Miami OC Dan Enos 'very, very disappointed' in freshman QB Jarren Williams after Florida loss
The Miami Hurricanes started freshman QB Jarren Williams on Saturday night against Florida, watching as he got sacked 10 times in a 24-20 loss.
However, he managed not to turn the ball over, throwing for 214 yards and a touchdown while completing 19 of his 30 pass attempts.
Still it wasn’t good enough for Miami OC Dan Enos. Enos ripped his young quarterback in comments made on Monday (via the South Florida Sun-Sentinel):
“The first thing is, basically, I grade the guys on either you played well enough for us to win or you didn’t,” Enos said. “And he did not. He did not play well enough for us to win the football game. That’s first and foremost.
“We left a lot of plays on the field. Jarren left a lot of plays on the field. I was very, very disappointed from that standpoint. He did do some good things, but very inconsistent with his pocket posture, very inconsistent with his eyes — watching the rush at times, missing throws and very uncharacteristic of how he had practiced leading up to that.”
Miami’s offensive line didn’t exactly give Williams time to get comfortable, what with the aforementioned 10 sacks and all. Still, Enos — who may have been watching a different game — thought the Hurricanes played well enough to win:
“We just have got to get him to do that from a play-to-play basis,” Enos said, “but it was frustrating from an offensive standpoint because we felt like our team played well enough to win and we didn’t hold up our end of the bargain. Certainly, very disappointed there.”
Williams should have plenty of time to improve, but with these strong comments made by Enos, his confidence may be shot before he has a chance to succeed.
There you go again, Adam. Soft, soft, soft.
If Williams’s confidence is shot because of some tough coaching that’s meant to make him mentally stronger, than he shouldn’t be a starting QB. Period.
I’m assuming you enjoy when your boss slams you in front of all your co-workers. You probably would get tougher if he did it in front of thousands of people. It wasn’t really that bad but a coach shouldn’t disparage a player publicly like that. A great coach would have stated he should have done a better coaching. I never remember Kirby throwing a player under the bus like that. Kirby=great coach. Enos=I did what I was supposed to so it’s the players fault.
That’s not what Enos said or did, but okay.
Yeah, instead of slamming him in front of his co-workers he just slammed him in front of the entire Miami fan base and the entire country. That’s not how you toughen up a player.
Well corchs an idiot so he doesn’t understand
Your not very smart are you. Tough coaching is behind the scenes. This is not tough coaching. This is coach who failed at his job so he blames the young kid. I really hope the head coach has a sit down with this dumb ass and explains things to him.
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You’re an idiot this is a sports page not an English paper no one cares about small grammatical errors
This is a sports page. No one cares that you don’t like the fact that he corrected his mistake. You’re the idiot. You probably think Franks is a good QB and the gators are actually going to do something this season.
You probably think Missouri is a good football program
Lol you’re an idiot and probably think Missouri has a good football program
I think their line deserves the majority of the blame here
I agree
I don’t think Enos was off the charts wrong about playing well enough to win. That missed chip shot came back to bite them. The stupid int. would have given Miami the ball inside a tying fog range instead of having to get a td.
I was actually more impressed with Williams than I thought I was going to be. He didnt play perfect by any stretch, but he was under pressure and running for his life the entire game. His offensive line are the ones who need some tough coaching right now. Miami looked like the may have some real play makers, but it wont matter if that line doesnt get it together, quickly.
The kid clearly has no idea how to throw the ball away, consistently taking 2, 3, 4 yard losses instead of throwing out of bounds. Several times he had open running lanes, but stayed in the pocket and got sacked. Over half of the sacks were his fault, not his O-line. I’m surprised they didn’t pull him in the 3rd quarter, I would have.
As usual your “analysis” is way off and you sound like a moron.
This shows the difference between a good and experienced coach like Mullen and a rookie coach like Diaz who allows his OC to go off like an idiot in public.
Mullen will take care of all the miscues in practice and in private and did not throw any of his players under the bus. Something you criticized about him after the game. Which again shows what a moron you are
And I’m very very disappointed with Enos for ripping a young man to the public like that. Fix mistakes in house. No wonder Enos never stays with any team for very long.
Highly disagree with his ENOS. I don’t see how he believes they played good enough to win.Florida gave them two turnovers,one inside the 5 yard line.Nothing forced by Miami.Florida showed they just wasn’t ready to win and decided to throw an INT instead of running the clock out. Miami couldn’t turn turnovers into points.Your offense gave up 10 sacks and you bash your QB.Unbelievable.
Maybe had Enos adjusted his play calling to account for poor protection, and lack of time for throws down the field. This was his first start and I saw flashes from him, but Florida’s rush was too much, and not convinced that Martel would haves fared better. I think the whole offense might lose confidence in Enos.
Note that the only people who agree with Enos ripping a redshirt freshman playing in his first game against a much better team are UGA fans. The same ones who blame everyone but Fromm – including coaches, other players, officials etc. – when UGA loses, often with Fromm being unable to handle pressure, make plays downfield, convert critical downs in the 4th quarter and getting noticeably outperformed by the other QB. Note that they are fans of a program that has never had a legit Heisman contender at QB and have had two first round picks/longtime NFL starters at the position in 60 years (Fran Tarkenton and Matt Stafford) and their one national title in forever was by way of Buck Belue handing off to Herschel Walker 50 times a game plus making a desperation pass to Lindsay Scott where Scott did all the work. So yeah, this fanbase is a bunch of real experts with loads of experience on how to evaluate and mold star QBs.
