Confirmed by Barry, the bot and admin do not care.

[919cane]

neither am I but the problem is who's out there? he'd own so fla

Danny Freeze Jr.

 

[NicKane]

See this is where I think fans get this wrong, because of the way Manny was hired, Blake is on the hottest of hot seats

Is this opinion My friend or do you know this because Blake’s already been out on notice that if manny fails, he’s fired? Please tell me you know this because Blake has been notified? I need hope!

 

[canesstevealum08]

Is this opinion My friend or do you know this because Blake’s already been out on notice that if manny fails, he’s fired? Please tell me you know this because Blake has been notified? I need hope!

safe to say he's on notice if Manny bottoms out he's done too

 

[Go Canes!!]

Jumbo would be an absolute dream come true and would have us in the top of 5 of recruiting every year! That would be unbelievable to land him abd I truly believe if there is anyone out there that we can realistically get and would land us number 6 it’s him.

Jimbo already makes $10 million a year and has Unlimited resources. Why on earth would he come here?

 

[TallyCane]

Manny gets fired if he goes 7-5, just hope he doesn’t get a extension if he gets better than that. You don’t have to break the bank for a Coach but you have to know what kind of job Miami is. Miami is a tricky job and it’s not meant for everybody. You going to have to work harder and out scheme people if you want to win big . I think Mario would be good here if we were to fire manny but until that happens it’s all just a waste of time to argue it.

 

[Insane Cane]

It’s funny that people around program just assume he’s the next coach. Then why not just get the guy already lol

Well, I can tell you some people thought he was next after MR retired. I also know some people feel strongly had a national coaching search had been conducted like all major college programs do, at the time, given the programs issues and short comings, he would've been the best candidate.

So why not get the guy already??

Blake James **** the bed and never conducted a national coaching search. Period. End of conversation.

 

[Fbdr24]

Been saying this for a long time. I thought Frenk coming here would be a good thing. Mexicans love sports, soccer, boxing, ****fighting….real disappointed.

 

[nycane]

Well, I can tell you some people thought he was next after MR retired. I also know some people feel strongly had a national coaching search had been conducted like all major college programs do, at the time, given the programs issues and short comings, he would've been the best candidate.

So why not get the guy already??

Blake James **** the bed and never conducted a national coaching search. Period. End of conversation.

mediocre basketball program, baseball and football. um use to be in college World Series and nc title games every year.

 

[Insane Cane]

end of day, firing Manny would set us back because it means he has a bad year. right now, if he runs the table, we get a great recruiting class. its a no win short term.

Agree, firing Manny now hurts the program and sets us back further.

But don't extend him. Unless his buyout cost as much as a dozen croquetas

Let's hope he has a great year, continues to recruit good/decent and sets the table for the next guy

 

[Insane Cane]

mediocre basketball program, baseball and football. um use to be in college World Series and nc title games every year.

This begins to get fixed with an AD who cares about winning BIG. The school president and AD will fall in line. As has been stated at nauseam our AD is ok with being "good"

 

[mackjones]

I hate quoting Barry but he drops quite the bomb. The bot and admin simply don't care.


2) Find a special coach who can lead this program from Top 15-to-25 caliber to something far greater.

I view that as unlikely.

UM’s Board of Trustees isn’t motivated to spend $10 million a year for an elite coach with championship pedigree. And even if the Hurricanes could land, say, a Jimbo Fisher, there’s no assurance he could make the Canes elite again.


The sense here is that the administration will stick with Manny Diaz - who’s in year three of a five-year deal - if he wins in the range of nine games a year and keeps UM generally in the top 25, regardless of whether the gap is closed with Alabama or not.

As one Board of Trustee member said, though some members have higher standards than simply being a borderline Top 20 program, president Julio Frenk isn’t a big sports fan and there’s little motivation internally to keep changing coaches until they find one to build UM back to top-five-in-the-country status.

Perhaps that view changes once a coach reaches the end of his contract; if Diaz goesn’t get an extension after year 3 or 4, that would be telling.

The Hurricanes simply aren’t going to spend the money on an Urban Meyer-type unless there’s a dramatic change in philosophy.


Its over boys.

