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Insane, with Fisher at 7.5 Saban at 8 and Meyer around 7, the bar is much higher now for top coaches. Miami simply has to pay for results.
So it sounds you want to hire a HC who has won a championship and pay him at least 7 million per year. No one else is getting Fisher, Saban, Meyer, or Swinney for the foreseeable future. So that leaves you with Les Miles, Gene Chizik, and Larry Coker. Paying them 7 million per year isn't going to turn them into Nick Saban. Harbaugh makes more than 7 million. How many rings does he have?
Lincoln Riley is going to the NFL. He's out. Peterson isn't leaving the PNW. You could have tried to hire an assistant from Saban's staff like UGA did with Smart, but fans would lose their minds if we hired an unproven coordinator. UGA also didn't pay Smart 7 million to get him from Bama. They actually paid him less than Rick is getting now, then gave him a new contract after he got them in the playoffs.
This "woe is us, we cant win because we don't pay enough to get a good coach" is the biggest load of horsesh#t and I'm f#cking tired of people trotting out that lazy excuse.
How many more millions does it take to find a coach who can beat Duke? You think the head coach with one of the highest win percentages of active coaches should be able to manage that feat? I do.
Miami's lack of success isn't because we don't pay enough. It's because we consistently pick bad coaches. Rick was literally going to take a year or two off from football to figure out if he still wanted to coach when we hired him. Is it a surprise now that a coach who was on his way to retirement is lazy and unmotivated?
We have a BOT that has no sack. When Rick eventually gets fired, the next guy will also have to be squeaky clean and project the right image. F#ck that. The city of Miami likes characters. I loved being the bad guy. I want a coach who embraces being a scoundrel, perhaps even a pirate. Give me something entertaining and I'll be happy. So you can keep your Dino Babers, who I think is a good coach, but will not fully get what makes the Miami Hurricanes the representatives of the city of Miami. I want the guy who taught the guy who taught Dino Babers. Its the same guy who taught Lincoln Riley and Dave Aranda. Bring me the Pullman Pirate and let Miami get its swagger back.