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Category69 said:
Should have been our guy when Richt left, people get caught up in the BS when he was at the Raiders and Tenn. Dude can coach and has grown quite a bit over the years, would freaking KILL it here.
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Then leave in 2-3 yrs...and ANOTHER Buyout...can't keep this buyout, Coach search every F-ing 3yrs BS......it's getting old...UM needs stability as much as anything.
 
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SWFLHurricane said:
I honestly don't think you'll get 5yrs outta him....that's just his M.O....He's NFL bound before long....Great Offensive mind...but he bounces around way to much for my liking...
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That is my concern as well. Less than 4-5 years is a problem because I think that we realistically need 4-5 years with the right coaching and admin support to compete for anything more than the ACC Coastal.
 
Empirical Cane said:
He would be purely a rental. He has not left a single previous stop on good terms.

Why would a stay at Miami be different??
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Exactly so why the obsession over this guy? He's never won consistently as a head coach and he never stays anywhere more than a couple of years...not what we need to get us back. Mario if we could get him is the opposite, a proven winner and deep roots in the program which would bode well for an extended stay. Give me Cristobal all day long for those reasons alone.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
What about anything you said equates to bad terms? He was the OC at Alabama, I'd be shocked to learn a single human on the planet thought he'd stay there until Saban retired to be his successor.

And he's been an NFL HC and the HC of multiple P5 college football teams. Not a single soul thought he was in Boca long-term.

Just because you leave a job doesn't mean it ended badly. He wasn't fired, he wasn't embroiled in scandal, he didn't burn bridges, he didn't leave the place in ruins, he didn't flee in the middle of the night, he didn't lie. How did they end badly?
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You make a strong point. Let me re-phrase and clarify...

He has never left what is arguably a destination position on good terms...

Raiders, Vols, USC,.....
 
AtlAtty said:
That is my concern as well. Less than 4-5 years is a problem because I think that we realistically need 4-5 years with the right coaching and admin support to compete for anything more than the ACC Coastal.
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Miami needs someone that at least presents the possibility of a career destination. I just dont think Kiffin provides that, whereas Mario does.
 
Because of the fact that there's no good reason to leave Ole Miss and come to us, it makes me think he'd be 3 and out. Even if he won a title in Year he'd be gone...NFL or on to the next challenge. Mario, albeit in a great situation with Oregon, he has numerous reasons to come coach at Miami....he'd be here AT least 7 years and most likely become to us what Dabo is/was to Clemson, a tenured coach that's likely not going anywhere long as the administration takes football seriously
 
AtlAtty said:
Either would I but would we alos be a 2 year pit stop like TN, USC, FAU and Ole Miss? Or would he actually give us 4-5 years to make a run at championships
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Bro, he only voluntarily left two jobs. First from Tennessee to his dream job at USC. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Then he was at FAU for 3 years and left for Ole ****. Going from G5 to P5, it's not like he was jumping from one P5 to another every 2 years. I think he would only leave for the NFL, but if he gets an NFL offer that probably means UM made the playoffs.

And let's say Mario doesn't want to leave Oregon because he thinks things can't possibly get better for him. Do you think he will win a championship there and have 1 loss seasons for the next 3 years? I don't. At some point he'll hit a rough patch or realize that he just won't be able to get Oregon over the top. And if Phil Knight, who is in his early 80s, keels over, that's the end of the gravy train. If Kiffin bounces for the NFL due to success, I have a feeling Cristobal will regret passing on the job, and if he wants it (and if UM still wants him) he'll be first in line. Perhaps just as importantly, he will know for sure whether UM is actually committed to winning in terms of resources or if it's just lip service.

It sounds to me like Kiffin is taking UM at its word and is willing to take a chance on the program, but Mario wants all sorts of assurances and guarantees. I can't blame the guy given how he was treated, but there has to be a limit where you say, "Look dude, we are trying to give you everything you want. If it's still not good enough, then we are moving on to a guy who sees himself winning a championship in Miami."
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Agreed. I mean, he got fired, though.

In 2008, you could say Nick Saban didn't leave the Dolphins on good terms. Does it really matter?
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In a way it does.

Saban tried the NFL route and got crushed--he limped back to college ranks. Now, has he been Daddy to everyone since, absolutely but he isn't getting another NFL job.

Kiffin hasn't stuck at any destination position college or NFL.

Do you believe he gives Miami 7-10 years?

I do not. I just think we need at least the hope of a decade AD-HC combo.
 
It’s pretty easy to see why he would stay.. Maturation process.. plus he is not shy about his love of SoFla (where he kept his home if I’m not mistaken). Win big.. Maybe he’d leave for Bama. Maybe not.

Spoiler: Mario already did
 
Go Canes!! said:
I wouldn’t call his Bama departure fine.
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After 3 successful seasons at Alabama as a high powered OC, he leaves for where? Wait for it...Florida Atlantic University. When he announced he was taking the FAU job, he said he would stay through the college playoffs. Saban fired him and replaced him with Sarkisian for the playoffs. We also know the inside rumors in Tuscaloosa. For anybody to say Kiffin's departure from Tuscaloosa was fine is humorous.
 
Might as well get him some zubaz to go along with that Starter jacket.

You can tell the hats is Adidas because the U is crooked.
 
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Seeing a lot of posts propping up Mario using the exact same language being tossed around when we hired Richt. Mario and Richt aren't the same - just saying the justifications sound the same and I will be happy w Mario, but I like the audacity of hiring Lane to rock the CFB world and make Miami, Miami again in a new landscape.

Mario is "safe", but holy chit, Hiring Lane would be dividing by zero. I want the chaos
 
SWFLHurricane said:
Then leave in 2-3 yrs...and ANOTHER Buyout...can't keep this buyout, Coach search every F-ing 3yrs BS......it's getting old...UM needs stability as much as anything.
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If we hired him when Richt left the only reason he's leaving here after 2-3 years is to get paid for winning at Miami and Miami's cheap *** refused to pay the man. Instead we had amateurs hiring a guy that's never been coach and paying a 4-6 million buyout to Temple.
 
We have the community vibe he loved about FAU, along with the championship ceiling his ladder-climbing self is looking for.

He may not be here 20 years, but it would take a Bama/OSU type of school to get him to leave.

And at that point if he’s leaving for a program of that caliber, I’d imagine we’d be happy with his tenure here.
 
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