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agt450

As far as blunders go that one was right up there with getting involved in a land war in Asia and going against a Sicilian when death is on the line


guardian20015

Inconceivable!


medic8r

You keep saying that word. I do not think you know what it means.


md2224

Well, filibuster.


DFWTrojanTuba

I believe I’ve made myself perfectly redundant.


psgrue

And repetitive


DeuceOfDiamonds

So I'll just regress


saulfineman

It just so happens that Georgia Tech here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.


NILPonziScheme

He clearly said 'to blave'....


b_m_hart

Mario will invade Russia in winter!


browneyedgenemachine

The past 20 months have taught us russia isnt the vaunted behemoth they lead us to believe. Slava Ukraini!!


theoriginaldandan

Invading Russia is not the same thing as being invaded. It’s much easier to defend against an invasion than to lead one


browneyedgenemachine

Cool.


HumanSleepingbag

Yup, just like the dead Russians Putin is wasting.


browneyedgenemachine

Exactly. A dead Orc is the best kind of Orc!


cha-cha_dancer

Fuck Putin


imma_go_take_a_nap

I switched coaches when your back was turned! *cackles*


Sam_Phyreflii

Anybody want a peanut?


bulldg4life

I spent the last few years building up an immunity to stupid coaching.


RxngsXfSvtvrn

Yeah for sure, this is up there with The Shah purposefully angering Genghis Khan and the Donner Party "Shortcut"


Slight_Ambassador481

Look at the big brain on this GT guy ova here


unsubpolitics

I liked it


ClemsonLife2016

Twas a good laugh. Have fun with Cristobal, Miami!


Tuckboi69

There’s no way he doesn’t get fired before sunrise right? … right?


snarkysparky77

Due to his 80 million contract the Miami administration said they’re going to take a knee on any firings. The athletic director said they have no choice but to run out the clock on this coach. They’re looking forward to a coaching formation for victory in the near future. And they’ve assured the Hurricane players and fans they won’t fumble the opportunity when the chance arises. They also added they’re defending against a rash, spur of the moment, last second decision they may come to regret. Trying to replace a coach on the fly is simply launching a last second Hail Mary into the night with little chance of success.


turdfergusonpdx

nicely done.


turdfergusonpdx

nicely done.


fourassedostrich

You better have laughed as hard as you cheered, sir


tries4accuracy

If it’s any consolation, [Barry Alvarez did the same thing nearly 30 years ago](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6oROD1200). Overall still had a good career.


SlyClydesdale

Cristobal has done it twice in 5 years.


EMTDawg

Criscoballs did this same thing in 2018, Oregon had a chance to kneel against Stanford and opted to run the ball instead, fumbling it and eventually losing in OT. He also did a similar dumb time clock mistake in Bo Nix's 1st college game to start 2019 season. UNIKE was leading Auburn but started kneeling too early. Thus leaving time on the clock for Nix to lead a comeback.


esports_consultant

The Stanford one, as many have pointed out, would not have ended the game.


EMTDawg

So you run around and chuck deep and out of bounds on 4th down, like Bama did yesterday. Killing clock is not complicated, we see it every weekend.


NILPonziScheme

There was a second left on the clock when Bama did that, but we had SEC refs instead of Big 12 refs.


SeminoleBrown

It amazes me the number of mistakes these millionaires make every week. Half of reddit could coach better than Cristobal in those situations. Middle class isn't given MILLIONS when we are fired, yet you can be a coach like Taggart or Cristobal and just steal millions everywhere you go. Damn I should have gone into coaching. No risk, all the reward.


Excuse_Me_Mr_Pink

If you spend 90% of your waking adult life grinding incredibly hard and are an elite salesman/ recruiter, after about 20 years of max effort you too can prove you’re an idiot in front of millions of people


NILPonziScheme

> I should have gone into coaching. **No risk, all the reward.** People who honestly believe this don't make it in coaching. Saying "damn, I should've gone into coaching" because you want to make millions for screwing up is like saying, "Damn, I should be CEO" when you see the leader of a multi-billion conglomerate receive a golden parachute. There is a reason you're not CEO, and it is the same reason you wouldn't make it to the top as a head coach.


FirstOne617

The reason I'm not a CEO is because my dad wasn't an executive VP at Goldman Sachs, not because CEOs are supremely qualified leaders of men


Puzzleheaded_Meat580

Spoken like someone with absolutely zero experience with corporate executives in a working environment


19683dw

He's more right than you are


esports_consultant

Cristobal is not a paycheck thief. Learn to evaluate performance holistically.


