What I’m Hearing on Miami’s Head Coaching Search - Sunday PM

Stefan Adams

Dec 30, 2018 2 min read

Miami’s search for their next head coach is officially underway. First off, Miami has no monetary obligation to Mark Richt; he did things the right way and completely cut ties with zero severance payments requested. Therefore, I’m told there is more money available to bring in what Blake James said is “the best guy for the job”. A good source tells me that Mario Cristobal has already confirmed his interest in the job with Miami. Another source tells me Manny Diaz reached out this morning just after the news broke to let UM brass know he was interested in the opening. A source inside Hecht tells me there is a segment of the athletic department that is pushing for Diaz and he has at least some internal support.

Blake James did not have a lot for us at the presser and I don’t think he was playing coy. He seemed really blindsided by Richt’s decision this morning and last night the mutual understanding between the two was that changes were necessary on offense, that was it. Richt made this decision late last night/early this morning. As such, a lot more will become clear in the coming days as things develop, and I’ve been told Miami wants this to be a quick search to hit the ground running for the last month of recruiting.

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JgDaCane

Dec 30, 2018

We’re gonna blow this & hire Manny Diaz.

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Cane_lover

Dec 30, 2018

Zbrod95 said:
Sweeeeeet!

“SOS Matt Campbell! Come take over UM football!

Love,

Canes Fans asking for a savior for 15 years”

I was thinking - “the high for today is roughly 50 degrees warmer in Miami than Ames...do I really need to say anything else?”

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smack99

Dec 30, 2018

This school is really going to hire that bum Cristobal. Welcome to another 3-4 years of mediocrity smh

MiamiChris

Dec 30, 2018

Pete Ariz kind of mentioning it’s mario

Memnon

Dec 30, 2018

Why spend all that money to buyout Mario, when you can do the same for an ever better HC who's actually proven they can win?

Brickbybrick_mp

Dec 30, 2018

It will be Mario

Jedi Master Cane

Dec 30, 2018

Mario convincing that QB who was virtually guaranteed to be a top 5 pick to come back and then leaving town would be a very Mario-ish type of move.

Mario using Miami rumors to get more money from Oregon would be a very Mario-ish type of move.

Stay tuned.

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Bweezy25

Dec 30, 2018

JgDaCane said:
We’re gonna blow this & hire Manny Diaz.

Just feels like we going to mess it up like always

Zbrod95

Dec 30, 2018

Cane_lover said:
I was thinking - “the high for today is roughly 50 degrees warmer in Miami than Ames...do I really need to say anything else?”

Yes!

calleochocane

Dec 30, 2018

We’re ***ked if we hire Cristobal. Randy Shannon 2.0, Mark Richt 3.0

TheRichtShow

Dec 30, 2018

Liberty City El said:
Why spend all that money to buyout Mario, when you can do the same for an ever better HC who's actually proven they can win?

such as?

"better" is subjective, so who is your guy?

WeBallinBoyz

Dec 30, 2018

At the very least, the BOT has to inquire about Campbell or Babers...Cristobal ain't going anywhere.

MiamiChris

Dec 30, 2018

calleochocane said:
We’re ***ked if we hire Cristobal. Randy Shannon 2.0, Mark Richt 3.0

Nothing like those 2 at all.

Cribby

Dec 30, 2018

Liberty City El said:
Why spend all that money to buyout Mario, when you can do the same for an ever better HC who's actually proven they can win?

Bro i just texted my boy that.

You could take that 10 and put with the salary and get an elite guy.

The only thing I could see is if he had UM offer in his contract. I know coaches do that, pretty sure urban did that with either ND or Osu at UF.