Mario Cristobal says Miami has regressed in 2022

Miami football is off to a not-so-great start to the Mario Cristobal era. The Hurricanes were just dropped to 4-5 on the year in embarrassing fashion against in-state rival Florida State. The Seminoles went on the road and dismantled the ‘Canes 45-3 to continue their solid season while furthering spoiling Miami’s.

In the aftermath of such a defeat, Cristobal was really at a loss for words. Miami was coming off a gritty road win of their own over Virginia in overtime the week prior, but came out and laid a complete egg at home in a rivalry matchup. According to Cristobal, his team regressed this week.

“I think on Saturday we regressed, you know, in terms of a team that we’ve had some ups, we’ve had some downs. Saturday was a rough day. That’s the best way I can put it, alright,” he said bluntly in his press conference this week. Clearly not happy with the performance.

He then was asked how he’s going about evaluating players given the performance so far. Cristobal shared that it’s tough to figure out which guys are going to perform better or worse in a game, and for some guys, the moment has gotten too big.

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“In camp, you learn who gives you the best chance because of what they’ve shown. You have guys that have earned the right to go out there because they understand what we’re trying to do, how to do it and why we’re doing it that way, and they do it better than the next guy. And then when the lights come on you find out what exactly a guy can or cannot do.

“Sometimes the moment gets too big for a guy. Sometimes it’s the opposite, sometimes they turn on and it makes them go even better and harder. So there’s nothing like the truth of the tape on game day. That will always tell the truth. And I think it’s always important take a deep dive into individual analysis of game day tape, who’s doing well, who’s not doing well. Find a path for correction, right a path for technique and fundamentals. I guess to put it bluntly, yeah, on game day it’ll show.”

Mario Cristobal has just three more of those game days to see more development from his players before heading into an offseason full of questions.