“a really poor job of execution and discipline”

Louisville upset no. 2 Miami, 24-21, on Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium. Head coach Mario Cristobal met with the media after the game to share his thoughts on the game.

On the first loss of the season…

"Obviously disappointing evening and outcome. At the end of the day, credit to them. We didn't coach well enough, we didn't execute well enough, and certainly came up short. Not good enough. Disappointing in a lot of different aspects. Certainly hurt ourselves with some penalties. Really, our guys played with great effort and gave ourselves a chance to tie or win the game, but did not overcome the issues that we caused ourselves, and, again, really good play by the opponent as well.”

On Carson Beck’s four interceptions…

"I think the one shot, the deep one, was a really good play by the field safety. At the end there, I think we're trying to make a play there and we didn't execute it. Don't put that all on him. We're trying to get the ball out to the flat quick and that thing turned into another route that was not supposed to be that way, and it ended up being the final play of the game.”

On the lack of a rushing game…

"We did not run the ball well. We need to do a better job at the line of scrimmage and give our guys a chance to make plays and move the sticks. We also got ourselves off schedule several times in terms of pre-snap penalties, and it changes your play calls, so all in all, flat out not good enough. We have to score more points.”

Final thoughts and his message to the team…

"A lot of effort. Resilience. All the good stuff, but not good enough to overcome the issues we caused ourselves, particularly in the area of penalties.”

"The message is being very real and honest. That's a really poor job of execution and discipline. That means all of us–everybody in the organization. Every coach, every player. We take it. We win together, we lose together. When we say execution, it falls on the players, it falls on the coaches, it falls on myself, and after having some really good performances and having some really good practices, that's really disappointing. We're all pissed, we're all upset. Sitting around and being pissed isn't going to do anything about it. If you're upset about a performance, you better get up and do something about it. It's complete commitment from everybody. There's no BS'ing, there's no excuse-making, there's no time to sit around and do anything but go back to work and go get better. That's what real men do. That's what we have to do and that's what we're going to do.”

GO CANES!