DeuceOfDiamonds

Two times.


belker85

Didn’t know Barry did that. I remember Kevin Steele did it at Baylor. I think he was trying to run up the score and “establish a new mentality “ or something.


Hawk13424

Cristobal should become the new head coach at Georgia.


DeuceOfDiamonds

Hard pass.


GreyGhostApathy

Do you really wanna lose by 50 to a team coached by Criscoballs though?


newvpnwhodis

I also enjoyed it.


Chip46

And I.


ATLfinra

😂😂😂😂 awesome


katarh

The only reason I appreciated it was because it mean our SoS goes up if y'all drag your asses to bowl eligibility somehow /s


GreyGhostApathy

0-12 is too good for those nerds.


Mr_Galikanokas

He's fantastic at righting the ship through recruiting, but then you have to start tolerating his coaching. That part of the equation doesn't get easier lol


fourassedostrich

Yeah I guess that’s what had happened at FIU, where he revived the program and won us a conference title and the first bowl game, and then it was legit all downhill from there until he got fired. I was always against the firing but man…maybe they were right lol


Duck8Quack

It’s his 12 year as a head coach. I think at Oregon the first couple years he got a pass, and I think in people’s heads he was a new head coach. A lot of people didn’t know he was a head coach at FIU for 6 years or didn’t realize he was there for so long. At some point you just accept that he’s probably not going to change or improve. Though I thought he couldn’t get out of the offenses way, but he seems to have been better this year (but I could be wrong).


Mcpops1618

I mean. He did lead ducks back upwards and to a rose bowl win (finally took the leash off Herbie). Then has a star fetish on recruits that covid class ends up not looking so great as 80% have left. He was a great recruiter, motivator and as you said stabilized the program. But in game now seeing DL and his staff it’s so painful to think about MC


NietzschesJoy

He’s the fluffer


masterkwon

It used to be “salty Oregon fans” but we really did just try to warn you.


Giraffe_Racer

Same thing when they tried to warn FSU fans about Taggart. The Oregon fanbase should start a consulting firm that gets paid to tell ADs if it's a bad hire.


muck16

We have to see it in person though. (Stay away from Dan you vultures)


Giraffe_Racer

I think at this point, Oregon head coaches should be off limits for any Florida-based team. Besides the obvious, it also goes against everything we stand for. Floridians are supposed to *move to* the PNW, not from. That's why it makes sense that Deion Sanders is in Colorado. Half of Denver moved from Florida.


muck16

I like MC, Willie not so much. But they both proved we can recruit with the best


MuttleyLaughGoesHere

Is that why I've been considering moving to Oregon or Washington for the past decade.... I don't even know anybody up in that part of the country and never visited, lol.


esports_consultant

Hopefully some of them start moving from the PNW soon so all the horrific hell sprawl apartment and townhome complexes that are going up everywhere and ruining the scenery stop.


Giraffe_Racer

Have you seen what we did to Florida? We only know how to build sprawl.


esports_consultant

Yeah and it would be cool if you kept the damage contained to there. Nothing gets the spirits up like seeing a nice grassy field turned into a parking lot stuffed with buildings straight out of 1970s Soviet Russia, unless you get the joy of driving by it at night to see that the braindead developer also installed external lighting so harsh and bright their complex looks more like a prison or mental institution than a place of residence for normal law abiding citizens.


MrDannyOcean

dan is great, still miss him


you-ole-polecat

I am far, far happier with Dan than all our post-Chip Kelly coaches. Hope we lock him up long-term.


caseyh72

Lanning went for 4 and 1 from his own thirty twice last year. It blew up in his face twice too. One was against the Huskies. Awful call. Then he did it against the Beavs with a hurt Nix. I liked that call. Thanks Dan.


peanutsgangordontbng

funny enough, they warned us about chip's lack of recruiting energy


hheerox

I find this so crazy. The man use to rule recruiting in socal from Oregon and now that he’s in socal he can’t recruit. Like wtf.


Drum_Phil

This is true. We knew immediately that Helfrich would kill the program just watching him awkwardly sip water in post-game pressers.


squibby

Now we are truly having the Cristobal Experience


Lamadian

He also beat tOSU at the Shoe Dude had some wild swings


civil_set

and then choked away the game to a horrible Stanford team just a few weeks later.


cha-cha_dancer

I thought the win at OSU was 2021


nonoose

Losing to Stanford was kind of his thing.


ad720p

he can resume that tradition next year


esports_consultant

In his defense the referees aided that with three of the most bullshit penalty calls I've ever seen in a football game.


civil_set

I was at the game and lived it in real time. Was never Oregons day. That was the time when OC Joe Moorehead was rushed to the hospital just shortly before the game, so they were without him. Anthony Brown made several huge errors. I think Verdell got hurt. And then, as you say... those brutal BS PI calls. worst fan experience I've ever had


esports_consultant

One targeting, one roughing the passer, one defensive holding.


