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[Chrisarg72]

With a final ranking of #13 in the AP poll, Miami has its best season since 2004. Current recruits were 5 years old at the time...
With 10 wins, Miami has its best season since 2003. Current recruits were 4 years old at the time...

As much as people rip into Mark Richt, they forget to consider that Miami has been painfully mediocre for a decade and a half. He's far from perfect and this is by no means a blind endorsement, but he has gotten Miami back to being a good team. Whether he can take us to a natty is to be seen, but before him we were in real danger of being stuck in mediocrity, of recruits not believing Miami can ever be more than a 7-5 or 6-6 team.... After two decades of mediocrity, we would be in the same boat as the Tennessees and Colorados of CFB. i.e. irrelevant.

Now we're back to being on the national radar, of croots truly believing that they can rep their hometown and win, not forcing them to decide between the two. I'm ******* excited.

 

[5nationaltitles]

I'm not saying Richt is a bad coach. I think he's a good coach, but I question if he can take Miami to the next level. He hasn't even won a conference championship since 2005. (Forget about a NC.)

Nobody on here rips Mark Richt. Honestly Richt has too much of a cult following on here that's a little annoying.

 

[supersaiyanshel]

I'm not saying Richt is a bad coach. I think he's a good coach, but I question if he can take Miami to the next level. He hasn't even won a conference championship since 2005. (Forget about a NC.)

Nobody on here rips Mark Richt. Honestly Richt has too much of a cult following on here that's a little annoying.

Until he proves otherwise, this is a legitimate view point, but I will say, we are ahead of schedule. I don't know if the turnaround will happen as quickly as some of us want, I just know that if/when it does happen, it's going to catch CFB completely off guard.

 

[5nationaltitles]

At the end of the day I want better than 3 loss seasons and top 15 finishes. Does anybody else remember the days when consecutive 3 loss Peach Bowl seasons where we finished around #11-15 were getting Larry Coker on the hot seat? Nowadays everybody seems so happy with these types of seasons, like it's the goal of Miami football.

 

[MiamiVice7]

At the end of the day I want better than 3 loss seasons and top 15 finishes. Does anybody else remember the days when consecutive 3 loss Peach Bowl seasons where we finished around #11-15 were getting Larry Coker on the hot seat? Nowadays everybody seems so happy with these types of seasons, like it's the goal of Miami football.

It goes without saying that we all want that. And yes, we all remember that.

We also remember the last 10-15 years of pure horse**** and what is essentially .500 football. Irrelevance. Embarrassment. NEVER MAKING IT TO THE ACCCG.

So yes, we all want more. But if you can't acknowledge significant progress--real, tangible progress--in the context of what Miami had actually become, then I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not satisfied, but yeah, I'm happy with this season and last season compared to the recent seasons that preceded them (you know, the seasons that recruits would remember since they've been alive). And yes, "like it's the goal of Miami football" to win the ACC Coastal and get to the ACCCG. There are other, bigger goals but you apparently missed that we NEVER accomplished those goals until THIS SEASON. Nobody is satisfied, but I for one am happy with the progress and trajectory.

 

[3rd-43]

I'm not saying Richt is a bad coach. I think he's a good coach, but I question if he can take Miami to the next level. He hasn't even won a conference championship since 2005. (Forget about a NC.)

Nobody on here rips Mark Richt. Honestly Richt has too much of a cult following on here that's a little annoying.

9 day old user with wealth of knowledge on posters habits.... Not long now.

 

[Chrisarg72]

At the end of the day I want better than 3 loss seasons and top 15 finishes. Does anybody else remember the days when consecutive 3 loss Peach Bowl seasons where we finished around #11-15 were getting Larry Coker on the hot seat? Nowadays everybody seems so happy with these types of seasons, like it's the goal of Miami football.

It goes without saying that we all want that. And yes, we all remember that.

We also remember the last 10-15 years of pure horse**** and what is essentially .500 football. Irrelevance. Embarrassment. NEVER MAKING IT TO THE ACCCG.

