It's plain as day that Golden actually thought this job was sort of like Temple. He knew that we had a great history but he thought it was okay to keep "rebuilding" and that being "competitive" was okay. He really had no clue that (1) the non-idiotic portion of the fan base wouldn't go for that and (2) it does not take that long to turn an elite program around if you're the right coach. He thought the rebuilding process here was like Temple where if you're competitive against a very good team, that's good enough. It's laughable and insane.
I remember during the 2012 season, we went through a streak of games where we'd get big leads but couldn't hold them. Against GT and NCSU, I think. Golden was like "we aren't good enough to blow teams out yet." In retrospect, that is one of his more asinine comments. The truth was that he wasn't a good enough or smart enough coach to keep the pressure on all game and couldn't make halftime adjustments. He was a-okay just barely winning because he thought we weren't good enough. Instead of realizing that he was the one ****ing things up and that we SHOULD be playing better--and that the standard should not be happiness because you barely won, but that we should be ****ed because we let our foot off their throats.
He's so wrong about UM, so so wrong. For a guy who claimed to know all about the "UM brand" he doesn't have a ****ing clue.