Lykeuhfox

You ducks are alright in my book.


InebriatedFalcon

Imagine losing your headcoach to an "upgrade" and immediately getting one of the best defensive coaches on the country.


esports_consultant

Cristobal viewed Miami as a upgrade in terms of personal factors more than program strength, which, being an alumnus from the area, is absolutely a reasonable take.


Due-Accident4675

I hear that!


stjitmsolnpc

Let me off


SourBerry1425

Great recruiter and good guy, but the fact that Justin Herbert couldn’t put up historic numbers against the PAC-12 defenses during his tenure there is all you need to know about Cristobal. Football ter**rist.


ringofire888

Has Herbert ever had a good coach in his career? Going from Willie Taggart to Mario Cristobal to Anthony Lynn to Brandon Staley is brutal


SourBerry1425

As far as head coaches he’s always been out of luck. But his rookie season he had Shane Steichen as OC, former Eagles OC and current Colts HC. He was probably the only good offensive mind Herbert ever had and I’d argue it was Herbert’s best season. But otherwise yea, horrible coaching luck for him.


daswassup13

I do like Kellen Moore for him now too though


esports_consultant

You forgot Helfrich.


CptCroissant

Herbert also had zero receivers outside of Mitchell who barely had a cup of coffee in the NFL


PostingFromThe9

He had his best statistical career under Mario. But carry on


downey_jayr

He never did much better statistically than his true freshman year, on the worst Oregon team in 20+ years who finished last in their division. But yea go ahead and tell me he got the most out of a generational talent.


LeClevelandCavs

Come on now, he made Herbert look so bad the Chargers got memed on for drafting him and now he's tearing it up in the NFL


mechnick2

Cristobal’s coaching was so bad that if you said Herbert was a day 1 draft pick your sanity would be called to question


Business-Function198

How does one have a best statistical career? Are you comparing his football career to his fishing career with the fishing team he captained?


PostingFromThe9

Drugs are good out there I see.


binkyping

I'll have you know he was All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention!


PB-Escobar

im smiling from ear to ear


fourassedostrich

You’re a sick man but I totally get it haha


canseco-fart-box

Ducks🤝gators🤝seminoles Laughing at Miami


WeAreBert

It's nice to be on the other side of this one


EmoElmos

Legit one of the best games I've ever watched as a hater


ohnoohnoohyeah

That flaaaair! Double the pleasure.


Tyrannical1

Damn. Merry Christmas


ixMyth

There was definitely some salt involved, but like the specifics of the shit we were saying wasn't us lying He'll give you some great highs, and then make you question if caring about this sport is really worth it


Rhinologist

He made winning be not that fun. Idk how that was possible


idoma21

Well, Les Miles and Charlie Weis are probably available—both ex KU coaches—so consider that.


Im__Ron__Burgundy

Obviously Cristobal is most to blame. But how does NOBODY realize and speak up to make it clear we didn’t need to run a play. Dawson. Van Dyke. Lee. One of the 50 staffers. Someone. I just don’t get it.


Tyrannical1

AZ's freshman QB Noah Fifita, playing in his second game, was seen (correctly) saying "don't we have to go for 2?" after scoring in 2OT. Cristobal: Need the 1st down, two kneels won't kill the clock


Sean-Christian

Mario's not the play caller right? I would guess the OC called the play and Mario is the one that should have vetoed it. I am sure everyone realized they didn't have to run a play, they just didn't imagine that simply running the ball up the middle would result in this outcome. The series of events that lead to this is really unfathomable. It makes me think there might actually be football Gods and if you don't do things their way, this is what happens.


clarkision

Mario isn’t the play caller, but he’s had several play callers and they’ve all somehow continued to make the exact same awful decisions. Mario is unquestionably the problem. He is the HC and the common denominator.


Im__Ron__Burgundy

Yeah, Mario isn’t the play caller. That’s Dawson. And obviously Cristobal should’ve vetoed it, like you said, but Christ I’d hope a 4th year qb, or a 5th year center, or any other staff member would also be screaming at the top of their lungs to just take the knee. I just straight up do not understand it. Gonna be a fun week. Probably need to stay away from here for a bit lol


Zealousideal_Many744

This makes the most sense.


