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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, attacked since before it was born and facing a court challenge to its structure, may be dealt a death blow by the incoming Trump administration.
As an important consumer protection agency and the first domino in a line of regulatory agencies about to be pushed over by the deregulatory army heading to Washington, the CFPB needs to survive for the public good and your investment future.
I'll be showing you how fixing it and not killing it can make regulatory regimes across the United States more effective, less intrusive, and even profitable for you.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly about the CFPB…
Fighting the Good Fight
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has been constantly under attack over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ever since she was a law professor at Harvard University calling for the creation of the CFPB. She has continued to receive criticism in her role as special advisor for the CFPB when it was being written into the Dodd-Frank Act, and as the CFPB's biggest cheerleader since her election as a Senator in 2013.
A lot of Republicans and deregulatory zealots have attacked Warren and the CFPB as examples of government overreach.
They're not all wrong. There's a lot about the CFPB that needs to be fixed, in spite of all the good the Bureau has done.
Born out of the financial crisis that imploded banks betting the wrong way on "no-doc" and "liar loans" in subprime mortgage-backed securities and other egregious big bank money-grabbing schemes, the CFPB (part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in 2010) set new standards for the mortgage market and establishes necessary consumer safeguards.
The bureau's new rules make it mandatory that lenders verify borrowers' income and their ability to repay loans. Rules now make it harder to push exotic mortgages, including ones with "teaser" interest rates. Regulations are now in place simplifying the disclosures that borrowers receive when they take out a loan.
Last year the CFPB forced Citibank to pony up as much as $700 million in compensation to customers after accusing the giant bank of tricking consumers into buying unwanted credit card "add-ons" like identity-theft protection. In 2014, CFPB extracted a similar amount for similar violations perpetrated by of Bank of America.
The bureau has also gone after student loan servicers for overcharging beleaguered student borrowers, taken down credit card companies for charging undeserved fees, challenged payday lenders on their practices, and looked into lots of corners and dark rooms where consumer-fleecing schemes may be residing.
By the CFPB's own tally, it's generated more than $11.7 billion in "relief" for more than 27 million consumers.
It's even taken on the entire securities industry by proposing a set of rules prohibiting arbitration clauses in brokerage agreements that prevent class-action lawsuits.
In addition to writing new rules, the CFPB also has the authority to enforce those that are already on the books.
And that's where the bureau ran itself into a wall.
The Bureau's Bad Move
In 2014, the CFPB initiated a lawsuit against PHH, a New Jersey-based mortgage lender, claiming they illegally accepted kickbacks from mortgage insurers. The case was heard by an administrative judge who found PHH guilty and ordered a small sanction of $6.4 million.
That's when CFPB Director Richard Cordray took matters into his own hands, imposing a penalty of $109 million. Critics of Mr. Cordray's were furious at the overreach. The case was appealed.
Last October, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Mr. Cordray's interpretation was incorrect and the CFPB "violated bedrock due process principles" by applying its interpretation of the law retroactively.
The PHH verdict brought into question whether a statute of limitations applied to the CFPB's enforcement effort was illegal. The CFPB's position, according to the Wall Street Journal is, that "Congress didn't set a time limit for bringing administrative proceedings." The Appeals Court said the three-year limit applies to enforcement of the alleged kickback violations and that the CFPB didn't have a right to punish alleged conduct that took place before then.
But the most damaging aspect of the court's decision was its position on the very structure of the bureau.
Title X, the section of the Dodd-Frank Act that sets forth the bureau's formation, says a director will be appointed by the president, confirmed by the Senate, and the bureau then has the ability to "administer, enforce, and otherwise implement federal consumer financial laws, which includes the power to make rules, issue orders, and issue guidance."
However, the Appeals Court's opinion calls for the CFPB to be given presidential oversight, with a sitting president able to supervise, fire, and direct the head of the CFPB.
The current law only permits the president to remove the director for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office." The court found that clause to be unconstitutional, saying it relied on flawed reasoning that "[n]ever before has an independent agency exercising substantial executive authority been headed by just one person."
Critics allege agency's incorrect and egregious enforcement actions amount to a "bureaucratic end-run around the formal rule-making process – in effect, an unauthorized extension of the agency's reach that can't be fought via the usual political channels," according to the Journal.
The Ugly Future of Over-Deregulation
President-elect Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric about reducing regulations now puts the CFPB squarely in his deregulatory army's sights. There's no easier target to take down in the world of regulatory organizations than the CFPB now that a federal court has thrown it to the mat.
Taking down the CFPB is an opportunity for the new administration to show it means business.
But that would be the exact wrong message to send to the American people.
First, it wouldn't be easy to tackle the Bureau and try to eradicate it. The pushback from the public would taint the new administration immediately and set up a battle royale, not unlike the one President Obama faced over the Affordable Care Act.
What the new president should do is publically support the good work the CFPB has done, admonish it for its overreach, and establish appropriate checks and balances for its funding and oversight. Subjecting the bureau to bipartisan review makes sense, even though whichever party has control of Congress could exert their influence over the agency.
But that's no different than any other aspect of government and makes sense historically and constitutionally.
How the administration handles the CFPB at this juncture of its life will be an indication as to how the rest of the regulatory regimes, with their prudent protections and sometimes obvious overreach, will be streamlined or stalemated.
The American public shouldn't be for more regulation; we should all stand for transparent, prudent, simple, black and white regulations that safeguard us appropriately, punish lawbreakers quickly and severely, and clear a path for economic growth at the same time.
If we see the new administration streamline regulations while maintaining necessary protections, the investment landscape will look a lot smoother a lot sooner. If the wholesale slashing of necessary regulations becomes the order of the day, there'll be plenty of time to make money in the new Wild West, and even more time to ponder the destruction that would cause when markets implode again from too many schemers fleecing the public again and again.
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With Greg Olsen gone it's going to be interesting to see what happens at the tight end position. The only leftover tight ends on the roster from last year are Dedrick Epps, DajLeon Farr and Chris Zellner, and the Hurricanes didn't sign any tight ends in this year's recruiting class.
Zellner started at H-back last year and was supposed to be UM's secret weapon. But he suffered injury problems and never made much of an impact. He had eight catches for 31 yards.
Epps will look to break into the starting lineup this year after seeing spot duty off the bench last year as a true freshman. He's a very good route runner and should start making a bigger impact.
And Farr appears to be the guy who is most likely to be called upon to fill in for Olsen's departure. A junior, he only had three catches last year, but coaches have raved about his route running ability and hands.
It's imperative UM find a tight end threat during the spring to help take the pressure off a thin, inexperienced receiver corps and provide an outlet for Hurricane quarterbacks. Either Epps or Farr along with Zellner must begin stepping up in a big way starting with this spring's 15 practices.
If they don't step up, UM will be forced to use more three and four receiver formations.
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The only starter lost from last year on the offensive line was center Anthony Wollschlager, and the team has solid returners in Jason Fox, Derrick Morse, Reggie Youngblood and Andrew Bain.
Morse is trying center for the first time
But it appears a shift is in store for all but Bain, who will remain at guard.
Morse is trying his hand at center, and Fox is moving from right tackle to left tackle (where he played a few games last year when Youngblood was injured). Youngblood is expected to start the spring at right tackle. Chris Rutledge, who was a backup tackle last year, is expected to get the first chance to earn a starting spot at the guard position vacated by Morse.
Will the above be the right combination?
Based on past springs more shakeups will be in store. But, of course, that's what the spring is for: Experimenting to find a way to get the most out of your best five offensive linemen.
Another big question is the kind of impact new line coach Jeff Stoutland will have.
Cane players were very close with former line coach Mario Cristobal, and Stoutland must form the same kind of bond.
Along with the anticipated first teamers are several other players who hope to see significant action. One player who may be in line for a big step up in playing time is Christopher Barney, who took over at left tackle when Fox was injured against Virginia lsat year and did a good job. Tyrone Byrd, who never got past a preseason knee injury last year and spent the year on the bench, also hopes to work in.
Others trying to get on the field are Joel Figueroa, a mammoth of a man who redshirted as a true freshman last year; Matt Pipho, who is penciled in as the backup center for now; John Rochford, who is primarily used as a long snapper; Ian Symonette, who was poised to move into the two-deep last year as a true freshman before needing knee surgery; A.J. Trump, who was the heir apparent at center for Wollschlager but has been injury-plagued; and Cyrim Wimbs, who has not panned out in his career and will almost certainly be a backup.
The good news for this group is that Youngblood and Fox are entrenched as top performers. Fox performed incredibly well as a true freshman last year -- coaches went so far as to say he had a better year than Javarris James, but nobody noticed because he was on the line. That could be a reason he's getting a first look at the important left tackle spot.