Yep only the Georgia morons agree with Enos on this one, that’s one of the many reasons they are morons
I’m surprised you remembered to switch back from your other account “Unaffiliated”. LMAO.
JK this rambling UGA hate sounds way more like a GT fan than a Gator, and also explains why he’s hiding allegiance. Thats about 40 years of vitriol for someone who doesn’t pull for any specific team.
FWIW, the guy that made that comment is a well known for his dumb takes on UGA blogs as well – he certainly does not speak for UGA fans in general.
@ Dashlock Don’t know if your comment was meant for me but I have only one account. I don’t have a “rambling hate” for Georgia just used to responding to the several Georgia trolls who have infected the Gator articles. I do generalize with Georgia morons and such but don’t take it personally it only applies to the ususal suspects, too many to list hence the generalization
I’m surprised Enos did this, but I hope he has his reasons. We don’t know what was said elsewhere, but it’s still a surprise. The OLine for Miami was terrible. The fumbled punt return was terrible. The QB showed little to no pocket presence. He wasn’t ready for the Florida defense. That’s as much on Enos as anyone.
Very poor on the part of Enos. He’s selfish and wrong – looking to help himself for a head coaching job in the future. You don’t criticize a young player like that publicly. Do that away from the media and the cameras. Hopefully a lot of recruits saw that. I thought Jarren played well under extremely difficult circumstances in his first start vs a hated rival. I do think he’s their best option at QB.
Franks performed poorly with horrible decision-making – but Mullen praised what he did well publicly while acknowledging that there’s a LOT of work to be done – and it will be addressed in practice and in private. Penos is an idiot who’s just looking out for himself and his next stop. Maybe scUM will win some games vs their ZERO remaining ranked opponents this season, and then Penos can take credit if the offense does well. Sorry this young man ruined your offensive debut at scUM.
Very poor,,, Enos public comments were not helpful to the young QB in my opinion,,, hence we don’t see this happen often… The O-line performance was a major problem I thought,,,, where it goes from here will be interesting… And a side note,,, did Spurrier really mention Heisman candidate and Felipe Franks in the same sentence!!!!!
If anyone’s to blame it’s Enos obviously a rs freshman is going to struggle in his first start against an aggressive defense. Enos could have helped him out bumpy having a TE help pick up the pass rush to give his QB more time but he didn’t
Behind that crap O-Line and with Grantham blitzing, I thought the kid played well. Sure, he could have avoided a number of sacks. But the QB didn’t miss 4 tackles on a screen play or shank a very short field goal.
IMO, these comments are excessive. Enos should have taken some of the blame for not putting him in plays to be successful. The Miami coaching staff had to know their O-line was not up to par. I wouldn’t be surprised in Enos’ comments end up doing more harm than good.
However, I now understand why Kirby is the only UGA coach that talks to the press; one message.
Stupid Enos stuck his foot in mouth and now is getting his due blowback. I hope this negatively affects their recruiting so we can continue to dominate the State. Diaz should learn to shut up his assistant coaches.
Young and talented kid. Everyone thinks they just signed Trevor Lawrence but reality has to set in at some point. It is very rare that a Freshman is ready to lead their team. Tua and Fromm may have changed that perception a bit but you still never know how a freshman will react to the speed of the game. Sometimes you can do more harm than good by putting a QB in a position to fail.
Trevor Lawrence. Ha. Lawrence had a two-deep OL with an upperclassman who started the previous season at every position in the starting lineup. Lawrence also took over in game 4 against a bunch of unranked ACC teams, not in game 1 against a top 10 team with future NFL players all over that defense.
I didn’t watch the entire game – had chores et al – but I saw A LOT of good from that kid in the first half, which I did mostly see.
In the first series, Williams was taking two steps and firing the ball, and it was working. After that he tried to setup in the pocket, but there was no pocket. Enos should have given him plays were he could get rid of the ball in three steps or less.
I don’t know how making a public statement like this is going to help. If the kid is getting a big head, deflate it in private or at practice. You got to coach them up. That’s your job.
“In the first series, Williams was taking two steps and firing the ball, and it was working. After that he tried to setup in the pocket, but there was no pocket.”
Because after being called out for not adjusting to Miami’s gameplan by the announcers on national TV, Grantham adjusted and took it away. As it is a redshirt QB in his first game with a new OC and offense, their only option after Florida adjusted was to revert back to the basic stuff.
Seriously I hope every QB on this roster transfers in the offseason using the “hostile environment created by coach” excuse and gets waivers immediately. The new coaching staffs at Arizona and USC would love to have this kid. And in the conference both Syracuse and UNC would be happy to get him. UGA could even get him if Fromm jumps to the NFL. (Then again maybe not … bad idea.)
He probably yells at his kids for coloring outside the lines, too.
Florida begged Miami to win this game. QB played ok, however Tate Martell should have been put in that very last series. By high school comparison Martell has been in way more of these type situations then the starter. I’m not saying Martell should necessarily start, but he has more exposure to the pressure cooker.
18 year old kid. Hard to conceive a set of reasons why he would say this. If he was so let down why did he start him. He must of had a great camp up to game day. Dumb.