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Andrew said:
I think people are giving Tony a bad rap. First, he went to school at Miami, and worked at Miami. He knows the school and knows the issues. Tony left when he saw the problems and he saw them earlier than most of us. He has also done well overseeing Mens Basketball and Football at Texas Tech.
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Yes, let’s make the same type of hire that’s led to dumpster fires the last 20 years.
 
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LoungeLord said:
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$%*# the Mas brothers
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Why lol they’re the ones not vouching for Hernandez. We should be rooting for them.
 
wspcane said:
I do not think the issue is him, per se. I think the issue is people want an outside voice, fresh ideas, and there is a candidate out there with an absolute track record of success across all sports, fundraising, facility development, doing more with less, "playing chess" with conference realignment. I don't know what he did or did not do while here or at TT, but I do know that I want the entire AD feeling uncomfortable with a total outside POV at the top and as few previous relationships as possible.
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This 👆🏾
 
Cribby said:
Tony is in play. Some folks want him and some want Jurich. The one positive with Tony is that “ could mean Mario is coming, there’s a connection. Jurich 100 % wants the job though.

Today should be interesting.
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Mario isn’t leaving Oregon and the billion dollar Nike budget for Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Peter Griffin
 
Cryptical Envelopment said:
I am not some Mario fanboy. I think he is right inside the top 10 coaches. But I evaluate assets, determine risk, and invest for a living. Mario is a home run hire you ape into. The odds of us landing anyone CLOSE to him are very, small. We are a top 30-40 program right now. Learn how to say yes and take the win. Mario WILL RECRUIT as well as anyone can here. Say yes. Don't overthink. Everything else is secondary. Don't lose focus.

BTW... this is all IF Mario will even come! I am not convinced he will yet.
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I invest too but it's not necessarily by Reddit sentiment. I would try to go with the homerun hire AD first if he is available for the benefit of the whole department, not just the football side. That would mean more stability and potential health for the whole Athletic Program, which would include football. Mario is just too big a risk to stake the whole future of a department on (if that is what really is going on here. I don't know).
 
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Cryptical Envelopment said:
See my last post four up. I'd take him over ANYONE if it means getting Mario vs. losing Mario.
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What if we hire TH, and Mario says, “You know what? I gotta pretty sweet deal in Oregon. I love UM but…. Sorry I’m not ready to move right now.” Do you have confidence that TH can make the right moves to get the next HC? Do you feel that he Can he be the guy that will make solid moves to improve our sports (All of em, definitely the major 3) programs? I don’t know about TH, but Jurich’s record says that he can. I’m tired of hiring guys with no experience for a job that requires it. The University of Miami should not be a place for “on the job” training.
 
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Need something to break on this. Work is incredibly boring rn.....par the course when you opt for vacation the Mon-Tue after the holiday weekend...slow week this week and incredibly stressful upon everyone's return from ignoring emails for 1 week

So yeah, i'm complaining, but not complaining lol
 
Cryptical Envelopment said:
How would it help us to fire Manny before Duke? Manny isn't a bad coach. We just need a lot better. And he's not a bad person at all. He cares. No one wanted to win more here than he did. He's improved the program and roster, and tried as hard as he could, in an AD environment that basically failed him, the program and the fanbase (thus the need for the capital infusion and new leadership). He put his all into it, there is no reason to embarrass him further on the way out. We just fired our AD. We are about to hire a new one. The entire coaching industry and CFB world knows we are in a search for a new coach. Everyone gets it. Firing Manny before next week helps us in no way.

We also want to bridge his regime and the next with as small a gap as possible so that our rivals aren't poaching our best young players during a leadership vacuum. And we also have the unsubstantiated rumor that we save a couple of million on his buyout by waiting a week.

In fact (and this is the nuclear option so chill), this gives us the ability to keep him for another year in case god forbid we can't get a top guy to come. What if Mario, Kiffin, and our other top 5 targets won't come? Do you really want to hire our 6th or 7th best choice with a new 5-year $20M+ contract? Or would you rather bring in a top AD, show the CFB world that we are serious about putting hundreds of millions into the program over the next decade, announce a couple of capital projects, and THEN go out into the marketplace with more strength and then make a long-term commitment to the RIGHT coach who we believe can get us where we need to be?

Again, that is the nuclear 2% last resort option, so everyone relax before you punch a hole in your keyboard, but why take it off the table when there is zero upside to doing so? And why burn a bridge badly with a smart guy from a prominent Miami family that is connected to a lot of the people you ask for money every day?

Game it out, fellas. Don't be so reactionary. Be thoughtful.
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Sorry brother but you lost me at...
Manny isn't a bad coach....
 
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