OrangeBowlMagic
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UM doesn’t have the money to pay a top notch staff. Our staff will always be half-assed
Unfortunately, this.
You guys really have to understand where we are now vs where we've come from. The buy-in to the football program from the university is FAR greater than it's ever been, and that's a testament to Blake James and Mark Richt (with an assist to Golden, who finally proved that if you hire a budget staff you get mediocre results).
James was given the authority to increase the budget in order to bring Richt in. Richt negotiated a little higher salary pool for assistants than was previously laid out. So this was a huge investment to a program by a school who had invested virtually nothing since the 1980s. All in all, a massive upgrade from the administration.
HOWEVER, Miami is still very, very, very far behind the elite schools, monetarily. They're not even in the same ballpark. Patke was hired in large part because he was cheap. Again, not defending the move. It was incredibly short-sighted, as he really brings nothing to the staff, and he wasn't needed considering the performance of the defense and Manny's ability to coach LBs. But the NCAA gave the green-light for a 10th assistant, and Richt's pockets are empty. So you get Patke.
You guys just have to accept the fact that this is a 2nd rate program in terms of money, and we will need to win using our natural resources (brand, location, pedigree, academics) instead of winning the arms race. That's not a fair fight, and Miami will never be able to compete in that arena.