Miami Hurricanes: Open letter to Brad Kaaya
D’Joumbarey Moreau, one of our features writers here at FanSided.com, wanted to write an open letter to the true freshman quarterback of the Miami Hurricanes, Brad Kaaya. Here’s what he had to say.
Dear Brad Kaaya,
On behalf of the Miami Hurricanes fan base I want to say welcome again. Enjoy your freshman year and have plenty of fun at our prestigious school. Coral Gables is an awesome place to learn how to become a man, and learn how to play football. All of your teachers and coaches are really intelligent.
As you’ve seen on the practice field behind the Schwartz Center, our school has five NCAA National Championships to its name (more than Florida State, and Florida).
This year we do not expect a sixth. However what we do expect is for you to lead our Canes and grant them a great season.
We heard you beat out Jake Heaps for the starting quarterback job earlier this year, congratulations.
It kind of sucks for Heaps, transferring as a grad school student with hopes that he would be starting. Now we realize that during training camp, you were the one who was truly special.
If you have enough talent to win a competition between a man who was willing to leave school to attempt to start during his last year in college, you have amazing talent.
We already recognize that.
In your first two games starting, you have had a few glimpses of greatness that impressed us all.
How about the 2nd-and-16 play against Louisville on the road, where you ran play action and threw it to Phillip Dorsett right in stride for 39 yards? The two of you already seem in sync. In the FAMU game you connected with him for two touchdown passes as well.
Or better yet, how about that play fake on 2nd-and-16 in Louisville? You ran a play action, and threw it off your back foot to Clive Walford to set up a potential redzone score.
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Just know, you’re doing well and we enjoy watching what we see.
What we do want to see from you this year is you are intelligent.
We’re giving you a pass on your first two interceptions in Louisville. The game was on the road, a national spotlight game, Labor Day…we understand. Now two more interceptions against FAMU….we’ll just call that getting the freshman year jitters off.
What we don’t want to see is you consistently making the same mistakes because we know you’re better than that.
Our last five starting quarterbacks hurt us all dearly with their inability to grow and their penchant for making foolish decisions. Brock Berlin, Kyle Wright, Robert Marve, Jacory Harris, and Stephen Morris were really inconsistent at best and threw a lot of interceptions. They were all gunslingers that attempted to make throws they weren’t capable of.
The only people who were decent to watch were Wright and Morris. But that is beside the point, because we expect you to have a better career than all five of them.
Again, there is no pressure, we do not expect a sixth title…this year. We only call you “Kaaya The Messiah” since we think you could be like our former legend Ken Dorsey.
You remember Ken, don’t you? The two of you hail from the great state of California.
Well let me give you a brief history on his game.
Dorsey as a starting quarterback won a National Championship, had a 38-2 record as a starter, and holds records for Miami in passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass completions, pass attempts, and winning percentage to name a few.
But those are things you shouldn’t even worry about in your freshman year.
In fact the only person you need to worry about is Duke Johnson. You see because Duke has first round NFL talent.
But we know you’re a quick learner, because not only did Duke get 20 carries in his first game against the Cardinals, he also had a reception. We see that you already understand that he is the playmaker that needs the football, especially if we want to have a great season.
If you remember anything, just remember this.
The more Duke gets the football this year, the more games we win. The more games we win, the better teammates you’re going to have. Better teammates means more wins and then comes your ticket to stardom. Not just locally where we already adore you, but you’re going to get national media coverage around the country.
The whole country got to see you play against the Cardinals. It wasn’t too impressive going 17-of-29 for 174 yards, two interceptions and a 34.9 QBR.
We still have faith in your abilities. You got your first bad game out the way.
Again, we’re not going to put too much stock into the FAMU game but you did throw two impressive touchdown throws to Dorsett. While finishing the game going 12-of-22 for 177 yards. Again though, you threw two more interceptions.
Again, enjoy your freshman year. Make sure you’re at an even keel through the inevitable peaks and pits. That is what will keep you ready and hungry to get better.
We look forward to watching you grow into a special talent that we have waited for.
“Bye Felicia.”
Sincerely,
Miami Hurricanes fans everywhere & D’Joumbarey A. Moreau