chevyboy79
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All that BS U just spewed sounds good to U don’t it?With how they recently revamped their program. All the big money programs spent on coaches and the movement in CFB at the end of 2021 with LSU, Miami, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, etc. USC is the biggest winner and I expect them to be competing for Championships in the very near future. It makes me wonder, why couldn’t Miami do their rebuild like USC?
Let’s recap a little here. USC was a putrid 4-8 in 2021. They somehow lure Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma, a dude who took the Sooners to several CFP games while coaching multiple Heisman trophy winners during his time in Norman (Miami hasn’t had anyone sniff a Heisman in 20 years). Riley takes Caleb Williams with him and gets him a Heisman and USC a game away from the CFP in year one. Also worth mentioning USC is leaving the PAC-12 for the BIG, which will ultimately benefit the program long term. USC is doing what you need to do to actually compete for championships and restoring your program back to relevancy. USC is “back to work”.
Miami decides to throw cash at Mario Cristobal because he was doing above average at Oregon and he used to play here. Apparently he’s also some recruiting genius. Most people probably don’t even know Cristobal was rumored to be a candidate for the job in 2015 after Golden was canned, but I don’t think he was even granted an interview. While I understand he had some success at Oregon and I’m not trying to take away what he accomplished there, Oregon was pretty darn good before Mario ever got there (National Title Runner Up in 2010, 2014), and they didn’t take much of a step back without Mario in 2022. Oregon has been a strong program over the last 15 years. I don’t really give Mario credit for building anything there. None of his teams actually made the CFP or came close anyways. His most impressive win was beating Ohio State in the Shoe back in 2021. It was followed up with an embarrassing loss to 4-8 Stanford a couple weeks later.
My first HC choice back in 2021 was Lane Kiffin and believe we should have tried harder to get him. He’s a brilliant offensive mind and he would have helped TVD flourish, not regress with the ancient Mario/Gattis offense that focuses on time of possession rather than scoring points. Mario has a transfer portal and a billionaire buddy who can pay any player what they want, so the “not enough talent” argument isn’t going to be strong in 2023. I see people predicting a 7-8 win season for us in 2023 which is ludicrous considering how much money we’re giving Mario. I guess I just don’t understand why everybody thinks the world of this guy, or how he’s worth what we’re paying him. I wish we went the USC route and hired someone who actually knows how to get the most out of their players instead of someone living in 1993 with their “power spread” Lol.
Riley is 1-4 in bowl games and 0-3 in the playofffs (only bowl game win was the Cotton Bowl in 2020). If you’re going to make it to the playoffs only to lose every single time U might as well come sit on the couch with me (it’s a joke, calm down). Riley has won the Broyles Award (2015) and Big 12 Coach of the Year (2018).
Mario is 3-3 in bowl games (to include the Rose Bowl in 2019), won the PAC-12 twice, and although a lesser conference he won the Sun Belt in 2010 while at FIU. Mario was Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2010), PAC 12 Coach of the Year (2019), and National Recruiter of the Year (2015).
U brought up Oregon was pretty darn good before Mario got there but that’s not true at all. In the three years prior to Mario being named the HC Oregon went 9-4 (lost Alamo Bowl), 4-8 (no bowl game), and 7-6 (lost Las Vegas Bowl). In the three years prior to Riley being named HC Oklahoma went 8-5 (lost Russell Athletic Bowl), 11-2 (lost Orange Bowl), and 11-2 (won the Sugar Bowl). If anyone came into a program already in a good state/position it was Riley, lmao….
I’m tired of some of U fans and wannabe sideline coaches talking ish about Mario after just one bad year. One bad year does not make or break a coach. If Riley didn’t get/convince Williams to come with him USC wouldn’t have been as good (that’s how important QB play is). For all we know USC could regress this year and we end up tearing it up and surprising folks.
With all that being said, both are great coaches and both will get it done in their own way and when the time is right (hopefully we face off for the ship in the near future). But go’n and tell us U dislike Mario without telling us U dislike Mario…actually I take that back, you’re clearly telling/showing us U dislike Mario “lmao”
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