I am a Miami fan from the 1970's. I have seen it all. For this fan base to ***** like it does now is not surprising but, as usual, terribly disappointing. Let me tell you what I have seen so you can appreciate what we have now.
Howard won a natty with some guys who were not the most athletic but he had a scheme for offense that was ahead of his time. He ran a pro style offense when teams were still recruiting to defend the wishbone. He ended up showing that pro style beats the wishbone.
Jimmy came here from an Oklahoma team that basically ran the wishbone. He had Thurman Thomas - why wouldn't you do that? He got here and met Gary Stephens the guy most wanted to get the job he just took. He wisely let Gary run the offense. On offense Stevens got Testeverde from Va from NY. Walsh from MN. Richt from Boca Raton. Then he did what Jimmy did best he recruited the best of the best on defense. Fortunately for him he made some great decisions in getting Jesse Armstead from Texas, Michael Barrow from Pennsylvania, and Randy Shannon from Miami. He then recruited Ed Reed from Louisiana and many other out of state players.
I could go on and on about how our best recruits were not local or Florida players. If that were true FSU and UF would have 5 championships. But they don't have that.
Under Manny we were undersized on both the offensive line and defensive line as a result of his failure to recruit. Mario took the job and said on day one he had to rebuild the trenches. He has done exactly that on both sides on the ball. I don't give a **** if we lose a CB or a safety if we can't be bullied anymore. And there is no doubt we just rebuilt the secondary in the transfer portal. We have a QB 1 excellent OL, great RB's, excellent tight ends and dangerous wide outs. Stop the whining and *****ing God Dammit!