So yes, we all want more. But if you can't acknowledge significant progress--real, tangible progress--in the context of what Miami had actually become, then I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not satisfied, but yeah, I'm happy with this season and last season compared to the recent seasons that preceded them (you know, the seasons that recruits would remember since they've been alive). And yes, "like it's the goal of Miami football" to win the ACC Coastal and get to the ACCCG. There are other, bigger goals but you apparently missed that we NEVER accomplished those goals until THIS SEASON. Nobody is satisfied, but I for one am happy with the progress and trajectory.

Exactly, I even state in my post that Richt may not be the guy to take us to national championships. However, there are levels of success. We have been stuck in irrelevance and need a few seasons of Top 15 performances to reestablish the U as a legit team and not a mediocre joke. We're on that trajectory. Whether Richt can break through to the next tier - Natty contender - remains to be seen but I am sure to be happy we have cleared the hurdle that has tripped us up for 15 ******* years.

 

[Bird4um]

I'd rather do it slowly, with a strong foundation. Don't want a quick overnight fix..

 

[TreOFive]

At the end of the day I want better than 3 loss seasons and top 15 finishes. Does anybody else remember the days when consecutive 3 loss Peach Bowl seasons where we finished around #11-15 were getting Larry Coker on the hot seat? Nowadays everybody seems so happy with these types of seasons, like it's the goal of Miami football.

It goes without saying that we all want that. And yes, we all remember that.

We also remember the last 10-15 years of pure horse**** and what is essentially .500 football. Irrelevance. Embarrassment. NEVER MAKING IT TO THE ACCCG.

So yes, we all want more. But if you can't acknowledge significant progress--real, tangible progress--in the context of what Miami had actually become, then I don't know what to tell you.

I'm not satisfied, but yeah, I'm happy with this season and last season compared to the recent seasons that preceded them (you know, the seasons that recruits would remember since they've been alive). And yes, "like it's the goal of Miami football" to win the ACC Coastal and get to the ACCCG. There are other, bigger goals but you apparently missed that we NEVER accomplished those goals until THIS SEASON. Nobody is satisfied, but I for one am happy with the progress and trajectory.

Spot on!

 

[TreOFive]

I'd rather do it slowly, with a strong foundation. Don't want a quick overnight fix..

I want to reclaim the spot and hold it down multiple seasons. Dynasty level.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

I'm not saying Richt is a bad coach. I think he's a good coach, but I question if he can take Miami to the next level. He hasn't even won a conference championship since 2005. (Forget about a NC.)

Nobody on here rips Mark Richt. Honestly Richt has too much of a cult following on here that's a little annoying.

So, you just started posting, but yet you know how everybody posts on here. You’ve read tens of thousands of posts in the last few days. OK.

 

[Memnon]

I trust, believe & support Richt 100%

I'm grateful that he's here & the end of the mediocrity is over. The Folden era was absolutely devastating to our program, it was like being the survivor of a ****** nuclear war, it was a slow death by radiation.

In year 3 we're headed in the right direction, but make no mistake this season is going to be pivotal to the future of this program. We're on the cusp on going from being good to great & I want greatness, we can't settle for just being good simply because of how bad we were the last 15 years before Richt.

He was able to get us to the ACCCG with a horrendous QB & an inconsistent defense, so with a better QB & talent infusion on both sides of the ball the expectation for this year should be to actually win the conference.

Don't make so many excuses that you drown in them, by year 4 we should be preparing to be a Playoff team contending for a National championship. That's not unfair to Richt, he's that good of coach & we have enough talent that we should expect it.

I believe Richt will win us #6 , we're on the right track, but I hope we're not 6-7 years in saying the same thing. I think he gets it done this year though.

 

[d--1]

At the end of the day I want better than 3 loss seasons and top 15 finishes. Does anybody else remember the days when consecutive 3 loss Peach Bowl seasons where we finished around #11-15 were getting Larry Coker on the hot seat? Nowadays everybody seems so happy with these types of seasons, like it's the goal of Miami football.

Not speaking for anyone else but I'm not happy with this season because it's the goal. I'm happy because it's an improvement.

 

[Themadcane]

Before the season if someone said you go to ACC championship game and wine 10 wins, while losing a game and losing your off week due to hurricane I would be ecstatic !

If you say the same thing in 2 years I will be ****ed. We have a way to go but making great progress