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fwiw, Mike Ruiz announced his latest scoop around this time.
 
Yeah as one poster just said and posted..247 seems to think that its Jurichs job to lose. And that Jurich is very interested. So that should calm the waters a little in this thread.

Also said UF isnt all in on Lane Kiffin. So if we miss on Mario...Lane isnt a sure in to go to UF.
 
Jassid82 said:
Yeah as one poster just said and posted..247 seems to think that its Jurichs job to lose. And that Jurich is very interested. So that should calm the waters a little in this thread.

Also said UF isnt all in on Lane Kiffin. So if we miss on Mario...Lane isnt a sure in to go to UF.
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They’ll get Stoops (the Kentucky one) and be mired in mediocrity for another five years. 8 wins bro!
 
Suarezni said:
24/7 Update

Wanted to pass along notes I have gathered from multiple sources in recent days…

- On the front end, let me make this clear once again. The focus now for Miami is getting the next athletic director in place. Whether or not future dominoes fall (a head football coaching search) won’t happen until that AD is hired. That next AD is going to make the decision on whether Manny Diaz is retained or not as the head coach. I’m sure the vision for the future of the UM head football coach situation will be relayed by the prospective athletic directors during the interview process etc.

- I would not be shocked if the new AD is hired at some point this week. If not this week, then relatively soon after the Duke game on Saturday. Again, Miami has a search firm that is helping expedite the athletic director hiring.

- A key date to keep in mind with all of this is the recruiting calendar. The contact period opens on Sunday, November 28th, which is when coaches can hit the road and recruit in person. The early signing period for football is December 15-17. Having coaches on the road during this time of uncertainty, while commonplace, does present some awkward situations (for instance if an announcement is made that a separation has occurred while an assistant is in the living room with a recruit).

- There is a lot of smoke around former Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich right now. Here is what I know in regard to that…Jurich has been pushing hard for the job behind the scenes. Jurich has relationships with some Board of Trustee members that are vouching for him as well. I have reason to believe Jurich and Miami’s decision makers on this athletic director hire had some conversations late last week and those conversations have gone well.

- There is a belief amongst people familiar with this athletic director hiring process that Jurich is “in the driver’s seat” with this search, but I am trying to dig more on whether that is a smoke screen or a ‘where there is smoke, there is fire’ situation.

- I’ll say this about Jurich and Miami…He does fit the profile of what UM is looking for in its next athletic director. Miami is searching for an aggressive personality that will not shy away from asking for resources from the school. The UM decision makers also want an AD that has a vision with how to navigate an uncertain college football landscape over the next five years. Conference realignment, College Football Playoff expansion, name, image, and likeness are all major talking points moving forward and Miami wants an AD that is willing to have an aggressive plan an vision for attacking these areas. While at Louisville from 1997-2017, Jurich was regarded as one of the best athletic directors in the country as he elevated the athletic department from Conference USA to the Big East to the ACC. During Jurich’s tenure, there were many updates to the football stadium, including a $63 million expansion that was completed in 2019. During Jurich’s tenure at Louisville, the Cardinals were also successful in basketball and baseball. He also landed a ten year, $160M deal with Adidas back in 2017. Jurich has the reputation of being a tremendous fundraiser and his ability to connect with deep pocketed boosters (which Miami does have), is special. Despite his fallout with the the school, he is still a beloved figure in Louisville circles.

- Jurich was relieved of his duties due at Louisville in 2017 due to being caught up in the Adidas basketball scandal that was investigated by the FBI. Jurich has since been absolved of any wrongdoing in that scandal by Louisville. From the Adidas side of things, it is believed that Jurich still has very strong relationships at the top of the company and it wouldn’t be an issue if he were to lead the Miami program, which is an Adidas school.

- One other reason why Jurich makes a lot of sense is timeline. He can start as soon as possible.

- Not that this means much in the decision making process, but Jurich had a close relationship with the late Howard Schnellenberger, who coached both at Miami and Louisville. The football facility at Louisville is named the ‘Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex.’ Just an interesting note.

