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Great ESPN article on CMR

CMR has more integrity than any other coach I've ever known about. I hope these kids care about that a little when picking which hat to put on or throw on the ground.
 
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this right here:

“It’s happened my whole career. I never once have tried to leverage another job for more money. I don’t think that’s right. The day we took the job, my mentality has always been, ‘If you’re the head coach, too many lives depend on you.’ If I just say on a whim, ‘You know, I think I’d rather go here,’ well, all these recruits you said something to, all these coaches you said something to, what about them?"

its too bad Butch Davis never had this philosophy, if he did, he was on his way to being a college football legend(yes, I believe h he had it rolling that good) but Cleveland came a calling and well, he left behind a dynasty and cost himself a historic legacy. The way he kept trying to get the UM job you understood his regrets

As for Richt, it feels good to have a wanted commodity who isn't a carpet bagger. Miami really hasn't had that before. I think that's huge

If there is ever a guy who deserves a Tom Osbourne like flourish to an end of a coaching career - its Mark Richt.

To paraphrase Howard Schnellenberger,'Miami is on collision course with greatness, the only variable is time - and QB play."

Well, that's what I'd like to believe
 
umhurricane2511 said:
We’ll never be what we were, but we can be pretty **** good.
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Clemson and FSU have shown that it doesn't take much to build a team that is a perennial national contender when you are getting the best recruits from Florida and Georgia. Miami went from sucking all the way to the ACC championship game, which was a play-in game for the playoffs in year 2 with a QB who shouldn't be starting at a P5 school.
 
umhurricane2511 said:
In 2000, we were 9 years removed from our last title. Not that far.

We’re currently sitting at 17 years since our last one. Most of the kids we’re recruiting weren’t even born.

Again, don’t get all defensive. I’m a firm believer we’re moving towards being a **** good team again. ****, maybe even get #6 one of these days. But we won’t repeat what we once were. Just enjoy it for what it was.
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in 2009 Alabama was 17 years removed from their last title
 
I appreciate the discussion. Let me say that I HOPE we do. Man I hope we can repeat that. It’s just my opinion that our best run is behind us.
We were averaging a title shot every 2.5 years for 25 years. What we did then was incredible. Should honestly have probably won closer to 8 rings.
Not being a doomer/mope. We can win. We can win a title. ****, we can probably win a couple. But to just run a train on CFB again? Don’t know. We’re a looooooong way from sniffing that.
Again, just my opinion.
 
I would be lying to say I'm a CMR fanboy. Have been fairly critical of coaching last year but recognize some limitations as well. But to quote Rummy, "you go to war with the army you have not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." Past coaching regimes looked at limitations as ready-made, built in excuses i.e. facilities, budgets, the changing nature of recruiting , to his credit, CMR recognized them and began changing and adapting.

I think he is exactly what the program needs; an experienced, seasoned executive who understands both the roots and tradition of Miami football and its place in the community but also, and this is often overlooked, the business side of the game.

The business meaning, boosters, facilities, the support network of coaches and staff and effectively organizing them along a shared purpose and vision.

While I'd like to see certain coaching changes or additions, I still give some CMR some slack because you cant undo over a decade of soft, inadequate, ineffective or wholly absent leadership overnight.
 
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Go Canes!! said:
We can be as good as we've ever been. Nearly every obstacle that's been stunting this program's potential...money, coaching, facilities and NCAA investigations...are behind us and are no longer a factor.

We were good enough to win 10 games with only 73 scholarship players dominated by young players and QB play that hurt us far more often than it helped.

Just imagine what we can do with the depth that comes with 85 rides on board and an an All-Conference caliber QB.
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I can't imagine it will go down well the day one of these large sites discovers we just copy and paste full articles here.
 
History has a habit of repeating itself.cmr has comp!etly changed the direction of this team in 2 yrs .that's with a lot of foldems (goldens) leftovers.just imagine in the next couple of years when its all his type of players.
 
SWFLSWAGG17 said:
CMR has more integrity than any other coach I've ever known about. I hope these kids care about that a little when picking which hat to put on or throw on the ground.
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This is a capitalist society. Everyone has a price.
 
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Richt will be considered successful even if he never wins an NC. As long as we remain RELEVANT, contending for playoff spots until the end of the season, winning our fair share of ACC titles against FSU and Clemson, earning BCS bowl berths, and finishing ranked in the top 15 ish consistently, he will remain our head coach for as long as he wants to be. As it should be.
 
reg said:
"They’ve had enough disappointment, enough men leave their lives."

Wow, what an awareness. Every coach say that they want to groom these kids into being great men. Most of those coaches, are full of ****. Richt understands the powerful and long lasting impact that abandonment can have on kids lives. He is literally changing mindsets of a lot of the young men.

Unfortunately, a lot of these kids do not have positive male influences in their lives. He is putting the responsibility on himself to break that cycle.
That's the type of positive impact that affects generations down the line. This is better than any X's & O's or technique that he can teach them on the field. This guy gets it!!!
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Yeah, that caught my attention. That’s real talk, and I’m glad that he walks the walk. In a world full of hypocrites, he seems like a legit good man in addition to being a very good coach.
 
k9cane said:
this right here:

“It’s happened my whole career. I never once have tried to leverage another job for more money. I don’t think that’s right. The day we took the job, my mentality has always been, ‘If you’re the head coach, too many lives depend on you.’ If I just say on a whim, ‘You know, I think I’d rather go here,’ well, all these recruits you said something to, all these coaches you said something to, what about them?"

its too bad Butch Davis never had this philosophy, if he did, he was on his way to being a college football legend(yes, I believe h he had it rolling that good) but Cleveland came a calling and well, he left behind a dynasty and cost himself a historic legacy. The way he kept trying to get the UM job you understood his regrets

As for Richt, it feels good to have a wanted commodity who isn't a carpet bagger. Miami really hasn't had that before. I think that's huge

If there is ever a guy who deserves a Tom Osbourne like flourish to an end of a coaching career - its Mark Richt.

To paraphrase Howard Schnellenberger,'Miami is on collision course with greatness, the only variable is time - and QB play."

Well, that's what I'd like to believe
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It's really too bad it ended the way I did

When Richt was hired, I thought at the very least we'd get a solid, sound football coach. Im actually stunned by how out of touch he was with the modern game
 
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