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What image best depicts how the rest of college football thinks of Mario's Canes?

 
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This, all day every day. Miami will always be a bunch of gaudy, flashy, brash, big-mouthed, ignorant *thugs* to the masses.

I don't think the majority of people are "scared" that Mario Cristobal took over Miami. They probably respect him as a better option than a Diaz, an over-the-hill Richt, a Golden or a Shannon—but most don't revere him, his recruiting prowess or how he runs a program—to be anything like that of a Saban, a Swinney, a Fisher, etc.

I think the majority of college football fans see this as another boy-who-cried-wolf moment for Miami; big talk that the Canes are "back", but that it will ultimately fall short. Even with Shannon, the top-ranked recruiting class (2008), but no development of players and a lot of wasted talent.

All that to say, those who know, know—and I believe some of the smarter college football fans are reading the tea leaves—hiring Cristobal, bringing in Dan Radakovich (on the heels of UM never having a legit, big-named, proven AD), big money guys like John Ruiz changing the NIL game—as well as UM realizing they have to spend big to win big; facilities upgrades, tons of money thrown at quality assistant coaches, etc,

I mean take a name like Josh Gattis—versus the revolving door of offensive coordinators a kid like Kyle Wright in his tenure at UM; Chud gone after his redshirt season (2003) and then given Dan Werner (2004-2005), Rich Olson / Todd Berry (2006) and Patrick Nix (2007).
Look at additions of guys like Charlie Strong and Frank Ponce signing on as position coaches—or a Jason Taylor joining the staff. These moves are unprecedented and insane. UM has never seen the likes of this, so not a shock if some are still in denial, or aren't paying close enough attention. (****, how many clowns are floored when you tell them the University of Miami is private school in sleepy Coral Gables, with 12,000+ undergrads—not some massive state school 50,000+ deep.) They don't know what they don't know.

That said, the masses still see 2 Live Crew. They see gold chains. They see hoodlums. They see inner city kids that look nothing like college football's elite and they see the FIU brawl, Bryan Pata getting murdered, etc.

For all the false starts about Miami being back—which they'll all talk about—"Thought y'all were back in 2009 with Jacory Harris?" ... "Thought y'all were back in 2013 with that 7-0 start, after upsetting Florida?" .... "Thought y'all were back after you smacked around #3 Notre Dame in 2017?". A lot of folks thing 2022 will be just that; another false start.

First loss Mario takes (most-likely at aTm) again with the "See, Canes aren't back when they said they were!" nonsense. Weather the storm.

Infrastructure is being built to become a full-blown powerhouse again in the next couple of years—which was never a reality at any point since Butch Davis pulled out of town in 2001.


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