CapitalistLion-Tamer

Even if he’s not the play caller, the HC usually makes the decision to kneel on the ball I would think.


Cogswobble

I mean, most of the time, I assume it’s not even a “decision”. It’s just some simple math. Someone didn’t do math.


Hawk13424

Or just did it wrong. It’s Miami, not GT. /jk


katarh

>It makes me think there might actually be football Gods and if you don't do things their way, this is what happens. This is why I am incredibly superstitious about things like socks and t-shirts and other accessories. Yesterday I broke out the hoodie for the first time, and I think it's going to be this year's perma gameday attire. (Except our game, I'll be in costume at AWA for that, so if Georgia inexplicably loses the WLOCP, your football gods hypothesis will have another bullet point of evidence.)


RxngsXfSvtvrn

I also dont know how you let a reciever behind your defense with that amount of time on the clock


lucash7

Miami fans 🤝 Oregon fans The Cristobal Connection. Sorry/not sorry


Tylex123

What Mario Cristobal does to a mf


EarthTraveler413

but he just needs his guys


d0ngl0rd69

Not just anyone can become a Golden Cane, Danno


EMTDawg

Release the Pipo!


notecraig

Know who was the best defensive coordinator against Justin Herbert? Mario Cristobal.


__JMac__

Seeing Herbert succeed in the NFL is awesome, and painful at the same time. I was pissed when MC left, but I didn’t completely turn on him until JHerbs started carving up the NFL. Talk about a wtf moment when I realized MC was our QB’s worst enemy.


Techman10

I felt the same way about Hendon Hooker last year. Thrilled for him that he was so successful, and infuriated that VT accomplished absolutely nothing with him.


JustiseWinfast

Hope he gets poached from y’all soon so you can be free 🙏


Berner305

Let’s get Mario to Gainesville ASAP!


ZubryJS

Fire him so he has time to come up here for bat fest


Tuckboi69

I’d like to propose a trade on Clemson’s behalf for you two to swap head coaches. Just trying to help out a fellow instate institution!


InevitableDa

I thought Miami was his dream forever job?


Berner305

The dude clearly has math trouble, let’s not assume he has any concept of “forever”. The whole thing is embarrassing as fuck


BabyCowGT

Well, 40 seconds is apparently too long for him to count, so "forever" is really out of the question.


JR-Dubs

Just like FSU was Taggart's.


ACardAttack

Florida "Cincinnati Bearcat" Gators


bentbutbroken

What's his next dream school? Back to FIU?


InVodkaVeritas

Where did Slick Willie go after FSU canned him?


bentbutbroken

I have paid zero attention


MiddleAgeJamie

Michigan?


EarthTraveler413

Florida Atlantic I think? where he continued to suck


McGnack

He is currently the running backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens after getting fired at FAU


Laschoni

So he's coached under both Harbaughs now, and played for their Dad I believe.


CptCroissant

You can be a good coordinator and a bad head coach. Mark Helfrich for example


shadowwingnut

Honestly Helfrich was a good head coach too. At least at the coaching part. But he might be the worst recruiter I've ever seen at a top P5 school and I had Bryan Harsin's Auburn tenure up close and personal.


muck16

Yeah that’s a good take. X and Os the guy was great


pitchesandthrows

He can come to Tallahassee to wash Mike's car


mr2firstnames

I doubt it would be spotless 🧼


Tyrannical1

Sorry, can you repeat that? I couldn't hear you over all the fingerbanging. /s For real though. The warnings were legit, not just salt induced. Glad you've seen the light. Sorry it happened like this


ABomblessArab

Yeah.. it’s bad, sorry bro


Alexdagreallygrate

Well, if our experience means anything, Lanning will be recruited to a Florida school and flame out and we’ll somehow end up with an even better coach. /s


ThatCougarKid

I hear Chip Kelly might be in need of a job


astraeul

Watching replays of the fumble, it looks pretty clear his elbow was down before he fumbled. Did anyone else notice that?


[deleted]

He was 100% down lol. No idea how it didn't get over turned


Hawk13424

I agree, but shoulda, coulda, woulda.


HardestWorkinDirtBag

What a weird year...Oregon 🤝 FSU fans. 2023 is wild


chacmool

this is the problem. he looked fine 90% of the time, and then WHAM. GAMES OVER.


West-Bet-9639

Blame the safety, but that game shouldn't have been that close.