With the Florida job opening up, it is fair to wonder what that domino means for UM’s POTENTIAL search for a head football coach with two of the POTENTIAL top targets. Here are some notes I have gathered from sources in the college football community…

- If Miami were to open AND Mario Cristobaldecided he would be open to leaving the situation he currently has at Oregon, Miami would be a more attractive destination than Florida, assuming UM is willing to give him the resources he deems acceptable. When comparing Miami and Florida, UM is more appealing because it is home. It is believed Cristobal’s camp does not consider Gainesville as home, even though it is a city in his home state.

- Would Lane Kiffin have interest in Florida? The belief in the industry is that he would. Does Florida have interest in Kiffin? There is a sense that the UF administration and decision makers are a little hesitant to go all in on Kiffin because the immaturity he has shown at previous coaching stops. Has Kiffin matured in recent years? You can make that argument, but there are certainly programs that are hesitant on Kiffin because of his past reputation.

- One other interesting note to pass along…Because Miami is a private institution, the school does not have to make their coaching salaries public. How well does Miami pay its football coaching staff? I’ve had multiple people around the program explain to me that Miami has the second highest paid coaching staff in the ACC this year. I don’t have the exact figures for Miami, but in 2020, Clemson paid its staff $7.6M, which was the highest salary staffing pool in the ACC. Florida State’s assistant coach salary pool was publicly recognized as the second highest in the ACC at $5.3M in 2020. UM is somewhere between those numbers of FSU and Clemson. Now it is worth point out, however, that Miami’s staffing salaries would be considered in the middle tier of the SEC and Big 10 conferences. It is also worth noting that Oregon’s staff salary in 2021 is reportedly just over $6M, which would be in line with what Miami currently pays its staff.
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lol...I was wondering how long it was going to take the lipsters to get ahold of David and ask him to throwout some BS.
well done David, well David. LMAO.

TJCMW, I am gonna drop some more if you keep this up brother.
 
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Cryptical Envelopment said:
I told you I don't like you, know you are fraud and a loser, and don't want to have anything to do with you or converse with you. I could rip you to shreds on the daily, but you don't even exist to me except when you chase me around and reply to my posts in order to get the attention you so desperately seek. The mods asked us to leave each other alone. Respect them, respect the board, and respect yourself and stop trying to hang with people who don't want to hang with you. Thanks.
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Hilarious. I was asked no such thing, other than to not call you "Craptical".

I'm allowed to respond to any porst and any porster on this board. Stop it with your snowflake nonsense.
 
WeBallinBoyz said:
They’ll get Stoops (the Kentucky one) and be mired in mediocrity for another five years. 8 wins bro!
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The UiF job is a poisoned chalice. Why would Stoops go there when his predecessor was sacked 1 year after playing in the SEC Championship game? A game they lost by only 6 points to the eventual National Champions.

I'd stay in Lexington and continue to bank $5m a year, thank you very much.
 
JZCane0825 said:
Kiffin there would scare me but it sounds like it'll be someone like Stoops or Napier, which are solid, but neither exactly move the needle the same way
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I’m also not as high on Napier, but I think he ends up at LSU or USC before our mentally inhebriated, incest worshipping, fellow Floridians up north.
 
OldhamA said:
The UiF job is a poisoned chalice. Why would Stoops go there when his predecessor was sacked 1 year after playing in the SEC Championship game? A game they lost by only 6 points to the eventual National Champions.

I'd stay in Lexington and continue to bank $5m a year, thank you very much.
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OldhamA said:
I'd be more concerned that Cristobal wants to work with Hernandez over Jurich. That would terrify me if I was footing the bill for his buyout.
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Who said that? You do realize, a HC candidate may be OK with multiple AD candidates, right? Relax, CPG is being championed by certain old-timer Trustees who are nervous about losing their beepers and fax machines...
 
t_zidd said:
This place is hilarious. Bet 90% of you didn't know who Jurich was last week - and now y'all are acting like the program will not survive if we are not able to snag him for AD lol.
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We haven't survived the last 4 ****** ADs so the board may be on to something.
 
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