Morse is a tireless worker, and Bain is steady but unspectacular. A big question is whether Morse can be successful snapping the football -- he's never played center before, including high school.
Still, with the current starting five surrounded by guys like Symonette and Byrd along with the three signee arrivals this summer, this could develop into a solid group.
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The traditional powerhouses of the Atlantic Coast Conference could easily dismiss Wake Forest's championship football season of a year ago as once-in-a-blue-moon fluke. They might fully expect the Deacons, who in 2006 won their first ACC championship in 36 seasons, to fall back into mediocrity.
But that wouldn't be wise. Some of the most powerful programs were once among college football's also-rans. Miami, Florida State and Virginia Tech need only to review their own histories.
Miami has won five national championships since 1983, but in a 12-year span from 1968-1979 the Hurricanes never posted more than six victories and endured nine losing seasons.
Florida State had managed four victories in three seasons and just two bowl victories in its history until Bobby Bowden arrived in 1976 and quickly transformed the Seminoles from dormant to dominant.
Virginia Tech has a current streak of 14 consecutive bowl appearances, but the Hokies enjoyed just three winning seasons in the '70s and endured four losing seasons in coach Frank Beamer's first six years in Blacksburg. The Hokies never won more than six games in that span.
While Virginia Tech had its fourth double-digit victory total in five seasons last year, Miami and Florida State struggled to 7-6 finishes.
However, if the Hurricanes and Seminoles settle their quarterback issues it's no stretch to a.ssume they can immediately climb back among the nation's elite.
They just shouldn't be surprised if Wake Forest is still there, too.
ACC Coastal Spring Capsules
Spring practice starting date: March 26
Spring game: April 21
Top returner: QB Thaddeus Lewis. Lewis had a strong freshman year, passing for 2,134 yards and 11 touchdowns and keeping the Blue Devils competitive in losses to Wake Forest, Miami and North Carolina. He passed for at least 284 yards in each of those games, but also threw four interceptions against Miami.
Player on the verge: CB Leon Wright. He had a respectable freshman season with 17 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble and is expected to make a bigger contribution in 2007.
Impact newcomer: TE Danny Parker. A true freshman, Parker was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com. He has good size and speed and can cause coverage mismatches.
The big question: Will there be much-needed improvement in the kicking game? Duke was last in the ACC in punting with a dreadful 30.4-yard average and last in field goals with 36.4 percent success rate (4 of 11). The Blue Devils might have beaten North Carolina and Wake Forest if their kicking game had been merely bad rather than horrendous.
Spring practice starting date: March 1
Spring game: No Spring Game
Top returner: RB Tashard Choice. The transfer from Oklahoma was an All-ACC second team selection last season. Choice is primed for another big year. He broke the 100-yard mark in the last seven games of '06 and led the conference with 1,473 yards. He also had 12 touchdowns.
Player on the verge: QB Taylor Bennett. He stepped in when Reggie Ball was declared ineligible for the Gator Bowl and passed for three touchdowns and 326 yards - Georgia Tech's highest yardage output since 2001. Not bad for a first start. Bennett is working with a new offensive coordinator, but he showed he can be an effective passer.
Impact newcomer: LB Anthony Barnes. Rated a three-star recruit in 2006 by Rivals.com, Barnes sat out a redshirt season but is a strong contender to gain a starting job at outside linebacker.
The big question: Can the Yellow Jackets come close to replacing Calvin Johnson's productivity? Johnson's departure to the NFL leaves a gaping hole at receiver. James Johnson, who caught 39 passes and scored seven touchdowns, returns, but no other receiver is proven. Sophomore Greg Smith, who had seven catches last year, will vie with redshirt Corey Earls, Demaryius Thomas and others for a starting job.
Spring practice starting date: March 6
Spring game: April 7
Top returner: DE Calais Campbell. The 6-8, 265-pounder had a breakout season as a sophomore with 10 sacks, 20 tackles for loss and 49 overall stops. He also forced a fumble and broke up three passes for good measure while becoming the only Miami defender to earn first team All-ACC honors. Though Miami struggled as a team last season the defense was still solid, ranking seventh nationally.
Player on the verge: WR Sam Shields. He had a solid freshman season with 33 catches for 400 yards and three touchdowns in 2006. He could be more productive this season, and may challenge Lance Leggett as the Hurricanes' top receiving threat this season.
Impact newcomer: RB Graig Cooper. A five-star recruit who averaged 12.5 yards per carry last season at Milford Prep, Cooper could share running duties with Javarris James. At the very least he could be the Hurricanes' next dangerous kick returner. Cooper rushed for 2,123 yards in 2005 as a senior at Melrose High School in Memphis.
The big question: Promoted to head coach, will Randy Shannon be able to restore the Hurricanes' attitude and aptitude? Last season the Hurricanes' swagger was accompanied by a stagger which was evident when they stomped on the Cardinal logo at Louisville and then were subjected to a 31-7 beatdown. Shannon was part of Miami national championship teams as a player and head coach, and hopes to lead the Hurricanes back to prominence after last year's 7-6 finish.
Spring practice starting date: March 19
Spring game: April 14
Top returner: WR Hakeem Nicks. He had a strong freshman season with 39 catches for 660 yards and four touchdowns. He should be even better with a year's experience.
Player on the verge: CB Jermaine Strong. Strong had a solid year as a redshirt freshman with 18 tackles, five passes broken up and a forced fumble. He may be ready to take the next step from good to exceptional.
Impact newcomer: DT Marvin Austin. Ranked the nation's No. 1 defensive tackle prospect, the 6-3, 295-pound Austin should make his presence felt immediately. Not only does he have immense talent, he is going into a program that's thin at defensive tackle and needs him to play immediately. Austin had 14 tackles for losses and 17 sacks as a high school senior.
The big question: How will the players adjust to the new coaching staff? Coach Butch Davis, who was extremely successful at Miami, will demand more from the Tar Heels. It will be interesting to see how much they can deliver.
Spring practice starting date: March 21
Spring game: April 14
Top returner: DE Chris Long. He earned second-team All-ACC acclaim after recording 57 tackles -- 9½ for losses -- and 4½ sacks in 2006 as the leader of the nation's 17th-ranked defense. In 2007 he'll be looking to be even better, and the Cavs will be, too.
Player on the verge: CB Chris Cook. Cook flourished after taking over a fulltime starting role as a sophomore. He had 58 tackles, an interception and broke up five passes. A solid starter in '06, he'll contend for postseason honors in '07.
Impact newcomer: TB Keith Payne. A powerful redshirt freshman, he drew raves for his performance on the scout team last season. Payne rushed for 2,059 yards and 26 touchdowns as a high school senior and will get a chance to show what he can do on the collegiate level. He'll benefit from running behind an offensive line that returns all five starters.
The big question: Will Virginia's offense be good enough for the Cavaliers to be a factor in the ACC race? Last season they averaged only 15.1 points per game and ranked 110th nationally in scoring. All five offensive line starters return, but quarterback Jameel Sewell is coming off wrist surgery.
Spring practice starting date: March 28
Spring game: April 21
Top returner: RB Branden Ore: Although he struggled with injuries for much of the season, Ore still rushed for 1,137 yards and delivered back-to-back 200-yard efforts in victories over Southern Mississippi and Clemson. If he stays healthy this fall, Ore could contend for All-America honors.
Player on the verge: DE Jason Adjepong: He recorded two quarterback hurries in the first two games of his college career last fall before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery. The former four-star prospect's quick start as a freshman indicates he might have a bright future.
Impact newcomer: OT Aaron Brown: This former four-star prospect could move directly into the starting lineup at right tackle as a redshirt freshman. Rivals.com rated him as the No. 7 offensive tackle in the 2006 recruiting class.
The big question: Who's playing quarterback?: Sean Glennon's poor performance in a Chick-fil-A Bowl loss to Georgia may cause Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer to consider other candidates.
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Jon Beason left early for the NFL, but otherwise the linebacker corps returns intact.
And there will be fierce competition throughout the spring as players try and solidify starting jobs heading into the fall.
Coaches want to get the best three linebackers on the field together and strive to teach each player multiple positions. So don't be surprised if there's a lot of movement on the linebacker depth chart throughout the spring.
And there's plenty of experience here.
It appears two of the likely starters will be Darryl Sharpton and Tavares Gooden.
Sharpton had 41 tackles last year, four for losses, and showed improved play as the season went on. With some more work on his mental game he can be a monster in the middle for the Canes -- he started five games at middle linebacker last season, including the bowl game. He has tremendous athletic ability and speed.
Gooden returned from a shoulder injury suffered in 2005 and had 41 tackles, five for losses. He will likely remain at the strongside spot.
