Al Golden Move Incoming?

[YLCANE]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

"Watch the games with your eyes" meanwhile... you're trying to predict the future and crapping on our best or second best season in 20 years.

Spoiled. ***. Fanbase.

You do realize SMU with a bunch of um castoffs is 11-1 and in ACC champ in first season

10-2 w a dogcrap schedule isn’t that impressive especially w Heisman level / top 2 pick QB

 

[mavericksouth]

I’ve heard this before
Rinse and repeat next december

Yeah. We have "needed to win the ACC next year no excuses" for 20 years. Spoiler alert, the Mario era peaked this season and we still couldn't even get to the game let alone win it. He will not have a better season at Miami than this year. Sad thing is, a good portion of the fanbase is fine with that as long we win mythical ACC recruiting titles and do well in the portal. You all will see next year. The thing about it is, I think most on here know that I'm right because history has shown us how this will end. But some want to hang on to hope. To quote Morgan Freeman in the Shawshank Redemption, "hope is a dangerous thing."

 

[mavericksouth]

IDGAF who carried us. 10-2 is 10-2.

Mario assembled the roster. Mario got Cam to Miami. He assembled one of the best offenses in the country and didn't play caveman football this year like everyone accused he would. Next season there will be more money invested into other spots. He might not be the best in-game coach but he knows how to assemble a winning college roster, and he's only gotten better every year here. 10-2 is not the time to mope given where the program has been in recent years.

A serious lack of self awareness on this board.

Fair enough. But does he also get blamed for assembling one of the worst defenses in Miami football in the past decade and one that kept us from competing for the conference title and entering the expanded playoff and now we are toasting pop tarts? What good is 10-2 and a high powered offense if you have precisely jack s**t to show for it?

 

[tdjones34]

Start a true freshman QB with tremendous upside Brad Kaaya ie Luke Nickel to preserve your job security for at least another 2 to 3 years

Job security lol
Mario is here for a long time. He doesn't have to play games

 

[IbzRlz]

he needs to win the ACC next year. no excuses.

Doubt that happens with the schedule we have next year. He couldn't do it this year with Cam and an easier schedule so...

 

[flips]

Thought OP was breaking news that Al Golden our new DC

 

[WndyCityCane]

Is it not possible to have a better defense? Saying this is his ceiling is crazy tbh

Our defense might be better, but our offense almost certainly won’t so they even out. Just a prediction.

 

[Golsen82]

Start a true freshman QB with tremendous upside Brad Kaaya ie Luke Nickel to preserve your job security for at least another 2 to 3 years

You had my hopes up that AL was coming for new DC.

 

[Atom Atlas]

Wait until Mario gets his own guys in here…..oh wait

Oh .. wait.... I'm way off here aren't I ?....
Think I took a wrong turn somewhere...

 

[CANEMC]

Golden for DC?

 

[LoungeLord]

agreed. you dont need 5 years to judge a coach. I think 3 is more than enough. he did what everyone of our coaches did in year 3 (Manny did his in year 2 and same with richt), which is peak. the thing that coaches couldn't do after that was follow up with a strong season. he has to win 10+ next year thats it.

Lol, that ain’t happening.

 

[1mg of Epi]

we went to the ACC CG in 2017 and had better wins.

Would’ve had 11 wins if not for the cancelled FCS game too.

 

[CaneThang2020]

Kaaya started as a true freshman and Golden didn’t make it through the end of his sophomore year. So “another 2-3 years” isn’t even a question if he doesn’t produce.

At a MINIMUM Mario should make the playoffs once next two seasons. I don’t know how you justify keeping him if UM isn’t top 12 once before 2027.

Super reasonable take. I would also add that win total would need to be no less than 10W by seasons end (including postseason). I’m a huge Mario supporter but if he can’t do this, we need to move on.

Mario has more than what he needs to have us at least at the level Franklin has had Penn St at for the last 6-7 years. Averaging 10W per

 

[TaylorWalls]

You do realize SMU with a bunch of um castoffs is 11-1 and in ACC champ in first season

10-2 w a dogcrap schedule isn’t that impressive especially w Heisman level / top 2 pick QB

The UM "castoffs" are an extremely small percentage of the core that made SMU successful this year. But typical goon Miami fans want to sell it as though we rejected their entire two-deep.