Much ado about nothing. My bad for being relatively negative, but the proverbial adage has been the writing on the Orange and Green colored wall for at least a decade, or so.

And dig this too. For instance, one point that you forgot to mention, is as long as Miami Hurricane sports continues to get that socialist welfare check from the ACC, and those lucrative dollars from ABC/ESPN college football; and even the revenue from the bowl games the Powers That Be Will Be Content and all that. Because that financial cash flow will continue to keep the overall athletic department far away from being in the proverbial red. If U Know What I Mean.

Nevertheless, at least Miami football ISN'T the Nebraska football program. LOL Heck, the multi-millionaire boosters STILL continue to throw money into the football program, and haven't seen any degree of reward for writing those BIG BUCK checks. Now that's rich. No pun intended. Also, correct me if I'm wrong. But the HC for Nebraska is either the SECOND HIGHEST, or THIRD HIGHEST paid HC in the Big Ten. So much for buying multiple-shares in a BUST of a product.

So yes, it's time to admit Miami, Florida Hurricane football will NEVER be the same!!! And the same could be said about the Nebraska football program. And if that lame *** sorrowful game on Saturn day isn't enough to convince ANY Miami fan. Than he or she is simply playing the fool.

Heck, at least the despised Seminoles gave a LEGITIMATE Top 20 in the nation a scare on Sunday night. Go figure. Peace.

 

[RVACane]

Jimbo already makes $10 million a year and has unleashed resources. Why on earth would he come here?

He heard we had a contingent of fans who would faithfully defend him til the end and money can’t buy that kind of dedication?

 

[mackjones]

Jumbo would be an absolute dream come true and would have us in the top of 5 of recruiting every year! That would be unbelievable to land him abd I truly believe if there is anyone out there that we can realistically get and would land us number 6 it’s him.

I second your sagacious notion. But... too many Cane fans have just too much hate for Good Ole Boy Jimbo!! And that includes the longtime serious fans. In other words, they let their emotions CLOUD any degree of rational, logic they have in their LARGE BRAINS!!! huh? Even Urban Myers is on the PERSON NON GRATA list of the majority of Cane fans. Talk about letting one's emotions run roughshod over one's logic and sound reasoning and all that. Heck, IF Miami had the BIG BUCKS to hire one of the latter HC's. I'd welcome either one of those PROVEN HC's!!! But then again, I'm just the lone Cane mumbling into the Gulfstream breeze. Peace.

 

[JD08]

Jimbo already makes $10 million a year and has Unlimited resources. Why on earth would he come here?

Because he hasn't broken 10 wins in 3 years at a school that expects results for that kind of money. He's 17-6 the last two years and Manny is 14-10. Is the extra 3 wins worth $6 million a year?

SEC and Texas are a completely different situation than other conferences.

 

[mackjones]

the next 11 games will tell us more about Manny than the bama game

Michigan St. will be the litmus test. Then there's mighty Carolina Blue, Va. Tech, Pitt., and NCST. Even FSU on the road will be a DIFFICULT game. Especially after that impressive performance the other night. And with a SKINNY *** inexperienced quarterback!! Now that's rich.

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

There’s literally 5 teams that will do this….literally

I’m shocked ur shocked.

Exactly.

And where are these coaches kicking down Miami's door to coach in this pro city—with no college town environment, fan support, on-campus stadium, et al.

Pretty much every college coach is looking for a college town experience—biggest show in town, no other entertainment dollars to compete with—while Miami offers none of that.

Even before coaching salaries went completely out of control, no one wanted this job.

Jimmy Johnson was an Oklahoma State nobody, who never beat Oklahoma or Nebraska in his tenure. Dennis Erickson was a Wyoming and Washington State nobody, with a one-back offense that our fan wanted no part of (until it worked.)

Butch Davis was a third-choice guy. Larry Coker was a stopgap, substitute teacher. Randy Shannon was a glorified intern—after Greg Schiano turned down the gig and didn't want to return tom UM.

Al Golden was another theoretical up-and-comer type attracted to the UM gig. Richt was washed out after 15 years at Georgia—returning to his alma mater on fumes. Diaz is another theoretical up-and-comer with Miami ties.

