Miami's Decade of Darkness - 2006- 2015

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At the core of this discussion is donna shalala. She is the one whose tenure perfectly coincided with the decline of UM football. Moreover, given what we've learned about her, how she ran the university, and what exactly she did to stifle the program, any Canes fan should have her on a list of people band from campus.

I will say this in her defense, and it will be the ONLY thing I will ever say in her defense... She wanted Barry Alvarez to come in and take over. Had that happened, we'd have been in far better shape than handing the program over to Coker.
 
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At the core of this discussion is donna shalala. She is the one whose tenure perfectly coincided with the decline of UM football. Moreover, given what we've learned about her, how she ran the university, and what exactly she did to stifle the program, any Canes fan should have her on a list of people band from campus.

And your weird obsession with Donna Shalala continues.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with her politics.

:stupid:
 
She also ran The Clinton Foundation which is now defunct. Rewarding people for incompetence is so 2018 look at Kirby Hocutt. Guy hires Al Golden and now is the Playoff Committee chair. You can’t make this stuff up even in the movies.

The Clinton Foundation is not defunct but continue with your disinformation campaign.
 
If Coker was such a good coach why didn’t he get another gig except with the USTA Road Runners? Even USTA ran him out of town eventually.

Are you suggesting that because a coach got fired or "run out of town" that he was therefore no good? In that profession, 80% of coaches get fired. Bobby Bowden was "run out of town" at the end.

What a ridiculous claim.
 
You all constantly want to harp on Shalala, but if my memory serves me, after 2000, didn't she actually want to hire Barry Alvarez? In retrospect, we might have been better off in the long term had she done so.

People come to the conclusion that they like and then fish for evidence to support it afterwards. They already hated Shalala so they concocted a story to align with that previously conceived hatred.
 
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At the core of this discussion is donna shalala. She is the one whose tenure perfectly coincided with the decline of UM football. Moreover, given what we've learned about her, how she ran the university, and what exactly she did to stifle the program, any Canes fan should have her on a list of people band from campus.

Why do so many people refer to Don Shalala as Donna?
 
If Coker was such a good coach why didn’t he get another gig except with the USTA Road Runners? Even USTA ran him out of town eventually.

Are you suggesting that because a coach got fired or "run out of town" that he was therefore no good? In that profession, 80% of coaches get fired. Bobby Bowden was "run out of town" at the end.

What a ridiculous claim.

No. What I am suggesting is getting run out of town by The USTA Roadrunners is ridiculous. You didn’t answer the first question tho about why no D1 school was knocking down his door for his services.
 
If Coker was such a good coach why didn’t he get another gig except with the USTA Road Runners? Even USTA ran him out of town eventually.

Are you suggesting that because a coach got fired or "run out of town" that he was therefore no good? In that profession, 80% of coaches get fired. Bobby Bowden was "run out of town" at the end.

What a ridiculous claim.

No. What I am suggesting is getting run out of town by The USTA Roadrunners is ridiculous. You didn’t answer the first question tho about why no D1 school was knocking down his door for his services.

So, yes, a ridiculous claim.
 
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If you listen on the 30 for 30 show Davenport said the staff and Coker did nothing that the players ran the practices not the coaches.

Which is complete nonsense.

I guess you know more than the players who were actually there right Larry? Or should I call you Elmer Fudd?

No, I just don't trust a guy who **** in a laundry basket over that of veteran coaches who know the profession.

Dude you and your man hit the gym and pump each other to get rid of some of that frustration you have built up..
 
As others have noted, it all started with not hiring a legitimate replacement for Butch. The assertion that Larry Coker is the only coach in the country who could have led the 2001 team to a national championship is pretty hilarious. Coker was handed the keys to a Porsche. He ran it into a ditch. Shannon dumped gasoline on it, and Golden lit the match.
 
Sad but this is the narrative Donna and Paul really were cluless on how to run a program. Must say Donna could have bought the OB for a reported 13M if , IF memory serves still losing the OB is what irritates me the mist of the entire era .
As others have noted, it all started with not hiring a legitimate replacement for Butch. The assertion that Larry Coker is the only coach in the country who could have led the 2001 team to a national championship is pretty hilarious. Coker was handed the keys to a Porsche. He ran it into a ditch. Shannon dumped gasoline on it, and Golden lit the match.
 
Great stuff OP. Of course you've still got some of your morons in here who try to ruin any positive thread but I agree 100%. We are well on our way.
 
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