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[9oh4Cane]

First-year Oregon Ducks football coach Mario Cristobal realizing his American dream

Oregon fans don’t want to hear a football coach talk about his dream job anytime soon. Willie Taggart did that. Then after one season in Eugene, he

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Howard Schnellenberger made the Hurricanes relevant during his time at Miami from 1979-83. Then Jimmy Johnson arrived and turned the program into a national powerhouse.

Cristobal used to ride his bike over to practices and was mesmerized seeing future NFL players perform without a spotlight on them.

“To watch Michael Irvin and Benny Blades, after practice when everyone was done, just compete one on one for an extra hour. And they were in each others’ faces and on the brink of fighting,” Cristobal said. “Alonzo Highsmith, he went to Columbus as well, he was my idol. I just wanted to be there in the worst way.”

Cristobal flirted with going to Michigan, but the Miami players squashed that notion during his recruiting visit.

“You’d think they would kind of butter you up and make you feel good,” Cristobal said. “Michael Irvin and company, they just pulled me aside and said, ‘You want to go to Michigan? Get yo *** out of here! We don’t need you anyways, we’ll beat you every time we play you.’

“It just kind of reminded me of why I liked it. There was an edge. They played with an edge, they approached everything with an edge.”


In many ways, playing at Miami during the glory days under Johnson and Dennis Erickson was the opposite of playing for Lavelle at Columbus High, a strict Catholic school for boys.

“Let’s call it what it is, they changed the college football rulebook because of what Miami was,” said Cristobal, a fixture on ESPN’s 30 for 30 series on The U. “My high school coach is the best I’ve been around to this day. Then all of a sudden I get introduced to Jimmy Johnson. Wow. Dennis Erickson. Wow.”

 

[fincane]

Willie Taggart is an idiot. You see how that worked out for him right? He went back to his hometown team & left a better situation to coach at a his "dream job" & got canned in 21 months.

Is Cristobal equally as stupid as a Taggart? I doubt he is...

It didn't work for Willie Taggart because he shouldn't have been the head of a major program. Mario took a job working for Al Golden because it was Miami until Saban came calling. I don't know how "stupid" he is.

 

[Memnon]

Same reason Alonso Highsmith said he would only leave the NFL for a job with the Miami Hurricanes program. It runs deeper than dollars and cents. Miami has been terrible most of the decade. Hypothetically, if he left Oregon after a Rose Bowl win and #5 ranking for Miami, then even if he couldn't replicate the results at Miami in 3 years no other AD would care and he'd land as a HC at another P5 job afterwards. Other ADs know what kind of admin he is dealing with at Miami.

LSU didn't care that Nick Saban went 34-24 at Michigan and won more than 6 games only twice in five seasons. Good ADs recognize good coaches because they understand what they were working with. Not having success at Miami wouldn't hurt Cristobal's rep at all. It would be a no lose situation. Anyone who says it is "career suicide" is a fool. Win and he gets a statue and goes into the city of Miami pantheon with Shula, Schnelly, JJ, and Butch. Fail and he ends up as the HC at WSU or Wake Forest making just as much $$$. And as someone pointed out, Phil Knight is 81 years old. That gravy train at Oregon isn't going to last forever. And this discussion is really about 2021, not 2020. Diaz will be the coach next year.

Easier said than done.

No coach has won here since Butch & as soon as he did he left & never came back.

Coker had 3 years riding off the machine Butch built then collapsed & was fired.

Shannon another Miami local former Cane coach & player, had one winning season & was fired.

Then the used car salesman Folden came, had one winning season, was humiliated by Dabo & fired, plus wasn't even given his money on the way out.

Then Richt another local Miami former Cane player came, had two good seasons, then retired.

Then Diaz another local Miami kid & was DC under richt, given the keys to program & immediately crashed the car as soon as he put his foot on the gas in year one, with it all culminating in a historical loss to a FIU program that was 0-30 vs P5 teams.

"All Cristobal has to do is win!" Winning at Miami is a lot harder than yall think & no coach with half a brain walks away from a situation where he's already winning & recruiting at a high level to go coach at a more difficult & worse situation.

I'm a "fool" for calling it career suicide, but every coach that's come here since the end of the glory days has failed hard & any coach worth their weight in salt has avoided this program like the plague.

 

[9oh4Cane]

He's not stupid at all, hence why he wouldn't come back here.

Eh, maybe you're right. I think he would if we showed a commitment to winning. Zo would be a start.

He fits everything that Miami is and needs. Miami bred Alpha who could dominate Florida recruiting. I think he would provide instant credibility not only on the recruiting trail but to guys in the locker room with his success at Oregon.

 

[fincane]

Mario aint killing **** on the recruiting trail btw. His per player average is worse than Miami's and is behind a 6-7 Miami in the recruiting rankings. You wanna fall in love with him getting LBs? Probably the least important position in college football? Thats fine. Rose Bowl season 11-2. Still 18th. He's not killing anything. So that alleged reason for staying at Oregon aint real.

 

[pyhooya]

rose bowl means a lot in pac12 circles.

I meant that as he has to win to prove he is better than dIAZ......its already a given he is better than dIAZ......most junior high coaches are better

 

[nycane]

Mario aint killing **** on the recruiting trail btw. His per player average is worse than Miami's and is behind a 6-7 Miami in the recruiting rankings. You wanna fall in love with him getting LBs? Probably the least important position in college football? Thats fine. Rose Bowl season 11-2. Still 18th. He's not killing anything. So that alleged reason for staying at Oregon aint real.

