... with the second-best defense in the nation this year—with a recently-departed defensive coordinator that many around here wanted to fire after the loss to LSU.
Only thing that's dead is this sack-less fan base. ****ing and moaning non-stop, stuck in the glory days and rooted in emotion over logic.
Gee, Miami ain't back yet—you don't say! 60-47 from Coker's final year to Golden's firing—and four head coaches over a ten-year span—yet the Canes aren't yet a Playoff contender three years into the Richt regime. Incredible!
Takes time to build a contender—and while most are too stupid to admit it, the fact a defensive coordinator just got hired away for a head coaching gig; it actually means Miami is CLOSER TO SOME DEGREE OF BACK than it was when it had coordinators and position coaches getting fired left and right.
The defensive job at Miami is one that people will actually WANT now that Diaz put it back together. Great opportunity to get a good guy now, while Manny gets to go cut his teeth at a program that's given it's last five head coaches better gigs (four in the past eight years.)