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Miami fan raises $1.5K to fly 'Fire Al Golden' banner at VT game
Al Golden's four years at Miami have been fraught with disappointment, and its 4-3 start to the 2014 season is no exception. One fan is so fed up with the performance of the Hurricanes' football program that he has started a fundraising campaign in hopes of hiring a plane to fly a banner carrying the message "Fire Al Golden" in Blacksburg, Va. on Saturday, where the 'Canes are set to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. name withheld, the angry Miami fan in question, has already met his $1,580 fundraising goal just four days after it launched. The donation page says that the banner will be flown between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m., a few hours before the 8 p.m. kickoff.
Despite recruiting near the top of the ACC during every year -- even amid the once-grave threat of NCAA penalties -- the on-field product for the Hurricanes has consistently fallen well short of expectations. In fact, the 'Canes have still never won the ACC Coastal, a division they were expected to dominate when they joined the league in 2004. Miami tied for first place in the Coastal Division in 2012 but voluntarily withdrew from postseason competition in order to curry favor with the NCAA, which was investigating Miami's athletics department at the time.
Golden has a 26-18 overall record as Miami's head coach and a 14-13 record against conference opponents. Prior to coming to Miami, Golden turned around a once-desolate Temple program, posting back-to-back winning seasons with the Owls in 2009 and 2010.
Al Golden's four years at Miami have been fraught with disappointment, and its 4-3 start to the 2014 season is no exception. One fan is so fed up with the performance of the Hurricanes' football program that he has started a fundraising campaign in hopes of hiring a plane to fly a banner carrying the message "Fire Al Golden" in Blacksburg, Va. on Saturday, where the 'Canes are set to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. name withheld, the angry Miami fan in question, has already met his $1,580 fundraising goal just four days after it launched. The donation page says that the banner will be flown between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m., a few hours before the 8 p.m. kickoff.
Despite recruiting near the top of the ACC during every year -- even amid the once-grave threat of NCAA penalties -- the on-field product for the Hurricanes has consistently fallen well short of expectations. In fact, the 'Canes have still never won the ACC Coastal, a division they were expected to dominate when they joined the league in 2004. Miami tied for first place in the Coastal Division in 2012 but voluntarily withdrew from postseason competition in order to curry favor with the NCAA, which was investigating Miami's athletics department at the time.
Golden has a 26-18 overall record as Miami's head coach and a 14-13 record against conference opponents. Prior to coming to Miami, Golden turned around a once-desolate Temple program, posting back-to-back winning seasons with the Owls in 2009 and 2010.
