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First, allow me to completely disagree with the common sentiment that Miami will never be great again. It's simply not true. If we had hired Lane like we should have, we would be a 10 win team by this season. We will eventually be great again, and the approach that the leadership took was/is in a positive direction investing in the program. It had to happen.
However... Mario...
It's not just that we lost this game.
Before this game, Mario had already unnecessarily eaten into his margin from hiring Gattis/Steele all the way to TVD's last INT tonight.
He should have played Emory and everyone except for Mario and TVD's family, knew it. He should have kneeled against GT.
I love Miami Hurricane football and will always watch it, and root for it, and try to attend games when I can get the flight.
I wanted to be wrong about Mario, but tonight felt like something significant changed. The team lost their cool. Mario refused to at least try Emory in the second half.
Leadership finally took Hurricane football seriously, but they hired the wrong head coach. That guy is coaching the Rebels to another 10 win season.
Miami will eventually rise again, and although I'll keep rooting for our boys, Mario lost me. If he just put Emory in starting the second half, that would've shown an awareness. It would have shown some savvy and smarts. An ability to do something during a game that gives us a chance.
I wanted Lane, but still was optimistic with Mario.
Now... well, whatever. I'll keep cheering on our boys, but with no expectations as long as Mario is our HC. I hope he can perform some miracles at the end and make me eat a delicious crow sandwich...but we all know that's not what's going to happen. And now, we're probably stuck with him for another 3 seasons. And then, get excited about the next wrong decision for HC, because that's all this administration - no matter who is in charge at the time - is capable of doing.
Can't hire Butch, because he ****ed off some board members. Can't hire Dan Mullen because he was aloof. Can't hire The Pirate because he was too weird. Can't hire Lane because Mario played at the U.
On this recent hire... after 2 decades of failure, my biggest concern with hiring Mario is that it would take him too long to really win here, whereas Lane would come in and win right away. We'll never know for sure, but I am fully confident that Lane would've won 8-10 games last year and this year would've had 10 games minimum. Point is, we didn't have time for a long rebuild because of all of the screwups and failure of the last 2 decades, but they moved forward with Mario. Oh well...
Anyway, Go Canes! I hope we go over .500 this year.
However... Mario...
It's not just that we lost this game.
Before this game, Mario had already unnecessarily eaten into his margin from hiring Gattis/Steele all the way to TVD's last INT tonight.
He should have played Emory and everyone except for Mario and TVD's family, knew it. He should have kneeled against GT.
I love Miami Hurricane football and will always watch it, and root for it, and try to attend games when I can get the flight.
I wanted to be wrong about Mario, but tonight felt like something significant changed. The team lost their cool. Mario refused to at least try Emory in the second half.
Leadership finally took Hurricane football seriously, but they hired the wrong head coach. That guy is coaching the Rebels to another 10 win season.
Miami will eventually rise again, and although I'll keep rooting for our boys, Mario lost me. If he just put Emory in starting the second half, that would've shown an awareness. It would have shown some savvy and smarts. An ability to do something during a game that gives us a chance.
I wanted Lane, but still was optimistic with Mario.
Now... well, whatever. I'll keep cheering on our boys, but with no expectations as long as Mario is our HC. I hope he can perform some miracles at the end and make me eat a delicious crow sandwich...but we all know that's not what's going to happen. And now, we're probably stuck with him for another 3 seasons. And then, get excited about the next wrong decision for HC, because that's all this administration - no matter who is in charge at the time - is capable of doing.
Can't hire Butch, because he ****ed off some board members. Can't hire Dan Mullen because he was aloof. Can't hire The Pirate because he was too weird. Can't hire Lane because Mario played at the U.
On this recent hire... after 2 decades of failure, my biggest concern with hiring Mario is that it would take him too long to really win here, whereas Lane would come in and win right away. We'll never know for sure, but I am fully confident that Lane would've won 8-10 games last year and this year would've had 10 games minimum. Point is, we didn't have time for a long rebuild because of all of the screwups and failure of the last 2 decades, but they moved forward with Mario. Oh well...
Anyway, Go Canes! I hope we go over .500 this year.
