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Does the Board of Trustees have an "Athletic Committee"? If not, it would be nice to see a commission be formed to review the Athletic Department. In reality, their job would be to find a replacement for Blake James on the down low. They need to be forward thinking and proactive. This would lead them to the conclusion that James' usefulness at Miami is done. James gets a lot of flack on here and deservedly so in most cases (although the personal shots at him and his family do go overboard at times). In any case, James' biggest flaw is his lack of success and effort in his coaching hires.
Most people on here seem to view administrators and coaches as good or bad, there is no gray area. However, in Blake's time here, he did do some good. Practice field improvements, weight room, facilities, and indoor practice field all occurred on his watch. By the way, there is nothing wrong with HRS as a facility. If the team is a winner, that place can get juiced like the OB in the day. If you were at the ND game in 2017, you know that place can get rocking when there is a team there worth getting excited about.
Now that the infrastructure is in place, it is important to get the coaches necessary to build the program. I'm not even talking just football, but basketball as well. Coach L has only so much time left either by age or his lack of success lately on the court. Blake simply has not shown the ability to take the bull by the horns and make a solid coaching hire. Frankly, he doesn't even put in the effort. When Golden was fired, he set up an entire committee to find a new coach (including Vilma, BOT members, and other Cane dignitaries) to make the coaching hire (Richt). Obviously, he didn't feel like he could take the responsibility himself. When Jim Morris retired, he hires DiMare who was on Morris' staff for 19 years. Richt retires, he hires Manny. He just phones it in.
This "committee" on the Board needs to do its research now. They need to find an AD that has greatly improved an athletics program at a lesser P5 school or a Group of 5 school. Someone who has made great coaching hires. Perhaps most importantly, the new AD needs to confident enough to follow his or her own vision. Don't try to please everyone all the time because then you'll never please anyone. I think part of Blake and Manny's downfalls as leaders are they listen to too many outside voices (especially those of us nutjobs on here). If it was up to us, Butch never would have had the chance to build the 2001 team.
Anyway, do the research and make the right AD hire as soon as possible because Manny is a dead man walking and Coach L will be leaving soon as well. These coaching hires need to be done correctly.
Most people on here seem to view administrators and coaches as good or bad, there is no gray area. However, in Blake's time here, he did do some good. Practice field improvements, weight room, facilities, and indoor practice field all occurred on his watch. By the way, there is nothing wrong with HRS as a facility. If the team is a winner, that place can get juiced like the OB in the day. If you were at the ND game in 2017, you know that place can get rocking when there is a team there worth getting excited about.
Now that the infrastructure is in place, it is important to get the coaches necessary to build the program. I'm not even talking just football, but basketball as well. Coach L has only so much time left either by age or his lack of success lately on the court. Blake simply has not shown the ability to take the bull by the horns and make a solid coaching hire. Frankly, he doesn't even put in the effort. When Golden was fired, he set up an entire committee to find a new coach (including Vilma, BOT members, and other Cane dignitaries) to make the coaching hire (Richt). Obviously, he didn't feel like he could take the responsibility himself. When Jim Morris retired, he hires DiMare who was on Morris' staff for 19 years. Richt retires, he hires Manny. He just phones it in.
This "committee" on the Board needs to do its research now. They need to find an AD that has greatly improved an athletics program at a lesser P5 school or a Group of 5 school. Someone who has made great coaching hires. Perhaps most importantly, the new AD needs to confident enough to follow his or her own vision. Don't try to please everyone all the time because then you'll never please anyone. I think part of Blake and Manny's downfalls as leaders are they listen to too many outside voices (especially those of us nutjobs on here). If it was up to us, Butch never would have had the chance to build the 2001 team.
Anyway, do the research and make the right AD hire as soon as possible because Manny is a dead man walking and Coach L will be leaving soon as well. These coaching hires need to be done correctly.