Who might emerge as the starting weakside linebacker with Beason gone?
The early favorite is Glenn Cook, who arguably knows the defense better than any other player on the roster. He had four tackles for losses last year and could play any of the linebacker spots.
And don't be surprised if Spencer Adkins or Colin McCarthy sneak up and steal the job. Adkins backed up Beason last year, and McCarthy showed his explosive ability on special teams and in spot duty at linebacker last year. He's got a ton of talent.
McCarthy is starting the spring at weakside with Adkins at strongside.
Romeo Davis also returns, and he has starting experience. Davis had 21 tackles last year but must step up his game if he wants to get on the field with some talented youngsters vying for playing time.
Eric Houston enters his junior year trying to make an impact, but he has only seen limited action in his career.
Another project is Demetri Stewart, who saw action off the bench at the end of the year when injuries depleted the linebacker corps.
"We're all interchangeable, can all play more than one [linebacker] position," Cook said. "I don't even know where they're going to put everybody."
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The defensive line loses a lot of talent from last year, and Calais Campbell, Eric Moncur and Teraz McCray are the only returners with any sizable experience.
Campbell returns as one of the nation's best defensive playmakers. He had an outstanding sophomore year with 20.5 tackles for losses, 10.5 sacks and 17 quarterback pressures. At 6-foot-8, once he gets past the blockers he uses his long wingspan to harass quarterbacks. He is a surefire NFL first rounder if he keeps up this kind of play.
Moncur had a sack and nine quarterback pressures last year. He has not shown he can be a consistent force at end yet. McCray has suffered injury problems throughout his career and had two sacks and five tackles for losses last year at tackle.
So who will step up and show they can be consistent playmakers alongside Campbell?
Coaches hope that question is answered in spring ball.
On the interior the team will miss Kareem Brown's team-high 11 sacks. McCray will start out as a first-teamer, and Antonio Dixon is likely to get the first shot at the starting job opposite him.
McCray is a force against the run -- at barely 6-foot-0, he is like a rock in the middle of the line. Dixon has struggled with some conditioning issues but has shown he can do a good job in limited playing time. A big key to the fortune of the defensive line this year is how well Dixon steps up his game.
After Dixon and McCray there is not much experienced depth at tackle.
Perhaps the most intriguing of the players hoping to get into the two-deep at tackle is sophomore Richard Gordon, who made the move from tight end last season. Gordon is a physical specimin with tremendous speed and athleticism. If he shows this spring that he's ready to handle the mental load, he'll likely position himself for plenty of playing time next year. He also could fit in at the end position, as he has excellent speed for a big man.
Of the other tackles, Luqman Abdallah has yet to make an official tackle as a Cane; Dwayne Hendricks has only seen time off the bench so far in his career; Josh Holmes redshirted last year as a true freshman; Joe Joseph has never found a niche and played in just one game last year; and Chaz Washington redshirted last year.
The big question at end is who will step up behind Campbell and Moncur, who is almost certain to start a.ssuming he continues to make progress.
The most likely candidate to get an increased load would appear to be Courtney Harris, who saw action in every game last year and can get after the quarterback.
Other players hoping to crack the rotation include Vegas Franklin, a senior who saw action in nine games last year as a role player; and Steven Wesley, who redshirted last year as a true freshman.
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Barry Jackson | Nix's new offense creates excitement among Canes
By BARRY JACKSON
With spring practice opening Tuesday, several University of Miami skill-position players last week were talking up the offense and raving about changes made by new offensive coordinator Patrick Nix. ''The scheme he put in is incredible,'' receiver Darnell Jenkins said.
Of course, we heard similar optimism last year when Rich Olson replaced fired Dan Werner. UM promptly averaged its fewest points (19.6) in more than a quarter-century.
Questions abound. There's an open competition at quarterback ( Kyle Wright vs. Kirby Freeman, who are off limits to reporters for now). Tight end Greg Olsen is gone, replaced by some combination of DajLeonFarr, Chris Zellner and Dedrick Epps. The offensive line is in flux, with changes including guard Derrick Morse moving to center.
But running back Javarris James, off a terrific freshman season, cites reasons for hope, including speedy new running back Graig Cooper, who already is drawing raves. James, meanwhile, says he's faster, stronger and leaner (he lost five pounds to 210). And what about Nix's offense?
''Coach Nix and Olson are totally different,'' James said. ``We have a lot of formations, more concepts than Rich Olson [now at Arizona State]. We've got a lot of I-formation and pro-style offense, like the Hurricanes of old. Coach [ Randy] Shannon couldn't find a better coach.
''The running game is going to be more downhill, more inside running, like I did in high school. The running backs will catch a lot more balls. I'm very confident the offense'' will be better.
Jenkins and James said Nix is experimenting with numerous formations. ''The plays are going to be better,'' receiver Sam Shields said. ``We're taking out stuff that wasn't working.''
As Shields spoke, receiver Kayne Farquharson shouted ''[That's] the best [soon-to-be] sophomore in the nation!'' Farquharson must complete a junior-college class to enter UM, but expects that.
Though UM won't have its four new receivers this spring, several in that group (including Jermaine McKenzie, Leonard Hankerson and Farquharson) will have a legitimate chance to push Jenkins, Lance Leggett, Shields, Ryan Hill and Khalil Jones. Still, there's no clear-cut No. 1 target.
''I'm really excited about Hankerson,'' receivers coach Marquis Mosely said. ``And [6-6 signee Daniel Adderley] can't get here soon enough. To have a 6-6 guy matched up against a 6-foot defensive back, let's play jump ball in the end zone.''
Of course, so much rests on quarterback play, which must improve. ''Kyle's got more physical ability than me,'' Cleveland Browns backup and ex-Cane Ken Dorsey said. ``He's got a cannon. He's got to trust his arm and anticipate throws.''
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Greg Olsen wasn't the only Hurricanes product to make an impression as 11 draft-eligible players worked out for NFL scouts.
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Hurricanes tight end Greg Olsen may be the only University of Miami player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
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Hurricanes tight end Greg Olsen may be the only University of Miami player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Greg Olsen did his part Saturday on home turf to ensure the University of Miami would continue its NFL-record string of having at least one player drafted in the first round the past 12 years.
But there were other Hurricanes -- running back Tyrone Moss, receiver Ryan Moore and defensive end Kareem Brown -- who made impressions with their new, trim look, clearly trying to obtain better results.
Most NFL teams were represented by scouts, who watched UM's 11 draft-eligible players lift, run and perform agility and position drills. Some, such as Olsen, did limited work, using results from the combine in Indianapolis.
Moss said he weighed 226, down 19 pounds from his playing weight. Moore said he was at 214, down 12 pounds. And Brown, exhausted and craving a cold shower, said he dropped 30 pounds to get to 290.
'I just have to do my job to change [analysts'] perception,'' said Brown, criticized at times for a lack of intensity and discipline. He ran a 5.2-second 40-yard dash Saturday and is projected as a second-day pick. NFL.com listed his times Saturday as 5.39 and 5.41.
''He was very fluid and athletic for a big guy,'' UM defensive line coach Clint Hurtt said. ``He is motivated but you have to stay on him. Most linemen you have to push a little harder. They're big guys.''
Moore, whose season was marred by an arrest (the charges were dropped after pretrial intervention) and suspension that limited him to five games, said he has explained a lot to NFL teams.
''I made mistakes and I let them know,'' he said. ``I told them the truth. I understand it's a business and players are an investment. I'm not a bad person. I graduated college in 3 ½ years. I've been taking care of my business.''
On Saturday, Moore ran the 40 in 4.59 and 4.63 seconds, according to NFL.com.
And Moss (a 4.65 40 on Saturday), who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in late 2005 and also is projected as a late pick, said, ``I'll be a steal in the draft.''
Olsen improved his vertical leap from 35 ½ inches to 37 ½ and his broad jump from 9 feet, 6 inches to 9-11 ½. ''The kid didn't hurt himself in any respect,'' said Lawrence McCutcheon, director of player personnel for the St. Louis Rams. ``Nobody was disappointing today.''
Edwin-Pierre and Edrick Pata, brothers of deceased UM player Bryan Pata, indicated recently they were upset because the school would not allow them to work out alongside UM players Saturday. But athletic director Paul Dee called Edwin-Pierre's agent, Arles Carballo, on Friday and made a concession.
The brothers worked outside separately, but were permitted to use UM's weight room to do strength and other tests. ''This means the world to them,'' Carballo said.
Former receiver/defensive back Rashaun Jones and defensive end Rhyan Anderson are off the team for unspecified reasons.
