Has Miami ever landed a BIG name coach? I could be wrong but I could've sworn Schelly (to an extent), Jimmy, Butch, Wandstedt, Tuberville, etc. all made their names here before moving on to larger pastures.
This false pretense that we have to have a big name guy is crazy. We just need good/great coaches to recruit and develop. The rest will take care of itself.
GO CANES!!!
Agree somewhat. A lot of posters want to hire a guru that guarantees a display case full of trophies, but he doesn‘t exist.
What Miami needs is proper funding of the football infrastructure (administrative and recruiting) as well as someone who can judge a quality HC. Yes, you look at record but there are no NC-winning HCs available. Unless you want Bob Stoops, Larry Coker, Les Miles, Gene Chizik, or wait for Ed Ogeron to be fired at LSU. No thanks.
Former AD Sam J. had an instinct for HCs. He thought Schelly could revive the program with his NFL credentials, he thought Jimmy Johnson was an innovator and ahead of the game, and the same for Dennis Erickson. Johnson wasn’t a big winner at Oklahoma State (.500). Erickson and his offense made a bad Washington State program competitive. Right on all three counts (Erickson’s recruiting deficiencies not withstanding).
This is a different era, though.
Hire a bright mind, someone with an attention to detail, whose teams play smart, tough, football. How had his team played when playing far better teams? Upsets are great, but were they flukes? A bad day by a better team? Or did he win by out-coaching his peer? How did his team play when playing inferior teams? Lazy, flat, down to the level of the opponent? Or usually play hard, dominate when expected?
Tom Herman, for example. Everyone called him a ‘savage’ after upsetting FSU and OU in his two years at Houston. People ignored bad losses in his second season, after the OU win. Focused only on the shiny bits, but not the dirt. Hired at Texas, fired. Couldn’t win big with all the support he could ask for. Did win a Sugar Bowl over UGA, but overall he tanked. Players disliked him, and mostly did not respect him. Lazy recruiter. *** personality, without inspiring respect.