They (Golden/Dorito) were always going to fail here; however, the only counterfactual i will posit is Eddie Johnson Juwon Young, Josh Witt, Devante Bond, Gionni Paul, Jermaine Grace, AQM (for when we were a 3-4 team), Gabe Terry, and Alex Figueroa— all had flashes or actuallly flourished. Bond and Witt never got started here altogether for different reasons; concussions and academically.
I mean—my lord. What a list. Gionni Paul was 2x all 1st team PAC-12 at Utah! Our defense could’ve looked a lot less pathetic….
Still believe Darrion Owens has a better career under better circumstances. Golden and Dorito still passed on guys we should’ve had like Skai Moore or whoever else.
However, they did bring in some interesting underrated talent who didn’t make it to the end of their tenures.
Diaz is better with simplifying scheme, creating negative plays & yes, turnovers, and halftime adjustments. However, Golden/Dorito had him beat at evaluation, development, CARE, work ethic, actually having a criteria, stopping the run, teaching fundamentals, and not being a total *** clown. In that respect, i can see why golden was able to bounce around the NFL and Notre Dame after his time here. Too young to remember much about Shannon when he was actually succeeding prior to the 21st century.
Neither should’ve been at miami but that’s neither here nor there anymore. Diaz getting extended by DUke is hilarious. If he didn’t have NIL he’d be cooked; and likely is going to cook their program in the upcoming years.
