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Confirmed Alonzo Highsmith (joining Miami staff, 5.25 update)

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JD08 said:
Perhaps, but there's smoke there from other sources.
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Gino as an AD is sn absolute joke, look at my prior post.

This has happened before and it’s not a big secret, people at Miami reach out to former players for advice and so forth. Does not mean that they’re going to get hired and that was never the point. If Gino gets hired as AD I can guarantee I’ll be raising some ****. That’s total Mickey Mouse bullshlt to hire someone with no experience in the slightest at all.
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Gino as an AD is sn absolute joke, look at my prior post.

This has happened before and it’s not a big secret, people at Miami reach out to former players for advice and so forth. Does not mean that they’re going to get hired and that was never the point. If Gino gets hired as AD I can guarantee I’ll be raising some ****. That’s total Mickey Mouse bullshlt to hire someone with no experience in the slightest at all.
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I’m with you. You all think Gino can pick our next basketball coach? Lols.

Granted, a lot of these ADs do not come from athletic backgrounds but jeez, almost all of these big school guys have a career in athletic admin before they are elevated to AD at a big time school
 
AUcane said:
I’m with you. You all think Gino can pick our next basketball coach? Lols.
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Why not? A lot of this imo is not about what you know, it's who you know. If you know people whose knowledge and expertise in certain areas you trust you can make those decisions in areas not in your wheel house.
 
Salt said:
He is CEO and Founder of Touchdown Radio which broadcasts games nationally and a commentator on College Sports Nation on Sirius Satellite Radio. He is still very much involved in the sports scene.
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Running a collegiate athletic department is different than running a media company. It's different than being a NFL personnel guy. Get me someone that has done it, that understands the challenges. Tom Jurich is sitting out there, same with a fallen star like Jeff Long. Get one of those guys. Stop jerking off over inexperienced, unqualified former letterwinners. This hire is extremely important, don't leave it to chance.
 
Salt said:
Why not? A lot of this imo is not about what you know, it's who you know. If you know people whose knowledge and expertise in certain areas you trust you can make those decisions in areas not in your wheel house.
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Exactly. Most ADs at big time school cut their teeth in Athletics admin in several schools (ie building up a resume, contact list, etc) before taking a job at a big time school. There’s no rule to say a non Athletics person can be a successful AD at a big time school but if you look at the ADs at big time schools, you’ll find they all have that experience. I dunno, maybe Gino does have experience in Athletics admin? I didn’t think so.
 
Salt said:
Why not? A lot of this imo is not about what you know, it's who you know. If you know people whose knowledge and expertise in certain areas you trust you can make those decisions in areas not in your wheel house.
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Great so you’re saying add more layers of bureaucracy. Experienced athletic directors are also advised, the difference is they have relevant experience being an athletic directors. Having someone without at athletic director experience is a mistake. Because they don’t have the judgment of someone that has experience, therefore advice that they get will not be properly filtered through the lens of relevant experience.

It’s extra important for the university of Miami to have an athletic director with experience in the field, because there is less football knowledge and overall sports knowledge at the University of Miami than there is another institutions. The Alabamas, Ohio States and UGAs of the world have a broader base of booster money and experience to rely on.

So let’s get an Athletic Director with no experience in charge of department with less experience to be advised by those people with less experience. Makes perfect sense.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Gino as an AD is sn absolute joke, look at my prior post.

This has happened before and it’s not a big secret, people at Miami reach out to former players for advice and so forth. Does not mean that they’re going to get hired and that was never the point. If Gino gets hired as AD I can guarantee I’ll be raising some ****. That’s total Mickey Mouse bullshlt to hire someone with no experience in the slightest at all.
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I see your point clearly. The thing to remember is that Gino has massive connections. With Zo having full control of football, I think it would be fine. Both have executive experience, both could raise funds better than the current guy and Zo knows football from all sides.

I'm not endorsing Gino as AD, but if it happens with Zo in charge of football, I think it could work.
 
JD08 said:
I see your point clearly. The thing to remember is that Gino has massive connections. With Zo having full control of football, I think it would be fine. Both have executive experience, both could raise funds better than the current guy and Zo knows football from all sides.

I'm not endorsing Gino as AD, but if it happens with Zo in charge of football, I think it could work.
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I don’t think there’s anything that would reassure me that they can raise funds. I don’t think either one of them has experience with that either. Blake, as a matter of fact, probably the one thing he can do is raise some funds, I’m not saying he’s great at it, but he’s probably better at it at least in terms of results than either Gino or Alonso. And I want Blake gone.
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
I don’t think there’s anything that would reassure me that they can raise funds. I don’t think either one of them has experience with that either. Blake, as a matter of fact, probably the one thing he can do is raise some funds, I’m not saying he’s great at it, but he’s probably better at it at least in terms of results than either Gino or Alonso. And I want Blake gone.
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Torretta has long worked as a color commentator for collegiate and professional football games, and is currently a host on the South Eastern College Football Today Show on CSS. Among his charitable works, he hosts the Gino Torretta Celebrity Blue Tee Weekend benefiting The Torretta Foundation, which aims to find a cure for ALS and Myasthenia Gravis.

