moshated305
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It's blazing hot. Forget what you hear or don't hear from Blake James, Shalala, your friends friend who's cousin is on the BOT. Look at the facts and use your head:
1. It's year 4 and we're having the same errors as year 1 despite the fact that we have plenty of talent now. The defense still sucks. The whole team sucks.
2. We're 4-6 in our last 10 games (maybe acceptable in year 1 of a rebuild, but not in year 4)
3. He loses every single time we play a team with a pulse and every time we play a really good team we get blown out. In 4 years Al's best win is vs 8-5 GT.
4. He tried to bolt to Penn State just a few months ago.
5. Attendance is going to be abysmal the rest of the year.
If you've followed this program for a long time, you know. You can see it coming. When the fans, former players, and media turn on you, it's over. And for Al, the end is near. It's just a matter of time now. Those that think he's not on the hot seat have short memories. Think about Shannon. That guy was Shalala's dream hire. A black man as a head coach. A guy who had a great story about making it out of the hood and succeeding. A former player, a Miami Hurricane through and through. If that guy can get fired in year 4 (coming off a 9-4 season by the way), you're being obtuse if you think Al can't and won't.
and his contract?
I'm not worried about it. This is big business. UM has professionals in this arena that work on things like this. It doesn't stand to reason that UM would sign a long term contract where they would have absolutely no recourse should things not work out. I'm sure there's a buyout, it's probably not an insignificant amount, but probably not an insurmountable amount either. There is going to be a point where it makes more financial sense to pay the buyout and fire the guy than continue to suffer the lost revenue from fielding a ****ty team.
Exactly. To me, it makes sense that they'd want him to have a smaller buy out in exchange for the longer number of years. And even then, it's not like UM is going to have to pay this huge chunk of change at once. I have zero doubt that they buyout is manageable.
Yes but is the buyout manageable enough for us to go out and get a real coach while at the same time paying Al what he is due? I have no faith in this administration making the right hire. Our best bet is for Shalala's replacement to be someone that wants to get the football program back on track. If we get someone else who could give two ***** about winning football games then we will see more of the same.