South Florida nepotism in all it's glory.That fact that manure still has people in his corner only points to political corruption Because I refuse to believe anyone with a brain would be in that dying corner based on coaching merit
I love Jose! He’s a great guy!Some updates from Lake include the expectation of a short timeline ; 1-4 weeks was mentioned but the belief is it will be closer to the short end of that. A search firm will conduct a national search for the best candidate. Also mentioned that the new AD will have the authority to keep or remove Manny from his job. He says he hears there will be no pre determined situation where a new AD is told what to do with regard to HC.
Another booster who supports the program: Bojangles’ CEO Jose Armario, who is a UM alum. (Also added Dan Lambert to the list of influential donors)
Indeed. Indeed.I would argue yes. What is the point of being the boss if you can't making the hiring/firing decisions?
And he will bring Cincy’s current coach to USC.Miami needs to look at USC as a cautionary tale on two fronts
1. USC hired Lynn Swann as AD in 2016 because of his "connections to the program" and it was by all accounts a total disaster. after three years of that mess, including keeping Clay Helton for several years against the fanbase's wishes, they finally went and hired a real AD.
2. the real AD they did hire -- Mike Bohm from Cincinnati -- kept Clay Helton after an 8-5 season in 2019, then again after the covid shortened 2020 season, only fire him a whole 2 games into the 2021 season, essentially flushing the entire season down the toilet
we need to hire an AD with real experience in college athletic departments -- not an ex-player with business or pro football "experience." and we need to rip the band aid of the Manny Diaz era off immediately. it's very simple. do those two things.
He has been at TTU since 2017 so nothing to do with Manny.Wasn't Tony Hernandez a big part of the rush ho hire Manny. I believe was the one that pushed Blake to rush the Manny hire. For that alone fvck no to him.
The IPO process does, but the SPAC process circumvents a lot of those. @SpikeUM and @Cryptical Envelopment probably know more of the specifics, but there is a reason so many companies are going public in SPACs and why it is more of the speculative ones in nature. Not to say all are, but yea, it is a faster and less scrutinized process on the whole.
yes. i was involved in a deal with Ophir Sternburg from Lion Capital, the one involved in this SPAC. He and and the prior investor in the prior SPAC did very well. He's a pretty sharp guy.Advantages and disadvantages for all sides in a SPAC. The initial retail investor is buying shares in a TBD venture, but get in early, usually with shares at an IPO-ish price + a warrant. They are past that, and the funded SPAC is now "merging" (acquiring) a company. It's not for your grandma's IRA, that's for sure, but its not necessarily shady in any way. The sponsors clean up though, I'll tell you that.
Bringing back Manny would be beyond stupid and would set us back years. But that’s exactly the kind of buzzkill decision that I would expect UM to make. Every conversation around needs to be centered around who our new coach is going to be. The foregone conclusion should be that Manny is not returning. The Diaz era will go down as the worse era in UM football history.If we hire a new AD and keep Manny, I'm out... That just shows it's the same ol ****
Cristobal has a side deal with Phil Knight which boosts his salary.
However, Oregon has a terrible state tax which plays in our favor.
Stop with the Donna didn't give a **** stuff. She made more capital improvements and devoted more money and time to the AD than every other UM President in our history combined. She:
*Built the BUC (honestly, that was supposed to be a never-going-to-happen event at UM). We could stop there.
*Rebuilt the Hecht Center.
*Built the Schwartz Center for Football Excellence.
*Rebuilt Mark Light Stadium.
*Rebuilt the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
*Built Cobb.
*Laid the groundwork for the IFP.
If Tad Foote was still President we'd probably be getting kicked out of the ACC right now. She built the capital foundation for why we even have a fighting chance right now. There are a LOT of things to criticize her for, especially the hires, but saying she didn't give a **** is absolute nonsense. You're better than that, homie!
And fundraising at UM is 10x harder than it is at our competition. Do you really need me to write why?
yes. i was involved in a deal with Ophir Sternburg from Lion Capital, the one involved in this SPAC. He and and the prior investor in the prior SPAC did very well. He's a pretty sharp guy.
As a former Explorer.......ADELANTE!
Mas has deep pockets and cares. If anyone can help clean up that AD department, it's him.
When I saw that tweet I immediately "guess we hired the same search firm that brought us Diaz"It would so Miami to hire Highsmith within hours of finally doing the right thing.
@rsa coral gables WSP is correct, from an investor point of view, a traditional IPO is much more vetted than a SPAC. While there are of course exceptions, I am not a fan of the latter and almost always stay away.The IPO process does, but the SPAC process circumvents a lot of those. @SpikeUM and @Cryptical Envelopment probably know more of the specifics, but there is a reason so many companies are going public in SPACs and why it is more of the speculative ones in nature. Not to say all are, but yea, it is a faster and less scrutinized process on the whole.