HurricaneAce07
Class of 2007
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2015
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New Stadium - this debate just recently popped up again. Just drop it as it is not going to happen any time soon, if at all. There is literally nowhere to build a college-level stadium anywhere close to campus or Coral Gables, even if it's a smaller 30-35k seats. Miami FC (MLS) had the backing an international superstar in David Beckham, state/local officials and a couple of billionaires; they had to settle on Ft Lauderdale after multiple years of failed negotiations in Miami-Dade.
Diaz + James fired at same time or James firing Diaz mid-season - there is a much higher chance that Blake James gets fired than Manny Diaz as of now. 1) Diaz was Blake's choice and he's going to live/die on that decision, 2) has a much longer tenure and "record" for the BoT to lean on, 3) has overseen the failed state of multiple high-profile UM sports (baseball, basketball, football) and 4) a brash choice now would essentially kill our 2022 class and open up the door for our young talent to transfer out - could set us back 2-3 years for whoever ends up owning the rebuild.
Name dropping every potential coaching candidate - I'd rather see another 20 post-game "in my opinion" threads than see another "Coach XX should be our next HC" thread. There are maybe 5 elite coaches in the country at this point; coaches that can recruit the right talent AND recruit the right coaching staff to develop that talent. Everyone else is just treading water to try and stay close to that level. The top 5-6 (Saban, Swinney, Riley, Fisher, Day, Smart) aren't going anywhere unless they are fired. The next tier (Kelly, Mullen, Brown, Franklin, Orgeron, Harbaugh, Cristobal, Gundy) *might* come here (very low chance), but we'd be paying $$$ for silver-medal performance; good, but not great. Nearly every "good" coaching option will be polarizing for this fanbase and will still struggle against the elites. Just realize that most of us here has been wrong in the past about "next best coach for Miami" - i.e. Frost, Herman, **** - a bunch of you were ****ed FSU got Norvell from Memphis!
We have a lot of really good, young talent on this team. The one thing that scares me more than anything is the potential for some of them to be run off by a fanbase that wants to go scorched earth with this university and its football program - I know a lot of people are done being patient, I get it. But none of the above is happening anytime soon - but at this point the players are what will make this team successful this season; gotta stick with them, support them and fight against the pressure.
Diaz + James fired at same time or James firing Diaz mid-season - there is a much higher chance that Blake James gets fired than Manny Diaz as of now. 1) Diaz was Blake's choice and he's going to live/die on that decision, 2) has a much longer tenure and "record" for the BoT to lean on, 3) has overseen the failed state of multiple high-profile UM sports (baseball, basketball, football) and 4) a brash choice now would essentially kill our 2022 class and open up the door for our young talent to transfer out - could set us back 2-3 years for whoever ends up owning the rebuild.
Name dropping every potential coaching candidate - I'd rather see another 20 post-game "in my opinion" threads than see another "Coach XX should be our next HC" thread. There are maybe 5 elite coaches in the country at this point; coaches that can recruit the right talent AND recruit the right coaching staff to develop that talent. Everyone else is just treading water to try and stay close to that level. The top 5-6 (Saban, Swinney, Riley, Fisher, Day, Smart) aren't going anywhere unless they are fired. The next tier (Kelly, Mullen, Brown, Franklin, Orgeron, Harbaugh, Cristobal, Gundy) *might* come here (very low chance), but we'd be paying $$$ for silver-medal performance; good, but not great. Nearly every "good" coaching option will be polarizing for this fanbase and will still struggle against the elites. Just realize that most of us here has been wrong in the past about "next best coach for Miami" - i.e. Frost, Herman, **** - a bunch of you were ****ed FSU got Norvell from Memphis!
We have a lot of really good, young talent on this team. The one thing that scares me more than anything is the potential for some of them to be run off by a fanbase that wants to go scorched earth with this university and its football program - I know a lot of people are done being patient, I get it. But none of the above is happening anytime soon - but at this point the players are what will make this team successful this season; gotta stick with them, support them and fight against the pressure.