Where is this coaching tree of icons and legends that are willing to leave where they're at for Miami—or these next-level guys this program isn't willing to pay.

A guy Gary Patterson turned down big offers every year to stay at TCU. Chris Petersen refused to leave Boise State after a decade of getting courted—eventually going to the Washington program his dad brought him up as a fan of; as well as not a regional stretch to leave Boise for Seattle.

Guys like Matt Campbell aren't leaving Iowa State, either—after a decade of watching hot names like Kevin Sumlin, Tom Herman, etc. leaving successful gigs, only to face plant on the bigger stage.

Oregon has more money than god—they couldn't even keep Willie Taggart, while setting on Mario Cristobal for their next head coach. Texas is loaded; settled on the washed up Steve Sarkisian. Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach—two more retreads—showed up in Mississippi a year ago, while both their programs chase SEC powers. LSU settled on Ed Orgeron—who is set to be their Larry Coker, after one magical season.

Urban Meyer was the biggest name in the game outside of Nick Saban and he's chasing NFL dollars.

Where are these supposed saviors ready to come in to save Miami football?

 

[SpikeUM]

So, the mouthbreathers in our fanbase, who are some of the cheapest fans in college athletics are shocked that people IQs above 70 aren't interested in ****ing money down the drain, knowing full well that it isn't there, to try to compete with schools that produce 2-3x the revenue. Color me shocked.

I'm going to say this, Miami is in a tough spot. Even if Miami hits on a coach(which isn't likely with Blake James, he's incompetent), Miami's ceiling is limited because the NCAA has made it borderline impossible for teams to compete with Bama, Clemson, Ohio State etc. What can Miami football be? Basically, Miami can be Notre Dame. Notre Dame isn't winning a title anytime soon, but they are a solid 9-10 win per year team that can sneak into the playoff, so Bama can jailhouse them. That's the ceiling, barring some crazy miracle.

That said, Miami does a **** poor job of maximizing the funds that are coming in. Miami could have had Willie Fritz, Miami could have had Bill Clark, but Blake James chose Manny without even calling qualified candidates. That's what annoys me. The BOT allowed it to happen, because a lot of the athletically inclined members aren't doing their job. It's not Dr. Frenk's job, he's the University President, it's on the guys and girls of the BOT that allegedly care about athletics to oversee Blake, and hold him accountable.

I agree with most of your post, except the first paragraph.

We are never going to be Alabama, but no one is. However, the school has never really supported the team, even in our heyday, and many if not most of the BOT simply couldnt give a **** about football or even sports in general, they got that "Harvard of the South" idiocy in their heads.

Re your ****ing down money, football put Miami on the map and pays for everything, a smart business decision is to invest in your moneymaker. I think the issue is cultural; in the $EC, OSU, Clemson etc., the football program runs the school, our BOT does not want to give up that power. Blake James is a perfect example of that.

 

[Southcane]

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

And kill the recruiting we have. Great idea
As soon as y’all get it through your minds that this program is among the Syracuse’s and Louisville’s of the world you’ll be fine. We’re not going to compete for titles. The coastal and maybe a fairy tale ACC championship is our lid.

Syracuse needs fans too

Absolutely

Of all the badly conceived, ill thought out arguments....this one is the worst. Why on earth would you prioritize individual recruits ahead of the overall well being of the program? Sacrifice long term stabilization for some sort of POSSIBLE short term gain? Those "recruits" you are worried about could easily turn into another M. Pope, or an underachiever like Silvera.

I'm sorry, but I cannot get behind this *** backwards form of logic. You sacrifice EVERYTHING necessary to try and clean up the administration and turn us into a functional competitive football program.

 

[OldhamA]

I bet you're a big fan of participation trophies

I'm not a big fan of throwing my toys out of the pram.

Jimmy Johnson isn't walking through that door. Unless you've got another suggestion for a brilliant coach, bearing in mind every single one has failed here since Butch Davis, I'm going to stick with Diaz for now. The team has improved every year and so has he - he's a much better option than 90% of the flavour of the month suggestions being thrown around here. Hugh Freeze? Lane Kiffin? C'mon now.