He is also a Past-President of the National University of Miami Alumni Association, a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, and in 2008 was inducted into the University of Miami’s Ring of Honor.

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Gino Torretta - Heisman

Torretta became the second Miami quarterback to win the Heisman while leading his team to an undefeated regular season. The 6-3, 205-pounder was one of the most celebrated athletes in Hurricane history. Torretta was born in Pinole, Calif., and starred for the Pinole High football team as a...
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JD08 said:
Torretta has long worked as a color commentator for collegiate and professional football games, and is currently a host on the South Eastern College Football Today Show on CSS. Among his charitable works, he hosts the Gino Torretta Celebrity Blue Tee Weekend benefiting The Torretta Foundation, which aims to find a cure for ALS and Myasthenia Gravis.

He is also a Past-President of the National University of Miami Alumni Association, a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, and in 2008 was inducted into the University of Miami’s Ring of Honor.

www.heisman.com

Gino Torretta - Heisman

Torretta became the second Miami quarterback to win the Heisman while leading his team to an undefeated regular season. The 6-3, 205-pounder was one of the most celebrated athletes in Hurricane history. Torretta was born in Pinole, Calif., and starred for the Pinole High football team as a...
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That’s all nice. It doesn’t allay my concern over lack of relevant experience.

Those are all beautiful things to put on a résumé or CV, in addition to relevant experience. It would put a candidate over the top. Unfortunately the foundation, id est, college AD experience is not there.

We need to be doing a search for someone that has athletic administrative experience in a P5 university either as the Director or as an assistant/associate who has spearheaded important projects and has a track record of success. If someone is particularly outstanding it would be OK if they came from a G5 school as long as the university experience translates to the types of issues that Miami has.

I guarantee you there are a lot of people that are not athletic directors right now, but who are in athletic departments throughout the country, who are grooming themselves for that next step to be athletic directors. That’s another pool of candidates we need to look at.
 
Canedude08 said:
Running a collegiate athletic department is different than running a media company. It's different than being a NFL personnel guy. Get me someone that has done it, that understands the challenges. Tom Jurich is sitting out there, same with a fallen star like Jeff Long. Get one of those guys. Stop jerking off over inexperienced, unqualified former letterwinners. This hire is extremely important, don't leave it to chance.
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This. I don’t know who is the right AD. But just as we’re trying to find the right head coach from the ranks of HCs that are PROVEN winning HCs, we need a PROVEN AD. The other factor for me is the guy can’t be nearing retirement age. Needs to be high energy. No more guess work at either position.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
That’s all nice. It doesn’t allay my concern over lack of relevant experience.

Those are all beautiful things to put on a résumé or CV, in addition to relevant experience. It would put a candidate over the top. Unfortunately the foundation, id est, college AD experience is not there.

We need to be doing a search for someone that has athletic administrative experience in a P5 university either as the Director or as an assistant/associate who has spearheaded important projects and has a track record of success. If someone is particularly outstanding it would be OK if they came from a G5 school as long as the university experience translates to the types of issues that Miami has.

I guarantee you there are a lot of people that are not athletic directors right now, but who are in athletic departments throughout the country, who are grooming themselves for that next step to be athletic directors. That’s another pool of candidates we need to look at.
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I agree with you 100%. There is a second in command out there who would be perfect. What I'm saying is that if it does happen, it wouldn't be a Lynn Swann situation.
 
Torocane said:
I like it. I uses their skill sets perfectly.

Gino very successful in running a business. Skill fits for AD

Zo very successful in NFL front office career. Skill fits for Football admin.
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I’m Leary of hiring former players… seems like an easy way for an admin to satisfy a ****ed off fan base.

Gino is a successful businessman, but I don’t know how that translates to the business of college athletics. On the surface it seems like it could work, but USC just went this route and failed. Of course the silly conspiracy theory du jour holds that Gino will be the AD because a certain coach out west trusts him, and might be tempted to come here.

I wasn’t really sold on Zo being involved until I heard him interviewed in a pod. He spoke about what a championship team does and how it operates, and how to sell Miami as a program. He basically talked about the foundation a team needs. Then I heard Ahmmon Richards talking about what’s gone wrong inside the program.. and all the reasons this team hasn’t been able to compete with some of the more talented opponents…and it was exactly what Zo talked about changing. So yea, I think Zo being around is a very good thing. Not sure he should be the AD, but some sort of role like they talked about a couple years ago.
 
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