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Now being reported Charlie Strong would listen to UM? Not sure how true this is but kind of amazing for a small school. Maybe just maybe coaches know something we don't with this hot bed of recruiting and good enough facilities (lol).

ESPN’s Brett McMurphy Reports That Charlie Strong “Would Listen” If Contacted About Miami Job
 
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The school and BoT may have finally realized being cheap is going to get us nowhere fast.
 
Was UM intentionally being cheap before though? Was Larry Coker not once the highest paid coach in cfb? At the time Randy Shannon looked like the right man for the job, obviously that backfired. But what were we supposed to do, pay him $4 million a year when he has never been a HC? We ****ed up with Coker, but that is who the players wanted and they got it. Then we tried the coordinator route, it failed. Then Golden, young upcoming coach, he failed. We have tried all of those routes. Maybe now we are going back to the proven coach route or the NFL route. We'll see. I'm high on Tom Herman but maybe they are past the upcoming coaches, but I just get a different vibe from him than I did Golden.

My point is, we were paying the going rate for coaches that are either first timers, or up and comers. Maybe if they hired a proven coach before, we fork out some more money. I'm glad we haven't been paying coaches much based on the results they have produced.
 
One thing i wouldnt take into consideration is what any ex players want these are the same guys that bAcked coker.......
 
mjackson6 said:
Was UM intentionally being cheap before though? Was Larry Coker not once the highest paid coach in cfb? At the time Randy Shannon looked like the right man for the job, obviously that backfired. But what were we supposed to do, pay him $4 million a year when he has never been a HC? We ****ed up with Coker, but that is who the players wanted and they got it. Then we tried the coordinator route, it failed. Then Golden, young upcoming coach, he failed. We have tried all of those routes. Maybe now we are going back to the proven coach route or the NFL route. We'll see. I'm high on Tom Herman but maybe they are past the upcoming coaches, but I just get a different vibe from him than I did Golden.

My point is, we were paying the going rate for coaches that are either first timers, or up and comers. Maybe if they hired a proven coach before, we fork out some more money. I'm glad we haven't been paying coaches much based on the results they have produced.
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Agreed and I don't think we screwed up with Coker, the players practically begged for it and admin knew we had an epic team so chose to not go against them, just ended up being a sorry recruiter was his downfall in my opinion
 
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Well I'm sure if Shalala had anything to do with what we were paying coaches, that is where the cheapness started. As we all know, she could care less about football.
 
mjackson6 said:
Was UM intentionally being cheap before though? Was Larry Coker not once the highest paid coach in cfb? At the time Randy Shannon looked like the right man for the job, obviously that backfired. But what were we supposed to do, pay him $4 million a year when he has never been a HC? We ****ed up with Coker, but that is who the players wanted and they got it. Then we tried the coordinator route, it failed. Then Golden, young upcoming coach, he failed. We have tried all of those routes. Maybe now we are going back to the proven coach route or the NFL route. We'll see. I'm high on Tom Herman but maybe they are past the upcoming coaches, but I just get a different vibe from him than I did Golden.

My point is, we were paying the going rate for coaches that are either first timers, or up and comers. Maybe if they hired a proven coach before, we fork out some more money. I'm glad we haven't been paying coaches much based on the results they have produced.
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I'm sorry....but at NO time did Randy Shannon look like the right man for the job.
 
Big Sky Cane said:
mjackson6 said:
Was UM intentionally being cheap before though? Was Larry Coker not once the highest paid coach in cfb? At the time Randy Shannon looked like the right man for the job, obviously that backfired. But what were we supposed to do, pay him $4 million a year when he has never been a HC? We ****ed up with Coker, but that is who the players wanted and they got it. Then we tried the coordinator route, it failed. Then Golden, young upcoming coach, he failed. We have tried all of those routes. Maybe now we are going back to the proven coach route or the NFL route. We'll see. I'm high on Tom Herman but maybe they are past the upcoming coaches, but I just get a different vibe from him than I did Golden.

My point is, we were paying the going rate for coaches that are either first timers, or up and comers. Maybe if they hired a proven coach before, we fork out some more money. I'm glad we haven't been paying coaches much based on the results they have produced.
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I'm sorry....but at NO time did Randy Shannon look like the right man for the job.
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He looked like what we needed, a Miami guy, high energy, disciplinarian. That's all anyone kept bringing up as the need for the job and that is what we got. After Coker's babysitting years things were out of control and he was supposed to fix the stuff, but he was no better.
 
Honestly sounds like BS to me. Genuine coaching candidates don't generally telegraph their interest in jobs like this publically. This sounds like crafty agents spreading info to improve the market for their clients. The Herman stuff sure sounds like his agent is just trying to start the bidding war for him. Maybe the Strong stuff is just his agent trying to put feelers out that he's willing to leave Texas, or that he has other options, since its no secret that its been a disaster down there.

Beyond Butch, Schiano, Chud, and Mario, I just don't trust any public "rumor" that some coach is interested. When that info leaks its usually because they are trying to leverage the situation for other benefits.
 
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Keep in mind that coaches will often make proclamations about open jobs in an effort to foster their own marketing efforts. Ive seen plenty of times where there is an open, high profile coaching vacancy and a coach will say in an interview that they want to "make the record clear that they are not interested in job X..." When they were never a candidate to begin with. lol


Or in Charlie Strong's case, he knows his leash at Texas is extremely short. Why not start floating stuff now.
 
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Strong wants to bolt Texas because he is a terrible head coach and will be fired.
 
Agecane said:
McMurphy is an SEC homer. That crap was started to help A&M in the recruiting wars.
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he was the first to report sataurday that something might happen soon.

Strong loves south florida. Texas is a bad fit for him.
 
SFbayCane said:
Keep in mind that coaches will often make proclamations about open jobs in an effort to foster their own marketing efforts. Ive seen plenty of times where there is an open, high profile coaching vacancy and a coach will say in an interview that they want to "make the record clear that they are not interested in job X..." When they were never a candidate to begin with. lol


Or in Charlie Strong's case, he knows his leash at Texas is extremely short. Why not start floating stuff now.
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I think he's unhappy and if he can get out he will.

I don't want him as there are better options but the more interest coaches show in the job the better off we are for it hopefully. Maybe it means we can get a real coach this time
 
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