Instant Reaction Podcast: Canes hire JD Arteaga

[Peter Ariz]

 

[Pitcher in the Rye]

All the reasons to hire JD I hear from these guys are all the reasons that are completely irrelevant in evaluating a head coach hire. "He's a nice guy...He stays in touch with us former players... he knows what it's like to be a Cane...He went to UM..."
Go down the hall and grab a UM math professor. Ask him to quantify the odds that the best choice for this job- among thousands of qualified college and professional coaches- would be found on the current staff not once, but twice in a row.

If he's such a hot commodity, how come his peers have had no interest in poaching him over the years?

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Instant reaction

 

[Angry Ibis]

Lot of interest across the country…

 

[Angry Ibis]

All the reasons to hire JD I hear from these guys are all the reasons that are completely irrelevant in evaluating a head coach hire. "He's a nice guy...He stays in touch with us former players... he knows what it's like to be a Cane...He went to UM..."
Go down the hall and grab a UM math professor. Ask him to quantify the odds that the best choice for this job- among thousands of qualified college and professional coaches- would be found on the current staff not once, but twice in a row.

If he's such a hot commodity, how come his peers have had no interest in poaching him over the years?

Blowing smoke up our ***… Not that I expected anything different, but that’s what it was

 

[IndayArtHauz]

The closer people are to UM, the less truth you can expect to hear.

This is an atrocious hire and there is no excuse for it to have been considered, let alone made.

 

[Caned Peach]

This has worked out so well for us in various sports.

 

[clg003]

Rad isn't who we thought he was.

 

[Pitcher in the Rye]

Rad isn't who we thought he was.

And we let him off the hook..

 

[Rellyrell]

The closer people are to UM, the less truth you can expect to hear.

This is an atrocious hire and there is no excuse for it to have been considered, let alone made.

Bingo; I tuned in to the first few minutes of the podcast & turned it off. I knew there was going to be less than honest takes on the hire.

 

[hoops156]

Rad isn't who we thought he was.

we should have looked closely. hes a GC really. he hasn't made great hires here or at Clemson yet

 

[Warrior808]

That pod made me want to vomit. Tried to give it one last try to be open minded before cutting the cord on UM baseball but that actually pushed me even further off the cliff. Great guy, knows Miami, former player, one of us, stays in contact etc etc. WTF! Couldn't even mention one single reason why he is you know... A GOOD COACH. I know a lot of nice guys who went to Miami, doesn't mean they should be getting that job.

A quality operation of any sort welcomes differing and outside viewpoints, personalities and ideas. Thats healthy. This... this is dysfunctional. I didn't realize how how bad the incest was with this program. All they talked about was former UM players for every possible role, including consulting about analytics. They are like some crazy cult

 

[stormsurge]

Didn't his replacement at Clemson hire a great baseball coach?

Maybe we'll learn from our mistake like they did.

 

[hollyhood27]

Everyone said he would be a guy you would want your son to play for…but the question is “is he a guy you would send your son to, to get developed”

 

[Ozone]

Seems like the USMNT soccer coaching hire. Everyone on the outside has legit reservations and koolaid drinkers are limited to say the least

 

[gatorsSUCK!]

We haven’t won a World Series in just over 20 years. Let’s call it what it is, the baseball program has been sub par since then…so I feel hiring somebody who has been part of the problem for over 20 years doesn’t make sense. Hope he does great, but history is normally a pretty good indicator.

 

[Hoyacane1620]

 

[MedleyCane]

Rad isn't who we thought he was.

The Athletic Directors are only as good as the school they work for in their capacity.
It doesn't matter who the AD is if school is not committed to winning.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

The Athletic Directors are only as good as the school they work for in their capacity.
It doesn't matter who the AD is if school is not committed to winning.

Nah bro. This one is squarely on the AD. This isn't cfb where the cost difference between an average coach and an elite coach can be 8-10 million dollars per year. UM could afford almost any baseball coach it wanted.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Nah bro. This one is squarely on the AD. This isn't cfb where the cost difference between an average coach and an elite coach can be 8-10 million dollars per year. UM could afford almost any baseball coach it wanted.

Baseball and basketball are winnable sports. There are no excuses for not doing so, if your athletic department “has money.”