This Cristobal nonsense from the media has to stop. Now.

[01Canes]

Cristobal was the first candidate named by ESPN's Joe Schad on SportsCenter just now when they addressed Golden's possible successor at Miami. Bruce Feldman continues to vouch for Cristobal, naming him as the #1 candidate in his FOX Sports article addressing the upcoming UM coaching search. Cristobal received more than twice as many votes as Herman and Fuente combined in the Palm Beach Post's poll yesterday.

This has to stop. Right f***ing now.

Not good enough for FIU, but good enough for Miami after three consecutive program-crippling hires? How do these people not see that placing so much emphasis on "South Florida recruiting ties, bro" is a recipe for disaster? Once upon a time, Al Golden was hailed by the media as a great recruiter. His pitch to local ballers fell on deaf ears as his flaws on the sidelines were exposed. Easy to be a great recruiter when you're a position coach on a Nick Saban staff at a storied SEC program with world class facilities and a surreal gameday atmosphere. Making a pitch as the head man at Miami is an entirely different world.

Most importantly, we need a head coach, not a head recruiter. Hiring a position coach from an SEC power who failed miserably in his only prior head-coaching opportunity would be unacceptable. Certain Cristobal defenders have stated that both Urban and Harbaugh made the jump from position coach to head coach earlier in their careers. But they did that at Bowling Green and the University of San Diego, respectively. This. Is. F***ing. Miami. The admin would have to be certifiably insane to even bring him in for an interview.

Feldman had Cristobal at #1 on his list with Tom Herman and Justin Fuente tied for 10th. If Cristobal's even on our admin's radar as a fringe possibility, it's cause for being scared s***less about this coaching search.

 

[Canes21]

I think if our decision makers listen to the media on who to hire, then we're already screwed no matter what.

 

[FullyERicht]

Would be a worse decision than if they had retained Golden.

They hate him in Bama, and have been noticeably worse on the OL since he's been there. The man is a recruiter ONLY. There are probably 50 more qualified guys than him. It's infuriating.

 

[LuCane]

Holy PR machine.

 

[407cane]

agreed. However i’m more ****ed about the Lane Kiffin mentions. Who in their right ******* mind thinks a major university would hire lane kiffin after he screwed Tennessee and got left off the plane and fired at USC after being terrible?

 

[Noliaboi]

They hire Cristo ball, I'm out!

 

[Torocane]

I'm sure Critobal's agent is responsible.
All these reporters have biases and it's who they are friendly with and not who is actually best for the program.

 

[Tad Footeball]

It's scary how lazy the media as whole is. It's only trumped by their biases but that's another story. It's seriously like they run with the first "insight" that any clown within their ranks spews and then pass off that reportage as their own. Now all of a sudden the national media knows the name of a failed Sun Belt corch turned positions corch? Eff off with that noise.

 

[Cribby]

I'm starting to get worried, Ferman and Feldman are publicly fapping to this dude.

If these media types keep reporting this bs it could be a perception meets reality kinda deal. Ferman actually had idiots calling in and agreeing Mario would be a perfect fit.

It's like I'm taking crazy pills, are people really this dumb?

 

[DiegoCane]

They hire Cristo ball, I'm out!

Pretty much.

 

[nycane]

i told u guys for months this was gonna happen. meanwhile i have people testing my credibility. i have had people outright tell me they are supporting mario while they publicly bash butch

 

[KevinCaneFace]

3-9 in his sixth season while playing a tough Sun Belt conference. Yeah, this guy should be considered!

GTFOH!

 

[SolidCane]

He's the Cuban Golden. Actually, he's probably worse than Golden. FML

 

[Geo305]

Disaster written all over it if Cristobal hired. Only way I take Cristobal is in a OL with some Assistant head coach duties. He's not ready to be a HC at Miami AT ALL. Not proven.



Butch, Chud, Fuente or Herman or BUST!

 

[Tad Footeball]

They even look freakin similar. New boss. Same as the old boss.

 

[SolidCane]

In fact OP, add Chud, Schiano, and Kiffin to that list.

I hate they keep bringing up the same retreads. These guys aren't coveted by any other program, why is the media so enamored with connecting these dopes with Miami?

Miami needs to make the right hire.

 

[FullyERicht]

Seems like we should be flying an anti-Mario Banner;

'Just say NO to MARI-O'

 

[supacane]

Seems like we should be flying an anti-Mario Banner;

'Just say NO to MARI-O'

Just about to post that. Can someone contact the banners guys? Banners for all who we don't want, 2 weeks should be enough.

 

[orange&green84]

agreed. However i’m more ****ed about the Lane Kiffin mentions. Who in their right ****ing mind thinks a major university would hire lane kiffin after he screwed Tennessee and got left off the plane and fired at USC after being terrible?

I'm right there with you. At least with Mario, he'd recruit Miami right. But I think his results would only be slightly better than Golden's, but not by much. Lane Kiffin is just all around horrible. Look at those Bama offenses, they suck. They used to be humming until Kiffin got there. I know McCarron's gone, but he wasn't the end all be all QB, just a solid QB manager while Bama coasted off of no. 1 recruiting class talent year after year after year. Bama's still getting the same players, but Kiffin's mismanaging that talent.

 

[D.O.C.]

Cristobal - 6 yrs at FIU - 1-11, 5-7, 3-9, 7-6, 8-5, 3-9. Overall coaching record: 27-47

Nothing else needs to be said.