Follow board majority? Dude, all I want is to see a winning program. Also, where is this "You were pretty much done with Shannon from the start" BS coming from? While I disliked the hire, since I felt we needed someone with head coaching experience, I thought that he'd at least have first hand knowledge of the problem, and I hoped he'd be able to fix it. He then went out and had a bad season, but at least beat FSU. He then landed the #1 recruiting class in the country. I was LOVING me some Randy Shannon at that point. It wasn't until I didn't see all that talent progressing from that class that I started to turn on him. Watching him butcher timeouts didn't help, but I thought to myself, "Butch Davis wasn't a great game day coach, so if Randy can just get the talent in he can win here." Well, his recruiting classes and roster management got worse, and so did my support for him. The same roster management we are seeing now with DBs, we were seeing then with, get this, DBs as well. I hated it then, and I hate it now. After 4 years there should be NO HOLES ON THE ROSTER. I don't care if it's WRs under Larry Coker, or DBs under Shannon or Golden. There should be no holes in the roster. You don't hear me making "cloud" excuses, or defending Al Golden in any way, yet you still think I'm supporting the man.
Now, I know it doesn't fit your agenda, but I just want a winner as a head coach. I don't care WHO it is.
For the record, I went out of my way to get the administration to look at more qualified coaches after the 2013 season. Of course, that makes me an ardent Golden supporter, right? I just want to see our Canes win.
Mark Twain was right. Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level then beat you with experience. For that reason, I am done with this.
I pulled for Golden just like I pull for EVERY UM coach to succeed. I have no agenda other than wanting a winning program. As for making excuses for Golden... did you miss the part where I said I wanted him fired? Just like Randy towards the end, I've run out of patience and hope. If you think I am the #1 excuse maker for Golden, then what the **** are you all crying about? If I'm his number one fan, and I want him fired, why are you guys beating a dead horse?
Gotta love it when a thread turns into racist rants. ALL of our anger should be turned on to the people who HIRED the last three coaches. Maybe towards the players who demanded Coker be hired to begin with.
One last thing... I don't see any "white boys" defending Golden. We ALL want him gone. I gave Coker a chance, then wanted him gone. I gave Shannon a chance, then wanted him gone. I gave Golden a chance, now want him gone. ****ing and moaning about which one is worse is beyond pathetic. The worst part of the whole sad 12 year destruction is the people at the top who are STILL THERE. It's not Coker, Shannon, or Golden. It's the people who hired them. Our only hope is that some of these people are replaced by others who are willing to pay for a top notch coach.
Not all and guys like you just put in a show for the purpose of being in this board. You were and still are to a certain extend the number 1 excuse maker for Golden.
Of course you said you want him fired. You have to follow board majority at this point. Point is you made numerous excuses for golden while bashing another coach who was in a simular situation. You don't treat both coaches the same even though the situations are simular or in some cases almost exact.
**** you were pretty much done with Shannon from the start. Don't sit here and lie about that. Don't sit here and say you didn't hold Shannon to a higher standard then you held golden. You stuck with Golden til the bitter end and still secretly think the guy is some all time great. You quit on Shannon in year 1 if not sooner and that's being nice.