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### For those hoping for defensive staff changes at UM, no decisions are expected to be made until UM sees how the season plays out.
An associate of Golden's (nobody mentioned in this column) has said it would be wrong to conclude that Golden would never replace Mark D'Onofrio because of their friendship if he decided that was necessary.
In interviews both with me last Friday and Tuesday night with Gary Ferman on Canesport Radio, James indicated a preference to allow the coaches to decide the composition of their staffs.
When I asked if he could envision a scenario in which he would tell a coach to make a change on his staff, James said: “My philosophy is you hire head coaches to run their programs and my job is to give them the support they need to be successful.”
He told Canesport Radio he would make exceptions and intervene if an assistant coach creates problems for a university such as committing an NCAA violation.
But Golden is "the one that needs to have the power to make all those decisions, the specifics of it. I'm going to ask questions. He runs his program, and he runs his program well. He'll make the decisions that are best for the long-term success of the program."
James told Canesport Radio: "You can't tell people what needs they have. If that's the case, I probably should be the coach."
He said in general: "I might talk to Al about how is our offense getting better, how is our defense getting better, what are we doing on special teams, where are we with recruiting."
### Has either the particularly harsh UM-bashing from former players or the fire-Golden banner flown by a disgruntled fan at Saturday's game struck James as over the top?
“It isn’t helping us get to where we all want to see the program,” James told me. “We all want to see the program back at the top. While I understand the frustration, we all have to look at what are the things to help us have that success. Things that don’t help us have success aren’t helping. Would I rather the former players not do it? Without a doubt.”
Of the criticisms leveled by former players, James told Canesport Radio: "It's disappointing when it's verbalized as publicly. These type of comments [don't] help us. [But] I respect who they are. They are all part of the family."
### James told Canesport Radio, as he has told me earlier this season, that he has full faith in Golden.
"Am I confident we're going in the direction we need to go? Without a doubt.... I have full confidence Al will make adjustments that need to be made to get us back to the top.... To rebuild a program takes time."
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/#storylink=cpy
### For those hoping for defensive staff changes at UM, no decisions are expected to be made until UM sees how the season plays out.
An associate of Golden's (nobody mentioned in this column) has said it would be wrong to conclude that Golden would never replace Mark D'Onofrio because of their friendship if he decided that was necessary.
In interviews both with me last Friday and Tuesday night with Gary Ferman on Canesport Radio, James indicated a preference to allow the coaches to decide the composition of their staffs.
When I asked if he could envision a scenario in which he would tell a coach to make a change on his staff, James said: “My philosophy is you hire head coaches to run their programs and my job is to give them the support they need to be successful.”
He told Canesport Radio he would make exceptions and intervene if an assistant coach creates problems for a university such as committing an NCAA violation.
But Golden is "the one that needs to have the power to make all those decisions, the specifics of it. I'm going to ask questions. He runs his program, and he runs his program well. He'll make the decisions that are best for the long-term success of the program."
James told Canesport Radio: "You can't tell people what needs they have. If that's the case, I probably should be the coach."
He said in general: "I might talk to Al about how is our offense getting better, how is our defense getting better, what are we doing on special teams, where are we with recruiting."
### Has either the particularly harsh UM-bashing from former players or the fire-Golden banner flown by a disgruntled fan at Saturday's game struck James as over the top?
“It isn’t helping us get to where we all want to see the program,” James told me. “We all want to see the program back at the top. While I understand the frustration, we all have to look at what are the things to help us have that success. Things that don’t help us have success aren’t helping. Would I rather the former players not do it? Without a doubt.”
Of the criticisms leveled by former players, James told Canesport Radio: "It's disappointing when it's verbalized as publicly. These type of comments [don't] help us. [But] I respect who they are. They are all part of the family."
### James told Canesport Radio, as he has told me earlier this season, that he has full faith in Golden.
"Am I confident we're going in the direction we need to go? Without a doubt.... I have full confidence Al will make adjustments that need to be made to get us back to the top.... To rebuild a program takes time."
Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/#storylink=cpy
