I know some will say I’m wearing a tin foil hat, but...

[WhatTheHell]

 

[RivercityCane]

That’s right, Steve Nash.....the university has decided to leave our glory days in the past. There is no “thug U” without thugs

 

[Canestomp]

Please use your skills to investigate the Clinton's. Something not right with them.

Dude is going to get wacked.

 

[ItsAUThing.com]

Maybe some validity to 10% of this; but truth is:

— Donna Shalala didn't care about football and spent 2001 to 2015 as the president of this university; bookend by what Butch had built and Coker took over, followed by the hiring of Richt and $4M spent on a veteran head coach, months after she left (instead of up and comer types and low-rent hires.) What she did was more detrimental than what the NCAA could ever do. Fact remains, she didn't want an overly successful football program getting in the way of what she was doing with the medical school. When football wins big, the athletic department can get lippy, while players can get in trouble and bring bad press.

— Miami is still a private school with 11,000 undergrads and college football has become a big money, big time sport—one where state schools with massive alumni bases who funnel money into the program help keep the engine going. Miami doesn't have that and used to be able to get away with not having that alumni reach. In 2019; it's a problem. Wrote up a deep dive into it here; the $200,000,000 Georgia just pumped into their program to catch up with Alabama, while their alumni just had 1.100 new sign ups to their Magill Society at $25,000 a head (minimum) which equals at least a $27,500,000 splash.

Canes fans doing GoFundMe campaigns to raise $495 for a dumb banner, by threatening to stop showing up to games at a barely 2/3 full stadium—full of fans wearing old Nike gear.

The game has changed. Literally and figuratively. Miami must figure out how to compete in this new landscape, someway-somehow.

 

[ThomasM]

While the OP probably goes a little far with some of his theories, the administration did leave the Big East for the ACC in order to get a larger check from the conference each year. It was also more prestigious academically. The ACC is controlled by the schools on Tobacco Road. We always get terrible officiating calls against us in those games. That is fact. It's not some wild conspiracy theory.

I'm starting to think we might do better in the SEC as we could play the bag game in a big way & get protected by Emmert & company (by being part of the sacred cash cow of CFB with the huge TV contract). While the schedule would be tougher, we would at least have teams loaded with Miami caliber players.

The ACC has really elevated our basketball program but has been a killer for football. It's prestigious for academics. I never thought I'd say this but I'd rather be part of the SEC at this point (so we can clearly compete on the national stage).

We would be the SEC's whipping boy as well. They wouldn't let us bag.

 

[Gatorhater]

Nay, just Donna and the high and mighty who did not like our kids doing what they did without a by your leave from the establishment.

 

[S.CarolinaCane]

Our mediocrity is by design. I said it on grassy years ago and was met with, as I’m sure I’ll be met with now, considerable push back, as the subject threatens conventional wisdom and the like. But our “downfall”, I sincerely believe, is part of a larger, multi-billion dollar scheme to keep the product which is CFB, an exciting and competitive brand that will continue to produce unimaginable growth and success by stocking the SEC teams with top, south Florida talent. But in order for this to happen, a couple of things must happen.
1.) the NCAA must turn a blind eye to the bag game being played by certain schools and 2.) Miami can no longer be a major player on the CFB scene- period. This is being achieved via a deal being brokered between our university and the powers that be. We continue to hire unqualified coaches and prematurely extend them (how many times have we screamed (how in the **** do I know what’s wrong and how to fix it, but you don’t?!?! And you are making how ******* much to coach here?!?!” Think about it- how is it that EVERY SINGLE COACH WE’VE HAD SINCE BUTCH HAS BEEN LABLED “STUBBORN “?!?!?! We continue to buck the trend of running an offense (spread) that is conducive of the local talent here. This is not mere coincidence, folks, these people have been given a script to follow that intentionally makes us mediocre. Not to mention joining a weak *** conference that automatically pits two of Florida’s traditional powers against each other to ensure what we saw in the late 80’s and 90’s NEVER happens again, while we continually get ***D over by the refs each and every week with no complaints from our coaches?!?!- save for Richt and Shannon- the only two Canes that wouldn’t/couldn’t go with the program....
In return, the university attempts to shed the “thug U” moniker (yeah right) while simultaneously whoring out our established brand to cash guaranteed checks from the ****** ACC and the NCAA.
Our school sold us out. Period. We will continue to pull overrated “star kids” (that’s right- the recruiting services are a part of this also) kids that we’re going to be Hurricanes regardless. They are given 4* s, but almost to a man, have a fatal flaw in their games. This is done to make it appear that we are stocked with talent and are still a desirable destination for top kids, but it too is smoke and mirrors. The kids with no flaws, the truly talented and correctly ranked 5* kids don’t go to Miami. Who wants to play for a mediocre team with a clown *** coaching staff? Sound familiar? And then we wonder why we have such a high blue chip ratio while looking like complete dog ****?
We’ve been had....

WHAT

THE

****

 

[mjl7atlas]

 

[duke4heisman]

Although we were already going downhill, it really seems the final nail was after the FIU brawl. The troll made it a point to say "this is not the old Miami, this is the new Miami." Sure seems as if that really became her personal mission to make sure we never again looked like the Canes of old.

 

[Home Slice]

Dude is going to get wacked.

Not sure who is worse; husband or wife. I say wife.

 

[TC@ne]

The first step is acceptance.

 

[RivercityCane]

Just put the pieces together. How is it that we seem to be the ONLY university that has its athletes get BETTER in the league?!?!?!? Lol, what?!? It’s by design, people. Our university sold us out...

 

[Prizzle]

I need what ever y’all got substance wise to get on the same page. Ambien ain’t cutting it... orlando peeps hook a canes fan up!

 

[RivercityCane]

If you read and think through every example I’ve given, there’s NO WAY you don’t see what I’m seeing?!? I mean....there’s just no way? Unless you choose NOT to see it. To quote Tool- “I know the pieces fit”...

 

[JD08]

Ignore the noise, OP, they're all in on it too. Paid to post on sites like this from a command center somewhere in the former Soviet Union.

Remember, when you're catching flak, you're over the target.

 

[RivercityCane]

I just don’t see the point in *****ing about Enos or Manny or Jarren or Lorenzo or special teams or ....anything????? What’s the point if the school is not trying to win? We’re blaming the wrong people and wasting our time....

 

[dstuart4]

I'll assume you don't think Oswald got off three shots with that Carcano M91/38 working that bolt-action in 8.3 seconds as Kennedy was moving away in a moving car.

BTW, that was 5 seconds, not 8, to get off the claimed 3 shots. Nearly Impossible (hence, the need for Gerald Ford's "Magic Bullet Theory")

 

[mhb]

Cash - cars - condos.
Alabama would never do that.

 

[3rd-43]

I want to believe this so it seems like we cant suck so bad on our own

avi switch. Chuuch

 

[RivercityCane]

Bump. Our mediocrity is by design. Nothing changes until these ******** are held accountable for their actions....