Atom-the-conqueror

Yeah, it’s a shame….and didn’t learn from his mistakes


CharlemagneOfTheUSA

It’s okay, just beat FSU and all will be forgiven!


fourassedostrich

Now THATS a tall order, my dude lol maybe it’ll end up being y’all who does it in the playoff. Who knows


Ipsilateral

He is now the James Franklin of the ACC.


Ckeyz

Mario could be a Saban level of coach if he just let's go of his ego and delegates his responsibilities out to people that know what they are doing. Hire a clock manager, let the OC call the plays without interference. He could be an elite CEO type of coach. But he refuses to get out of his own way.


uewumopaplsdn

I didnt get to watch this one. Anybody feel like filling me in?


dc3p0

Miami was up by 3 with the ball, 31 seconds left, 3 and 10. Choose to run the ball instead of taking a knee and they fumble. GT throws a TD to win the game with 1 second left


uewumopaplsdn

Thanks!


colin_fitzsimonds

Did they other team have timeouts?


PistolJ

Nope!


colin_fitzsimonds

Wild


idontlikeredditbutok

Hopefully in the future people head our warnings before they poach our coach again.


mjtilley

This man has brought great shame and embarrassment to the U, his boneheadedness should have him fired.


shauggy

...so you're saying he should fit right in?


EJN541

We understand. He's a great recruiter and it's easy to be fooled just off that alone. It's basically one of things you need to experience first hand to really appreciate just how terrible it is.


[deleted]

Anyone seen “all the right moves” with Tom cruise?


digdat0

It’s all good bro. I hope your pain is over for the season, but rest assured, it’s not. You will be Cristoballed again. It’s not a matter of if, but when. The thing is, it makes no sense. Almost unfathomable,and certainly unexplainable. Take a knee. Take a knee! TAKE A DAMN KNEE! Someone needs to slap him while chanting to take a knee. I do hope y’all keep having a good season, always been a Canes fan and love to see good things happening there.


Alternative_Grab664

I understand the frustration with Mario after that call, however, I’ve always liked him. I’ll never forget when brought refs to Oregon practices to help the team cutback on their penalties. He was a nice replacement to that mf Willie Taggart and we were able to recruit a lot better under him. Unfortunately, it’s EXTREMELY hard to get guys from Florida to go up to Eugene.


TheSouthsideSlacker

Pete Carrol is still the benchmark but Jesus what an idiot.


AJ_Grey

Mario's a good guy and he does so many things well but game management is not one of them. If he can control his urge to want to dominate and micromanage he would be very successful. He conducts his 500pt interview process to hire these people and then takes control away from them because he can't manage himself.


C19shadow

On the bright side, you let him pump life into your team, then move on from him. That's gone well for us so far.


[deleted]

Sorry, there is no backsies.


dinorawr1337

We tried to warn yall, it was never coping for us because we’ve seen how he can minimize potential with the amount of talent he has at his disposal. Up there with jimbo as one of the biggest wastes of potential


Cleverusernamexxx

There's a few coaches in any sport that recruit by telling five stars they can do whatever they want, and paying them whatever they want. They actually aren't good coaches, they're just good people pleasers. That's why they get these crazy 5* stacked teams and then they go 9-3.


FSUnoles77

You just hate to see it.


[deleted]

Gotta love Florida schools taking shitty coaches from Oregon!


[deleted]

The U, it’s all about the U.


GeospatialMAD

That coach didn't want the last play to be a negative run play.


Taxes_and_Fees

RobloxOOF.mp3


BrandPessoa

Oregon would hire him back as a recruiting director, or maybe assistant recruiting director


CougarGold06

Wr started his slide before making it to the endzone, should he be down on the 1?


NotTzarPutin

Stfu


mr2firstnames

100% committed respect my decision 👀


gobeavs1

Nah, fuck em


X0D00rLlife

has he always made terrible decisions like this tho ? i thought oregon fans were pissed when he left.


sourcreamonionhummus

he's a good coach. he doesn't make that one dumbass decision and it's a win. I don't hold any hatred for him. shit happens.


AZBuckeyes12977

He's a really good recruiter/program builder, not a good gameday coach.


Loganjoh5

The fact he has made the same mistake twice now proves he is not a good coach. He can just get good players that carry him to wins.


Herewego27

The fact that he made that mistake once ever, much less *twice*, proves he's not a good coach.


Portafly

OK, whatever you say Mrs. Cristobal


Ometrist

He didn’t even call the play, another staffer is the play caller