Offensive tackle Jason Fox has an injured left Achilles' tendon and will miss spring practice. He is expected back for the season.
Safety Brandon Meriweather, who used a gun to allegedly defend himself last summer, praised coach Randy Shannon's new rule prohibiting guns off campus.
''That's a great thing,'' Meriweather said. ``Guns don't do nothing but get you in trouble. . . . I'm looking forward to showing people I have changed in every way.''
|10 years ago
|'04 #1032
$12,869 | 2085
Dan Le Batard | Irvin embraces being the eye of the Hurricanes
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A Hurricane. Capital H. A capitalized storm. Michael Irvin is still that, even in midlife. A Hurricane of personality, of appetites, of charisma, of laughter, of swagger, of polarization, of desires, of flaws and of excellence. Booed nationally, beloved locally -- just like all the best Canes.
Irvin comes into a room, then the room comes to him. He still leaves a wake. He put the ''Me'' in the ''U.'' Good luck finding any one player anywhere who more represents everything his collegiate program has been over the past two decades, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, than Irvin represents the University of Miami.
He is the face and smile and sins of a program, but it is more than just his outsized personality. Charles Barkley has that, and nobody really links him to Auburn. It is an understanding and appreciation for home, warts and all. Doesn't matter how much poison gets spat at that home from outside those walls. Irvin understands what is inside better than most, and he loves it as much today as he did when he was running out of that tunnel through the smoke. Irvin, the original Playmaker, begat Randal Hill and Ray Lewis and Warren Sapp and Lamar Thomas and Jeremy Shockey and Santana Moss and Ed Reed and Edgerrin James and Kellen Winslow and Devin Hester. He is the godfather of a style, a musical genre.
''I've had great success against Deion Sanders,'' he shouts, still ribbing a Florida State Seminole. ``But, of course, I've had great success against everybody.''
Ah, the ego and the vanity. Irvin embraces it, which has always gotten old Canes in trouble. When asked if the story is true that he once stood nud3 in front of a locker-room mirror, arms spread, and asked how he could deny women that kind of body, Irvin laughs and says, ''I don't know if it is true. But it sounds like something I'd say.'' He used to welcome Dallas rookies by preaching to them while nud3 that they should aspire and work to have his perfect body even though they would surely fail.
''Why do people have a problem with the truth?'' he asks of his greatness at football. ``Call it ego. Call it confidence. I call it the truth. I'm in the Hall of Fame. Humility? What about truth?''
Truth is, he has brought shame and glory to the area he most loves, the area where he grew up the youngest of 17 children. He does not hide from his decadent past but says he has been reborn spiritually. Says he spent the past 40 years of his life taking, so it is time to spend the next 40 giving. He admits he has an addictive personality, so here's hoping he attacks generosity with the same zeal he does everything else that lures his passions.
He doesn't need the letters ''ESPN'' anymore. He now has ''HOF.'' That'll help him sell his story and his spirit from bookstores to the church. He is such a human immortal. He admits it isn't easy for him to push back the dark temptations his body craves, but he nonetheless tries to stay in the light.
''Football was my god,'' he says.
``When football came around, nothing else had a hold of me. I was serving the game. I was serving football. Baby, don't you come up against football because football is going to be around and you aren't. Even my Mom. Football gave me an identity when I didn't have much. Once I started catching those footballs, you are working on my self-esteem. People acknowledge this catching-this-football thing. Of course, I went on to catch it better than anyone in the world.''
Found him plenty of trouble, too. He says he prayed for Tim Hardaway recently, seeing him chased by the media behind the gates of his house.
''Been there,'' Irvin says. ``Mine was much worse than that. Helicopters over the house. Can you imagine what I was going through -- the thoughts -- while driving home, all the TV stations and helicopters at my house and my wife is waiting? The drive home was the hardest thing in the world.
'What am I going to say. How am I going into my own house? What are my first words? I got ready to open my mouth, not knowing what I was going to say, and my wife says, `Don't say a word to me. Go make your peace with God.' ''
Irvin laughs, exhales in an exaggerated fashion and slumps into his chair by the hotel pool.
''That's a woman for you there,'' he says. ``That's a woman among women.''
She is married to a strong man, too, despite his weaknesses.
But, as fans of the University of Miami know better than most, it isn't always easy being wedded to a storm.
|10 years ago
|'04 #1033
$12,859 | 0
ahhh that good ol' swagger ^^ we need that back.
Damn all this talk makes me wanna start my own football season.
oo btw does anyone have that 2001 championship game?? i would fu*kin pay to get that video on my hard drive.
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March 3, 2007
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There will be some interesting battles in the secondary this spring.
A strength of Miami's defense will be the safeties, and it will be interesting to see how things shake out this spring with Kenny Phillips entrenched as one starter and the talented Lovon Ponder and Anthony Redd*ck battling for the other job.
Sharpe got a sixth year of eligibility
All three players are ball hawks and hard hitters.
Before a broken bone in his hand cost him the final three regular season games last year, Phillips was one of the most productive Canes. He came back for the bowl game and finished with 71 tackles, six for losses. He also was responsible for four of the team's 11 interceptions. He enters next year as one of the nation's top returning safeties.
Redd*ck was suspended for his role in the FIU brawl, but he showed as a freshman that he has a world of talent. And Ponder finished last year with 53 tackles and seven passes broken up. He also proved he's capable of making the big play with a 43-yard fumble recovery, two forced fumbles and an interception.
The loss of Brandon Meriweather shouldn't be too much of a factor with the talent that returns at safety. And Willie Cooper provides some decent depth here as well along with sophomore Tervaris Johnson.
The biggest question is whether the cornerback play will improve. Miami's corners had several costly breakdowns last season, and finding quality cornerbacks should be priority No. 1 for Cane defensive coaches this spring.
Player with experience include sophomore Chavez Grant, junior Bruce Johnson, junior Randy Phillips and sixth year senior Glenn Sharpe.
Because of the three- and four-receiver sets many ACC teams employ, all four players must step up their games and become shut-down corners.
Grant started three games as a true freshman and showed a good knack for playing cornerback. His biggest play of the year was his first interception as a Cane -- he picked off Nevada quarterback Jeff Rowe late in the fourth quarter to ice the bowl game for the Hurricanes.
Johnson started two games in nickel situations but has pretty much been an average cornerback. He must begin to earn more confidence from the coaches.
Randy Phillips has good size for a cornerback and started six games, but he was benched after allowing some big plays. He must become more consistent in his technique.
Sharpe had a disappointing 2006 season. He allowed several big plays, and perhaps the most notable was the 96-yard touchdown against Maryland where he let his man get two steps behind him. Sharpe must step up his play to help shore up the defense.
If the foursome with experience don't show improvement, look for Carlos Armour or freshman Doug Wiggins -- who is on campus and will participate in spring drills -- to work into the two-deep. It will be interesting this spring to see if Wiggins is ready to play ball as a freshman at the next level.
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The Hurricanes held NFL Pro Timing Day at Greentree Practice Field today, but there were no head coaches or coordinators on campus.
Meriweather hopes to work his way into the first round
It was a gathering of approximately 50 scouts, a.ssistant coaches and player personnel directors.
They saw several UM players perform well.
Including TE Greg Olsen, who had already wowed at the NFL Combine with a 4.45-second 40 time. Olsen did 23 reps of 225 pounds today and improved his vertical and broad jump numbers from the combine. He had a 37.5-inch vertical and a 9-11.5 broad jump (that's a two-inch improvement on vertical and 5.5-inch improvement in the broad jump).
Olsen also did position drills with his brother, Chris, throwing him passes. Olsen expects to go in the middle of the first round.
"I think between the combine and today, I answered all their questions," Olsen said. "It was a good day."
Also helping himself today was DB Brandon Meriweather. Meriweather ran a 4.50-second time at the NFL Combine with 11 reps in the bench press. He again had 11 reps today, and scouts were impressed with his work in position drills. He tested at 9-6 in the broad jump, but he didn't test in the 40 -- he's relying on his combine result.
Meriweather may also sneak into the first round.
LB Jon Beason is another Cane expected to go high in the draft - most project him as a second-rounder. But he did not perform today due to a tweaked knee. He had run a mid 4.6-second time at the NFL Combine.
DE Baraka Atkins' stock continues to go up as he had a 33-inch vertical and a 9-4 broad jump today. He did not do the 40 or bench press (he ran a 4.6 in the 40 with 22 reps at the NFL Combine). Scouts say Atkins is expected to go somewhere around the third round.
DT Kareem Brown is hoping to go ahead of Atkins. Brown said he has lost 30 pounds in the last two months to try and move his way up the NFL Draft - he is down to 290 pounds.
