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Good sign that there are still people around who care about football and winning. Hang in there, fellas, and keep pounding the table.

If you really want to make a difference contact Cristobal and see what it’ll take to get him here then pony up for his buyout.

Otherwise, trying to cajole Fake Jimmy into being a competent AD by pounding tables and getting mad isn’t going to accomplish anything. Put your money where your mouths are, and hire a competent football AD and get the HC to turn it around and give him the resources he demands to do it.
 
I call B.S. to all of this until Blake James is fired. I've been calling for his firing since the Richt hire as he proved to the World he was lazy then and didn't know squat about football. For God's sakes, Blake was in charge of ticket sales! He has zero business overseeing Football, yet alone becoming the AD at a Power 5 school....

This is on the BOT for hiring this clown and on them to fire him. Until then, it's all B.S talking *****!!!
 
The Franchise said:
Good sign that there are still people around who care about football and winning. Hang in there, fellas, and keep pounding the table.

If you really want to make a difference contact Cristobal and see what it’ll take to get him here then pony up for his buyout.

Otherwise, trying to cajole Fake Jimmy into being a competent AD by pounding tables and getting mad isn’t going to accomplish anything. Put your money where your mouths are, and hire a competent football AD and get the HC to turn it around and give him the resources he demands to do it.
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Mario with Lashlee? That would be awesome.
 
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Problem2 said:
Whatever Miami decides, whatever was resolved in a Friday meeting between a handful of angry Board of Trustees members and Hurricanes athletic director Blake James, they all need to understand one thing:

Alonzo Highsmith, respected as he is, can’t solve this program’s decades-long problems for them this winter.

He might help in some murky, “chief of staff” role. He’d certainly bring football insight, executive experience and good commons sense to his alma mater.

But if Highsmith is needed in some undefined job for an uncertain boss, it brings more issues about Miami’s troubles than his good talent.
It says James is failing, this program keeps falling and there’s questions whether coach Manny Diaz can find his way out of this mess alone.
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If you thought losing to Florida International, Duke and Louisiana Tech brought the merciful end to Miami’s season, look again. There’s a civil war inside the program that says the ugliness didn’t stop when the season did.

Board of Trustee members and big boosters are beyond upset. They’re pounding tables, threatening change — and want Highsmith hired, pronto, because they don’t trust James or Diaz to succeed without help. And why should they trust them? What has either done to inspire answers?
James has overseen seven years of nothing with this program. That’s got to change quick.

Diaz brings good energy, great personality. But he inherited known offensive problems and had to fire his offensive coordinator, Dan Enos, after one year.

Maybe Rhett Lashlee, who will reportedly be UM’s new offensive coordinator, is the answer. Maybe his successful time at Southern Methodist (seventh in scoring nationally, ninth in yards) translates immediately to Miami.

Lashlee, not Highsmith, will be the short-term hope for helping Diaz out of this hole. If this program gets out. If, in fact, the last three games didn’t expose bigger problems.

Because there’s another problem Diaz needs to solve besides the offense. He struggled dealing with disciplinary problems and inappropriate behavior inside the program. Could Highsmith help there?
Certainly Highsmith’s years as an NFL executive and UM observer should be valued. He’s seen every major college campus and talked with every coach in role as an NFL talent evaluator. If he doesn’t know Miami’s inner workings, he’s seen what works in winning programs.

Still, there are questions around Highsmith’s role. Namely, what is it? Does he have power or just a counseling voice? Would James and Diaz welcome someone essentially foisted on them? Is he working for them, the boosters or — here’s a voice no one’s heard much from — school president Julio Frenk?

Finally, for Highsmith’s sake, would he be wanted next year if a regime change is needed?
This much is clear: If Diaz and James can’t win next season, Highsmith can’t save them. And Highsmith won’t be needed to tell anyone that considering the problems on the field and anger percolating inside the school right now.
The masses of UM fans, always louder in public than present at games, aren’t moving the needle here. These Board of Trustees and big-money boosters are. They’re done sitting back and watching this team fall short, year after year.


Exactly how far has Miami fallen?
It didn’t just have another non-descript finish in the ACC this year. It would have finished low in Conference USA this year after the FIU and Louisiana Tech losses.
That explains why it’s so ugly in Coral Gables right now. Maybe Highsmith would help rediscover the good years, the golden ones he was a part of. Maybe, too, Lashlee helps rediscover the end zone.
But some Board members and big boosters are tired of just waiting and hoping for success. They’re making their voices and wallets heard to be part of change. It’s why some met Friday with James. It’s why an ugly civil war has broken out inside a program that used to win.
Highsmith can’t be asked to play some savior role to success, though.
Its James and Diaz who have their futures staked to that.
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Great stuff. Thanks!
 
That article doesn't say very much those of us following this program didn't already know.

What it does confirm, is the idea that Blake James and Manny Diaz's fates are inextricably tied together this next season.

If I was Highsmith, I would stay far away from this situation and if I was intent on taking a job at UM, I would do so after this infested mess has been gutted.
 
Dan E. Dangerously said:
The headline is juicier than any detail in the article. Dave Hyde basically spit out regurgitated stuff from any cane message board on the internet
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I'm inclined to agree but it's contingent upon if Hyde is actually plugged into the BoT more than the typical few that always run their mouths to him and Barry Jackson but either don't wield any significant power or don't actually choose to use it.

Sometimes the media appears to be awed by any substantial personal wealth without actually understanding the real power dynamic with our BoT.
 
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That article and this thread are circling the issue but not hitting on it. The BEST FIX for UM is to have everyone that was hired by donna shalala removed from the athletic department and given their walking papers.

I'd venture to guess THAT is the real civil war. Donna's cronies versus people who want UM football to succeed at the highest levels, be it in the AD or the BOT.
 
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