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Duke with our ex staff members makes it much more embarrassing.
What should be embarrassing to Miami fans is the fact that Duke's players have more character, work ethic, heart and better attitudes than most of these overrated, soft hacks that dressed out for the 2022 Hurricanes.
News flash, had Mike Elko taken over at Miami, the Canes still would've sucked this year as the roster is full of entitled divas.
Riley Leonard was ready to take over this year, to lead his team and those guys were ready to run through a wall for Elko, as they they're all lesser-talented overachievers, while Miami's roster is littered with overrated-underachievers.
David Cutcliffe turned Duke into a quality little football program—it was simply time for change after 14 seasons. (That said, if Cutcliffe had this year's version of Leonard under center, instead of in a back-up role—the Blue Devils aren't a 3-9 team.)
Miami has been a revolving door for coaches and a dumpster fire for two decades; Cristobal the third UM head coach in five years and sixth in 17 years. (While Cutcliffe took the Duke gig in what was Randy Shannon's second year at UM in 2008.)
Incredible how our fan base refuses to accept just how broken this culture was under Manny Diaz; a little beta, cool uncle who wanted to be liked and accepted by players and not feared and respected—allowing guys to blow off practice and still start on Saturdays, too afraid they would bolt for the portal. The inmates ran the asylum and you're shocked the reacted poorly to Cristobal rolling in with an iron fist and message of working harder than these entitled divas were used to?
The reaches some of you are willing to make due to a distain for Cristobal is pretty incredible. The only thing resembling the old Miami over the past 20 years is the logo on the side of these helmets. This belief and entitlement that the Canes should be more or better than they are—based on what? It's been a garbage-in, garbage-out program since Butch Davis left time (and even then, he out-talented a poorly-run, penny-pinching athletic department.)
Y'all see a fews guys with a modicum of talent making the occasional plays and your emotions trick you into thinking it's the late 80's or early 90's all over again.
Miami has been a middle-of-the-road ACC team since 2004; never winning the conference and only taking the Coastal once—yet you're case-building about 5-7 this year while just glossing over 7-5 last year and a 7-5 average for this program each of the past 16 seasons (118-85 since the 2005 Peach Bowl entering this year.