"I feel better at this weight -- more fluid, more athletic," he said.
But that didn't help his speed much today.
He ran the 40 in 5.2 seconds and did not do the bench press because of a shoulder bruise. He had a 28-inch vertical and 8-5 broad jump. He says he expects to go high in the second round, but some scouts project him going a couple of rounds later.
WR Ryan Moore and RB Tyrone Moss entered today hoping to prove they are worthy of being drafted. Moore ran a mid 4.5-second time today and did not do the bench, vertical or broad jump (he is relying on his results from the NFL Combine in those events).
"When I get to somebody's camp, they'll see (what I can do)," Moore said.
Moss was timed at close to 4.6 seconds in the 40. Other than that he only did position drills today. He said he has trimmed down to 226 pounds after playing at 245 pounds last year.
"I tested out (well)," Moss said. "I showed that I could move."
The other Cane seniors are expected to be free agents.
Alex Pou is among those players. He is hoping to work his way into the end of the draft - he ran a 5.1-second 40, verticalled 27.5 inches and had a 7.6-second shuttle time today.
Another anticipated free agent is center Anthony Wollschlager. He ran a 5.4 40 with a 27-inch vertical and 23 reps of 225 pounds.
* In injury news from the current team, sophomore OT Jason Fox was watching on at Pro Timing Day with a boot on his left ankle. Fox was asked about the injury but said he was told by coaches not to discuss the specifics.
A source close to the situation said the injury is an Achilles' strain.
"I'm sure he'll be ready for next football season," the source said. "I'm not sure he'll play this spring, though."
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Miami's special teams in 2006 were abysmal top to bottom. The kicking was inconsistent and the return game had absolutely no impact.
Daly takes over for the graduating Brian Monroe
This area will get a tremendous amount of scrutiny this spring in not just the return game, but also with punter Brian Monroe and kicker Jon Peattie graduating.
Coach Randy Shannon has bemoaned the fact that the team didn't take any kickers or punters in this year's recruiting class, and the bottom line is that redshirt freshman kicker Matt Bosher and junior punter Daren Daly -- who is in his second year at UM -- must step up.
Bosher was a highly regarded prospect coming out of high school but is untested in game action. It will be interesting to see how he responds in some pressure situations this spring.
Daly got action against Duke this year when Monroe was suspended, but he shanked a punt in that game and coaches used Peattie at the end to be safe. The good news is Daly has shown a strong leg with a long punt of 56 yards against the Blue Devils.
Daly is also likely to handle kickoffs -- he had one touchback in four kickoffs last year.
The return game will be a focal point this spring, as UM is looking for more explosive returners. The longest punt return a year ago was 25 yards by Bruce Johnson, and the longest kickoff return was 34 yards by Johnson.
Don't be surprised if newcomer Graig Cooper emerges as the primary returner, although it will depend on what he shows this spring. There will also be some newcomers in the fall that will try to show they belong as returners. If Johnson is again the Canes' returner this year, that will not bode well for the big play return game.
|10 years ago
|'05 #1037
$24,868 | 24277
^^ i really really hope we can turn the return game around instantly!!! that used to be a given at the U!!! its so much easier to move the O when your not sittin on your own 20 or worse...who do yall think will be our KR and PR this season?? i think changes have to be made
|10 years ago
|'04 #1038
$17,571 | 3378
Defensive Overview
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Many pundits said the 2006 Hurricane defense was championship caliber.
And there's plenty to support that claim.
This is a group that only allowed an average of 67.8 rushing yards per game, a school record. Opponents averaged just 255.5 total yards and 15.5 points per game ... and that was despite UM's defense being on the field more than past defenses with a shaky offensive attack that couldn't eat up the clock.
So what does the 2007 defense return?
Based on the starting lineup from the bowl game, this is a team that needs to replace two quality defensive linemen (end Baraka Atkins and tackle Kareem Brown), and the team's top two tacklers (Jon Beason, who had 92 tackles, and Brandon Meriweather, who had 91).
There will be fierce competition for open jobs this spring, and the good news is there's a lot of quality depth ready to step up.
Even better news is that the team returns Calais Campbell, who is one of the nation's best playmakers at defensive end, as well as safety Kenny Phillips, who is one of the nation's top safeties. With a little tweaking this spring, the defense can enter the fall expecting to be just as good if not better than the 2006 unit that shut down most opponents.
There are two key areas that need addressing: Cornerback and defensive tackle.
At cornerback the team returns its talent from a year ago -- including Glenn Sharpe, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility. But it was talent that had a lot of breakdowns. If this group can make some strides this spring, that would go a long way toward helping UM again have one of the nation's best defensive units.
At tackle the team is looking to Teraz McCray and Antonio Dixon. Both have suffered knee problems in the past, and it remains to be seen how healthy they can remain. The depth at the position is also a concern, with inexperienced players trying to fill in the rotation.
"The only part that's going to be a little young is at defensive line with Antonio Dixon and Dwayne Hendricks getting a little more experience and Eric Moncur actually starting at end," linebacker Glenn Cook said. "At linebacker we're pretty experienced. At cornerback we're going to be pretty experienced, a little bit more mature.
"I think we'll be alright. Once we all get a feel for each other I think we're going to do some damage."
|10 years ago
|'04 #1039
$17,571 | 3378
Offensive Overview
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Linebacker Glenn Cook hopes Miami's offense puts up some big performances against the defense this spring.
The way he sees it, that would be a good sign of things to come.
"When I came to Miami, I heard `The offense makes plays in practice, the defense makes plays,'" Cook said. "Even if the defense dominated, the offense still made plays because they had talent.
"The offense hasn't consistently made plays [in practices the last few years]. You see it and are like, `Why don't they do that all the time?'"
Now the offense hopes to do it all the time.
And it will be with a new man at the helm.
A lack of offense has cost two offensive coordinators their jobs the last two years.
New coordinator Patrick Nix hopes to take UM's playmakers and do what past coordinators promised to do -- put them in position to make plays.
It sounds easy.
But there will need to be a tremendous amount of work this spring to turn this group from the turnover-prone, inconsistent group of a year ago into something that resembles the offensive attack of the Hurricane past.
What has to happen here this spring?
For one, either Kirby Freeman or Kyle Wright needs to step up and show they are a consistent playmaker on offense. If this team heads into the summer without a starting quarterback, that would prevent the offense from becoming cohesive. But the Canes won't name a starter if no one proves they deserve it.
At tailback the most intriguing part of the spring is a newcomer, Graig Cooper. Not only will he factor in as a returner, which is a sorely needed area, but he also very well may emerge with significant action this season. How well he can show he knows the offense and pick up blitzes will go a long way to how much coaches will trust him to help out returning starter Javarris James next season.
The receiver position is, quite simply, a mess.
When your best returning receiver, Lance Leggett, is a guy who has a history of dropping passes and committing foolish penalties, that's not a good sign. Which is why it wouldn't be surprising if sophomore Sam Shields emerges as the team's go-to guy this spring. If Shields can become a big-time playmaker that would take pressure off other receivers. The bad news is none of the other receivers other than Leggett have much experience.
Of the other scholarship pass catchers on the roster this spring, one has moved to offense from defense (Ryan Hill), one is still gimpy after a pair of ACL surgeries (Terrell Walden), one is coming off a torn PCL (Darnell Jenkins) and the other two have seen very little playing time (George Robinson redshirted as a freshman last year and Khalil Jones has never worked into the mix much).
A problem for the offense is that the tight ends likely won't be able to pick up much of the slack for the receivers. With Greg Olsen gone this group has its own issues.
Miami hopes either DajLeon Farr or Dedrick Epps can show they are ready to fill in Olsen's shoes. Look for the only other scholarship tight end, former defensive end convert Chris Zellner, to remain at H-back.
At the final position, offensive line, the question isn't experience. It's chemistry. There are expected to be wholesale changes to the positions at which players started last year, including the move of Derrick Morse to center. The good news is players like Reggie Youngblood and Jason Fox (who is expected to miss the spring with a strained Achilles') are as solid as they come. If young players like Joel Figueroa and Ian Symonette can step up, this position should be solid entering the fall.
|10 years ago
|'04 #1040
$17,571 | 3378
Coach Randy Shannon Interview
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With spring practice set to kick off tomorrow, Coach Randy Shannon addressed several areas of the team today.
Romeo Davis is among numerous players who will miss the spring due to injury
Including who won't be on the field for the 15 practice sessions due to injury: Jason Fox, George Timmons, Luqman Abdallah, Tyrone Byrd, Romeo Davis, Tervaris Johnson, George Robinson, Darryl Sharpton, Ian Symonette and A.J. Trump.
"[It's] injuries and maintenance work and different things like that," Shannon said.
