Miami Hurricanes offense subpar versus Power Five teams under Richt

In three seasons under Mark Richt, the Miami Hurricanes offense has been subpar against other teams from Power Five conferences.

Richt has been lauded as a quarterback guru and progressive offensive mind throughout his career as a collegiate football coach. That has not been the case in his two and a half seasons as the Miami Hurricanes Head Coach.

The Miami Hurricanes offense had fallen in the national rankings in games against other teams from Power Five Conferences in each of the last three seasons. University of Miami Sports Hall of Famer and former NFL player Randall Hill went to Twitter yesterday to ask Miami Hurricanes fans what the issues were.

Hill received 130 responses. The biggest responses revolved around the offense. The number one problem in fans minds is the play calling. After that was how he handled the quarterbacks and the offensive line. Some have questioned if Richt needs a better Offensive Coordinator and to relinquish the play calling.

In his three seasons leading the Miami Hurricanes football program, Richt’s offense has gone from ranked 50th in offense against Power Five Conference teams in his first season with Brad Kaaya at quarterback in 2016 to 66th with Malik Rosier taking the vast majority of snaps in 2017, to a nearly abysmal 85th this season.

Coaches and administrators preach how a program needs time to improve while a new coach implements his scheme and get the kind of players he wants to fit his system to make it work. Instead of improving, Miami’s offense has gotten worse over the last three seasons against Power Five teams.

Hill states that the issues are not that big and he wanted to hear from the fans. A lot of blame has gone around from the Hurricanes faithful. What needs to be done though? First, we have to figure out what the issues are. We know that the offense is producing at a worse level in the last three years, but what’s the problem.