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After a handful of questions into the interview, James was asked if he would be willing to suggest staff changes to Richt if he felt like it needed to be done.
His response: “I would talk with the coach about what we are looking at and what needs to change,” James said. “I am not going to get into what we need in his assistants. Whether it is the head coach, or the athletic director, or anything, you have to identify in the real world the strengths that you need around you and what you need on your team. We will have conversations about the things we are looking at and what we can do different. You ask all sorts of questions as to what is the right fit, but it is not my role to get into saying hey this assistant coach or this assistant coach or we should be doing things this way. That is up to the head coach and we have one that has a long history of being able to figure those things out at a very successful level.”
When those meetings do occur, James says he will make it clear to Richt that he will do whatever he can to support the football program in terms of resources.
“As the athletic director, what do I need to do to support them in their efforts? My job is to help support the coaches to be in the best position to have success and I will talk with Mark about if there is things we need to do as a program to give them something that we don’t have right now to put it to the next level,” James said.
James is confident that Richt will make the right decisions as the leader of the football program to get the UM program back on track.
“There is not a better person than Mark,” James said. “We are blessed as a university to have great people who are great leaders that are leading our programs. All of them are competitive. They want to win and win against the very best. Mark is vocal with me on things he needs in order to win and I hate losing and I do everything I can to make sure I give our programs the resources that they need.”
After starting the 2018 season ranked as the No. 8 team in the country in preseason polls, the Hurricanes are currently 5-5 and fighting for bowl eligibility with games at Virginia Tech and at home against Pittsburgh on the schedule.
James remains hopeful that Miami can end the season on a strong note.
“I don’t think with where we are at now, it is not a secret that everything has not gone as planned,” James said. “There was high hopes from the fans to Mark, myself, and all the guys on the team. Any time you go out, you want to win. We haven’t won the way that we wanted to this year. With that being said, the guys are fighting their way through. We have two games coming up in the next two weeks and I’m confident the guys will be ready to go. I am confident the guys will play their best and hopefully come out with two victories and hopefully end up in a good bowl situation and close the year on a positive note.
“Any time things don’t go as planned, you have to look at things and at the end of the year we will talk about what type of changes have to be made in order for us to achieve at a higher level. Those are things that Mark is looking at and is ongoing. We don’t look at things until the end, you want to address things as soon as you can. I know Mark wants to win this week and win next week and with that said we will talk about the end of the year about the big picture and what we need to do differently.”
His response: “I would talk with the coach about what we are looking at and what needs to change,” James said. “I am not going to get into what we need in his assistants. Whether it is the head coach, or the athletic director, or anything, you have to identify in the real world the strengths that you need around you and what you need on your team. We will have conversations about the things we are looking at and what we can do different. You ask all sorts of questions as to what is the right fit, but it is not my role to get into saying hey this assistant coach or this assistant coach or we should be doing things this way. That is up to the head coach and we have one that has a long history of being able to figure those things out at a very successful level.”
When those meetings do occur, James says he will make it clear to Richt that he will do whatever he can to support the football program in terms of resources.
“As the athletic director, what do I need to do to support them in their efforts? My job is to help support the coaches to be in the best position to have success and I will talk with Mark about if there is things we need to do as a program to give them something that we don’t have right now to put it to the next level,” James said.
James is confident that Richt will make the right decisions as the leader of the football program to get the UM program back on track.
“There is not a better person than Mark,” James said. “We are blessed as a university to have great people who are great leaders that are leading our programs. All of them are competitive. They want to win and win against the very best. Mark is vocal with me on things he needs in order to win and I hate losing and I do everything I can to make sure I give our programs the resources that they need.”
After starting the 2018 season ranked as the No. 8 team in the country in preseason polls, the Hurricanes are currently 5-5 and fighting for bowl eligibility with games at Virginia Tech and at home against Pittsburgh on the schedule.
James remains hopeful that Miami can end the season on a strong note.
“I don’t think with where we are at now, it is not a secret that everything has not gone as planned,” James said. “There was high hopes from the fans to Mark, myself, and all the guys on the team. Any time you go out, you want to win. We haven’t won the way that we wanted to this year. With that being said, the guys are fighting their way through. We have two games coming up in the next two weeks and I’m confident the guys will be ready to go. I am confident the guys will play their best and hopefully come out with two victories and hopefully end up in a good bowl situation and close the year on a positive note.
“Any time things don’t go as planned, you have to look at things and at the end of the year we will talk about what type of changes have to be made in order for us to achieve at a higher level. Those are things that Mark is looking at and is ongoing. We don’t look at things until the end, you want to address things as soon as you can. I know Mark wants to win this week and win next week and with that said we will talk about the end of the year about the big picture and what we need to do differently.”
