a knee. The wound is still wide open.

[@ijustwanttonap]

It shouldn't of mattered. But it did because Mario should not be a P5 head coach.

[@f.a.v.productionsLLC]

They have to have the worst meltdown ever in all of sports

[@PhilThach]

You were shocked, not electrocuted, thankfully.

[@jordananderson5736]

I was just about to put this in 😂

[@michaelconnors1301]

I think Josh missed the biggest point: he didn't apologize for it; he didn't own it. People make mistakes. I get it, but I want them to own them. He didn't. At the presser, he did say, "We should have taken a knee," but he also said, "We coached him to put two hands on the ball." That's a REALLY bad look. Sounds like he's partly blaming the player for fumbling. NO. The player never should have been in that position. He and his staff screwed up. He should have said, "That loss was on ME." Don't blame the players. Don't say something ambiguous like, "We should have taken a knee." He should have said, "I screwed up."

[@MJ-qx2xw]

Great take!! 👏🏻🙌🏻

[@di114n2]

Why the hell wasn’t Miami playing prevent defense on the last pass as well . That’s another coaching decision that made absolutely no sense. I’d be shocked if this doesn’t cause Miami to lose several more games . Locker room has no trust in their head coach anymore

[@ijustwanttonap]

People will criticize this take but it's real. Coaches lose teams for a reason and that reason is usually on the coaches. How can you not question them? A player works their tail off putting in an insane amount of time and work only to have your coach throw a game away. And then not own it! Heck yeah some of those players might mail it in.

[@veryinteresting591]

Unreal

[@scottkurtzman7248]

I believe this 3rd and 10 play with 33 odd seconds left in the game was for Don Chaney who has been hurt for almost 2 years (some pretty severe injuries) and was a local HS star, and had 99 yards rushing prior to this play. I believe that was the motivation to run Chaney on 3rd down so that he would have 1 game of over 100 yards rushing in his career. A feel good story for a Miami HS superstar and by all accounts a very respected player on the team. Then a 1 in a 1000 series of very strange circumstances occurred. A marginal fumble call, (to me Chaney's elbow was clearly down prior to the strip of the ball. It was a bang bang call but to me Slow Motion it clearly showed that Chaney was down prior to the ball being dislodged.) Then 2 poor plays by the DB's. The first play the Miami DB was going for an INT, he misjudged the poorly thrown ball, instead of a batting it down. The second was the WR somehow got behind the Safety when the QB ran out of the pocket. I think the Safety lost track of the WR for a split second and the rest is history. In any event, this series of events should not have happened. This was Miami's game to win! Trying to do a nice thing for the respected RB, and a series of outlier events, cost us this Game. Lets see how this team responds against UNC and Clemson, we will see how mentally tough this team is and how it responds to adversity.

[@teifaf6036]

Thanks for the context of why they were running Chaney. It's incredible how no one points this out.

[@barrone71]

That’s also called bad coaching. You don’t prioritize an individual stats over what the best decision is to win the game. What? We’re they going to throw a parade for Chaney had he gone over 100 yards?

[@teifaf6036]

@@barrone71 Yes for sure. Very dumb thing to do. I'm just saying that no one in the media is pointing out this important tidbit that explains the decision, as dumb as it may have been.

[@bk6555]

​@teifaf6036 Why would the media highlight and glorify dumb decisions? The kid could perhaps get a 100 yd game some other time, they still have 6 more games left.

[@teifaf6036]

@@bk6555 LMAO! Oh, I don't know, maybe its called reporting and doing your job??? With everyone wondering why the hell they didnt take a knee, dont you think that would be worth mentioning???

[@shawnandrews329]

Josh is 100% right. Everything is in front for Miami. There's just no margin for error. We are a wounded dog. On Saturday, we'll either be put down or come out attacking. I'm betting on the latter. All the hurt is going to be taken out on UNC.