Al Golden fired at Miami
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They didn' give him enough time. I hear it takes 7-8 years at a minimum to build talent and depth and get your program to improve.
He went 32-25, 17-18, is labeled a trainwreck and fired. It's curious that his record is little different than what they did in yhe 4 seasons, before him, and he had to deal wiyh sanctions but frm here we can see the underachieving. Our short range vision must not be as good.
Yeah miami plays in the ACC << SEC, B1G, PAC 12, & Big XII, was 0-5 vs FSU, had 0 top 25 victories, and just had the worst loss in football in the history of the school. And Miami isnt using strippers, hookers, & $$$$$$ like back in the Butch Davis era. No surprise he got canned.
Shannon coached in the ACC too. Golden's record was little different. Maybe people at Miami get that when you replace a coach who got fired you need to do better in relatively short order or get fired for the same reason.
They also could see, problems were not being effectively addressed and remedied because the same mistakes and bad decisions kept recurring.
It all sounds vaguely familiar to me.
They also could see, problems were not being effectively addressed and remedied because the same mistakes and bad decisions kept recurring.
It all sounds vaguely familiar to me.
The really sad truth is that Miami still (currently) has more long term potential in football than WVU.
Miami has been going down hill since joining the ACC. Donna Shalala killed that once great program with a series of bad decisions.
A stadium 40 min away from camps hurts, but they just ain't cheating like with uncles Luther & Nev. Plus, they don't have a Pell Grant scandal or a alumni fund and an assistant coach like Randy Shannon to hand out the $$$$$ like back in the good old days. Al Golden probably didn't do the "Golden Rules" for Miami.
Got no sympathy for a guy getting millions to not have to work. Who say Al had a bad day? Not me!
I'm tired of hearing that talk. Memphis beat Ole Miss. OK. Enough said. Portland State beat Washington State, who beat Arizona. Enough said! This year isn't like normal years.
Kind of like a certain AD who gave an unproven coach a huge contract extension at another school in the Big 12......
There's all that I guess... ..but doesn't the infrastructure of their program just suck ?
Miami was sexy for winning...not so much for its facilities. ....money can fix both but the NCAA only sanctions one approach.
Fist low fat, do you not remember "Do to circumstances beyond my control, I can no longer watch WVU this season"?
Glad you got it under control. "Due" tell us how.
Anyway, I agree to some degree, but Miami was winning the most when they were cheating the most. They've had 2 instances of financial cheating that was worse than SMU. Both happened while they were winning big too.
I bet Golden got canned in part cause he's probably doing what Coker, Davis, Ericsson, Johnson, and Schnellenberger were. Definitely not to the degree. Plus he probably did not recruit & own the state of Miami like 4 of those 5 did. Now there is competition from FIU, FAU, UCF, USF and if you ain't offering the extra stuff, recruits got options. If each one of those schools grabs 1 great player that Miami use to get, that's is near 20% of a class
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They're located in the heart of the best recruiting grounds in the country and those kids aren't country club stock. They play hard. No reason a good coach couldn't win there.
When Golden got it, if memory serves me correct, Pelini wanted that job and out of Nebraska. There were others. A decent list.
I wonder whether they'll give Davis a shot, again. He went out with a heck of a scandal at unc. Still no real punishment though even though he got canned.
I wonder whether they'll give Davis a shot, again. He went out with a heck of a scandal at unc. Still no real punishment though even though he got canned.
If a Miami coach loses someone he wants more than once every few years to all four of those schools combined, he deserves to get canned. Hell, we should beat out those schools more often than not and there's no excuse for UM.
Now, FSU and SEC schools are a different matter.
Now, FSU and SEC schools are a different matter.
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