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USC did it right

Wario Cristobum said:
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Here ya go dude. Go crazy.

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Neither USC not Miami have done anything YET with their new coaches. Did USC have a better season than Miami? Win/Loss yes, but neither achieved the goals they set at the beginning of the season. Time will tell which program is in better shape and can sustain consistency.
 
PSU Cane said:
The NFL did come calling already. He’s just making a ton in college so no reason for him to jump yet until he actually wins something here first and then gets the itch to try in the league.

In the NFL he has a cap. In college he doesn’t.
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Yeah but he's the type that wants to succeed at the highest level. He's not the type to stay in college as a lifer.
 
It’s i bit early to be giving out lifetime achievement awards for coaches after one season but anyone trashing USC or Riley right now either has their orange and green shades glued to their face or just knows nothing about football.

“He’s 0-4 in CFP bro!” Cool, how many other coaches have played in 4 CFP games? The list is short. I’d take losses in the playoffs over losses to mediocre ACC teams right now.

Is Mario doing a good job of rebuilding the roster with a solid foundation? Yeah. Is he willing to make changes when things aren’t working? It looks like it. Will Miami be better in the long run than USC? Maybe???? Nobody can predict that right now.

Acknowledging that Lincoln Riley has done a good job doesn’t mean you hate Miami or think Mario is a failure. It’s OK to say “hey, they’ve done a good job so far”.
 
JD08 said:
If it was just USC, it would be one thing, but it seems like it's everyone not named Miami/Mario lately.
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Mind you we HAVE TO WIN this year.....no ones disputing it.

If we have a better year than Riley you will NEVER see any of these guys in this thread eating crow.

#CaneFandom
 
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01Canes said:
Welcome to CIS, where praising another program’s coach for inheriting a 4-win team with the 63rd-ranked recruiting class from 2020 (dead last in the PAC-12) and immediately winning 10 games in Year 1 while the 5* QB he landed out of high school follows him to USC and goes on to win the Heisman Trophy is viewed by some as “slurping” instead of acknowledging reality.

Remove the names of the coaches if you’d like. If a Miami coach were to win 10 games with an offense so high-powered that our QB won the Heisman after the last two decades of ineptitude we’ve witnessed, half this board would want a statue of said coach erected in his honor.

It’s perfectly fine to acknowledge results. Wins are awesome. Touchdowns are fun. Hopefully we have a lot more of both after last season’s ****show.
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Stop it.

It is slurping because the point is to **** on UM. It is ok to acknowledge our own issues without putting on knee pads.

Mario has built, key word built, two conference title winning programs. It is absolutely ok to give the man more than one year.
 
JayCane20 said:
Meh. They're taking short cuts bringing in anything and everything from the portal. Totally ignoring culture and work ethic. Not trying to go full Mario bro here but it's the reality and there is a valid reason why the only programs to win championships in recent memory are Saban, Saban's disciple Kirby, and Dabo who has maintained the best locker room and culture in America for the last 8-9 years. Then obviously Orgeron with the most talented team in college football since the 2001 Canes.

That being said.. USC could sneak in this year, if there ever was a chance that formula will work. Heisman/Number 1 overall QB, dynamic offense, mediocre defense - but only because Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State are going to be the weakest at QB they've been, individually and collectively, in the last 10 years. Still bet they choke because of the lack of culture.. just depends when/where they choke because the playoff gives you a 2nd chance now.
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Lmao they’re not going to lose because of a culture problem.. they have many mercenaries but if they have a common goal that **** don’t matter. Miami has a bigger culture problem than any other big time team right now so we have no room to talk smh. They’ll drop a game because they get outcoached and outplayed. That happened at Clemson for years (including last year) even though in your own words “They have maintained the best lockeroom and culture in America for the last 8-9 years”
BostonCanes47 said:
USC will never win anything that matters as long as Lincoln Riley is their head coach.

I’d much rather be Miami than USC right now.
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I don’t agree with OP but this is the same **** mofos were saying about Kirby for years and he bout to 3 peat 😂 (has that ever been done?). I hate USC cause when I was on the west coast the whole coast was **** riding them smh
Pause for the phobes lol
 
Ofc they chose a different route. We wanted the recruiting power of a UGA bama route and they chose the non title play calling type. Who apparently have shocked me that they recruiting at a high clip. That was my one question but it's still not enough until those teams start recruiting worse. I think we on the path and most of y'all just not patient at all.
 
Rellyrell said:
I was referring to results. I was more less responding to this statement:

“Yes, we can question Mario, true....but Lincoln Riley is "it"?

I like Riley, but his teams at OU went 0-4 in the CFBPO and gave up an average of 50.....that's 5-0...points per game.”

So my post was in regards to which results would u prefer over the past 6 yrs? In essence, I was comparing coaches, programs, results during this time frame.

What I find hilarious is that this same board that hailed & vouch for the Pirate to come here (RIP) who was all offense & no defense, are the same ones taking shots at Riley. Lol. Yet, Riley has won at an elite clip, sans the big one. It’s why I have him in that 2nd tier of coaches, but him + USC will be a problem. 3 of the top 5 programs in the nation are all within a a car drive away (St Bosco, Mater Dei, & Bishop Gorman).

Will they will a title under Riley? Not sure; will they most likely always be in contention? Yes.
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Riley was the best coach to make a move last year, no question.

To your point, i was surprised that OU recruited “only” a #9 class at OU over his 5 years at OU.
You have to think Riley will be more than a few notches above that at SC.

I’ll take that record of being in contention every year in a heartbeat… but eventually….It’s all about titles.
Riley is the best thing, but not the sure-fire thing, to get SC there.
IMO that was what the OP was suggesting with “did it”.
 
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If you give Mario and Riley the same exact roster, Riley will have a better record 10 out of 10 years. He is a better coach. There’s nothing you can argue. Mario has my support fully as I think he can be somewhat successful here but you are lying to yourself if you don’t think Miami would be better off with Riley long term.
 
But... I do appreciate Mario's approach of trying to fix things from the inside FIRST. I actually prefer that method even though it's going to take awhile. I don't mind the slow burn as long as there's a clear plan and things are getting handled. I think alot of y'all just think we sucked playing football for a long time. Naw, we sucked as a whole organization lol
 
D_G87 said:
If you give Mario and Riley the same exact roster, Riley will have a better record 10 out of 10 years. He is a better coach. There’s nothing you can argue. Mario has my support fully as I think he can be somewhat successful here but you are lying to yourself if you don’t think Miami would be better off with Riley long term.
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Facts. Riley is CLEARLY a better coach. And it's perfectly fine to say that lol.
 
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