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18 Feb 2013

Canes Update

I’ve been busy recently, sorry for the lack of updates.

Some big news for the Canes

Despite recent struggles on the road, the Canes have ascended to #2 in the nation in College Basketball. An ugly defensive showing in FSU’s house almost lead to an upset, and awful offense in Little John led to a narrow Miami W against Clemson. Miami returns home for a bit, where they (hopefully) will get back to full health and energy.

New TE coach/Assistant Head Coach, Mario Cristobal, is gone, after only a month. He left to take the OL job at Bama, and he will serve as an Assistant Head Coach their. This was probably a recruiting move made by Bama, Cristobal knows South Florida inside out.

NCAA Football: UL Monroe at Florida International

Mario Cristobal appeared to have FIU uprising until a surprising 3-9 season

More news on the Miami-NCAA mess. If you’ve been trying to keep up with the NCAA’s investigation of itself, today they announced these findings:

    • Knowingly circumvented legal advice to engage Nevin Shapiro’s criminal defense attorney.
    • Violated the internal NCAA policy of legal counsel only being retained and monitored by the legal staff.
    • Paid insufficient attention to the concern that engaging the criminal defense attorney could constitute an inappropriate manipulation of the bankruptcy process.
    • Did not sufficiently consider the membership’s understanding about the limits of the enforcement staff’s investigative powers.
    • Did not violate a specific bylaw or law.

    Additionally, the report found:

    • Enforcement leadership exercised insufficient oversight of the engagement of the criminal defense attorney.
    • The legal and enforcement staffs took appropriate action to rectify the situation once they realized select enforcement
Posted by jakekess in Basketball, Football, Today in the ACC
24 Jan 2013
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Great 24 hours for the Miami Hurricanes

Why is it a great day as a Cane?

Yesterday, at 12:oo PM, the NCAA discovered improper conduct in its investigation against Miami. Many people are speaking out against the NCAA, could the NCAA just drop the case overall?  It is now investigating itself. The NOA (Notice of Allegations) is not expected anytime soon.

A few hours later The Canes pulled off one of the greatest upsets in College Basketball history. Miami was a heavy underdog against Duke, but just beat the ranked #1 Blue Devils 90-63. Durand Scott scored 25 points for Miami, and Kenny Kadjishot  added 22. Shane Larkin had 10 rebounds, and dropped 18 points. Julian Gamble also got 10 rebounds. But one of the big stories of the night was Reggie Johnson’s unexpected return. Although he scored just 2 point, his 5 rebounds in just 16 minutes really fueled the Canes. It was one of the biggest losses ever suffered by a number one team and  the first time Miami has beat a team ranked 1 in College Basketball.

This morning, James Coley, Florida State’s Offensive Coordinator, accepted a job offer from Miami at the same position. Not really a surprise, Miami will give him a chance to call the plays. FSU, didn’t, Head Coach Jimbo Fisher called the plays when he was at FSU

The only time Coley has actually called plays, was at FIU in 2007, FIU went 1-11 that year and finished dead last in scoring offense, they averaged just 15.5 ppg. Although this is attributed to the lack of talent FIU had at the time, we won’t know until next year if he’s a capable play caller. On a more positive note, Coley is praised as an elite recruiter though. Only time will tell if this is a good hire.

Posted by jakekess in Basketball, Football, Game Review and tagged , , ,
19 Jan 2013

Canes update: January 19, 2013

Jedd Fisch is apparently, gone. Yup, the Jacksonville Jaguars offered him a position as OC. Fisch led one of the most potent offenses’ in the ACC last season, so the Golden will spend much time looking for a viable replacement.

The Hurricanes will be returning Brandon Linder, Curtis Porter, and Seantrel Henderson. Probably a good thing for both sides.

Seantrel Henderson and Curtis Porter were injured for most of their careers at Miami. But, they have shown flashes of talent.

Brandon Linder played inconsistently at times, but overall, one of the best Gaurds in the ACC, and was on many ALL-ACC lists.

Curtis Porter has just started 3 games in his entire career, and has played in 15 overall. He has 24 total tackles.

Meanwhile, Seantrel Henderson was a top recruit coming out of High School. He was orignally committed to USC, but when USC recieved sanctions, he decommitted and came to Miami. Many people expected him to leave because of Miami’s oncoming sanctions. But he surprisingly decided to stay. Although he just started 7 games at Right Tackle this season, he was also mentioned on many All-ACC lists. Overall, this helps Miami out very much.

If Linder and Henderson left, Miami would be short on depth on the Offensive Line. Returning Portis helps a struggling Defensive Line.  Disregarding injury, it would be very surprising if they didn’t improve draft stock.

In other news, The Canes downed Maryland in an ugly, Defensive battle. Trey McKinney Jones (12 pts, 8 rebs, 7 assists), Kenny Kadji (14 pts) and Julian Gamble (4 blocks, 9 rebs) led the Canes to their first 3-0 start in ACC play. The last time the Canes started 3-0 in conference play? 1998, in the Big East. But, the highlight of the night was probably this missed dunk by McKinney.

Stephen Ross and the Dolphins are looking to renovate Sun Life Stadium. If the proper funding happens, Sun Life Stadium, may become as enjoyable to watch games in as the Orange Bowl was. Quote from Stephen Ross about this “Our intention is to make Sun Life Stadium a world-class facility that is competition-ready for Super Bowls, college football championships, and global soccer events, as well as providing a better environment to watch the Dolphins, Hurricanes and Orange Bowl every year, I think our planned modernization will maintain the special outdoor flavor of Miami, while giving us the look of the best stadiums around the world.”

Finally, the Canes are expecting the NCAAs NOA (Notice of Allegations) sometime this week. Al Golden expects no surprises. It seems as if the worse the NCAA could do would be a one year bowl ban, 3 years of scholarship reductions and 4 years of probation. The case wasn’t nearly as big as expected, as the NCAA had a hard time proving anything.

Posted by jakekess in ACC only, Basketball, Football, Game Review

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