Please stop with the nonsense. Donna is probably the most sports/football friendly president in Miami history.
And the results are terrible.
What does that tell you? Micromanaging maybe? Her political correctness & attempt to "clean up the image" has fvcked us in more ways than one (ironically enough the biggest scandal in UM history happened under her watch).
Leonard Hamilton left on Tad Foote's watch. Rick Pitino was all but coming to Miami. He wanted out of the Celtic job, but it was Freeman who leaked it. It was Hamilton who recommended his friend Perry Clark. Based on where Miami basketball was at the time, the Frank Haith hire made a lot of sense. The Larranaga hire was a very good one. This year will be bumpy because Jim had to replace all 5 starters. Next year they should be back in the tournament once Rodriguez and the kid from Texas are eligibile.
You're not going to fire Jim Morris. He's earned the right to leave on his own terms. Miami is at an extreme disadvantage in baseball due to the restrictions in scholarships as a private institution. Unless you set up an athletic endowment like at Stanford you're at an extreme disadvantage to be competitive and consistent. I'd say Jim retires in the next year or two. They've upgraded the stadium.
Football has been a disaster. Players, former players, Board of Trustees all wanted Larry. The mistake was hiring Randy and in Randy's defense he was set up for failure. Who elevates the coordinator who was part of a failed staff? It's not like Randy was the Head Coach in waiting. The Golden hire was a good hire at the time. After two failed coaches, the options were somewhat limited.
What Miami has really lacked until Blake James is consistency at Athletic Director. Look Paul Dee was General Counsel before he took over the Athletic Department. He navigated the university through the Pell Grant scandal. He did a lot of good for the university athletic department but some of his hiring decisions were questionable. Miami made a good hire in Kirby Hocutt but he split as soon as he had an opportunity to get back to Texas. That Howdy Doody looking guy was not so good. Blake James was a home run. He has time with the university and he was an AD at the University of Maine and he likes Miami. So he is here for the long haul.