First, don't mention Fuente and Wario in the same sentence. That, right there, says a lot about your judgement. Second, I'd pay money to see you
loose your ****.
For those bashing Fuente, I'm not really sure what more people want to see. The Memphis program he took over was one of the worst in America. Google Larry Porter if you need more info on that. Memphis was 5-31, 2-22 in C-USA in the 3 years before he got there. He was left with absolutely no talent. Trust me, I know this as I follow Tulane, and they were in C-USA with Memphis. It was a joke. Memphis was getting 15-20,000 fans (announced) per game. Memphis was a basketball school, first, second and third. Aside from Memphis basketball, most Memphis students were Tennessee football fans. Heck, when they played Tennessee in Memphis the year before Fuente got there, only 39,000 people showed up in the Liberty Bowl and 38,999 were UT fans. They only drew 33,000 for a ranked Mississippi State team, and MSU is VERY close to Memphis, so it was likely 75% MSU fans.
He went 4-8, 4-4 in his first year. Winning more conference games than Memphis won over the past 3 years, with no one on his roster. The next year they moved up to the AAC, and with a still pretty bare roster, went 3-9, 1-7, but 3 of those losses were by 7 points or less, and 5 of the losses were by 14 points or less. In 2014, with more of his players, they went 10-3, 7-1, won the American and finished the year ranked
#25 . Their losses were to
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[URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 3[/URL] Ole Miss 37-24. They just lost to Navy, and potatoes have been ripping him. Ok, should they have lost to Navy? Maybe not, but does anyone realize how good Navy is? Navy is 7-1, 5-0 in the American and is ranked
#22 . Their only loss was at Notre Dame.
Fuente has revitalized the program, and basically built it from scratch (and did a whole **** of a lot more than Golden did at Temple, so leave that out). The fanbase is back too. Memphis got 41,000 for their opener against a I-AA school, 45,000 for Cincinnati, 60,000 for Ole Miss, 30,000 for Tulane (on Halloween night), and 55,000 for Navy.
Lastly, there are those who say he plays no defense. Well, last year his AAC championship team had a good defense. They gave up 17 points per game last year before his DC was hired away to Missouri. This year they took a major step back, but based on what they did last year, I'm fine with him, and I'm convinced we wouldn't be counting on just beating teams 66-59.
He's not
#1 on my list, but to discount him because you don't know any better, or think Memphis is Western Michigan, is a joke.
