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I was a Golden supporter coming into this year. I thought some fans were being too hard. Now Golden has his personnel, his team. These are his recruits everywhere just about and with what I have seen, I am no longer a Golden supporter. It isn't just because we are 3-3, it's why we are 3-3. If we were lacking talent and the cloud really did kill us, I would be okay with 3-3. When the recruting hardly suffered at all and we have the talent we do and are 3-3 with the schedule we've played that is a problem. It is one thing to lose because your scheme was okay, but you don't have your players. It's another thing to lose because you have your players and your scheme is just absolutely terrible.
Miami is losing because Al Golden and Mark D'Onofrio are playing an absolute terrible scheme on defense and are making no adjustments. When they explain their defense and their reasoning, it shows how arrogant they are. Golden and D'Ono have thrown the players under the bus constantly. They truly believe their scheme is amazing when it isn't. It has nothing to with personnel. Nearly every single play we are in the same base formation. Nearly every single game we are getting beat the same exact way by different teams.
Another reason why Golden should go in my opinion is the fact that players are not developing under him. They aren't. It is really that simple. The players are coming here and looking like great freshmen when they get playing time. Then they just fall off and look bummed.
The team doesn't buy into Golden's preaching. He is not developing players. His scheme is awful and he will stick by it no matter what. He throws the players under the bus every loss. The guy can recruit and that is about all there is to it.
I'm not asking for his departure just because of a lack of wins. Sure, it is a part of it. However, the reason we have a lack of wins is because of all of the things I just said that plague Miami football with Al Golden around. Miami is not trending up. With Al Golden at the helm there is no reason at all to believe the future is bright. A good football coach makes or breaks a program at this level. Good coaches win with average talent and dominate with great talent. Look at David Cutcliffe, Gary Pinkel, etc. These guys bring in 2 and 3* players only for the most part. Cutcliffe just won the Coastal and Pinkel has a tremendous track record. Those guys develop talent and the players believe in them. Would Al Golden win the ACC Coastal with Duke's roster last year? Would he win the SEC East with Missouri's roster last year or be on pace to win it this year too? No. He would not stand a chance.
Those coaches make adjustments every day to their teams. They have the players buying into everything because they know what they are doing in all aspects just about. Golden doesn't have a clue what to do with Miami. Why is he 1-22 or whatever it is against teams that finish with 5 losses or less? Why is he being outscored 3:1 in his career? Because he is a terrible head coach. He may be a great position coach. He may be a great recruiter, but he is not a head coach. There is no sugar coating it. The talent is there to win the Coastal nearly every year. Miami simply brings in classes that are leaps better than the rest of the Coastal. We're not asking for ACC Championships every year. We aren't asking for 10-2 to be the worst thing we see per decade. We are only asking for a coach that makes adjustments, develops players, gets the players to believe, etc. We are tired of hearing the same excuses and seeing 20 year olds being thrown under a bus every single loss.
