I think the most important hire since Schellenberger was in fact Golden. We could not afford to whiff because of we needed to keep pace with FSU's resurgence. We failed.
This program can not withstand a long period of ineptitude. This reminds me more of the late 60s and early to mid 70s. No committment to winning, inability to recruit the best local talent, true fans in the seats of 20,000 or less per game, and even worse than 40 years ago, a crap stadium 25 miles from campus.
By 1976, UM football was on life support and given one last opportunity.Back then we didn't have any conference affiliation and hence no confererence revenue source.
ACC revenues sustain the athletic department to enough of a degree that athletic donations from the die hards keep the rest of the thing afloat. That is perfectly acceptable to this administration.
If it wasn't for our ACC membership, I seriously believe that the athletic program would be five years from dorwngrading itself. I truly think if this admin mindset continues, within 10 to 15 years we'll be looking at a downgrade to small college status regardless.