Shannon did not get into specifics on the injuries.
Asked what he meant by "maintenance work," Shannon said, "Maintenance work is trying to get him back healthy. You will not see them in a scrimmage, 7 on 7, unless a miracle happens and someone gets healthy real quick. I don't see those guys coming back for spring football."
Asked if they will be back in the fall, Shannon said, "Oh, yeah, all those guys will be back for two-a-days."
Shannon also confirmed a previous CaneSport report that Rhyan Anderson and Rashaun Jones will not be on the team this year.
Shannon said "we are going to a.ssist both of them transferring to a different school."
Here's what else Shannon was talking about:
Opening statement: Another wonderful spring practice is about to start. The thing we're going to try and get done is build a team chemistry here with this team. We do not have any individuals. We do not have a starting lineup. We have to find a nucleus of 11 guys that can play offense, defense and special teams. That's going to be our big major factor right now just because of the problems that always occur in football that you don't have enough guys, enough receivers, running backs, defensive backs, the limitations also prevent you from having numbers at 85 scholarships. So we're going to find the best guys offensively and defensively so we can establish a team mentality more than individuals. We're going to keep the pressure on everybody. Every day someone will be moving up, moving down. We don't have a depth chart at this particular time. The quarterback situation, everyone always has a concern about that. We don't have a quarterback situation. I don't know who is going to start right now. We have three walkons, two scholarship guys all competing to vie for that position. We're going to get those guys the best chance to win games for us and be accountable in practice -- not just Kyle Wright and Kirby Freeman, but also the walkons. We want those guys to have a team mentality, not `Who has done this? How many passes have you thrown?' I'm trying to build a team mentality. The Tuesday before we play Marshall we'll decide who is going to be what on this team, the starting defensive tackles, quarterbacks, who are going to be the running backs. We're going to let it all go at that time. Sometimes individualization can destroy a team. I've seen that happen a lot of times when you focus on one thing (and) the big picture is forgotten about. The big picture is we have to build a team that can win games at the University of Miami.
Q: When can the quarterbacks talk to the media?
Shannon: After spring they can talk, when the season starts with two-a-days. I'm trying to build a team chemistry right now. When two-a-days come you can talk to them all you want to. Let us get through this spring.
Q: How have the off-season workouts gone?
Shannon: There have been a couple of situations where I've had to get on a couple of older guys because a couple of younger guys were really being competitive and stepping up the way we wanted them to. And there's been some older guys pushing younger guys, and that's what we're trying to build. Nobody's in a comfort zone here. There's been times I've jumped on seniors about how they're participating in workouts, and there's been a couple of times I've got on a couple of younger guys how they're participating sitting back in the back and letting the older guys go. I need you guys to come up and push these older guys. And I need these older guys to not be in a comfort zone. So every time I see that a younger guy is basically running harder or competing harder or doing anything better than older guys, I'm going to make sure everybody knows that on the team. Because this is a guy we can depend on to win these games. That's the biggest point between winning and losing competition. And you have to build that team atmosphere. If you don't do those things for example, everyone says Kenny Phillips will probably plays safety here. I don't know what Kenny is going to play. I know we're going to play the best four defensive backs. We may end up with Kenny, Lovon Ponder and Anthony Redd*ck as our top three defensive backs. Well, one of them has to go play a different position. So that's why I don't want to name guys as having positions right now, because you never know. We have a chance to do a variety of different things on defense, a variety of different things on offense with the addition of Graig Cooper. There's a lot of things we can do on this team that will make us a better team. We have to find the chemistry on this team that best fits us, and the best way to do it is the competition level has to step up. That's the one thing that's going on right now, the competition. Now, if you're not competing, I'll make sure everyone on the team knows you're not competing. It's not about embarrassing the kid, it's letting everyone know we can't win with this type of mentality.
Q: What is the relationship like with the players getting on the same page?
Shannon: You'll see this during the season. We mix our players up now. We don't have just an offensive side and defensive side. When they come in this meeting room it used to be just offense and defense. Now it's offense and defense mingling together. You go in the locker room, it's the exact same thing. You can get in a comfort zone. With any corporation, any business finance people like to hang around finance. Defense likes to hang around defense. D-line likes to hang around D-line. Well, you don't get to know what's going on in human resources when you're in finance because you don't mingle with those guys. The more you mingle with guys the more you'll lay it on the line for guys you don't know. If I'm a defensive player sitting by an offensive lineman and right next to me is a kicker, I'm going to lay it on the line for those two because they're sitting by me. Before I may just be sitting with the D line and that's all I care about is these guys. The biggest thing we've done and are changing is getting everybody to know each other and making sure they understand that everybody works hard. Now when it's time to lay it on the line I can't let you down, you can't let me down.
Q: Kyle and Kirby will split reps this spring?
Shannon: All the quarterbacks will split.. I really don't know. Seriously. Because here's the thing: Everyone says it should be Kyle or Kirby. I remember being at Miami when I was a player. What happened one day, we had all these kickers on the team that were missing chip shots left and right. Jimmy [Johnson] says `Kid, come here, you make this kick you're the starting kicker.' It was Carlos Huerta. He was a walk-on. All the rest of the guys were missing chip shots for three days. He kicked it, made it, he was the starting kicker. So you never know who will be the starter for you. You have to give everyone the opportunity to play.
Q: So Matt Perrelli will get a chance to show he should start?
Shannon: He's going to get opportunities. Competition is the one thing we need to have. There's been a lot of walkons in different programs that have prospered. Coach [Patrick] Nix has this great system we're going to use at the University of Miami that will give us the best opportunity to win. It's just like he said: If you need to find an offensive lineman to play quarterback, find an offensive lineman to play quarterback, the person that gives us the best chance to win games. That's what we need to get at Miami, to win games.
Q: What are you looking for at quarterback?
Shannon: Not just at quarterback, but the whole team. I need guys that that are going to be winners and leaders, not just at quarterback. I need team, team, team guys. We don't need `I' guys on the team. We need guys that are team-oriented. As a defensive coach I always tried to preach the team aspect. It goes all together. If the quarterback is doing great, the offensive line must be doing great. It's got to go hand in hand. That's why it's always the team aspect. You're not looking for the quarterback to be the frontrunner everyone wants him to be. We want the whole team to be frontrunners where we can all depend on each other and be leaders at every position. Steve Walsh's first time starting was as a redshirt freshman. He ha had a surrounding cast around him. Was he the leader at that time? No. He had a great surrounding cast and we won a lot of games that way. When I was with the Dolphins we had Damon Huard, we were 7-1 at one point in time. He did exactly what it took for us to win games. We had surrounding guys around him. That's what we want. Guys that are winners and guys surrounding with the same goals.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3838?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12626944#action_12626944 ] Radim Kolar commented on GERONIMO-3838: --------------------------------------- Google search discovered that this issue can be avoided by switching to different Tomcat session manager, namely org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager. > memory (probably related to sessions) leak > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: GERONIMO-3838 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3838 > Project: Geronimo > Issue Type: Bug > Security Level: public(Regular issues) > Components: Memory Leaks, Tomcat > Affects Versions: 2.1.1 > Environment: tested with JDK 1.5 running on Windows XP and FreeBSD6.2 > Reporter: Radim Kolar > Priority: Critical > > There is memory leak and it can be repeated very easily, so it should be very easy to catch > Install Geronimo and then run some kind of benchmarking software against its admin UI login page, for example > program ab from Apache HTTP. This is realistic attack scenario, because lot of denial of service attacks are doing this (requesting one page many times). > Watching memory used graph in admin console shows free memory slowly decreasing. After all available memory is exhausted, application server stops serving new requests and never restores ifself back to working state. > I think that it is caused by allocating sessions without limiting total number of sessions to keep in memory and possibly to swap sessions out to file. There needs to be user-configurable setting for preventing this, it would be nice to add such setting to Admin console. > Its very important to get this bug fixed. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Early Head Start
Early Head Start is a federally funded community-based program for low-income families with pregnant women, infants, and toddlers up to age 3. It is a program that came out of Head Start.[1] The program was designed in 1994 by an Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers formed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.[1] "In addition to providing or linking families with needed services—medical, mental health, nutrition, and education—Early Head Start can provide a place for children to experience consistent, nurturing relationships and stable, ongoing routines."[2]
Early Head Start offer three different options and programs may offer one or more to families. The three options are: a home-based option, a center-based option, or a combination option in which families get a set number of home visits and a set number of center-based experiences, There are also locally designed options, which in some communities include family child care.[3]
- 1 Important areas of the Early Head Start program
- 2 Eligibility for the program
- 3 Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Project 1996–2010
- 4 Supportive Findings for Children's Development
- 5 Mixed Findings for Children's Development
- 6 Supportive Findings for Parenting and the Home Environment
- 7 References
Important areas of the Early Head Start program[edit]
1. Child Development: "Programs must support the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development of each child."[1] This also includes educating and supporting parents and positive parent-child relationships. The program must provide the following services or it must refer families to outside services that provide these:
- -Developmentally appropriate education services for young children this includes developmentally appropriate settings, activities, and resources;
- -Home-visits;
- -Parent education and parent-child activities;
- -Complete health and mental health services; and
- -High quality child care services provided by or in partnership with local child care centers [1]
2. Family Development: Programs must help families develop and reach goals for both parents and children. Each family will work with the staff to create a family development plan that focuses on all different needs of the family including social, economic, and the child's developmental needs. Families involved in multiple programs will receive help to integrate all programs into one plan and system of services.[1] The services that programs must provide directly or through referral include:
- -Information on child development;
- -Complete health and mental health services, this includes alcohol and substance abuse treatment and assistance with quitting smoking;
- -Parents will receive adult education, literacy, and job skills training to foster family's independence.