 

[TaylorWalls]

Super reasonable take. I would also add that win total would need to be no less than 10W by seasons end (including postseason). I’m a huge Mario supporter but if he can’t do this, we need to move on.

Mario has more than what he needs to have us at least at the level Franklin has had Penn St at for the last 6-7 years. Averaging 10W per

10 wins per year absolutely will not be good enough for this clown show of a fan base.

 

[P-Tizzle]

Start a true freshman QB with tremendous upside Brad Kaaya ie Luke Nickel to preserve your job security for at least another 2 to 3 years

You need to get laid.

 

[Brooklyndee]

I really don't get why plenty of y'all even pretend to be canes fans. Maybe you thought it was cool to follow us back when we were who we were. Well you fulfilled your obligations hanging around this long through all the failure. Now y'all can just kick rocks. No harm no foul. Just take y'all miserable asses somewhere else and be a bandwagon again. Spare us the ****ery and all the hoe ways. We got enough players with hoe ways that we don't need fans who got em too.

 

[CANESCANES]

Wait until Mario gets his own guys in here…..oh wait

Tick tock

 

[ben]

I really don't get why plenty of y'all even pretend to be canes fans. Maybe you thought it was cool to follow us back when we were who we were. Well you fulfilled your obligations hanging around this long through all the failure. Now y'all can just kick rocks. No harm no foul. Just take y'all miserable asses somewhere else and be a bandwagon again. Spare us the ****ery and all the hoe ways. We got enough players with hoe ways that we don't need fans who got em too.

Totally get where you are coming from but I think the frustration with Mario is warranted. He’s had a budget and resources in an unrestricted era to put this team in the playoffs. And it didn’t happen. It’s all under his watch at this point — he flipped the roster, picked the coaches, picked the players… and he lost two gimmes.

I say let the frustration flow. It isn’t hate; it’s passion.

 

[mavericksouth]

Totally get where you are coming from but I think the frustration with Mario is warranted. He’s had a budget and resources in an unrestricted era to put this team in the playoffs. And it didn’t happen. It’s all under his watch at this point — he flipped the roster, picked the coaches, picked the players… and he lost two gimmes.

I say let the frustration flow. It isn’t hate; it’s passion.

Sensible post. I told myself and everyone that it takes 18 to 24 months to flip a roster and build a team like how you want it. Year 3 is when we should really start to see big results. Year 4 is the final verdict as to what he will be and you can make a decision whether to keep or move on. Just like elections for presidents every four years. The problem is, if you look at the totality of his tenure, including the first two seasons, it's been somewhat of catastrophe. I don't care what anyone says, there was more than enough talent on the 2022 team to beat Middle Tennessee and get to bowl eligibility. In 2023, the inexplicable and infamous inability to end the game against Georgia Tech remains one of the most inept coaching decisions in the history of organized football at any level. This season, with the best offense in America, with a Heisman finalist, you failed to protect a three touchdown lead against an inferior opponent in the most important game to the program in 6 years and we are toasting pop tarts now. There is a pattern here and enough evidence on tape to show that he isn't the man for the job. Look, I don't hate Mario. I didn't hate Shannon. Both men were Canes and in our hayday, both played on championship teams. BUT, both men were/are not up for THIS job. This job is hard! To be honest with you, I'd like someone who isn't close to the program at all but can come in and can objectively build it and is obsessed with winning and nothing else. This will be an unpopular opinion, but the next hire needs to be a tyrant like a Saban, like a Meyer, like a Dabo, like a Smart, etc. Classless jerks, but by God, they have a system and a formula and they will never stray from it.

When I look at Mario, I see a guy who just likes doing one aspect of the job (recruiting) and not game planning for a specific opponent week in and week out. He works hard, but he doesn't necessarily work smart. He's somewhat clueless with the more cerebral aspects of the game. Therefore, he needs extremely intelligent and expensive coordinators, coaches, and player evaluators basically doing all of the work where he can just focus on the only thing he truly loves, which is recruiting. The problem is, this new era of college football and NIL will neutralize coaches like Mario who are one dimensional recruiters selling program building. With his greatest strength neutralized, what we have is an engine that can't get to the 4th gear. Therefore, we will remain average and nothing more.