Kirby was 7-6 last year and got his RB's to come back. Congrats to him.
But Georgia has a better culture. Straight up. This will offend some people, but it's fact.
The mentality around the Miami program, and around the South Florida football community at large since the Coker days, has just been straight entitled diva ****.
We think that just because a kid is from South Florida, or just because a kid has the "U" on the side of his helmet, that he's automatically superior to anybody else. We ALWAYS overrate our players, and we ALWAYS think we have better talent than any of the teams we play.
Nevermind that it took us a decade to win the Coastal, or that we haven't won **** since 2002 and this year has been our best year in a long *** time.... nah we're entitled to it. And when **** inevitably goes wrong, we always blame X's and O's. Coker, Shannon, Golden... all had talent, they were just dummies with X's and O's. Richt? Outdated offense, no motion, must be a problem with X's and O's once again. Could never be that the players just aren't that great. Lol.
The kids from Miami are too entitled, and they have egos that don't match their production. Point blank.
They're not as good as they think they are. And that's the fault of the coaches, the handlers, the families, the friends, and the community at large who thinks that just because the Canes dominated 30 years ago, that somehow these players today don't have to work for it.
Yeah, you get one or two kids like Jaquan Johnson who have that old school Canes mentality and work ethic and who are willing to do what it takes, but kids like him are too few and far between.
Too few and far between.
None of that would be a problem, except for when you don't feel like you have to put in the time to get results. Do you think this team took Wisconsin seriously? Do you think they have the hunger or the attitude of a UCF? Maybe for the Notre Dame game, that's it.
It's something that needs to change. And it's bigger than just the coach. People in this community need to stop stroking these kids ego's, and stop giving these kids credit for **** that happened before they were even born.
EARN RESPECT.