Well it looks better on the field

 

[WhatTheHell]

Mario comes here if he's offered the same or more than what he's making at Oregon.

That's a fact.

 

[nycane]

It didn't work for Willie Taggart because he shouldn't have been the head of a major program. Mario took a job working for Al Golden because it was Miami until Saban came calling. I don't know how "stupid" he is.

People don’t know why he was really let go from fiu. Coley who worked under got him the Gig here With golden

 

[1983cane]

Fun story from Cristobal.

He has got the ducks cooking...pun intended.

My woman's Badgers will wear them down..

but at least maybe there is a hope for Miami actually want to get serious about football in some way or another.

The school and the football program hand in hand is circling the f****** drain..

 

[252cane]

He's not stupid at all, hence why he wouldn't come back here.

I think he would. Just last year feldman said mario wanted this job but blake gave it to diaz in 2 seconds. He just had a big year at oregon so maybe he wouldn’t now but i think it’s a chance

 

[1983cane]

Fun story from Cristobal.

He has got the ducks cooking...pun intended.

My woman's Badgers will wear them down..

but at least maybe there is a hope for Miami actually want to get serious about football in some way or another.

The school and the football program hand in hand is circling the f****** drain..

Miami has got to figure something out.. I just spent the evening with Florida family playing the Orange bowl! That's our home stadium, and we should at least be at that bowl game!¡!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I thought I edited this without being a response to your own thread.

 

[Memnon]

I think he would. Just last year feldman said mario wanted this job but blake gave it to diaz in 2 seconds. He just had a big year at oregon so maybe he wouldn’t now but i think it’s a chance

He probably would have last year before we hired Diaz.

But since winning the Pac-12 & experiencing early success in his tenure, no way he does now.

He just beat us on the trail for the #1 LB in the country, he can see clear as day wtf is going on with this program lol

 

[9oh4Cane]

Mario aint killing **** on the recruiting trail btw. His per player average is worse than Miami's and is behind a 6-7 Miami in the recruiting rankings. You wanna fall in love with him getting LBs? Probably the least important position in college football? Thats fine. Rose Bowl season 11-2. Still 18th. He's not killing anything. So that alleged reason for staying at Oregon aint real.

He finished 7th last year. Lets not forget this is Oregon. Yes, they have money and a couple decent seasons to show for, but they're not exactly some juggernaut.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Easier said than done.

No coach has won here since Butch & as soon as he did he left & never came back.

Coker had 3 years riding off the machine Butch built then collapsed & was fired.

Shannon another Miami local former Cane coach & player, had one winning season & was fired.

Then the used car salesman Folden came, had one winning season, was humiliated by Dabo & fired, plus wasn't even given his money on the way out.

Then Richt another local Miami former Cane player came, had two good seasons, then retired.

Then Diaz another local Miami kid & was DC under richt, given the keys to program & immediately crashed the car as soon as he put his foot on the gas in year one, with it all culminating in a historical loss to a FIU program that was 0-30 vs P5 teams.

"All Cristobal has to do is win!" Winning at Miami is a lot harder than yall think & no coach with half a brain walks away from a situation where he's already winning & recruiting at a high level to go coach at a more difficult & worse situation.

I'm a "fool" for calling it career suicide, but every coach that's come here since the end of the glory days has failed hard & any coach worth their weight in salt has avoided this program like the plague.

Coaches worth their weight in salt avoiding the program is false and you know that. Mullen and Leach were doing cartwheels for the job. Apparently Butch Davis isn't worth anything either since he would have done the job for free. And word is that Cristobal wanted the job after Richt retired, a BOT member got Carol Soffer to agree to the buyout, but the Mayor Diaz faction womnout and Blake James hired Diaz. So of course Cristobal would talk **** and take potshots at the dude who basically stole his dream job.

Your evidence that Miami is a career killer is based on Al Golden, Randy Shannon, and Larry Coker not getting other P5 HC opportunities. It could be that or the far more sensible reason that all them are bad head coaches. In the list of reasons they failed, few people blame the school, whereas there are lots of personal traits that made them poor fits.

Tell me- what do you think happens to Oregon after Phil Knight dies? You think the Nike Corporation, with its hundreds of millions invested in other programs, will continue to pour money into a school that doesn't really move the needle nationally?

 

[TheMatador]

If the ppl with the 7 million have the money to put up.. then the decision is up to them.. not Blake.. #FakeNews

He said seven figures, not seven million. It could be anywhere from 1,000,000 (count 'em, seven figures) to 7,000,000. (count 'em again. Seven).

 

[9oh4Cane]

The guy loves football and I doubt its just about the money for him -- although we could match it. A willingness to provide resources around him gets him here.

If a guy like Zo, someone he has respected his entire life, comes in and tells him he will provide what is needed to be a contender, he comes. You don't win championships at Oregon.

 

[TheMatador]

Yeah. Not really a lot these days.

 

[WhatTheHell]

You can't compare recruiting in the middle of a fuggin hippie woodland hellhole vs recruiting smack dab in the center of the football talent universe.

That is an awful argument.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

No competent coach is coming here unless the program gets stabilized. That isn’t happening with Blake running things. Zo would be a start and give us credibility. With that being said, I believe Mario would come home if Zo is hired. All we’d have to do is offer him more than what he makes now, which shouldn’t be a problem with him making less than 3. I think people forget how big of a pull Alma maters are. Unless you are achieving massive success elsewhere, when we have decent leadership everyone wants to come back home.