- -Families will get help in obtaining income support, safe housing, or emergency cash; and
- -Families will receive help with transportation to early head start program services to allow all participants access to the program and services.[1]
3. Community Building: In order to create a complete network of services and support for pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, Early Head Start must assess a community and its services. The goal is to create a network in the community to support these families and their needs by giving them access to services and making these services more efficient for all families in the community.[1]
4. Staff Development: The quality of the staff is a key structure of the Early Head Start program. Staff members involved with the program must develop supportive relationships with parents and children. Staff will have a continuous learning process which includes trainings, supervision, and mentoring in order to keep them focused on the main goals of the program and help them build better relationships with both families and children. Development will be focused on child development, family development, and community development.[1]
5. Administration/Management: The administration and management used with the Early Head Start programs will follow the practices which uphold the nine principles and four cornerstones set forth in the Early Head Start initiative. All staff must be cross-trained in the areas of child, family, and community development. Relationship-building will be the focus and basis for interactions between children, families, and staff members.[1]
6. Continuous Improvement: On-going training and technical assistance is provided by the Infant/Family Network and the EHS NRC, this in addition to other trainings, mentoring, research, and evaluations enables the Early Head Start program staff and services to meet the needs of families and their children better.[1] Continuous training ensures that staff will be up to date and constantly informed on program policies and guides.
7. Children with Disabilities: Early Head Start programs will be responsible for coordinating with different programs and services in their areas in accordance with Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The Early Head Start program ensures that children with disabilities will not be excluded, and that these children will receive all the services they need and be included in all program activities.[1] This gives all children equal access to services and resources to ensure proper child development.
8. Socialization:The Early Head Start program focuses on socialization of infants and toddlers the most important relationship at this age is between children and their parents. Socialization between infants and toddlers and their peers is also important but is not the main focus.[4] Socialization gives parents a chance to be in a setting where they can interact with their child, other parents, and qualified staff in order to learn more about their child's development and develop more as a family. It is one more way families can receive support and education.[4] Socialization also helps with community and team building by bringing many different members together and increasing communication and relationship.[4]
9. Curriculum: The Early Head Start curriculum plays an extremely important role in the development and education of young children in the program. The curriculum includes five aspects: 1-the goals designed by staff and parents for the child's growth, development, and learning; 2-the experiences and activities through which the child will achieve the goals set for them; 3-what the staff and parents will do to support and help the child achieve these goals; and 4- the materials needed to facilitate and support the implementation of the curriculum in order for the child to reach these goals.[5]
Eligibility for the program[edit]
Early Head Start is a child development program for low-income families with infants and toddlers.[1] "Each Early Head Start program is responsible for determining its own eligibility criteria."[1] Key factors in determining eligibility are
- - Family income, which is evaluated by the federal poverty guidelines.[1]
- -Early Head Start programs may choose to target their services to a particular population of their community in order to meet its needs better[1]
- -Involvement in the child welfare system. These include children who: have been physically, mentally or emotionally abused; children who have been neglected; infants whose parents have exposed them to drugs or alcohol and do not have a suitable caretaker; and children whose parents have died, gone to jail, or been hospitalized.[2]
- -Many Early Head Start Locations have programs to help rehabilitate families that have been affected by drugs or alcohol. This program is not solely targeted at the child's development but is aimed at helping the entire family and community develop so that the relationships with the child will be healthier and improved.[2]
Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Project 1996–2010[edit]
In 1996, the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) launched a large-scale evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) by randomly assigning qualifying families at 17 sites nationally to participate and looking at their social, psychological, developmental and academic outcomes compared to a matched control group. Families in the control group were able to receive any services available to them. The evaluation followed families over five time points, according to the child's age: 14 months, 24 months, 36 months, pre-kindergarten and 5th grade.[6]
Supportive Findings for Children's Development[edit]
Findings from the DHHS evaluation demonstrate significant, positive impacts on children's social-emotional development (e.g. reduced aggression), as well as in children's abilities to engage in learning activities. These results are seen as early as at the 24-month time point, but continue through the pre-kindergarten time point.[7] Additionally, recent findings from the 5th grade time point reveal that children enrolled in EHS develop more complex reasoning skills and exhibit fewer behavior problems.[8] However, these results vary by the type of school children were enrolled in (high poverty versus low poverty). Children with the highest outcomes in 5th grade were those who had been enrolled in EHS, had also received formal early child at ages 3 to 4 and attended a relatively lower-poverty school.[8]
Mixed Findings for Children's Development[edit]
The results as related to children's language development are mixed, such that some broad reports discuss minimal to no impact [7] and other individual academic manuscripts detail specific, complex supportive findings.[9] Additionally, two groups seemed to benefit the most from enrollment in EHS: those enrolled during pregnancy with the child who would later be in the program,[10] and African American children and their families.[7] The formatting of the EHS program mattered, as well, as children who were enrolled in a "mixed approach to service delivery" (home visiting and classroom education) received the greatest benefits.[11] Finally, parents who attended parenting classes were more likely to engage in strategies that promote positive development.[12] These pieces of evidence may point to a "dosage" effect, such that children who received the most quality early child care experience and had parents who attended parenting classes (in addition to other demographic risk factors) may reap the most from Early Head Start.
Supportive Findings for Parenting and the Home Environment[edit]
As Early Head Start is a "two-generation" program,[13] the goal is to promote healthy parental development as well as a stimulating home environment through enrollment in EHS. EHS demonstrated effectiveness at increasing parental support for language and literacy development, including daily reading and increased teaching activities in the home through the pre-kindergarten time point. EHS parents also reported using fewer punitive discipline strategies with their children. Additionally, the positive impacts on parenting and parenting behaviors was seen by the 36-month time point for families living in low sociodemographic risk, but did not emerge until the pre-kindergarten time point for families living in high sociodemographic risk.[11]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Early Head Start National Resource Center. 1 December 2011.
- ^ a b c "Technical Assistance Paper no. 9, "Supporting Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System: The Hope of Early Head Start" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2005. p. 40. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study, 1996–2010: [United States] [Computer file]. ICPSR03804-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-09-22. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03804.v5
- ^ a b c Technical Assistance Paper, .. "Early Head Start Program Strategies: Socializations for Infants and Toddlers in the Early Head Start Home-based Program Option." Early Head Start National Resource Center (2001): 1-32. U.S. DEpartment of Health and Human Services. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. /http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps125204/EHSProgramStrategies.pdf.
- ^ "Child Development Services During Home Visits And Socializations in The Early Head Start Home-based Programs Option." U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Head Start Bureau (2002): 1-19. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. /http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps87323/Child_Development.pdf.
- ^ "Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project (EHSRE), 1996–2010: Project Overview". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Love, John M. "Effects of Early Head Start Prior to Kindergarten Entry: The Importance of Early Experience". Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ a b Vogel, Cheri A.; Xue Yange; Emily M. Moiduddin; Ellen Eliason Kisker; Barbara Lepidus Carlson (2010). "Early Head Start Children in Grade 5: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Study Sample" (PDF). Office of Planning Research and Evaluation Report #2011-8. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Vallotton, CD; Harewood, T.; Ayoub, C.A.; Pan, B.; Mastergeorge, A.M.; Brophy-Herb, H. (2011). "Buffering boys and boosting girls: The protective and promotive effects of Early Head Start for children's expressive language in the context of parenting stress.". Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 27 (4): 696–707. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.03.001.
