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Alonzo Highsmith the answer?

I would bring him in to just run the football side of things. We are on life support right now.
 
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sdaly12 said:
Highsmith knows football inside and out from a variety of levels..... find a sharp assistant AD to help with details and it can work
JZ do you really want Blake James making any more period.... what we're doing is not working that's for sure 15+ years
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You do know there are other sports in an athletic department right?
 
JZCane0825 said:
You do know there are other sports in an athletic department right?
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sure but football drives the revenue train......and we have been living on past glories for 15 +years
Blake James asAD = mediocrity
? when do you think the ACC is going to stop and say Hey Miami you need to get off ACC welfare and invest and produce
 
Football OPS ? sure
AD? No


We need qualified AD. We've seen what happens when we get shortsighted here. A bad coach costs you 3-5 yrs. A bad AD ...
 
Canedude08 said:
We already missed on Danny White(Who was my #1 choice for 5 years running)

John Currie(Wake Forest)--Wake is a tough gig, and he's made some good hires with Dave Clawson being the best. Has experience dealing with private school issues. Was successful at KSU, which again isn't an easy job.

John Hartwell(Utah State) Dude has made solid hires in multiple sports at Troy(Previous stop),

Mark Coyle(Minnesota)--Multiple solid hires, was at Boise State before Minny.


Now, if the boosters really wanted to go ham, my choice would be:

Mack Rhaodes(Baylor)--Has midmajor experience, has made multiple good hires at Baylor. Good fundraiser, has a bit of edge to him.
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Coyle is gonna hold out for a top money maker job.
 
Highsmith AD. Ed Reed HC. Ed Reed DB coach. Michael Irvin WR coach. Joaquin Gonzalez OL coach. Butch Davis recruiting coordinator?
 
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I’d get him in the building somehow. Probably won’t lose him to another job, seems like he’d be focused just on this solely.

The actual AD though, I’d find a mid-major guy with a solid track record of hiring coaches and has decent contacts. Just needs to be someone outside Miami’s athletic department. Seems like Blake only hires people he knows.
 
miamicanephins said:
Danny White just went to UT
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This is and has been my pick. This guy BUILT UCF into the brand it is :: insert snide remarks ::

But this guy cared about the school, made huge HC hires and actively promoted the brand. He has smarts and could make something out of nothing. Imagine what he'll do at Tennessee or even here after what he did at UCF
 
WndyCityCane said:
Gotta start with replacing the AD. Is Highsmith the answer to the clown show that is our entire athletic department?

How about throwing big money at him before our next fb coach?

Go Canes!
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Football GM / football only type AD — 1000%.

Need someone else to kiss babies, shake hands, fundraise and rep at women’s soccer games.

This man needs to at UM to help with football; anything else is a waste of his time and talent.
 
ItsAUThing.com said:
Football GM / football only type AD — 1000%.
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Atrocious, illogical and unnecessary. Nobody, nobody, not even our dumbest fans would suggest Zo for a move like this if he never went here. What other program that has had tremendous success has a "football GM" running football and football only?

Good luck finding a real AD that will tolerate this bullchit.
 
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JZCane0825 said:
So you want to replace someone who had never been an AD of a major D-1 program with someone who's never been an AD before? Brilliant!
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But but but he was an executive in the NFL and he is friends with lots of college coaches. And and and he is a Miami guy! What could go wrong?
 
ElJefe3 said:
This is and has been my pick. This guy BUILT UCF into the brand it is :: insert snide remarks ::

But this guy cared about the school, made huge HC hires and actively promoted the brand. He has smarts and could make something out of nothing. Imagine what he'll do at Tennessee or even here after what he did at UCF
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He would have been a decent hire but unclear if he'd leave Tennessee after such a short stint.
 
Consigliere said:
Atrocious, illogical and unnecessary. Nobody, nobody, not even our dumbest fans would suggest Zo for a move like this if he never went here. What other program that has had tremendous success has a "football GM" running football and football only?

Good luck finding a real AD that will tolerate this bullchit.
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Yep, but half this board doesn't want to hear that.
 
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