UM trustees discuss Golden

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I sincerely hope we lose every remaining game left on the schedule.

Let's start with Cincy. I hope they beat us by 50. If these ******** want to stand pat...I want to see them under as much annoying pressure and negativity as possible.

Let's go Cincy.
 
The Butch Davis comments reinforces the theory that "perception" is more important than "success." Results on the field is not a priority.
 
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As the UM administration stands publicly behind coach Al Golden and his staff, frustration and calls for change grow, behind the scenes, among some Board of Trustee members and donors, some of whom have started to express those views to high-ranking UM officials.

Some feedback from four prominent trustees, who asked that their names not be used:

### All four said Golden is expected to keep his job beyond this season.

Among the reasons: He’s signed through Feb. 1, 2020, and a multi-million dollar buyout would be a major obstacle; athletic director Blake James believes in Golden; there’s a sense of loyalty to Golden for steering UM through the NCAA investigation; and there’s a strong belief that president Donna Shalala would not fire her most visible coach before her May retirement.

“She doesn’t want to leave on a sour note like that,” one of the trustees said. “She’s not going to fire the coach and walk away,” another said. “She’s not going to leave that financial burden on a new president,” another said.

### How much anger is percolating among trustees and donors? “Everybody is very, very upset,” said one trustee. “We would like to see changes.”

Another respected trustee, who advocates defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio’s dismissal, said: “There’s a lot of frustration [among trustees]. And it’s not just with D’Onofrio. There’s also criticism of the defensive backs coach [Paul Williams]. And the criticism is starting to lap over to Golden.”

One trustee said “the donors are unhappy. They’re making noise and the pressure is starting to build on [athletic director] Blake James” to force Golden to make staff changes.

One trustee said he could not envision D’Onofrio being replaced during the season and said James has given no indication whether he would ask Golden to make staff changes after the season. One associate of Golden said that even though they are friends, people should not automatically conclude that Golden would not part ways with D’Onofrio if the problems worsen or persist.

### Could donor and booster pressure force the administration to fire coaches? Two of the trustees said they doubt it.

“One or two donors don’t make a difference, but when you have a lot of them, it’s a problem,” the trustee said, adding he has no indication that it has reached a point of many donors withholding contributions.

### Among the criticisms raised by one trustee: “You expect to see halftime adjustments and the coaches don’t make them. And you don’t see enough development and improvement from enough of our players.”

### Golden still has some trustee supporters.

“The reality is he got handed a bad deal,” said one influential trustee. “I wish people would settle down. He stayed here when he found out we were being investigated. Every coach was recruiting against him during the investigation, and as a result, we don’t have the caliber players we used to. You have to give him a couple more years to fill holes created during probation.”

If a change is eventually made, one trustee said do not look for Butch Davis to get the job. (Former UM player Joaquin Gonzalez said Davis, now with ESPN2, “would take the job in a heartbeat.”)

The trustee said Davis not only angered people with the way he left UM for the Cleveland Browns, but there are serious concerns about his departure from North Carolina under the cloud of an academic misconduct scandal. (Davis wasn’t implicated by the NCAA.)

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...phins-heat-marlins-chatter.html#storylink=cpy

Article from Barry Jackson. Not looking good for us

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Don't forget about swasey our team has been getting pushed around for the past 9 years hes not getting the job done.. i want the hole staff gone but if we have to keep golden he got to get ride sweasey and dinofrio.
 
**** those ********. If they don't care...we shouldn't either.

If you're a real Canes fan you have no business showing up to another game until these ******** act.
 
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R. E L. A. X.

at at this point in Randy's last season, articles like this weren't even being written.

there are also more donors that won't renew than they know yet. It's not that time for that to be clear.
 
R. E L. A. X.

at at this point in Randy's last season, articles like this weren't even being written.

there are also more donors that won't renew than they know yet. It's not that time for that to be clear.

We're dealing with incompetent morons here. Don't put it past them to bring this abomination of a coaching staff back next season.

In all honesty we should organize some sort of protest outside the gates on gameday. Tell everyone you know not to buy tickets and simply show up to tailgate and then protest. Don't even bother attending the actual game.

We need to find any way possible to bring public embarrassment their way.
 
Just fold the program. Stop fielding a team. At this point, if this is in fact (no idea) the majority view of the boosters, **** it.

There's no sense in embarrassing yourselves. If all you care about is trying hard, fake loyalty -- "he stuck with us," bltch, he tried to leave for Penn State!-- and just having fun, then move the program to D2. Just move to D2 and share FIU's stadium.
 
R. E L. A. X.

at at this point in Randy's last season, articles like this weren't even being written.

there are also more donors that won't renew than they know yet. It's not that time for that to be clear.

We're dealing with incompetent morons here. Don't put it past them to bring this abomination of a coaching staff back next season.

In all honesty we should organize some sort of protest outside the gates on gameday. Tell everyone you know not to buy tickets and simply show up to tailgate and then protest. Don't even bother attending the actual game.

We need to find any way possible to bring public embarrassment their way.

If they were dumb enough to bring this staff back this year, we have no reason to believe they won't bring them back next year.
 
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Hey at least decision makers are talking about it at 3-3. If no changes are made on D, it'll really heat up at 4-4 with 3 conf losses.
 
loyalty will be the downfall for both james and golden

Its isn't loyalty, it stupidity. He is being overly compensated $$$ for staying, now its over and get the **** out before he takes us so far south we never recover.
 
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