- ^ Administration for Children and Families. "Services and Outcomes for Early Head Start Families Enrolled During Pregnancy: Is there a Magic Window?" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ a b Administration for Children and Families. "Preliminary Findings from the Early Head Start Prekindergarten Followup" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Chang, Mido; Boyoung Park; Sunha Kim (2009). "Parenting classes, parenting behavior, and child cognitive development in early head start: A longitudinal model". The School Community Journal. 19 (1): 155–174.
- ^ Henrich, Christopher C. (2010). "A Briefing Paper on Parental Engagement in Head Start" (PDF). NSHD Dialog Briefs.


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Nissan Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Hello, I would like to see if I could assist you today. There is an idle relearn procedure. The easiest and fastest way is to use a fully functional scan tool, there will be an option to relearn idle.
There is a manual relearn procedure that is very long and extremely difficult to get right (just flat out seems to never work).
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Izzet: Fans must be patient
Colchester captain Kem Izzet has called on the club's fans to stick with the team after the goalless draw at home with Rochdale.
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Colchester captain Kem Izzet has called on the club's fans to stick with the team after the goalless draw at home with Rochdale.
The skipper admitted that he was as frustrated as the supporters that they could not pick up maximum points, but has asked the fans to be patient with the squad.
"It just proved to be one of those games. There was no lack of effort and sometimes I don't think the fans understand," Izzet told the East Anglian Daily Times. "The way we play, we are never going to just smash the ball into the area. We've got Steven Gillespie, Ian Henderson and Freddie Sears up front, so we aren't going to just whack it up to them against their big defenders.
"The fans need to bear with us, we are as disappointed as them today. But we didn't lose and got a point."
U's manager John Ward was quick to point out that the enthralling game against Yeovil last time out ended in defeat for Colchester, so this bore draw at least reaped more rewards.
"We'll take a point and move on. Last week we were involved in an exciting 3-2 defeat at Yeovil, so got nothing. At least today we got something. We've picked Rochdale up as they are on a good run of form. I told people all week this would be a hard game and so it proved. We made sure we worked hard and were disciplined. League leaders Charlton found them hard to break down, so Rochdale's performance was no surprise to me. It was like a game of chess."


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From what you said, it sounds like you may want to go out to see your boyfriend anyway. It is hard to determine whether or not he is depressed again, or there is a problem in the relationship.
The fact that he keeps pushing you away can mean many things. One, he is hurt by you leaving and is rejecting you in response, two, he is really depressed and doesn't want to let you in because of that, and three, he doesn't feel he want to stay in the relationship. I know, that is not something anyone wants to hear. But considering it as a possibility is smart because you don't want to be thrown if that is what is actually happening.
The only way you are going to know for sure is to see him in person. You could always just wait and see what he does, but based on his behavior so far it's not likely that he will keep in contact.
Are there any mutual friends you can call who live near your boyfriend? Maybe they could check on him and give you an idea of what is going on before you go out there. Any bit of information is going to help you prepare before you see him.
If you go out to see him, let him know you care about him and want to help, even if it is just as a friend. Be gentle and non confrontational. Give him space if you feel he needs it. Enlist help from friends to try and get him help, if needed. If he still wants the relationship, it will work out.
I hope this helped you,
You can only let him know what you see and tell him you are concerned. Let him know what you have told me and see how he responds. As you may know, you can only force treatment on him if he is suicidal or homicidal with a plan so you won't be able to get him help unless he is willing. But you can try talking with him the best you can.
Other than that, there is no certain thing you can say or do to make him see what he is doing. He needs to gain the insight on his own. But you can be there for him as much as he will allow. That is being a good friend to him and that will mean a lot.


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Wendy Williams can add one more name to her long list of celebrity enemies: Kim Zolciak-Bierrman.
In a message posted Monday to Instagram, the reality star blasted the outspoken talk show host for questioning her mini stroke that sent her to the hospital last week. Williams brought up the issue during a recent Hot Topics segment on her show.
"[Kim] allegedly suffered a mini-stroke after returning home from 'Dancing with the Stars' last week. Now Kim is 37 years old and, you know, she's got six children. She looks terrific, you know, and by the way, the reality show it cute … but, Kim, my thought is, um, I hope you're not fibbing about the stroke," Williams said.
"Kim, at 37 years old, if you did have a mini stroke, I'm sorry to hear about that. If, however, you just wanted to get off 'Dancing with the Stars,' all you had to do was just stub your toe."
When Zolciak caught wind of Williams' remarks, she fired back on Instagram, stating: "Absolutely appalling!! @wendywilliams how disgusting for you to insinuate I 'faked' my mini stroke on your show this morning!! You mad cause I didn't come on your show! This clearly shows your warped mentality!!"
The message was accompanied by a picture of an alleged email from Williams' team asking Zolciak to call into the show to likely discuss the medical emergency and "DWTS," to which she declined.
On Monday evening, Zolciak was eliminated from the dance competition due to her recent health scare. "DWTS" rules state that in the instance of illness or other health related matters affecting a participant's ability to participate in the game, they must withdraw.
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Women's Afrobasket: Nigeria qualify for quarter-finals after win over Egypt
Egypt's women national basketball team have lost 106-72 to Nigeria in their...
Hull City right back Ahmed Elmohamady has stated that Egypt manager Hector Cuper motivated the team towards achieving the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations title.
Elmohamady appeared in 19 games for his struggling Hull City side, recording one assist so far this season. Elmohamady joined up with his Egypt teammates in their training camp on Wednesday.
"Cuper told us that all of Africa is following Egypt after our two victories in the World Cup qualifiers and also because we won the title three times in a row during the past period that we participated in the competition," the 29-year-old told ON E channel.
"I hope to feature more for Egypt in the AFCON because being with my national team in such a big event. We need support of the nation. We will attempt to win the African competition and we wish to return to Egypt in February with the trophy."
"All nations value the Egyptian national team. The team has great players right now and all of them aim to have a big role in our campaign," he concluded.


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Dear Linux Magazine Reader,
Recently I've been thinking about getting some kind of music playing device. Certainly everyone else in my vicinity has one. It isn't that I need to keep up with the crowd – or that such a device would make me feel like less of a dinosaur around the teenagers and pre-teenagers who inhabit my house. The main advantage I see is avoiding the clutter.
I have never really gotten on well with the technical details of music listening. Even in the old days, when the sounds came on big, flat, fragile hunks of vinyl that everyone knew required dutiful maintenance, I took risks with my collection that would make the audiophiles crackle and sputter. I never could relate to the obsessive steps that record collectors would go to protect their investments – tiny bottles of cleaning fluid, little wooden cleaning tools lined with dust-catching anti-lint fabric. Long lines of alphabetized records. The little tool rested on a little tool holder. Before you played a record, you placed the record on the turntable, started the turntable spinning, lifted the little tool, placed cleaning fluid on the fabric strip attached to the little tool, and gently pressed the fabric to the vinyl of the turning disk, lightly catching any dust that might have fallen in the grooves. We would watch the host enact this ritual as we sat around the stereo, on couches and pillows, waiting for the album to play. It was probably some crude approximation of the act of watching the host prepare a primitive campfire or, more recently, watching the host prepare and serve tea cups at tea time. Then we would all listen together.
The people who took the time for these rituals always had the best record collections – of course, because they cared the most. I respected their energy and commitment to their records, but it wasn't really my thing. I am encouraged by this idea of placing all my music on a single electronic device so I never have to mess with the task of organizing the locations of CDs and CD cases.
And since I'm getting a storage device, why not get something as tiny as possible, so I can bring it with me wherever I go and listen to it through all the phases of my existence? That's actually the part that worries me most about this brave new situation. Of course, I'm not the first old guy to wonder whether all these teenagers will fall down the stairs or cause traffic accidents as they lumber around the sidewalks, walking the iPod zombie walk. But I wonder whether we really have a replacement for music as a communal act.
My son, who is a music student in college, recently brought home a thought he had heard from one of his teachers: Rather than learning to listen to music, people today must train themselves not to listen to music. Music is all around us, in our car, in the elevator, in the restaurant, in the grocery store, and instead of working on listening to it more closely, we work on the habit of listening less closely, so that we can still participate in the rest of our lives.
This whole new approach to the primordial human experience of listening to music was brought to us not because there was any particular reason to do it, but because it was thrown in for free with these new technologies – starting with the Sony Walkman back in the 1980s – that made it possible.
I'm sure the naysayers made the same complaints about the radio, the tape deck, and every other technology that has arrived in the past 200 years, so I'm not saying I'm right, but I'm not necessarily wrong about this, either.
Sure, I would love an MP3 player – for the home, maybe a big clunky one that stays in one place and looks like a 1930s era radio. As for this business of riding the bus and boating on the lake, I'm liking silence. I'll stay unplugged for now.
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